The Washington herald., 1915-05-30

I turning to the Genoese. said: "Sisnore
you are rich. aged. and honorable. and
stand high. doubtless, in Heavens ia
vor-as in that Of man. Grant me. then,
your blessing ere I go away.
AS Masso preferred this extraordinary
request he knelt with such an air of
reverence and sincerity as to leave lit
tie choice in the granting of it. and
ed. gave him his bepediction. Then the
| sailor-smuggler arose. kissed the hand
" hich Grinaldi extended to him and was
gone.
Grimaldi's Lost Son.
'"This extraordinary demand of Mas
sos" said Grimaldi. turning to the
Baron has brought UP the sad thought
of my own poor son: l once had son.
my friend, a son who was stolen from
me In infancy. who is still alive. have
every reason to believe. He is. as far as
l can learn. the associate of smugglers
could have received the blessing! Nay.
he may yet hear of it, for-canst thou
believe it?-1 have thought that Masso
may be one of his lawless associates
cate this scene has prompted the strange
request l granted"
The next day. willading. after a con-
with tod ms spfs %
great difference between their social
/, plans, he would consent to a marriage
between her and Sigismund. Filled
portunity to communicate the joyful in
telligence to the young soldier.
To her surprise and dismay Sigismund
instead of receiving the news with Zap
ture. seemed stricken with an agony Of
despair. 1T may not be-" he cried
you do not know all-the worst"
Sisismu nd's Confession.
Then he confessed to her that so far
nf he a m "a r
class, as the baron supposed. he was
the son Of Balthazar, the headsman of
Berne; that the office being hereditary
covered, as II might be at any time. the
law would compel him to take up. after
his fathers death. the office which
made its am
The distress of Adelheid now equaled
that Of her lover. She would have
flown with him to q land where the
But she felt that her father would never
consent to their marriage under the
circumstances, and to her father she
still felt that she nsn rss duty
facts to the baron he was filled with
sorrow. for he had already begun to
look upon Sigismund as a son: but de-
siared that the marriage could never
Hereditary Doom.
1t appeared that when a mere baby
Sigismund had been placed by his
father with q family in a distant can
ton to be brought up as their own son
In order that the boy might escape the
hereditary doom Of the family. A mock
funeral had told the officials Of Berne
that the son of the headsman was dead.
Paternel and maternal love had. how
ever. induced Sigismund's parents to
secretly seek out their son and reveal
to him, when he grew older. the facts
concerning his birth. The soldier also
told Adelheid that he had q sister who
va. to be mar3ed the very next day to
secret Of her parentage. but, in consid-
GRAFTON OF large dover, had agreed
to take her for his wife.
This sister. Christine, had been living
under an assumed name for some time
In Vevey.. whittier her father and
mother had now repaired to witness the
wedding. which was to be . public one.
each such celebration q young couple
were married in the great square, and
the municipality conferred upon them
q certain sum Of money. the which sum
Christine's penurious suitor was anx-
ious to obtain.
PipDo Releases . Secret.
All had been arranged, however, sD
that the occupation Of the Sir1s father
should not come out At the ceremony,
though both her parents would have to
siGn the marriage contract. II was
agreed azpong those now In the secret
Blonay. willading Adelheid and eiGis-
mund.that matters would be ~ they
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