The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-02-05

taMe 70 open los her hh4 Knows .
Meanwhile she feels for the doorway,
or the bell pull. Bat without success
Hey graceful little hand # know g.
. although We are in the dark ard
would recognise d among th9usandl
say. her graceful lIttle hand vaniers
. awhile III space. then strikes against
one 81 the folding DOORS and 10 j
opens q Itself. he landing s suddenly
lighted up, from the iigh. inside the
aBtechambcr a. Roberto Fenogi.o
+ BeBefcient result Of Felicino Mag
nasco's earel ssness. who had not
made sure % the bolts shooting back
into the l0ckl Oh fate. Oh fate' And
there the philosophers viii hold that
be is not the regulator Of worldly
affairs; nay rather he who puts them
into confusion!
The poor beauty was startled at
first by this opening Of the door at the
mere touch Of her fingers That little
open apartment apparently deserted,
/ frightened her. She trombled al over
and withdrew as Tar back as the rail
ing, But again she heard the foot
steps, and with this the sound q two
. voices Of persons who were coming up,
Of whose conversation a sentence
reached her clearly: Let us 90 up,
she certainly cannot escape US. And
then the poor lady took courage, look
ed up as though TO invoke the protoc
ton Of heaven before entering the un-
known little apartment, which unclos-
ed, with its light, before her, and
threw herself desperately into the
ante-chambcr
The room was deserted; for the only /
servant Of the masculine gender in
that house (as this had been a some
what turbulent fcast) had received
permission to 90 to bed after the last
glass Of champagne had been poured
out, and he had interpreted the per-
mission as a command. The beautiful
unknown did not even dare TO close the
door behind her, for she felt as If she
were falling from seylla into Charyb
dis, and she would not cut of her
retreat from a possibly worse evil.
She proceeded cautiously as for as a
blue silk portiere; she hesitated a
moment, then tried 70 raise it gently,
thrust her head inside, and. there hen .
astonished gaze met the spectacle oi !
the sleeping Mandarin.
All What does this mean the un- .
known visitor asked herself dumb !
founded. From astonishment, please
note, not from fear!
A man asleep does not frightcn q
woman. Jacl, judith, and SO many
other women Of this stamp bear in-
dubitable testimony to this fact Our
unknown friend, who had neither nails
to drive into Siseras temple, nor head
10 cut OF Solofernes, and who there
fore had a tranquil conscience, after
that first start Of surprise, shaped her
lips into a smile, charming smile, BY !
my faith, and which greatly enhanced !
the attraction Of her beautiful lips
She was beautiful. my candid read !
er; almost as beautiful as you are, my I
adored reader. Here, since we are il (:
the full light Of the chandeliers, Il +:
speak poetically, for in humble prose I;
| should say lamps) bit Of descrip- /:
ton Of her admirable beauty would be Z:
very opportune. But as | have no !
time 10 lose, / will leave you TO form !:
a conception of il By the help Of your {
ready Imagination, my candid reader, I:
and you. my adored reader, TO picture !.
her to yourself, by the aid Of your !.
mirror. :
Chinese? thought the Unknown, as I
ihe razed al Fcnoglio. Oh, where un- !:
,er the sun have | got to !? And no !:
me else in this house not a woman !.
o whom may turn And those Z
wo coming up the stairs! Ny God z
What sinister faces. And how they !
AN after me! All! they are here al !
'eady, on the landing they are Z
cushing against the door But ! did :
.ot close Ii, / did not close it! What !.
hall DO now? Signore! Signore! /! Z
he called. Z
Useless 10 cali him Roberto Fenog- =
10 was sleeping soundly, with no Z
bought q king Z
She repeated in the sare subdued !
1ue with which she had begun to call Z
ims Srn5re! Signorei >
A-iref5-hi, the worthy Mandarin !
er1rIe ulub'ea b. his sleep. Z
This waE no answer, as everybody Z
ln see. The acr beauty terrified by <
Be noise ca tae i=ralrg. rez1ried t5a &
rissgsu somewhat iise that u tta
aeasart. vher he attempts 10 hide Z
uu taa hunters eye by sticking :
Fad under bis wing; she fung thg Z
oak under an easy chair standing be- :
de the e9fa of the Mandarin. falling :
10 the chair herself suddenly assuIa- 2