The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-02-05
a NIGHT or
STRANGE ADVENTURE
Translated from The lialan of Anton
Giaiio Iiarrlll b & . Couba.
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Asl told D. Roberto FrnegB5 ~
Halla ..He 90 he safa. g soft sofa
covered HtH velvet from Wheh. had
be thsHe. ! would net lave
n0Ye5 even q 81 % a wedding, and
III wager yl would Tot Hayg mcyca
go1rsf courteous reader. not even %
go ard bly Ia boob which affords ne
the opportunity u talking % y0u
The Weag Mandarin. half asleep.
49, r.u Hg upon he advice II FeIice
M1guaeee.
Sc what shrcwdness that odd
Fe.les diplaysl he has solved a
problem with which have been puz-
Elag my brain for some twelve years.
Give oneself up 70 the unknown, let
Pate work, reason with ones feet;
ulat means escape from lies tran
tran. The equation IS perfect, and a
mathematician could find no fault With
e. Let Us apply il therefore and
first u ali what shall ] 90 in about
zen minutes What folly! / was be-
ginning 70 reas1Ei ! must not, viii
not know what I shal. DO Ia ten min
utos our How sleepy ] am!
Lcl us SO TO sleep, that Is the best
thing ] can go. te.ieino Is 10 return
this morning 10 accompany me 10 his
beautiful. cousins, and / cannot 90
half dead Tor want Of slcep' There il
Is agai1' So. ! must not 60 % sleep;
II is too ordinary thing; | fall back
into my habits, and this / must fee
from at any cost. Here am, on this
sofa BY chance Who would
dare 10 Affirm that / am not here by
the merest chance? What new thing
will happen 10 me on this sofa Let
posterity answer. How sleepy / am
1 would willingly 20 to bed But
come, FcnogIio, let not reason over
come you So easily! One would think
that you were afraid Of the unknown
Who Is this parsonage, the unknown?
Is he ugly or handsome And
Felice's cousin, Is she really as beouti-
ful as he paints her? Or is he not
rather IN love with her wealth? Yes,
whether we would or not, money al
Ways comes in, everywhere We deny
IL; protest against It; but wealth com
mands our bodily eyes, as it does those
Of our reason. Still, who knows I
She might be beautiful, his cousin Of
his!
Ny readers fair and otherwise, ] Il
will spare sou The rest u these dis
connected reflections of nay hero. In
dolence rather than his friends ad-
vice, had Aep. him On thc sofa, where
few minutes later he was doing.
] would not swear 70 you that the
copious draughts Of foaming cham
pagno had not much % do with it.
Roberto FenoRlio was not man to
look at all with scom upon the glass.
and that night especially, surrounded
BY a jolly company gay pupils Of
Terpsichore, he had tried to set q good
example, By gaily drinking enough for
four.
Sleep, Fenoglio; sleep, weary Man
DARN; your slumbers will not be long.
For, you have already guessed,
beautiful ladies and courteous readers,
that shall not leave him alone on the
sofa, nor viii | prolong this silent
scene beyond the limits Of your {
patience. i
Come with me toward the outer /
door. Do you not hear on the stair
way the sound Of light and hurried
footsteps? Have no fear Of thieves;
with the noise Of footsteps there is !
also the rustling Of a silken robe.
Who is this woman that asecnds, or
rather, flies, hardly touching the stairs
with her feet and the edge Of her
dress, and stops. erouches full of fear.
trembling, painting, upon the landing, J
near the haif-closed door Of Roberto J
Fcnogiio
Wait and you shall know The 2
beautiful stranger, (for she was beau s
,ifal. and know il already. although S
se are s,ll ia the dark the beautiful
stranger. ! say. oamc 20 s;andstll up =
.hcre, gathered the ample folds of her &
SIX cloak about her and listened in-
emily % bear the slightest noise chat q
might come from below She hears b
ilthiug. and her heart feels easier. So.
-1ri-g courage. she asierrs t0 look z
Der the hans.gr But alasi as .hst
.cry instant ste ber5gs go hear tho e
oand ~ footsteps beneath then q
lufese5 rse followed by ths cfattl-
ng of % match scratched up5- a rgagh u
urface and a cash ~ l.eht shoots ~ e
rom the bottom of the stairway. b
The poor beauty again croaches iu g.
.er corner but she does nos stay there =.
Second r.
Ny God' What SHAH a. she mar l.
surei & herself How shall save
lyself. q