Putnam patriot., 1910-03-11

ufs.ra seized lis sword arm and PHI
ned il u the Panel above lis hA4d
a~.Fn .nd swslr the prime made fes-
r4rate attempts 70 FREE himself he
"a. son falling IN q bad say. he
yaspad bis lips grew bi1e and the
ahIfe~ q is eyes bioo5sfo-- MS
nag vas killing hlm. Ard - - vas.
for Hnard. realizing that b had ic'sz
everything il fbe weird worth hFi1s
FOR xas mad fer killiEg.
La sIgnarfnz vas first 80 recover
Sse ssr4nz toward the coEb4tazss
ard grss4~d HAlard-s hzDd TIE o5e
lzs,-ses II fhs pFi8ees throat. and
pulled sbp was nor srrong enough
-Merrfhes. O'Maliy. Uaicki he
ia Killing him she cried wildly
The Two anaiiy succeeded IN separar-
ing the nsea. and none too SON A
moment more and TIE prince bad beea
q dead man
Ia slgnorins turned sqon Hnisrd
And you would have done this thing
hefore NJ vsry eJes~
Il was mad be painted shsDed- =
lore goa better than anything else In
Gods world. and this nan means that
shall lose yos-"
The prince lurrbed toward Hiilard
bar fortunately Aerrfhew heard the
slrhering sound Of the saber a. II left
It's scsbbArd Aerrfnev With . des-
perzte lunze stopped the blow. He
sang the safer At OfAsIly's feet
You speak English said Aesrfbev
In an ugly temper. You may send
your orderly To the Hotel italie toDor-
row morning. and your saber VIII be
cut you nicely"
The prince tore al his musfaches
Meddlers, To return 10 Florence With
our his saher vas dishonor. He cursed
them all roundly and turned to La
sIgnorina
Il am in the way here" he cried.
But listen You shall remain my
wife SO long as both ef Is I've. | bad
intended arranging your freedom once
the estate and moneys were divided
but net now. You shall read nv wife
tia tbe end Of the book. fqr unless |
meet you halfway the marriage con-
tract cannot be broken Ii the Old
days Il WAS your conscience. The still
smaH roire seems ne longer To trouble
you turning suegesfiyely TO HIlIard.
sYou are stepping 3 the Hotel taller
4 am. You VIII ind me there. re-
turned HiIlard. With good understand
ing
Good, Your highness. tomorrow
night / shall have the extreme pleas
ure Of running your lover through the
throat" tie picked up his cap and
took his princely presence ont Of their
immediate vicinity.
1T Will do my soul good to stand
before that seoundrel.' said Hillard.
stretching ont his hands and closing
Them with crushing force.
La Signorina laid protesting hand
On his arm.
Il love you" be murmured as he
bent 10 kiss her hand. And II Is not
dishonorabie for you 10 hear me say
So"
Il forbid you to say that But the
longing Of the world was In her eyes
as she looked down at his head
This Is what comes Of American
girls marrying these blamed foreign.
ers.s growied the tender hearted
oMaiiy why did you do it,
Il am almost Italian. Mr. 0'Maily
had no choice in the matter. The af.
fair WAS prearranged By our parents.
after the continental fashion
When HiIIard and La Signorina were
at length alone he asked. wv ben shall
! see you againY'
wbo knows. Some day. perhaps.
when time has softe8ed the sharp
edges of iris moment Tomorrow
shall write. or very sooD
You will send for meT with eager
ness and hope
Wby not. There is nothing wrong
In our Friendship. aud prize il
Promise
i promise Goodby For a little
while hase lived in paradise Wher
ever ! NAV be. at the worlds ead
Yen have but to call me In month
In year. u decade. shall come.
Goodbyr Without looking AT her
again be rushed away.
She remained standing there as mo-
tionless a. statue. He bad not asked
her II she loved him and that was
We'll. But there was not at that mo-
ment In all the length aud breadth Of
Italy loueIer woman than her high
ness the Prineipessa di Monte Blanca
Meanwhile the prince. raging
mounted his horse Eth. Welt This
time tomorrow night the American
should pay dearly for il all
Aud the woman-he could never
understand her But for her fools
conscience be would not have been
riding the beggar's horse today. She
WAS now too self reliant. too intelli-
gent She was her father over again.
soldier and diplomat