The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-05

lowed plaaa. until when midnight came they had scattered widely, and Miriam and Donatello found themselves on . parapet on the edge of the Tarpeiap Rock, whence many an ancient traitor had been hurled to his death.
 "who. are they" asked ha. who were flung over here in days gone byT" replied. Men whose lives were the bans of their fellow creatures"
 Was it we'll doneT' asked he. look ing earnestly in her face.
 "It was well done" answered MT fam. 'Innocent people were saved by the destruction of a guilty one who deserved his doon1."
 Miriam. Overcome by sudden fear. she sank to her knees. At that same instant Hilda strayed where she saw the three forms on the perapet. 1no night was torn by a loud feartui crs that began high in the air ana shTe ouivering downward to the eartn.
 was hegun and ended in one Dreatn. ,. tnstant and she had turned and nsd almost before the cry had ceaseo to cuaver. "what have you doneT" whispered NsIrism in A voice stricken with horror.
 "I did what your eyes oade he uoI .aid Donatello, when asked them with mine as held the wretch oVs' the precipice! ~
 "And my eyes bade you do it!" said she with unutterable dread. sne hAd not known 1t. But she cou,u n'i ~"y bar that wild joy had named up m ner when she beheld her tormsntor in his
 "Yes. Donatello." she cried. pressing him close till their two hearts beat to- gether. you speak truth. My heart consented to what you did Ine heeo knots us together. for time and etern- itv like the coils of a serpent The young man seemed to have di- Iated with the fierce energy suddenly lnsplred in him. It had kindled him into a man. It had developed within him an intelligence which was no na- 1 tive characteristic of the Oonatello or old. That simple and joyous creature | was gone forever.
 For evermore. Miriam" said be-. Our two lives have been cemented for ever more with h.s blood" He shud- dered at the word which he had him- self spoken. It may be that It brought home to the simplicity of his imaEina- tion what he had not before dreamed 1 of-the ever increasing lothsomeness I of a union that consists in guilt. | Cast It all behind you" said Miriam, 1 detecting his thought The deed has done it's ofice and has no existence any 1 more"
 They flung the past behind them. as she counseled, and for a time they were as In fiery intoxication, for guilt l has its moments of rapture. too. They walked with brave and stately step through the streets of Rome as If they l were among the majestic and guilty | shadows that have haunted the blood stained city through the ages. The next morning the two went to | 4ha Chnrch Of CaDuchipR whara | they had an appointment to meet Ken yon At no time are people so sedu- iiousiy careful to keep the trihlng en- gagements as when some great secret burdens them with fear of suspicion.
 They intended to look at a famous 1 picture. but their eyes were seized by an object in the middle of the nave
 On a slightly elevated bier. with tall
 candles burning around him, lay the l body of a monk. His hands were fold
 ed over his breast and his feet pro- 1 truded from beneath hs habit and
 were tied together at the ankles with l a black ribbon.
 They went to the bier and Miriam 1 grasptng Donatellos hand convulsive- ! ly, gasped My God. what Is thIs?"
 Their hands became like ice. Theil
 hearts seemed to pause. The dAa6
 face of the monk. seeming to gaze al
 them through half open Ids was the
 same face that had giared on them ert
 it disappeared over the precipice!
 Kenyon. too. recognised the man, Blu
 there was a whisper in his heart which
 said: "Hushr He resolved to wal
 for Miriam to offer an explanation ol
 conjecture. If she nevsr spoke. ther