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THE SCRANTON TRIBUTE THURSDAY MORNING, IttARCII 28, 1895.
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(These short serial stories are copyrighted by Bacheller, Johnson & Bach
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CHAPTER V.
Y.'hen three of the clock chimed from
the belfries of St. Maik slw awaited
him alone in her favorite room, clothed
In whlfe with a knot of tea-roses at her
breast; Hhe. was full of gladness; she
looked at herself In the? many mirrors
and saw that she was as fair as the fair
June day.
"How beautiful our lives will be!"
she thought. "Poor little dead child!
It was his little hunl Joined ours.
Perhaps he Is an uni?el of God now, and
will be always with us!"
She heard the swish of oars at the
the water-stairs below; she heard steps
ascending the stairs; she heard the
voice of her head servent speaking. It
was he! She put her hand to h"r heart;
It beat so wildly that the leaves of the
roses fell; she crossed herself and mur
mured a prayer; such happiness seemed
to merit gratitude.
Through the vista of the ante-chambers
came the figure of a man, Itut It
was not that of Andrels.
Darner came up to her with his calm,
jcpresslonles face, his Intent eyes, his
htilr of authority and of Indifference.
"You expected the I'rlnce Andrels,"
lie snld to her. "I regret to tell you,
madame, that lie Is unable to keep his
Appointment with you. He has taken
the disease of which that child on the
barge died this morning. He has' what
the vulgar call diphtheria."
' Andrels lay In the largo salon where
they hud dined together In the evening
after finding the opal necklace. Danier
hid caused a bed to be taken Into It and
jdaced In the center of the room, as af
fording more air from the four large
windows than was to be obtained from
the Inner bedchamber adjoining. He
did not give the true name to the dis
ease In speaking to, the peoplo of the
hotel; he spoke merely of cold and fever
tVotri a plunge In the hot noonday Into
foitt canal water; on the local doctor,
whom he paid the compliment of call
ing In, he enjoined the same reserve.
"The prlnco Is very rich," he said, "he
will pay for any loss which may be In
curred, any renewal of furniture and of
draperies."
From Andrels he did not conceal the
truth.
Indeed, Andrels himself said, In a
hoarse, faint voice: "I have the dis
ease which the child had. Cure me If
you can, for"
He did not add why life was more
than ever beautiful to him, but the
tears rose Into his eyes; the other un
derstood whait remained unspoken.
. When three In the afternoon sounded
from the clock-tower on the south sldo
of the hotel he raised his head, and,
with ft despairing gesture, said to
Darner: "She expects me. Uo and ex
pluin to her; say I am 111. Tell her I
would get up and keep my tryst If I
tiled at her feet, but I fear I fear the
contagion for her."
"Lie whore you are, end you will
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probably he well In a few days," said
Darner. "I will leave Stefanlu with you
and take your message. I shall soon
return. Meanwhile your man knows
what to do."
.Stefanlo was the valet.
The eyes of Andrels followed him
from the room with longing and an
guish. He was not yet so HI that the
apathy of extreme' Illness dulled his de
sires and stilled his regrets. Both were
Intense as life still was Intense In him.
He would have risen and drugged him
self to the (V Iyaranlgra; but as he
had said he feared the Infection for her
which would be in his voice. In his
touch, In his breath, In his mere pres
ence. "She loves me, she loves me," he
thought, and he like a coward, like a
knave, must be untrue to the first meet
ing she had promised him!
"Why is It," he thought, os the tears
welled up under his closed eyelids, "that
our better, kinder Impulses alwuys cost
us so much more heavily than ull our
egotisms and all our vices?"
if he had I. -ft the little child under
neath the barge to drown, would It not
have been better even for the child?
The little thing had only suffered some
eighteen hours longer through his res
cue. "What did you tell her?" ho asked,
breathlessly, when Dainer at last re
turned. "I told her the truth," replied Da
rner, os he placed the thermometer
under the sick man's armpit. "You
have worried and fretted; your fever
has Increased."
"What did she say? She Is not angry
offended?"
"Who can be so at the misfortune of
disease? Of course she knows that you
have Incurred this misfortune through
your own folly."
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"Did she say so?"
"No; I am not aware that she said so.
But she no doubt thought It. She bado
me tell you not to agitate yourself."
"Was that all?"
"She added for her sake," said Da
rner, with a cold, slight smile. He was
truthful In what he repeated; he
scorned vulgar methods of misrepre
sentation and betrayal. The heavy
eyes of Andrels gleamed and lightened
with Juy. I
"Thanks," he said softly, and his hot
hand pressed that of his friend.
"I will write to her," he udded. "You
can disinfect a note?"
"Yes. Hut do not exert yourself.
Try to sleep."
He crossed the room and closed the
green wooden blinds; he gave an order
to Stefanlo, and dipped his hands In a
disinfecting fluid; then he sat down
and took up a book. But he could not
"Will Ills Mother Soon Ha Here?"
read. He saw before him that blanched,
frightened face, which a little while be
fore had been rulsed to his as the voice
of Veronica had cried to him: "Save
him! You will save him? You have so
much knowledge, so much power. You
will save him for my sake!"
He had promised her nothing; he had
only said brlclly, In the language of
people who were fools, that the Issue
of life and of death was In. the hands of
Deity. He hud promised her nothing;
In his own way he was sincere. I'p to
that time he had done everything
which science and experience could
suggest to combat the disense.
He called In a second medical man of
the town and two Hlsters of charity to
replace Stefanlo, who grew alarmed
tor his own safety ond would no longer
approach the bed.
"Send for my mother," said Andrels,
In his choked voice.
"Certainly," answered his friend; but
Darner telegraphed only to the Andrels'
palace In Palermo, and he knew that It
was unlikely she would bo In that city
In the summer heats of the end of
June.
It might be forwarded or It might
not; Italian households are careless in
such matterB.
The disease which had fastened on
Andrels was not one which waits. Hut
when he murmured once and again.
"Send for my mother!" Darner could,
with a clear conscience, reply: "I
have telegraphed."
The day wore Into night, and the
night waned Into dawn. All the ani
mation of Venetian life began again to
awake with the whirr of the pigeons
taking their sunrise flight from dome
and cupola and pinnacle and gutter.
To the sisters of charity their patient
seemed better; to the surgeons of the
city also; Darner said nothing? ,
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FOR THE
Andrels drew his pencil and paper to
him and wrote feebly: "Veronica?"
Darner read the name.
"She came to see you an hour or two
ago," he answered. "But I could not
allow it. Your Illness Is Infectious."
He spoke In his usual brief, calm. In
different manner. Andrels sighed, but
Is was a sigh of content; he was half
asleep; he turned on his pillows and
drew the little note which he had hid
den under them once more against his
cheek.
"He will sleep himself well," said the
nun.
"let us hope so," replied Darner; but
she heard from his tone that he did not
share her belief.
It wus now 11 o'clock.
"Uo and rest," he said to her. "You
need It. 1 and his servant will watch
tonight. If there be any necessity I
will summon you."
"Will his mother Boon be here?"
asked the sister, whose heart was ten
der. "I believe so," replied Darner.
He lit , candle and approached the
bed. Andrels smiled afalntly. He could
not speak.
"Let mo see your throat," said Da
nier. Ho saw that the nun had spoken
truly; the fungus growth was wasting,
the false membrane wus shrinking;
there wus a. healthier look on the
tongue. He set the, lamp down and
said nothing.
"Is he not better?" said the sister,
anxiously.
"Perhaps," he replied. "If there be
no re-formation of the false membrane
he may be saved. Oo, my good woman,
and rest while you can."
She went, nothing loth, to her supper
and her bed. Dumer was alone with
the mutt who trusted him and whose
mother trusted him.
"Man cannot control circumstances,"
he thought, "but the wise man can
assist circumstances, the fool does not."
Once It bad suited him to save that
young man's life; now 'It suited him to
end It.
One uetlon was as wrong or as right
eous os the other. It was an exercise
of power, an when the monarch grants
an amnesty or signs a death warrant.
Who blames the monarch who does but
use his power? The prerogative of su
perior reason Is higher than the pre
rogative of a monarch.
Ills professional conscience would
have shrunk from giving the disease,
but It did not shrink from making death
certain where it wus merely possible.
He did but add a stronger poison to that
which nature had already poisoned.
Men slew their rivals In duels und no
one blamed them; who should blame
him because he used the finer weapon
of science Instead of the coarser weapon
of steel? He did but carry out the doc-
CURES
Biliousness.
CURE8
Biliousness.
CURES
Biliousness.
Dlreot Proof.
My wlfo hasbten tronblid
with Llvtr Cnmplaia t Kid Pal
pitation ot the heart for am a
year. Hr can baffled tbeakill
of oor beat pbnloians. Af Ur
uatng three botMre of your
DarJook Blocd liters eh to
almost votlraly wall. We truly
rocommand your medicine.
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MoDtpllar, WUUmm Uo., 0
Regulates
the
LIVER.
trine of the laboratory to Its just and
logical sequence.
What he felt for Veronica was not
love, but passion, and not passion
alone, but the sense of dominion. He
knew that the fair creature shrank
from him, but submitted to him. All
the Intense Instinctive tyranny of his
nature longed to exercise Itself on her,
a beautiful and patrician thing, so
far above him, sa fragile and so fair.
He knew that he would never possess
her or command her except through
fear; but this would suffice to him.
The finer und more delicate elements
to love were Indifferent to him. were,
Indeed, unknown. They hud existed
In Andrels, whom he hud despised; but
In his own temperament they could
find no dwelling-place.
Late at night und early at dawn
messengers came from the Ca' Laran
Igra. Darner replied to all Inquiries:
''It Is Impossible to say what turn the
disease may take."
Andrels had written at Intervals
various penciled notes to her; Indis
tinct, feebly scrawled, but still coher
ent. He pointed to each when It was
"Lot Me See Him! Oh! I.ct Me See Him!"
written and looked at his friend with
supplicating eyes. He could not speuk,
for the fnlso membrane filled his throat.
Darner had taken each note.
"To Countess Laranlgra?" he hud
asked.
Andrels gave mute assent. Darner
had carried each note to the next room,
read It, then disinfected It, then sent It
to Its destination. He was of too protid
a temper to use the usual small arts of
the traitor.
Once Fhe wrote In reply.
"I ennnot see, my eyes are too weak,"
Andrels scrawled on a scrap of paper.
"Head It to me."
Darner opened and read It aloud. It
was short, timid, simple, but a deep
love and an entense anxiety spoke In It.
Andrels took It and laid his cheek on
It with a smile of Ineffable peace. It
Beejned to give him firmer hold on life.
Darner sat by the bedside and
watched him.
He believed that he would recover.
Andrels slept, his cheek on the little
letter, as a child falls to sleep with a
favorite t'oy on Its pillow.
In the durk Darner was told that a
lady who wus below In her gondola de
sired to see him. He descended the
talis prepared to find Veronica Lara
nlgra.. She was veiled; he could not
see her features, but he knew her by
the turn of her head, the shape of her
hand, before she spoke.
"You come for news of the prince?"
he said, coldly and harshly. "I can
give you none. The disease Is always
uncertain and deceptive."
"Let me see him! oh, let me . see
him!" she murmured. "I came for
that. No matter) what they say. No
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matter what danger there be. Only let
me see him!"
"That Is wholly Impossible," replied
Darner, in an unchanged tone. "Why
do you come on such errands?"
"Who should see him if not I? Who
are you that you should keep me from
him?"
"I am a man of science whose duty It
I Is to protect you from yourself. (o
home, madame, and pray for your be
trothed. That is all thut you can do."
"Why does she love him?" thought
Darner. "Like to like. Fool to fool.
Flower to flower!"
From his soul he despised her, poor,
lovely, mindless, childlike creature!
But her voice turned his blood to flame;
the sound of her weeping deepened his
scorn to hate; the touch of her ungloved
hand was testacy and agony In one.
He loved her with furious, brutal, un
sparing passion, like lava under the Ice
of his self-restraint. He stood in the
twilight and looked after the blaok
"He shall never be yours," he said
In his heart. "Never never never!
unless I die Instead of him tonight."
To Be Concluded
Nov. 18, 1894.
Train leaves Bcranton for Philadelphia
and New York via I. at H. K. K. at 7.45
a.m.. 12.05, 2.38 and 11.88 p.m., via IX, 1.. &
W. R. H., 6.00, S.0S, 11.20 am., and 1.30 p.m.
LcaveSeritntoii for pulsion anil Wilkes
Biirre, Ma D., L. W. K. K , 6.00, 8.0S, 11.20
a.m., 3.60, 6.07, 850 p.m.
Leave Scranton for Whlto Haven, Ha
Elotoii, PottHvlliu und ull points en the
Heaver Meadow und t'oltsvllle branches,
vlu E. & W. V. It. R.. 4.40 a.m., via 1. tii H.
It. R. at 7.45 a.m., 12.05. 2.38, 4.00 p.m., via
1)., L. i W. K. K., 6.00, OS, 11.20 a.m.. 1.30,
3.50 p.m.
Leave Scranton for Bethlehem, Kaston,
Beading, lliirrtsbiirc and all Intermediate
points via 1'.
iiiilnlH via. IV It. It. H 7.45 a.m.. 12.05.
2:w, 4.00, ii ;m ,11,111,
li ;m ,11,111., via u . i.. m v. it it.,
bum. sun,
1! 20 a.m.. l.n D in.
Leave Si-ranton for Tunkliannock, To-
wuuilu, i:iinllH. Ithaca, Geneva mid all
Intermediate points via D. & 11. R. H . 8.45
a.m., 12.t ii ml 11.35 p m., vlu D., L. & W.
It. It . 8.08. tt.55 a in., l.Sfl p.m.
I Alive tietantun for Rochester, Huffalo,
Niagara Falls, Detroit. Chicago nn.l hII
points went via 1. 11. R. H . 8 45 a.m.,
12.0fi, .16, 11.38 p.m., via P., I... W. R. R.
and PI ttm on Junction, 8.08, .bi a.m., 1.50,
8.50 p.m., via R W. V. H. K., 3.41 p.m.
For lOlmlru and the Meat vlu Salumuiica,
vlu l. A 11. R. It., 8.45 u.m., 12 05, .n5 p.m.,
via 1) , L. & W. H. R., 8.08, 0.55 a.m., 1.20,
and 6 07 p.m.
Pullman parlor and sleeping or L. 'V .
chair enra on nil trains between 1.. & H.
Junction or Wllkes-Hul-re and New York,
Philadelphia, Buffalo, and tiUBpcnnlon
Bridge.
ROI.L1N H. WII.P.FH. Gen. Supt.
CHAS.B.LKH.tlen. Pans. Agt., Phlla., Pa.
A. W. NUNNKMAl'llKR, Aost. Gen.
Pass. Agt., South Bethlehem. Pu.
Eric and Wyoming Valley.
Tralna leave Bcranton for New York
and Interniadlato pointa on the Erie rail
road at 4.36 a.m., and 324 p.m. Also for
Honeailalo, Haw ley and local pointa at
85. 9,45 a.m., and 8.24 p.m.
All the above uro through trains to and
from Honetciulo.
Tralna leava for Wtlkci-Barre at 6.40 a.
m. and 8.41 p.m.
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RAILROAD TIME-TABLES
Central Railroad of New Jersey.
(Leujtfti uiul UHiUehunna Division
Anthracitti coal used exclusively, insur
ing cleanliness and coiulort.
Vi.ilh; TAULU l.N l-.t-rt-CT MARCH 25,
1(5.
Trains leave Scranton for rittston,
Wilkcti-Barre, etc., at 8.20. 9.15, 11 .30 am,
12.45. 2.O0, 3.05. 5.00. 7.25 p. r.i. Siiiiduis, ii.uj
u. in., l.uO. 2.15. 7.10 p. m.
For Atlantic City, S 20 a.m.
For New York, Newark and Elizabeth,
S 20 (express) a.m., 12.45 (express with Buf
fet parlor car), 3.05 (express) p.m. S Jii
di:y, 2.15 p.m.
For Maueh Chunk. Allentown, Bethle
hem, K.iHlon and Philadelphia, 8 2u a m.,
12 45. 3.05. HO (except Philadelphia) p.m.
Sunday, 2.15 p.m.
For Lonx Branch, Ocean Grove, etc., at
8.20 a.m., 12.45 p.m.
For Reading. Lebanon and Harrisbur?,
via Allentnw n. 8.20 a.m., 12.45, 5 00 p m.
Sunduy, 2 15 p.m.
For PottKville. 8 20 a m.. 12,45 cm.
Returning, leave New York, foot of Lib
erty street, North river, at 9 10 (express)
a.m.. 1.10. 1.30, 4 30 (express with Buffet
parlor earl p.m. Sunduy, 4.30 a.m.
Leave Philadelphia. Readme Terminal,
9.00 a.m., 2 u0 and 4.30 p.m. Sunday 6.-7
a.m.
Throuph ticket to all points at lowest
rates may be had on application in ad
vance to the ticket agent ut the tntion.
11. T. BALDWIN.
Gen. Pnsa. As'nt.
J. II. OLHAVSEN. Gen Supt.
Del., Lack, and Western.
Trains leave Scranton as follows: Ex-
fress for New York and alt points East,
40. 2.50, 6.15, 8.00 and 9.65 a.m.; 12.55 and 3.59
p.m.
Express for Easton, Trenton. Philadel
phia and the south, 5.15, 8.00 and 9.56 a.m.,
12.56 mid 3.50 p.m.
Washington and way stations, 3.6 p.m.
Tohyhaiina accommodation, 6.10 P.m.
Express for Blnghaniton, Oswego, 121
mtra, Corning, Hath, Pansvlllo, Mount
Morris and Buffalo, 12.10. i 35 a.m. and 1.24
p.m., making close connections at Buf
falo to nil pointa lu the West , Northwest
and Southwest.
Bath accommodation, 9 a.m.
BtiiKlinmtou and way stations, 12.37 p.m.
Nicholson accommodation, at 6 16 p.m.
Btnghamton and Elinlra Express, 6 0
p.m.
Express for Cortland, Syracuse, OswetfO
littca and Rlchtield Springs, 2.36 a.m. and
1.24 p.m.
Ithaca, 186 and Bath a.m. and 1.24 p.m.
For Northumberland. Pittston, Wilkes
Bnrrc, Plymouth, Bloiiinsliurg and Dan
ville, making close connections at North
umberland for Wtlllaiusport, Harrlslmrg,
Baltimore, Washington and the South.
Northumberland and Intermediate sta
tions. 6.00. 9.66 a.m. end 1.30 and 6.07 p.m.
Natitlcoke and Intermediate stations,
8.08 and 11.20 a.m. Plymouth and Intur
nedlate atatlons, 3.60 and 8.63 p.m.
Pullman parlor and sleeping coaches on
II express train
For detailed Information, pocket time
tables, etc., apply to M. U smltn, city
ticket oniee, 328 Lackawann
vanna avenue, or
depot ticket ofllce.
DELAWARE AND
HUDSON RAIL
ROAD. Commencing Monday,
iTW d"y' Ju,y
BM M Mff will arrive at new Ln,(?k-
WW 0 awanna avenue station
jTfr as follows: ,
P " Trains will leave Boran-
ton station for Carbondale IM In
termediate point at 8 20, J
10.10 a.m., li tJO, 130, 3.66, 6.15. 6.16, 7,36, 9.i
and 11.20 p.m. . . ,
For Furvlew, Waymart and Honesrtale
at 7.00, 8.26 and 10.10 a.m.,12.00, 3.20 and 6.1l
P For Albany. Saratot. the Adirondack
and Montreal at t.t a.m. and 8.20 p.m.
For Wtlkes-Bnrre and Intermedial
lids at 7.46, 8.46. 9.38 and 10 46 a m., 12.06
1.20, 2.36, 4.0O, 6.10, 06, lit and 11.38 p.m.
Trains will arrive at Bcranton station
from Carbomlale and Intermediate point;
at 7.40. 140, 9.34 and 10.40 a.m., 12.00, 1.17,2.34
140, 1.64, 6.6S, 7.46, 9.11 and 11.33 p.m.
From Honesdale, Waymart and Far4
view at 134 a.m., 12.00, 1.17, 8.40, 165 and
7.46 p.m.
From Montreal, Saratoga, Albany, etc.,
at 4.64 and 11.83 p.m.
From Wllkee-Barro and Intermediate
points at 1.16, 8 04, 10.06 and 11.65 a.m., 1.16
114, 139, 110, 108, 7.20, 9.03 and U.U p.m.
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