The Washington herald., 1915-05-30

ceed as II nothing had happened
A distressing thing occurred the next
Christine and the young man who was
to marry her. JACQUES Coils. stood before
the city magistrate and Balthazar and
marriage @ Contract. Pippo, the jussier.
half drunk, came staggering out before
the magistrate and cried out that the
ss Is christine's father was Baithazar. the
Eeadsman Of Berne.
No Wedding.
There was great sensation among tbs
crowd and Jacques Coils, breaking away
from his Intended bride. declared that it
was in the agreement that Christines
parentage should not be made known.
Since i had been he " would ,hd not %arr 1E
the weeping and forsaken girl was hur-
ried away by her parents.
Willading and Blonay had witnessed
tated feelings while Sig Grimaldi. though
he knew not of the relationship of the
girl to Sigismund. expressed his detesta-
As for sisismund. It was ali that Adei-
held could do to keep him from leaping
from the platform and declaring openly
his relationship to Christine and his
When the spectacle was over the gentle
Adelheid sought out Christine and, after
, conference with her father and moth
to Italy with her and thus be taken away
from the scene of her deep humiliation
Coils Found Murdered.
acters of this story left vevey for Italy.
and the last scene in the drama which
was created by their being thrown to-
sethsr was enacted in the Hospice of
Willading. and their party had reached
after nearly perishing in a sudden storm
which had swept down upon them.
the snd his ana Wsrs Pppo
panion. Conrad. as well as Balthazar. In
the great hall of the convent sat an
official of the canton in which the con-
vent stood. and the magistrate of We
murder had been committed.
jacques Coils. after breaking of his
marriage with Christine. had fed. After
the storm the body of Coils was found
by the monks in the dead house, ad.
joining small refuge below the con-
vent.
He had been murdered. and from the
same dead house the monks dragged
out Balthazar. He said that, upon the
departure of his daughter he had. un-
known to her: set out to see that she
mountains. He had been overtaken by
the storm and had taken shelter in the
dead house. mistaking II for the refuge
near by. He did not know that the
came.
He was searched. but none Of the
wealth known to have been carried by
JGacaues Gar was found upon him. Pippo and
toned: no suspicious circumstances could
be fastened upon them.
Mas.o Accused.
brought out that from a distance. be-
fore the storm had set in. many of
WiIladings party had seen a figure like
his accompanying an unknown traveller,
been Coils.
In the midst of the storm Masso and
his dog had Joined the willading party
ana accompanied them to the convent
the traveller with whom he had been
seen-and who really was Colis-some
time before he met the baron's party.
ne haughtlly denied knowledge Of the
And now that we are beyond the
bounds where customs are levied l will
sailsd hiH % Ssa Nsftuno :as ans. he snrnihs HE
back the Ions. hair of the animal.
showed beneath II belt from which
These" said he. Il bought in Geneva
and have customer for them in Mi
Ian; Do you suppose that a man with
such wealth as his in his possession
would, commit murder for the posses
sions OF Jacques Colis?"
DoGe of Genoa:
a belt on the dog. Masso exclaimed
with surprise-real or affected-and
undid the second belt. It contained
IN me m money and gems Of jacques Soils;
ask the Doge.''
Then seeing that he was in jeopardy
to the astonishment of the company,
who had not known Grimaldi's rank,
cried out: "Doge of Genoa, known as
Iy;9u y9u sent me! Your power can save my
The Doge. who had been travelling
Grimaldi. received the statement of
Masso with dismay, but. looking at
the ring. decided that he felt that he
He had married in Genoa a girl who.
he found out afterward. had been
forced TO the marriage through the
giving birth to a SON The child was
stolen by a kinsman of his dead wife's,
a man with whom she had been in love
and who took this manner of revenue.
Sigismund's Paternity.
Some years before the time of speak
ing priest upon his deathbed had
weil-known smuggier. Bartolomeo Con-
tint, was his highness' son. and beg
gtng that he try and redeem him from
MS evil ways. An agent of Contini's
had visited the Doge and showed him
what he believed to be proofs of the
of the smuggler
Contini refusing to return to the re-
spectacle walks of life. Grimaldi had
sent him ring to be shown should
he ever be placed in a position similar
to that in which he now stood
Balthazar now stepped forward and
declared that he believed that sisis::
the Dose In the exercise Of his Office
there had come into his custody a man
who had with him when condemned a
male child of tender years. Balthazars
own son had just died in the retreat.
where he had placed him. but he had
not as yet communicated the fact to his
The prisoner. extracting this informa-
ton from Balthazar. and learning that
the ONCE of headsman was hereditary.
begged him to take the infant and bring
him up as his own. He declared that
he had stolen the child from an enemy
In Italy who had robbed him of the girl
he loved. and went to the block saving
thazar placed the child with the same
family which had formerly cared for his
own son and had never revealed the
secret to his wife.
Happy EndiaE.
He now had with him the trinkets and
other effects which had been given him
with the child. The age Of the child.
the description Of the men whom Baltha-
Ear had executed. the effects produced
and the dates given rendered 1t certain
that Sigismund was Grimaldfs son, and
the Doge Immediately took that youth to
his heart