Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-20

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! Ethel. "Ab. Cesare. we will con,a !.
once. as the servant announced Jnncb-
con. Ibe gentlemen are coming now
When Count Sorio saw Lisette IT,.
tino standing in the library toying r,,t
/ the enameled bracelet his face wan.
suddenly pale and his greeting IN h..
was shortened to utter a wbssne-.s
word OF protest
"Such gaudy trinkets do not becorn.
your pale dignity. my queen" he wh,.-
pered burriedly. Put It aside. Lisett.
1t is III luck. IL attracts the evil eva
1t is accursed." He shuddered az 4.
caught himself up sharply.
Ethel's clear voice was SPEAKING ..
they moved toward the dining room
Count Sorio says that the bracsls,
IS charm, that 1t will avert the evil
eye and that it will bring me gooa
luckr'
Dick Raymond laughed genialiy. I'M.
the dark eyes Of Lisetta met the black
glance of Sorio. There was a puzzled
questioning in her glance and a min.
Cling Of fear and annoyance in bis.
Lisetta went back to the drawiny
room after her handkerchief and when
she returned there was a look of
amusement in her cool glance az II
crossed that of her lover
The meal progressed slowly. The
Raymonds had good cook in the Der.
son of Margharita, the grandmother Of
Cesare, and the wine OF the country
was excellent.
Lisetta was sparkling with gayety.
and the counts dark eyes often sought
hers across the low ARRANGEMENT of
flowers on the table, and the Raw
monds realized that very soon wouJd
the fiery Italian declare his love for
the widow
Suddenly Lisetta lifted one white
hand to adjust the rose Ethel had
tucked in her jet black hair. As she
did so her three companions saw for
the first time that she was wearing the
enameled bracelet
Lisetta tossed her head and smiled
impudently at Ethel.
'See, carissima, 1 am wearing your
bauble while I mayv'
1T becomes you rarely, madame"
laughed her hostess.
Sorio's face was CHASTITY pale Twice
his lips parted as If to give utterance
to some protest, but they closed, as II
secrecy demanded silence at any price
At last he could contain himself no
longer.
Madonna be gasped. rising and
reaching across the table at Lisettas
arm. Take it off. cara mia. It-means
-deathr' He half whispered the last
words and sank back in his seat as
Dick Raymond jumped up and held
glass of wine to Lsetta's pale lips.
Nine TESTING had uttered sud-
den cry of anguish and her head droop-
ed slowly down until it rested on one
shoulder
THE pain. the pain,'' she muttered
before she lost consciousness.
Dick Raymond dashed around the
table and caught the shrinking Sorio
by the shoulder What has happened.
you coward:" he demanded. what Is
there about that bracelet that causes
Nine. TESTING to swoon. and the very
sight of her wearing it upon her arm
you alarm? Eth? Tell me, or.
by thunder, I'll shake you into eter-
nity.'
Cesare had darted in and out of the
room like lightning flashes. He had
dispatched a page for a physician. and
while Dick was still trying to get an
from Sorio the doctor ar
rived and went into the salon where
Lisetta was lying on sofa. pale and
lifeless.
That was an eventful night in the
Villa Rosario. The doctor remained IN
til morning and administered antidotes
for the deadly poison which had been
Injected into Lisetta's veins through
the medium of the poisoned bracelet.
A tiny needle had darted into her flesh
Is she cIasped the bracelet about her
shapely wrist but the prick had been
so slight that she had scarcely no.
ticed it,
By morning the danger was over.
rhe poison. which had remained in the
bracelet for perhaps n hundred years
10 ancient was its history, had lost Its
potency. and the quick action OF the
physician. combined with Lisetta's
splendid physique. resulted in complete
ecovery for Mime. TESTING. As for En-
leo Sorio. who had intended the pol
oned bracelet for Ethel Raymond the
wife of the man upon whom be wished
o be revenged, Dick permitted him 10
disappear from Florence
1t was perhaps punishment enough
or his murderous heart that he for
yer lost the regard of Lisetta TESTING
nd, as for the Raymonds, they leit
florence at once and went back !"
.merica. and before they went they
isposed of their interesting COLLECTION
enamels.
II never want TO see Florentine en-
mel again." shuddered Ethel.
But the enameled bracelet Remained
/ the possession of Lisetta TESTING
he had it cleansed of its poisonous
roperties. and it remains on her dress 4
lg table in a crystal box.
ITO remember. carissima." she ef
lained to Ethel Raymond one da!.
est I forget the treachery OF one
we'd she added sadly. III
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