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’s rage “ ' desist ! oulder, I unplore you to $13!: do notâ€"if you push me to the verge of danger myselfâ€"I shall kill you!" _-O__ _‘ am not so easuy; :‘Z-Vo! come. on! I killed as you think!" And the count.‘ thus retorting. sprang to the attack wnthflall the force at his commandfi: disarm him without being called upâ€" on, for his own safety, to strike home. “ 0h." he said. in his heart, “ if I could nerve Guiseppe to pricking the fellow into real anger, Just for one short -‘ AAAAA ‘r' It would be suff1c1ent.” The keen-eyed every 81811. 33“" 1 ing; and the f8 the painter mig] ear: “ Now Guiseppe! Remember the up- stroke !-:-the throat! Then the A. simple accident, after all, was to end the conflict. In his endeavors to avoid ‘his sntagonist's thrusts, without m . which Steffano had suggested. Zanoni saw. and saw that he must put forth all his skill. A half step backward carried his left foot so far over the‘ count had been at his throat. and in Putting it away he had left his own ,,,_r hummus: 'I‘hiq was the situa- shraâ€"ng from it. At that juncture the . count had been at his throat. and In putting it away he point advanced. ‘ ° tion when our hero made his involun- tary leap away from t the self-same moment desperate lunge. two-fold danger life of his enezny. an Zanoni stood aghast. ed upon the man where with his marble-like face and 1118 star- ing. yet sightle e, when he saw the with not even a quiver t he knew what he had done. “ The Father in heaven knows I did not mean to do it i " he said, in bitter- ness of spirit. “ I would have spared him. if I (puld ! " He had not spoken to the marquis, yet the marquis answered himâ€"an- swered quickly and malevolently: - . ‘ â€"-‘- Ann‘ofn ‘IIlt a. 9' "v-'“ “Yet I héard you d moment since that you kill himz” L_j U and he saw what a use cou of them against him. “ Oh. marquis! Will you be so tree-a Spardm oherous? Will you seek to torturengqs e those words into evidence against me? ‘. curious And but a moment ago you swore that s 80; you would help me to escape. Ah lâ€"-" | Ant “Peace! No; my dear, inquisitivegpil.at: So It we friend. I have thee on the hip l” , prised. Steffano Farnese; and the look, '5 dark visage was one of deep '1 15': . malignity. “ By St. Paul,”| “ Am he added, after a brief pause. the look: friend. of hatred changing to one of triumph, ._ was m “ you will pry no further into my ab‘ a An fairs! You made a false move when you , battle- sought to gain knowledge of the early ‘ om 3.. “ Marquis lâ€"as you are called by! . Ia those who know you not l” Zanoni may“) torted. with bitter contempt inl ““11 look and tone. “ you may have the ad-‘ “0h, ow: but such baseness as Igten ye believe you have been guilty of. such; breaking in upon like. “ Here is your prisoner! He has ‘fe ‘ slain the noble Count Guieeppe Denarol See, there he lies, run through the . withm l Heavy hands were laid upon the pain- “W1 ter’s ‘m and his rapier, which he ., had not returned to his acabbard. was ' "Gi‘ mm from him. Two soldiers had taken #11 1â€". -‘J ‘1.” m“ mmena " . ”Vâ€" ‘â€" iii!!! in custody. “Pf ... ___.k’ u . ‘ I: carry him away,” ordered the mar- gone. You know me!” a Yes. Signor Femeae. You are the brother of our, noble duke.” thoriu- CHAPTER XIV- .malefactors, anu were w. ---_ . ' safely and alone. Mark thatâ€"3" ulted artist | alone! Make. sure, further, that he‘ ' one, that he sees no" ,' his enemy to listen to ' speaks With no . ioer in charge, untu- >n. His final plea. may one. save the off ,further order is had either from the ' . 'th him! An-l aplore you . 'ou push me to the verge. ing to the soldiers, selfâ€"l shall kill you’l" ‘g of his slumbering memory. . m - I am “Ct 80 851311)’ ' ened a recollection that gave him light. ’ ni’s startled gaze; hink!" And the count,. Steffano met Aano us light that yes; and 1g upon both heart an ithe care of the body of h tn enervate and walk“. friend ‘ ,_ . ‘ ,--.. Luv-n ‘L’hnn. LS answered himâ€"an- and malevolently: 'd you declare but a that vou would surely and niore were comma malefactorg, and there be properly removed. - “Is that all, Signor ?” the sergeant asked, with just the faintest. approach to a smile on big brpnzed Vlsage. HIS Speech was not 111 1rony, but rether jocose, as though it a comlcalothing tha v â€"-I-'â€" The prisoner winced; but gave no. sign of feeling, that 1118 guard could! see. Presently he replied to the ser-i geant: “I think you nee-d have no fear of that. Antonio is a dear lover of art. and that rapier was once the property of a master whose memory he holds you have said.” . . “ That will answer,” said Zanonl. "But." he added, after a. little pause. " it might ’be well if you should 1n- ‘form him that the master whoofor; \ merly owned the weapon was Murillo. unruly uw u use "vwrvu .. .. " Murilloci” repeated the Getâ€"emu. .his Murillo?” . i “ His favorite pupil and dearest“ friend was my friend and tutor,” an- swered J nan, regarding the 01d guardsman curiously. But if his pre- vious exclamation had struck him as curious. the next was to appear more so. “ Antonio Velasquez was his best. p“; pil. at all events. Did you know him? It was now Zanoni’s turn to be sur- prised. However, he answered prompt- I1y: I “ Antonio Velasquez was the best lfriend. save one, that I ever had. He =was my master and teacher.” “ And you' are the painter of the ; bangle-piece ‘The Viconti,’ Signor Zan- |om ” will you tell me What you know of E ‘ ‘I am. And. my friend, if I may ask, 1 Murillo and Antonio Valasquoz 3” “0h, not much, signor. I served ten years in the army of Spain, and twee stationed at Seville. My brother Iwas a. painter and studied with Velas- quez, and I used to he often in the ‘painter’s quarters. I love the art my- [self, and I am proud in possessing a afew good pictures. 01 course, I icouldn't be in the studio of Velesquez iwithout hearing at Murillo, and a. few to! his smaller pieces 1 saw there.” I “I have heard your brother speak of ”min; and I think I now remember eeen.yon.reefl I was but e E, at the ”timeâ€"only sixteen. You t Seville ehortly after, u did I. I “What was your brother's name I” “Ah! Batista!" “Yes, Giacomo Batista." “énduyou'm m1" ‘ wUlU. uuu huv‘I-â€"vâ€"v-- me what .it i831 Two of the officers took the marquis 1 .pier. It IS aprice- in hand and carried him home. Two is not to be re-‘other young nobles were also carried Id like to haYe Youito their homes, three of the number, to go With .1". and|being sons of wealthy merchants, were I will tell him why idelivered over to the captain in charge 33 it if it must DaSSÂ¥at the headquarters, where they were ' lkept till morning and then suffered to 3’ returned the 01d ’ depart with several reprimands. sntil‘e 800d nature,l On the following day an officer of you have slain one'the forceâ€"Philip Salvioâ€"entered com- 3 of Parma, 1 think! plaint and full information of the ittle question abcglt‘lnight's debauch before the duke, the e weapon again. " l result of which was the administering ive It.t0 the duke? {of a public reprimand to the whole you, 81811013 that 1‘13 party, the marquis coming in for the it as rather acooliseverest and most scathing ‘part of it. 1; but gave noi his guard could I lied to the ser-i " vâ€"V came {:6 Italy." The old sergeant was ed; and, further, he.rett his rapigrn haying first went to be main part of the girtnitted to walk alonfl geant in a seemingly fr: :and no one who saw ”1 Isuspected that the 1 §gent1eman with the E II rapier._ walklng along I ‘ ______.Jnmg with 1 sonata. Boner» u “The prison of the malefactors. 33 was really the Steftano had called it. only prison of conseqlw city. There were two or t places of detention, but only proper prison house. It was near the ducal palace and hall of Justice. one of its granite walls, pierced by a multitude of iron-grated loop-holes, 01‘ . embrasuresâ€"the y ehihrasuresâ€"they could ha . ed windowsâ€"overlooking the IN channel washing its foundation. And here another benefit resulted to the prisoner from his curious compari- son of notes with the old sergeant. .That‘officer, in transferring him to Ithe keeper of the prison, told thqstory lOf the arrest in as favorable a light th ing: 1.115. On a certain night. little more than‘ two years ago, Steffano was on the Grand Piazza“. in company with .half a 1y intoxicated. They had torn down several signs over the doors and win- dows of respectable artisans and tradesmen; had broken the windows of dwelling-houses, and had finally gath- gane however, they could endure no more. and interfered by force. i It was known very well that Mar- squis Steffano had done the cruel, cow- ;ardly deed; but the one man who‘ could have sworn to it dared not, and he '.went clearâ€"clear of apprehension and punishment; but not clear from oppro- 'brium and hatred. . At ‘the prison, when Zanom was delivered over to the keeper. the sergeant repeated the orders ’which he had received from the mar- ?quis, but there was no formal order-10f i committal, nor had there been any 'order for the arrest; so the painter, Hupon giving his word that he would ; not try to escape, was conducted to an apartment in the suite of the keeper, 5 well and comfortably furnished, be- -fsides being of goodly size and clean ’,and airy. In fact, it was a chamberl {where the officer might have placed t one of his visiting friends. The only " approach to a prison look about it was 1.that upon lifting the silken curtains ‘ ‘ of the windows a light but firm net- 3 a ting of iron appeared beneath them- 3 . And here supper was brought in; and 'here the prisoner was to pass the ' , night. I Three nights later Philip Salvio was stabbed to the heart, in a narrow, dark street, near the river, and his body thrown into the current; but it was drawn out by another officer, a short distcnee farther down the stream and the Spot where he had been assass- inated was discovered. And what were his feelings? He knew the law; and the law said he must die! Not even the ducal 'power could save or reprieve him. The kill- ing of a. noble by plebeian wasadeed to be punished with deathâ€"no more; no less. And when he remembered the testimony which Steftano would give against him, his last hope of liv- ing died out. Could the duke have ;possessed the power of pardon, as “’kings and emperors did, he might have 9. hope; but such wee not the case. In the" 61d guardsman' fact, the rulings of the council, with the chief justices at his head, were as far beyond the power of the duke to change or modifly as was his powerbe- yond that of his lowest menial. 0t Zanoni's thoughts of Isabel we can well judge. They were sacredâ€" holyâ€" and with them we will leave him [or the night. Meantime, Marquis Steftano had not been idle,,~ It was his plan that the duke should remain as long in ignor- ance of what had occurred as possible. On his arrival in the city hement at once to the office o£_the council, where L- ____- A n he was sure of finding some of the members, they usually having busi- ness that kept them into the evening. This council, called "The Council of Twenty," eat in secret when_ they for our a. favor- promising. w in the divine right of kings, divine right of t ' ' éxp‘lain. So one finds in many villages a per- manently resident crocodile. known by name. and treated respectfully, taking toll of the natives. year by year, until it becomes rather a point of local pride to tell how many children the fat old sinner. who suns himself in the mud. utterly fearless of reprisals, has eaten. In some cases sacred crocodiles are kept in narrow ponds and fed by Brah- min priests. And it is curious to note that this custom dates back to the time of the ancient Egyptians. Crocodiles know a thing or two. In. very hot climates they buzy 1heir eggs, in the sand and the sun hatches them. Where the nights are cool enough so that the sand does not retain the sun’s: heat the ‘ ‘crocodilus Porosus," the estuary crocodile of the east. puts its eggs in the middle of a heaped-up mound of vegetation. This heats by fermentation, precisely like wet hay in a stack and keeps the eggs warm until they hatch out. The female crocodile guards the nest jealously and small boys don’t try to rob it as a rule. The Trochilus. or crocodile bird, the queer little convoy that always lives with the big saurians. also lays its eggs in the sand. but keeps the nest warm at night by sitting on it. Slmple Way of ”electing Sewage or (”her Imp-rules. Here is a simple test for the pres- ence o‘. sewage in water. All drinking water should be tested in town or country frequently. as there are othr er impurities besides sewage which are quite as deadly, and every cistern of water is liable to be asource of blood poisoning. Mice. rats and other pests must have water. and many a case bf typhoid is set up by such as these falling into the cistern and remaining there for months in adecomposed state. To detect this impure condition is very simple'and unfailing. Draw a tumbler of water from the tap at night, put a piece of white lump su- gar into it, and place it on the kitch- THE GHASTLY CROCODILE. en mantel shelf 61' anywhere that. the temperature will not be under 60 de- grees Fahrenheit. In the morning the water, if pure, will be pe'rfectl) clear. if contaminated by sewage or other impurities the watâ€" er will be milky. This is a. simple and safe test well known in chemistry. Miss Wantornoâ€"Why do you say you love the company of women 1 You are always with a lot of men. Miss Flirtsomeâ€"Aro not. men the company at women. an a. rule! TEST OF DRINKING WATER. To be Continued. HER DEFENCE. a mi «and by excesswe use of tobacco, A: time: my heart would beat very “My and then 30611306 to stop beating only“ commence agun wnh unnatural rapidity, ll ML:Q nn‘nan“kiv nn‘;nn A. -A “rm". ".on unhealthy action of m hm canned shortness of breath, waking m debility. 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