The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-24

with the, words "Consuelo de, mi alma" ("Consolation ofs my souPO Suddenly the door, opened and Albert appeared. He fell on his knees, and, raising toward her his large. dark eyes swim ming in tears. he exclaimed In Spanish:
 "oh. sConsuelo. Consuelo. have found thee at lasti" a'.. l'3 '
 "Consuslow exclaimed the astonish- ed girl, why do you call me by that nameT Well might she ask, for she was known in the family, only as "the Porporina." an adopted daughter of Porpora. . fsG l
 "Because."i returned Albert, "as con-
 solation has been promised to my dark soul, and you are that consolation which God has granted to my solitary and gloomy existence" Saying this he fell to the floor in swoon and the
 servants were called to carry him to his apartment.
 Consuelo was frightened: but as the days passed and she saw what hold
 she had upon the mind of Albert she gradually began to, believe that she might draw him from the abyss of ut ter madness on which he lowered back
 to sane and rational life Although
 the Baroness Amelia had protested against marrying he cousin, she was rather piqued now at the attentions he against marrying her cousin, she. was
 her father take her away, and the bluff baron, always dutiful to his beau tiful daughter. obeyed.
 The Canoness and the Count were
 alarmed. Aihert of Rudolstadt marry
 with an unknown signer2 The sixteen quarterings on their shield shivered al the idea! But if she could restore, him
 to reason. They were willing to sacri'
 flee anything for that,
 When Count Albert made the next oi his mysterious disappearances Con- suelo discovered the way in which he did it. His path was by way of an old well the water of which could be turn | ed on or shut off at pleasure. After a | perilous journey she found the dement, ed man in a cave under great stone which was known in the neighbor- | hood as the Stone of Terror. It mark l ed the site of village that had been l burned by one of Albert's ancestors ir l the old religious wars of the Hussites There, in that subterranean dun. | geon. where. attended only by a half
 witted dwarf. Albert had shut hinfseli | up alone to give free play to his wild
 and wierd fancies, Consuelo exerted all
 her powers over his clouded mind, and
 brought him back to the castle, if not
 entirely sane. at least so much improv-
 ed that the family was content "You | have restored my sons reason by youi
 remarkable powers over him,'' said olc l Count Christian, ana not only give
 my consent for your union but ask fl
 of you as favor to the family. You
 and you alone can keep him from the
 depths"
 | Albert improved daily. and soon the last vestige of his malady, seemed dis
 sipated. The marriage Of the heir oi
 Rudolstadt with the unknown singer
 was looked upon as something to bs
 taken for granted. But again and again Consuelo asked herself if she really loved Albert. And again hei
 heart gave no definite reply.
 One day she was told that her broth | CT had arrived and was awaiting her in | the reception hall. Filled with anxiety | and half guessing what was to happen
 she went to the room and saw sittine there with impudent. nonchalant air | Anzoleto, He had ended his career in | Venice by a quarrel with Zulistiant
 and after capsizing the counts gon-
 dola in an effort to drown him aione with the false Gorilla, had fled to Ger. | many Travelling through the neigh borhood, he had learned the gossip of | the castle and in 'the Porpora'a had rec. | ognized Consuelo. l Consuelo saw the Venetian alone. and | the willy man gave full scope to his elo. duence, reproached himself for the past
 humbled himself hypocriticaIly. wept
 related bis torments and despair and l implored that Consuelo would take him