The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-03
BY FERGUS HUME

of a weeks growth, lay on a vile OF
straw roughly covered with some pieces
: of coarse sacking- He was annotated
and haggard about the face, and bis
( skin was flushed red with the burning
OF the fever which consumed hbn. At
times a dry, hacking cough would echo
through the bleak room. and tbs man
would fall back on the poor bed in a
| parexysm OF pain. Clearly he was very
| III, as Comma had said. and not long
( for this world; but the knowledge that
he was dying did not move Carlino's de
: termination. He had come hithsr 10
slay Pietro with the crueffix, and he
was bent upon executing his purpose.
"CarlinOr' cried the sick man. raising
himself on one elbow with a look Of
mingled terror and surprise. You
I here?"
YES" said Comma. moving toward
her lover; he has come to forgive you
and to take me back"
That Is So answered Bardf. raising
the crucifix aloft. "I swear by this
/ cross. Dear Pietro," he added, moving
toward the bed. Il know you were
/ tempted and"
Keep Off Keep or screamed
I Neri, shrinking back Liar you have
/ come to kill me. I see il in your eyesv'
No, no. said Comma. soOthingly;
/ ''he has no weapon"
4 None. my Wife" echoed Bard.
/ touching the spring OF the cross-"onIv
I this dagger and Comma saw the sill
Yer Christ fall on the floor, while the
cross which had borne him, remained,
a poRiard. I'm the right hand Of her de-
ceived husband With a CRY Of horror
| she flung herself upon the sick man.
| Me firstl Ne first"
! mo! You laterr cried Bardi, drag
ging her of. This for"
/ "Carlinoi" shTieked Neri as the dag
/ or.G 81,
- The rest Of the cry ended In a
gurgle as stream Of blood burst from
his breast and stained the bedclothes.
/ Murderer Assassin" Easped Gem
ma, scrambling on her hands and knees
toward the door Il shall -'
Die" snarled Bardi. Die"
When 1t was all over he stood look
ing at the two dead bodies and began
| to think Of his own safety. His plan
was soon made.
! ''I shall wound myself and say that
there was struggle" he muttered: that
they tried to kill me- and I struck in
self-defense. One little wound Will be
evidence enough to save my life"
He placed the dagger at his throat,
and setting his teeth with stern deter
mination, he inflicted upon himself z.
slight cash. Then he rent his clothes
as evidence Of the Clutching Of hands
and thrust the stained dagger into the
grip OF the dead woman.
/ "She tried to kill me because 7 slew
Pietro in self-defense." he said, rehesr-
sing the story TO himself, so now L
ali DiO, What IS this ?"
A cold feeling. as Of iced water vas
! creeping through his veins. a film Of
gray mist swan before his eyes, and
i'm his throat. where he mad inflicted
that lying wound, there rose a bail
which choked him. He staggered and
fell on his knees and hands. striking
/ the silver image Of the Christ across
the room. The walls spun round and
round, his eyes grew dark, and with a
sob Of agony he pitched forward on 90
the bodies Of his victims-dead-
One week later Hagar was rewarded
for her searching by reading the con-
cIusfon Of the tragedy Of the Fiesole
crucifx. The journal explained the
finding Of the three dead bodies, and
/ commented upon the deadly ingenuity
Of the weapon used, which was at once
a dagger and a cTucifiX. It added that
one Of the men and the woman had
/ been struck 10 the heart, and so had
died. but mentioned that the third
corpse had a slight wound only, indici-
/ ed on the neck. quite insufficient 10
cause death said the saPient reporter,
therefore how the other man died
his name has been ascertained TO be
CarIino Bardi-is a mystery.
1t might nave Dee0 10 Lil6 EA0ScH WI
Hagar was better informed. A short
time previously BoIker had confessed
that when he discovered the secret OF
the crucifx a thin piece Of paper had
/ been wrapped round the blade or tho
= ponfard. This he had kept, not that II
= was of value. or that he had any rea-
T son to withhold it from his mistress,
T but simply out Of thleVlsn magple
a PROPENSITY which was inherent In MS
nature. Finding il one day In his
= rOcket-for ne had forgotten all about
0 the gave il TO HaEaT- As II was
d written in Italian. and she was ignO-
rant Of the language. Hagsr took II "a
= the old bookseller, Of whom mention
: has been made, 10 have 1T Translated.
/ This was done by a customer OF MS
= and the following translation was hand
ed TO HaEar the next day:
e - Guido of Florence. have n1anufac-
= tured this dagger, hidden in this sill
S YER cruciix. to slay Count Louis from
= France and my faithless wife Blanca
= who with him has deceived me, As
nav not ne able TO strike them TO the
; heart, I have anointed THIS place Vie Vie
5 a deadly poison. SO that the sllEhtesi
q scratch of the poniard causes death
Il 7 write this warning and place II with
l. II, the Crucifx, so that he who nnd'
2 # NAV beware Of touching the point
II and that he may use it uPOn faith
]: less wife. as it is my intention 10 DO
II signed at Florence in Tuscany.
e GUIDO"
s 4arar looked a this paper. aftel
# reading the report of the tragedy, and
It unused. So said she to herself, car
limo killed mis- wife and her lover; ou
II now did It come about that he WOUNDED
e himself. and died of the poisonG
/ There was no answer to this question
o for HaEar never learned That Barol nae
On
Y his life. hereby Staying himself as sur
1t " as the law would have done
a Next Week.-Mrs. Fifth Customer AM
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