davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-08
Too l~nQuisitivo.

An Illinois Judge has decided that Q
man can talk in his sleep without max
ing himself subject to divorce proceed
ings. Yes, but what did he say?C
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-08

at Il loss TO find some
thing appetizing for Ash
days or meatlesS meals.
Herring Cook
salt herring Is minutes in
boiling water to cover,
drain, cool and shred in
flakes. Add an equal
quantity OF cooked pOta-
toes half cupful Of
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-08
Gone 10 GrAn.

In Spain there are shoes made Of
grass, and they will wear for Is years.
But we'd as soon eat grass as rely on
it for footwear, and who wants to
wear a pair Of shoes IS years, anyhowi
Buffalo Times,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-08

Of water to an egg; II
will go much farther and
be equally good.
Boston Brown Bread.
Mix a cupful of coarse
bread crumbs, Il cupful
of cOrnmeal, a cupful of
graham flour, one and a
half teaspoonfuls of
soda, a half teaspoOnful
of salt. three-fOurthS of
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-08

WHICH IoiltuluS puI gu
tive properties which
are particularly good for
a sluggish liver.
Rhubarb Pudding
Place slices Of buttered
bread In II baking dish,
heap over them finely
cut rhubarb, with sugar,
II little water and Il dash
Of nutmeg; bake until
the rhubarb has soaked
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-08

Today Is your day and mine
The only day we have:
The day in which we play our part,
What our part may signify In the
great world we may not under
stand,
But We are here to play 1t. and now is
our time.
David Starr Jordan.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-08

The day returns and brings us the
petty round Of irritating concerns and
duties. Help us to play the man. help
us to. perform them with laughter and
with kind faces: let cheerfulness
abound with industry.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-08
How to Teach.

A most important point for the moth.
er to realize is the necessity Of stick
ing to the lessons she needs to teach.
every single day, until the right habits
are permanently formed In her child.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-08
Still She Complains.

81 don't old with this ere vaccina-
ton. Mrs. Green. WHAT'S vaccination
done for my little Tommy. Since I
'ad I'm done 'e's 'ad whooping cough.
chicken pox, measles-in fact, every.
thing but smallpox"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-08
r~voexr,sIno on Parchment Fades.

1t has been found that typewriting
on parchment deeds Is not durable. In
deeds deposited within very recent
years many lines are nlegible and sew
eral lines have completely disappeared.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-08

Tunny fish Is Il delicious variety
which may be made into salads Or
served us one does salmon with lemon
for garnish.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-08
THE APPETIZING FISH.

When fresh fish are not Obtainable
there is such Il variety Of canned fish
that one need never to be
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-08

A silly Ass Might.
Would you call a donkey a gee-haw.
logistf1New Haven Register.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-08
CORN M A DAY.

The following recipes. many Of them,
call for eggs; try using n tablespoon
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-08
THE TASTY RHUBARB.

Rhubarb Is Il most valuable spring
tonic, being filed with OXalic acid
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-08
MORE GOOD THINGS.

As eggs are high. they may be saved
in breading outlets or fish or meat.
Add two tablespOOnfuls
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-08
IMPROVED UNlpORN INTERNATIONAL
SUMMSG1O0L
LESSON

(By T.. o. SELLERS. Acting Director Oh
the Sunday School Course Of the Moody
Bible Institute. Chicago.)
Copyright. 1918. Western Newspaper Cnion.)
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-08

Try these recipes and cut down your
meat bills.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29
FIVE SLIDE TO SAFETY:
TRAPPED BY FIRE
WOman's Wrists Cut When
She Descends With Baby
in Arms

Five persons slid down all iron pipe
to safety today when the family Of
Frank Pomasposky. 219 q. Christian
street was trapped by flames in the
home.
Mrs. Fomasposky made the descent
with baby in her arms. \ projection
on the pipe that offered them an avenue
Of escape tore the flesh of her wrists
and she was taken to the PENNSYLVANIA
Hospital for treatmcnt
The blaze was discovered shortly after
g o'clock this morning. Mrs. Pompas.
isOwsky had started to cook breakfast
When she laid a piece of board across
the range and went to another part
Of the house. When she returned to
the kitchen the fire was spreading
through the room.
She ran TO the second floor To- arous,
her husband and three children, John
the baby, Helen and Annie, the eldest
eight years old. By the time they were
ready TO leave smoke had cut off escape
/ by the way Of the stairs, The iroi
/ pipe extending from window lcdgt
to the ground offered a convenient
escape None Of the children was i'm
jured. The blaze caused only $50 damage
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29
ORGANIZE TO ELECT
DRY LEGISLATORS
West Philadelphia Business
Men Make Prohibition Sole
Election Issue

p,.i,aa, man 90 ~, r,..,.,..,..
'''>' VI "'7' "'ladetphia'
ohder the auspices OF thc Cooperative
Temperance Committee, are conducting
n counaign to oloct f,o ,,,.,,,t.,.,,.
~ '.e
fc''i'sSNd"'" iio"Ho q representatives
and one Senator who arc 'uuaompromis.
iurly I'm favor of the national nrouibi,io,,
o,,,,,o,to
tSa,,r ~ tb, eix ,,.,,1. r,,.
~oniyod ,rd 7oo ,vnrI,or, n, 80 vi
nnui,'a am yotcrs ,n raois,.o i5"uS 10
~ l,ha go, w., a''u cnrOil
Wv ,,nod a. c,s+ tho,r i,,,o, VIII. nc
s,satas y.ha ro,n, r,tifco,i, o can
,,r,n,ary an Nav 81 ''o
~ m,,,,ti,a,,, r,a,,.n >,o..,.
po,noc,ats prnbi,,i,inn,,te b"IH
,s,i-, n,e", nro a,,Ijstad g., ,,,n 70 anu so
,,nl, viii mo-, scoi, 10 ,,n,, e''.ei'' l.
N"'N" - . s,.,t A. ~ "'S ma II
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29
PHILADELPHIA WOMEN
ESCAPE GERMAN GUNS
Emergency Aid Workers in French
Villages Flee When Big
Drive Starts

\ cablegram from Paris today gave
the news that a party of four Phila-
delphia women engaged in Emergency
Aid work had to fee from Wiliequier-
Aumont because of the German bonn
bardment.
The cablegram was received by Mrs.
Cornelius Stevenson, chairman OF the
French committee Of the Emergency Aid,
and was forwarded by Mrs. L. Willard
Rodgers. of Philadelphia, who is in
Paris, where she has general supervision
of the Emergency Aid work. -.
Those IN the party that successfully
evacuated" as the cablegram states. the
French village are Miss Juliana Wood
daughter of Edward Wood, 2t5 south
Seventeenth street; Miss Gathering
Thompson. daughter Of Henry Il
/ Thompson. OF Wilmington Miss jose
phine Hayden, daughter OF ltowlandy g
. Hayden, OF overlook. and Miss Ellen
| Church, Il trained nurse.
MRS. Stevenson said the Phladeph
women have been working in about siS
of the devastated villages along the
French front. giving their energies &c
restoration work. Tho party Is now
| safe in Paris.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29
TRAINING SHIP DRAWS
BIG CROWDS TO PIER
Calvin Austin to Remain in
Philadelphia Until 500 Re-
cruits Are Secured

lying at her dock on the north side
of the Vine street recreation pier. tho
United States Shipping Boards training
ship Calvin Austin is daily attracting
crowds Of curious spectators. No one
Is allowed to go aboard except on of
fetal business. but the boat drills and
other features Of the daily routine for
the apprentices on board are'Nisibic from
the street and have excited considerable
interest
captain Kemp has extended to sailors.
however, a cordial invitation to come
aboard and look around" Their uni
forms will be their password. and al
ready scores of naval officers ana men
have taken advantage of the oppOr-
tuuity.
There are about 2O0 apprentices aboard
Che Austin. most Of whom have been
recruited in New England. They are II
/ sturdy set Of youngsters, aud most Of
them come from good families many
having given up lucrative positions 70
serve their country in this particular
| branch Of the service.
The vessel will probably remain here
until the ships complement has been
/ brought up to 500. Then it will de-
/ part upon a training cruise, during which
| the theoretical knowledge acquired hy
the apprentices will be applied under
| practical conditions.
Scores of applicants for enrolment
are apply ing daily at the office of Will
liam q. Rice. enrolling officer, I'm the
Buursy Building There they mus
undergo q physical test. after whrl
tley may join the ship at once.
The only qualification necessary &
that of American citizenship. and an at.
tractiNC feature of the service Is the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29
RAILROAD SONG CALLS
FOR SAND TO WIN WAR
"Put 1t Down." Writes Nickels, En-
gineer-Poet, in Patriotic
Appeal

4 patriotic song calling upon all rail
road men to "do their Bit has been
given to the Boy Scouts by George Nick
els, an engineer ON the Philadelphia and
Reading Railway running between 1'rcn-
ton and Philadelphia.
Put Down Sand and q ( out Of
Town is the title of the composition. 1t
is an appeal to all railroad men to do
their best to help the United States to
carry out its war program against Ger
many.
The chorus is as follows:
So come on
Get 81 move on
You husky railroad man,
Remember that you're bound
70 do your bit for Uncle sam.
Get ready! Get busy!
For the Kaiser We will can.
SO come on! Get a Inove on,
All YOU husky railroad men.
The phrase ''to put down sand" in
railroad parlanCe, comes from the praA,-
tce of engineers to drop sand on the
rails before putting on steam to get up
speed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29
SALOON SQUAD" AID
TO VARE-SMITH MEN
Liquor Men Declare Foes of
Organization Are to Be
marked"

Despite the assertion of Director of
Public Safety Wilson that his police
force is 'powerless' to cope with the
crime wave that is sweeping the city,
he has removed about a dozen men paid
To- detect crime and organized them into
q saloon squad
Although the 'husl,ies" attached TO
this squad---taken from their posts In
the Detective Bureau and from various
police stations--have been instructed to
search carefully for all Violations Of the
license law, their activities have ap-
parently been political.
Saoonkeepers opposed tu the Ware
Smith forces and particularly Select
Councilman Harry J. Trainer. leader of
the anti-administration forces I'm Coun-
Ills, are the only ones who are known
- have been affected by the workings
ut the saloon squad"
Joseph e. Trainer, brother Of the
Select Councilman, Who led the Town
'Mccting partys campaign in the Twen-
ty-siNth Ward last fall, has, with his
brother. been the target OF the admiu-
iS'raton through the squad.
How II Works
This las been done hy bounding
suloonkeepcrs supplied by distillery
conducted by the brothers 70 offset
the workings Of the squad the Trainer
brothers have sent out Il circular letter
which. in part. IL as follows:
suppl leuenting our verbal warning u
YOU a short time ago, TO exercise an uu.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29
Here's a Scheme 10 .Saue
That Lost Hour of Sleep

Pause in your pleasure Saturday
night long enough to push the hour
hand OF your watch forward one
hour.
You will then be obeying the
Governments daylight.saving law,
which goes into effect at 2 o'clock
on Sunday morning, March 81,
without having to arise, as some
say hyperbolically, ''in the middle
of the nightly
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29
Held for Court as Pickpocket

Accused Of being a professional pick
pocket. Louis Cressin. thirty four ,yeals
uld. Thirteenth street above Girard ave
nue. was held under 5000 bail for cour,
today by Magistrate Glenn It the Fourth
and York streets station. tressin IS aC-
cused by Harry cooper. Of IA NoItl
Marshall street. of having picked his
pocket Of $3.50 while leaving theatre
at Franklin street and Girard avenue.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29

BROTHERS IN SERVICE
Four sons of Mr.. and Mrs. Jo-
5eph Ginsburg, Of Johnstown,
Pa, all Of whom have enlisted
in the United States army.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29

fact that apprentices are automatically
exempted from tho draft law. They are
put through an intensive course OF
training, with one skilled instructor TO
every ten men. In about six weeks the
men are ablo to qualify as flremon, NESS
men, seaneu. coal passers. etc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29
THEATRE MAN AIDS u. S.
Cross Keys Manager to Conduc
Naval Reserve Amusements

David Sablosky, manager Of the Gross
Keys Theatre, the Globe and the Broad
way, and associated with other thee tri-
cal enterprises. has been appointed
amusement director for the United
States Naval Reserve Forces in the
Fourth Naval District which includes
Philadelphia. He has received the rat
ing of chief yeoman, and will have
charge of all the amuSements for the
men in the reserve force at the various
training stations and bases
Mr.. Sablosky is twenty-eight years
old and lives at 122 North Sixteenth
street. He enrolled March 22 and
entered active service last Wednesday.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29
AGED WOMAN HURT by TRUCK

struck by an autotruck rs she was
crossing Alfred street ut Hunting Park
avenue today, Mrs. Maria pachowicz,
sixty-five years old. Of 3930 Alfred street,
received fracture Of ihe left ankle and
internal injuries She was taken 10 St.
Lukos Hospital where her condition is
said to be serious.
Police Of the Twenty-second street and
Hunting Park avenue station arrested
the owner aud driver of the truck, Klein
street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-03-29

IDIIIINlIgHHhNNNNIlAii0T
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VISITE Z FOTOGRAFIE COL RAGGI X

Cure eere per mae del sangu della pee genOnrnar eC
tanto per Uomini che per Dome
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ragione, motto potente per me, e
che vol avete tutta Iapparenza e
lutte lie quahta, secondo il gTande
Hufelaud, dell'uomo deIinatO a
vivere lunga vita, per cui saTeb-
be un peccato il trOncarTa COST
eX-abruptO, perdere per un ca
pricciO altri cinQuanta o sessanta
ami che forSe vi sono ancOra III
serbati.
- Fine a Questa insipida celia,
signore - bOrbottava fmibon-
do il cavaliere.
- Come, signore? Insipida ce-
lial VoITeste forse insegnaImi
Parte medica? Perbacco, mel
maggior senno del monde vi dico
che vol vivrete lunghi ami, We
10 provo. Vol siete di statura mez-
zana, ben pTopOrzionata e COM
plessa; non avete per solito, e
quando non siete soto limpero
dele passioni, ne troppo colore ne
POGO sui vOltO; avete i capelli ca
Stagni, la pelle ferma e senZa ru-
videzza; le vene spiccate e ben
designate ale estremita; lie spal-
le un pO' rotonde, il colo ne lun-
go ne corto, il ventre senza pro
minenze, il piede piuttosto largo
e lungO, il petto ben largo, eleva-
to e capace d'una forte inspira-
zione (badate a non confondere
linspirazione del polmoni con Pi-
spirazione del genio) la voce for
te, i sensi ottimi e senza eccessi-
va delicatezZa. Soltanto, badate
a governare le triSti passioni che
hanno tanto dominic su vol, e che
potrebbero render fallaci le pre-
diziOni della scienZa.
- Ho sopportato abbastanza
la voStra derisiOne - disSe il ca
VALERIE alzandosi di nuovo - e vi
ripeto che voglio una riparazione
delpoltraggio fattomi ieli da vol.
Sc ricusate di battervi meco, mi
darete il diritto di pubblicare il
vostro vergognOso rifuto.
- Vol non 10 farete, signor ca
VALERIE.
- Non 10 faro? E chi potreb-
be impediImelo?
- 10, signor cavahere. vi di-
co che 10 non mi battero con vol,
e vol non direte parola del mio
rfuto di battermi, non gia perche
10 stimassi il non battermi cosa
disonorevolc, ma bensi perche
non no la consuetudine di far sa-
.pere i fatti miei.
- Sc vol non siete pazzo, sic
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te m imbecille, signor Black
man. Ale corte, voIete batteIvi?
- No.
- Ebbene, in questo case mi
peTmetteretc di apphcarvi una
leggiera lezione sui volto.
e Ia sua mano 81 alZava per
colpire Ia guancia di Gaetano;
ma questi impedi Patio, gil after
10 lie braccia, e gil disse:
- Tu sci in casa tua, SantOni,
e credi di potter abusare della 81
tuazione; ma non peImetterti al
cuna parola, ne alto di vioIenza
contro di me, Sc non vuoi pentir-
tene amaramente domain.
- Che intendete dire?
- Niente. III dico soltanto che
10 conosco i fatti tuoi, Santoni;
dunque, prOcma di fare la mia
volonta.
- Tu conosci fatti miei! -
ripeteva il cavaliere, aprendo gil
occhi esterrefatti.
- 81, conOsco un certo com
messo di nOtaro~.. del notare
Tommaso Basileo, il Quale mi ha
confdato una certa cosa...-
- Come? Chi? Quando? Do
We?
i particular sono inutili.
Non vi preSentaSte fOrse, il 21
Settembre 1910, allo studio di
Basileo, e prometteste cento pia-
sire al commesso, affinche vi con-
.segnasse Patto originate di un
testamento all'anima? -
II cavaliere tremava, era palli-
dissimo, un freddo sudore gil ba-
gnava la fronte. Gaetano gil te-
neva sempTe strette lie braccia.
- MenzOgna-.~ calunnla... non
so quello che ditc-.-.
- Non dovreste pertanto i'm
pallidire tremare in tai mOdo; i
vostri polsi sono esili; tutto il vo-
stro sangue ha rifluito al cuore.
Ricordatevi che 10 sono medico.
- Non so niente-.. vi ripeto
che sognate.
- Forse sognero, ma intanto
ascoltatemi bene: 10 sonO un one
sto uomo, incap&ce di far del ma
le a chicchessia, e pero nulla ri
velero del fatti tuoi, come finora
nulla no Iivelato. Ma sub cOndi-
tiOne che non rimetterai piu pie
de in Sorrento, che dimcnticherai
per sempre Beatrice Rionero, e
che non cercherai in venun modO
di offendere la mia persona e il
mio onore. CT siamo intesi?
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to che una stella perversa Vi me
no a Sorrento. -
Gaetano rispose con freddez-
"a:
- Sc 10 vi no isprato odio e
antipatia dial primo momento che
mi avete vedutO, vol dal vostro
cauto mi avete ispirato disprez-
20. -
II cavaliere 81 alz6 furente.
- Pensate che siete in casa
mia.
- CT no pensato.
- Sono stance! - esclamo il
cavaliere. - 81 fnisca questo in
sopportabile colloquio. ConfesSo
. .di essere state 10 il primo ad Of
fendervi. vi chiamai mostro, non
e vero? Ebbene, scegliete le ar
mi ed un secondo, e ira m'ora sia
troncata ira moi la quistione. -
Clio detto, torno a sedersi.
- Su questo la sbagliate, 81
gnor cavaiere, perche 10 non mi
batteT0 con vol.
- Non vi batterete con me?
- vi ripeto che non mi bate
10 con vol.
- Che vuol dir Questo? Sare-
ste vol tanto vile.
- Adagio, adagio, signor ca
valiere, - riprese pacatamente
Gaetano. - vi dimostrero per-
che non posse battermi con vol, e
perche non sono un vile.
- Ma 10 non no tempo da per-
dere con vol.
Un po' di pazienza, signor
cavaliere; mi spiegO. vi diro an
zitutto che non posse battermi
con vol per due ragioni. Ascolta-
temi bene. La prima e che, Sc CT
battiamo, sia che 10 uccida vol, o
che vol uccidiate me, 10 non po-
tlei rendere la vista a Beatrice e
Quindi sposarla. Comprenderete
che questaragiOne vale per cento.
Sc 10 vi uccidessi, siccome j duel
Ii sOno vietati, sarei arTestato,
. processato, e Dio sa quanto tenn
po 81 perderebbe. Ed 10 no fretta,
capite. no fretta di sposare quel-
l'incantevOle creature, no fretta
di ridonarle la luce degli occhi. TT
il cavaliere era pallido per e.
suema rabbia.
La seconda ragione, IT. con-
tinuo Gaetano con la stessa pla-
cidezza e fingendo di non accor-
gersi delPeffetto satanico che lie
sue parole producevano sulPeX fl
danzato di Beatrice - la seconda
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sig1lor

- I'm po' lontano, signor
BlacRman.
- Ma insomnia, dove?
- Salta Betlemme, preSSo
Perta di BrancacciO.
- Sierra, cocchiere, - disse
Gaetano.
La calTozza 81 mosse.
Cammin facendo, quelPuomo,
con affettuose cure e come in lul,
sma1iti raccontava al medico
tutto il triste accaduto: diceva
come di botto un cOlpo di sangue
avesse stramazzato al suolO il po-
vero zio, il quale la sera prima a.
veva perduto al giuOcO; come fos-
Sc limasto senza sentiment, CO.
me la famiglia gil stava rntorno
con affettuOse cure e ocme IN lul,
in Blackman, Tiponessero ora
lutte le speranze. Diceya che MAJ
avrebbero dimenticato il beneti-
clio che egli farebbe quella IA
miglia, lfdonandole il padre, 10
zio, la pTOvvidenZa oil tuttl.
Gaetano 10 ascoltava macchi-
nalmente: il suo pensiero era III
volto al Santoni, e mel suo cuOre
fluiva a torrenti la gioia di avere
umiliato quel superbO.
La caTTozza volo. DOpO dieci
minuti 81 trovo al cominciar della
salita di Betlemme. L'incognito
disse al cocchiere d'aspettar cola,
e col medico s'incammino a piedl
per quel'erta.
- Siamo m1ivati, signor
Blaclman, - disse a un tratto
Pincognito.
Essi erano dinanzi a una pOr-
ticina scalcinata di sinistrO augu-
CONTINUAL
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Nunlero Is
FRANCESCA MASTRIANII
LA CIECA DI SORRENTO
ROMANO
ROMANO

poiche la paura e per me m no.
me ignoto.
- Questo 10 vedremo ira POGO,
Signor Blackman, - rlspose il ca
valiere mOrdendosi le iabbra. -
vi sono grato della vostra esat-
. teZza. e vi giurO che non ne du-
bitavo affattO. Accomodatevi, dl
gTazia. -
Gaetano 81 sede sopra una mo-
desta sedia di paglia.
- Senza parlare del motivl
che hanno potuto indmTe il mar
chese DioneTO a mancare cOsi viii
lanamente ad una Solenne pro
.messa fattami, quail motivi mi
vergogno di indagare, vi dlchia-
ro, SignOr Blackman, che Teri vol
mi faceste un oltraggio mortale,
di cui desidero avere al plu pre-
sto una piena soddisfazione di
sangue.
- In quanto al motivi che
hanno indotto il mTchese a RITZ
rare saggiamente non villana-
mente la parola che Vi aveva da-
ia, Ii troverete in Questa lettera
che il marcheSe mi ha pregato di
conSegnarvi. -
Z clio dicendo, pose Ia lettera
sopra una mensOletta acCanto al
cavaliere.
Per ora non 81 Tatta di que
sto, - disse Amcdeo con djspreZ-
20. - Qualunque sieno questi
motivi, sara una faccenda che
passera ira me e il maTchese Rio
nero. Per ora 81 tratta dun conto
che dOvete saldar con'me.
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.servare, - Tispose GaetanO --
che vol foste il primo ad often
GClmi, e che a me spetta il do
mandarin soddisfazione.
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milo caro- britanno, - soggiunse
con dileggio il cavaliere. - Sia
state 10 vol il primo ad often
dere, IL certo E che il sangue sol
tanto puo colmare Ia lacuna che
esiste ira moi. To vi abboTo e vi
no abOrlito fin dal primo momen-