The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-09-23

wraphcd ia the girl he was handing
into the boat that be ana NOT even scc
the o,her when The party rctnfned
from the sail I.lta was scrccucd from
them hy a window, through which she
looked at Miss Twlning with the eyes
ef a tlgress,
Julian after his meeting with Miss
Twlning made no more visits 10 the
wine shop. lie did not realize the hold
his personality had taken upon l-iia'
bu, was aware that .he should pave
withdrawn from the latter's company
sooner Nevertheless be did not look
upon the sudden dame he had inspired
IN her as Of much Importance Tho
| nerceness OF southern women In such
matters dld not occur 20 him. When
he looked on Vcsuvius, with It's crest Of
smoke hanging lazily on It's summit DO
| did not realize that down In the breast
OF the Italian girl there lurkcd a irc
equal In intensity II not Ia force TO that
| In the mountain.
one day when Julian and Mildred
| were rambling about the grounds or
the hotel where they stopped they
came upon passage way leading
| down TO the water. They concluded
to 90 through 1t, On reaching the low
Pr end they came upon a dock. There
they stood looking out on the water.
They were some distance from tho
wine shop, but Iita saw couple on
the dock and With the keen scent OF
| love surmlsed that they were Julian
and the girl who had stepped IN Do
tween her and him, ~
Catching up dirk knife and thrust
Ing Il into her bosom, she ran along
the shore, now clambering between the
water and the elf now STOPPING be-
meath some object 10 conceal her APP
proach till she came near the dock on
which the couple were standing un'
conscious Of her approach; then, duck
ing under the side Of the dock, she ran
along IL till she reached the margin OF
! the water There she stood listening
TO the pair on the dock, who were
above her and little farther out from
,ho shoro r-'--' ''---'''-- -, = IN,
Hemstreet was talking TO his com
panion In English, language the ltal-
ian girl did not understand. lie was
well educated, and the ancient Romans
had always interested him. He was
pointing out different objects OF inter
est within view--the island Capri near
by, Ischia IN the distance to the north.
and opposite what ia old Roman times
was city of summer residences called
Balae, owned and occupied by wealthy
Romans. He described the scene on
that night nearly twenty centuries be-
fore when the bay spreading before
them was dotted with galleys shooting
here and there In the lurld Light Of thu
fires emitted by yesuvlqs. those upon
them engaged In trying the dangerous
work of saving the fleeing Pompeiians,
who were struggling In darkness un
| der the cloud OF ashes raining upon
| their devoted heads and burying their
city, which now after having been
buried for twenty centuries, Is being
uncovered, to be visited every year by
thousands of a civilization far differ.
ent from that which passed slowly out
Of existence from the Italian peninsula
Then Hemstreet spoke OF the part
ings that took place on that eventful
| night, when parents, children, lovers
lost one another In the darkness
The only English word Lita knew
was "love," and this she heard spo-
ken by the man with whom she
| had become infatuated to her rival.
Finally she drew out from under the
dock where she could see them and,
drawing the dirk from her bosom,
aimed It at Mildred. Whether slight
sound she made was heard by Julian
or whether there arose within him
premonition of danger he turned just
as Llta started to threw the knife and
barely In time to place himself between
It and the intended victim. The knife
entered his side, from which the blood
gushed over the white summer suit he
wore.
Llta stood agbast at what she had
done, then with cry spfang up tue
side Of the dock just as Julian. sinking,
was caught in Mildred's arms. Nil
dred, who had not seen the knife
thrown. only knew that II was In her
companions side, but before she could
act Lita pulled 1t out and threw IL into
the water, then with kerchief she
wore about her shoulders began to
stanch the blood 49,
"IWho did itT' cried Mildred.
at was an accident" said Julian
family.
Some men were working on a boat
not far distant and Lita beckoned them
to come. When they reached the dock
Julian had tainted, but he soon re-
viyed and was carried TO one Of the
houses on the beach. There he re
manned for time, the surgeons I'M
decided whether or not he would re-
cover No persuasion could induce
him TO declare how he had come by
the wound, and Mildred Twinlng had
not seen the knife thrown. Julian
gsye out theory that some one con-