Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-10

Tony Lomazzi And he gave his life
and he died there in prison. And now
--now--you mean to betray his trust
to betray his friend who believed in you
because he believed in Tony, who
trusted YOU and sent him here. And
Won tricked him, and tricked the police
for your own ends Well, you shall
not do IL! You shall not DO you
hear? You shall not
Nicolo Capriano's face was liyid.
A fury. greater than before, turNe
that was unbalanced, like the fury ,9i
maniac, seized upon him. lie
tp isted his hands one around the other
with swift insistence, his lips moved to
form words-and he coughed instead,
and a heck of blood tinged the white
beard.
"You dare!' he shrieked. catching
for his berath. "You. a girl. dare talk
to me like that. to me--Nicolo Ca
priano! / shall notch? You say
that to me. shall not! And who
will stop me?"
II will!' she said. through tight
lips. "If you will not stop it yourself
then will. No matter what it costs,
no matter what it means-to you, or
| to me--I will !"
Nicolo Capriano laughcd-and the
room rang with the pealing laughter
that was full of unhinged, crazy, shud-
dering mrth.
Fool he cried "You will stop
| it--ch? And how will you stop il?
Will you tell the police? Ha, ha Then
you. too. would bctray dear Tony's s
friend. You would tell the police what
they want to know--that Dave Hen
derson can be found in New York, and
that he has gone there to get the money
back. Or perhaps you will write an
other letter-and tell Dago George 10
pay no attention to my orders? Ha,
| ha. And it Is too bad that our young
friend himself has gone. and left you
no address so that you could intercept
him D.
Teresa drew back little, and into
her eyes came trouble and dismay. And
Nicolo Capriano's laugh rang out again
and vas checked by spasm Of
coughing-and rang out once more
ending in a sort of triumphant scream
"Well. and what do you think now
about stopping Itch? Do you imag
inc that Nicolo Capriano sees no far.
ther than his nOseI Stop II! Bah
No one will stop it-and, least of all
you -
She seemed to have overcome the dis
may that had seized upon her. thougl
her face had grown even whittier thar
before.
1T is true, what you say" she said
in a low, strained voice. But ther'
is one way, left, one way TO find him
and warn him, and ! will take tha
way"
"IIah :" Nicolo Capriano glared n
her. His voice dropped. "And wha
is that way, my little one?" he purrcd
through fit of coughing. "Old Nicol
would like to know"
''To go where Dave Henderson is go
ing" she answered. ITO go where h
can be found, to go to New York, {
keep him from going to Dago George s
or, IL / am too late for that, to war,
him there before Dago George has ha
time to do him any harm, and
Her words ended in startled cry
NicolO Capriano's long, slim fingers
from the bed. had shot out, locke
about her waist and were wrcnChing q
her in madmans fury.
"You-you would do that" the oil
Italian screamed. by God! No! No
No! Do you hear? No. His hand
had crept upward, and, with all hi
weight upon her, he was literally pull
ing himself out of the bed. NO" II
screamed again. "No! Do you hear
No."
"Father,'' she cried out frantically
Father, what are you doing? Yo
will kill yourself" :"
To be continued tomorrow