The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1911-02-23
The Mysterious
Lady
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rsls aud sliiainies ~ tha middle aftt
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" nei0e was Gurlag Ibe Atternt6
sod sixteenth centuries NiJtin this
period every head a. d family inhnbit
"a bis tower o. stronghold. IN which
DE- defended himself against every Glib
er family There were he ufslal, The
Issgias. tbe Co,onna aud many othci
slans whose business 81 Was 20 fghi.
tiArgtier or poison one another Some
~ them grew rich through plunder
fnefr was thou ~ other way--and
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nfed with their retaIners ~ princciy
stglc
During q visit 10 Rome ! occupied a
room "a enc ~ these palaKzios. Tie
building IL very long and has hnen cnI
% into sections b. partition walls
No, that there II any regularity IL
these partitions. they oceuF aHy ana
cing where. aud Il is nQl easy 70 tell
which ones were part 81 The original
palace and which have beea ha.it f
sine ] wRs curious about the pile.
for though | was then but twenty FIVE
years Old had read much about mcdi
etal Italy. aud ! knew the history o
The house from its building II was
erected by che of the most villalnous
OF the Roman family leaders that
flouIisaed IN the fifteenth century 4
number 81 times bis enemies besleged
bis paiacc oyeramc bis followers. bul
could never capture linn The FOX had |
means OF escape thar enabled him 10 |
90 forth a free man, though every |
avenue Of exit was carefully watched |
}iy room was en- the second story |
on a corridor with apartments on 81
Their hand aud was near one eXtrem
~. on The terminal wall was a mural
picture
Being interested. as ! have said. 10
The building, / one day questioned the
maid who took care 81 my room
niout IL construction The only 10
formation ] ellcited was that none Of
the rooms between nae and the near
end u tho hail Wns occupied This
mas have been because the summer
season was coming on. when travellers
seek more uorthefiy climates
Nevertheless one morning on leaving
my room was just In time TO see &
lady advance from this unoccupled re
gion Perhaps Il was the work OF mt
Imagination, perhaps some arrange
Inent u her costume borrowed from
two or three centuries aRone. hut Il
seemed 20 me that the lady belonged
% medieval times There may be an
other reason why ! should have thus
considered her. the fact that ! bad not
expected her TO come 80 II seemed
out 81 the wan. For had not tue
maid told me that none Of The rooms
from whence she came was Occur led;
However. | was ~ struck with the
vision ~ l0veliness that swept by me
that whence she came or what's her
name occupied Comparatively small
part " my thoughts concerning her
watched her lill she reached the cen.
Ter ~ the corridor and passed down
The staircase ~ that moment the
maid came along. with her brooms
and bucket and ! asked her about
the rooms she had told me were va.
cant She assured me that they were
Slipping couple Of llra into her
hands. ! asked her 20 unlock them
She opened every door. aud there was
nothing but The bare furniture In any
one ~ them. Ncr was there any open
ing or stairway leading elsewhere In
other words. the end OF the corridor
was a complete pocket
From whence had the lady conner
regretted that ! had not followed
her downstairs to see whittier she !.
went II was bar . O'Clock IN the
morning, aud Il occurred 10 me that
she might have gone 20 the cafe ON
the nrst floor for breakfast. | went
down there. but she was nowhere
BE- Fccn She was IN stree, costume
hul bad doubtless gone our.
For several days ! spent nil my time
going about the city hoping 10 nee,
The mysterious lady, visiting every
gallery. ruin or eubtcrrnnean cxeaya
ton in Rome ga not happen 10 |,
meet her ! hep, an eye FOR her In the !.
ralaxylo, both IN the cafe ard other
PARTS ~ ihe building where wouH
b. tbely 10 meet her Ny watehful -.
ness awaited the nothing | experlenc !
"a strange sinking about the heart .
At thinking she mIRh, have ten Rome
Then one evening ascending the =
iH The palazzio, started :
Town the corridor No light. bad rel u
Dcen ~ ari eh'erts were vcrv dim y
As ! was r1;tlng my key into the door i
Y my room felt current ~ air and
uraing, caugh, rlimnse ~ the mys Y
eriens lady going IN the same dire.
iou - before U
] was then young and supersHilans q
hat have greater hold think on =
'onih than experienced age hsd moi g
- worn away Somehow ! was i'm y
lressed With ihe belief iAai thc mrs y
crious lady Was one Of those who had
Inhabited the palaa1io several ceaiu. y
les before This feeling raraiyzoi me !"
ssi aag caoush - Permit her To es.
2Fe ae. Thea cop,ine tathp sufscs.
faa sfler her sad Down the stair.
ase ] was loo late She bad either y
assed 90 10 lhe rooms al the other -
10 ~ The corridor ~ had lcft thc ~
oiidiae Probably she had entered ~
me private apartment, for Il was "
ruW.ng dafk sud ton late for any ~
dg. ESPECIALLY one y0nug sud beaatl. on
Il 70 be out "a the tinect aione or
ghe neat norAing al ma hour when ~
e a5ost light mode its way Into The o.
iraanr having bfibei ihe fnald Il 40
20 me hsr pass hey ] opcned every