PAGE THREW T H E RPRING PIRLI) NEWS Tlll'H SIlAY , MAY ». 192» Building I lie First -Transcontinental Railroad | ami at u couch drawn up to the bed­ side. I'nlerino 1« the aicn e. T here an "And you live been nuralng me all exile, I.entinrdo ill Mnrlonl, ha» cone the tim er' be w hispered. for love <>f Adrienne Carluc« Io. who She sm iled brightly through the spurns him lb meet» an KnsHshman, tears which she could not hide. Lord St Maurice. who fall» In Io»» "Of course I have. Who has a bet- with Adrienne on sigh, Leonardo »••' right. I should like Io know?" hl» «later M srgh a-lls. who tell» It, in He slg h iil and closed his eyes. In hla love for Adrienne 1» hopehaa Hal a few m inutes he waa asleep. he ptcada with her Io srrsn g e an in Eor a fortnight h is life had hung cldcntnl m eeting, to ’-ny farew ell, be­ | upon u tread, anil even when the tw een Adrienne and him doctor had declared him out of danger She i otieenl» I hnl night ih** Eng the question of his sanity or Insanity 11»),man 1» Informed of an attem pt be quivered upon the balance for another In« made to < ary off Hlgnorlnn Carltn week He would either aw ake per d o and Margharlta. who are walking, I fectly reasonable. In all resp ects his by t,(grand» employed by a rejected | old self, or he would open his ey es suitor, on a lonely road lie ruahen ' upon a world, the keynote to which he to the acene, and provea able to had lost forever In other words he re»<-ue the Indies. would either awake a perfectly sane Inflamed by the failure of hla man or hopelessly and Incurably In­ n< heme, Leonardo nee Margharlta sane There would be no middle who »how» him »he know» that he course That was the doctor's verdict. wu» Instigator of the attem pted a t­ And through all those long days and tack The Englishm an now »ee« Ad nights Murgharlta had watched over rlenne often. The Englishm an alttlng him as though he had been her own In the hotel, flnda a dagger at hl« feet father. All the passionate sym pathy Looking up. he »ee» tin- SHIrlan and of her warm aouthern nature had been •r e n ta trouble. kindled by the story of hla wrong». l-eonardo and the Kngllahman quar I»ay hv day the sight of his h elp less rei. The Kngllahman at first refused suffering hail Increased her Indigna­ to accept a challenge to duel, then tion toward those whom she really when the Italian »lap« him conaenta. believed Io have bitterly wronged him The two men face each other ready to Through those long quiet days and s i­ fight to the death lent nights, »he had brooded upon Margharlta »top» the dt c l hv com them She never for one moment re­ Ing Just In the nick of lim e Io r.rve pented of having allied h erself Io that th. Engllahman fr -m hl» fate, with wlhl ontth of vengeance, w hose echoes tw o officer» who a rre » i the exile Le­ often at dead of night seem ed to ring onardo l.eor.-rdo vow vengeance. In her ears H jt only fear was that A fte r 25 yearn I’. Jail he I again nt he would em erge from the fierce Ill­ hls hotel, an old. broken matt with n ess under which he wns laboring, so only m em ories left to hint w eakened and shaken, that the desire x» he left the hoft’l the proprietor, of his life should have passed from worried about hltn. advertlnes for hl» him She had grown to love this friend» and Leonardo 1» first visited shrunken old man In her girlhood by the woman lie had loved, whom ho she had heanl stories of him from her shoos out of hl» sight. Then there nurse, and many tim es the hot tears com es to him the daughter of hla »1» had stood In her ey es as she conjured 1er, whom he greet» In great surprise, up to h erself that pathetic figure, lie learn» that hl« sister 1» dead. w alling and w alling, year by year, for 'ount laoinurdo tells hl» niece the that liberty which was to com e only story of Ills love for Margharlta. She With old age She had thought of him. aad-eyed and weary, pacing hla Is sym pathetic NOW GO ON WITH T H E STORY lonely prison cell, and ever w atching --------- through h is harred window the little Mnrghnrlln looked like a beautiful SPRn, pnt of blue sky and sunlight wild anim al In her passion He hair wb )ih penetrated Into the hlgh-wnlled ha I fallen over her face, and was court How he must long for the scent stream ing down her hark. Her sm all of flowers, the fresh nnen air. the w hite hand was clenched and up rustle of leaves, and the hum of m ov­ raised, and her straight, supple figure, ing Insects How his heart must ache panlher-llke In Its grace, wns distend for th sound of m en's voices, the touch ed until she towered over tile little e f the'r hands, so m e sense of loving or break th shrunken form before her. Terrible friendly com parlon b - I I V stagnant w is the elenni In her ev es, and ler- lev monotony of h 'v n had been rlhle lhi> fixed rigidity of her features existen ce. Her 1m” n all ready to Yet she was as beautiful as n young touched, and ehe hi»*1 i as a hero goddess In her wrath. w elcom e and lovn had nnpe-ilel and a m ertvr. even «f “N o!” Mb»» cried fiercely, "(he Order ♦ o her In no other wav. But when whall not die! You belong to It «till; shn had seen him stricken down and and I I too. «wear the oath of ven Iv’l'd ess. w'lli that look of Ineffable gennee! T ogether we will hunt h»*r M d n e s s ' l l I l l s soft dark eves. It wns down thin w om an’ She fthnll RUffer." h er mv-ithy which was "She he fthnll sh a ll die!" d ie ' he tie cried. cried nrm, , P), m ore than h e r Im agin ation A sligh t sh ud der m issed a c ro ss th e n , I,™ » nltvlPR , , , ,, , w hich w as stirred H er la rg e " liv in g girl s fnce. hut she repeatei! his words. " heart becam e his absolutely. She was ” • "" ' “ rn alone In »he world and she must needs W HAT H A PPEN ED BEFORE: She c h a fe , his hands and held him .. . . . , . . up He hnd fainted. . . . . . . ... "W here nm I. Margharlta? Sbe leaned over him. and drew . u .u , . 11 t i. „ „ „ long deep breath of relief. I, was reward of many weary daya nnd the . nights of constant w ntchlng and care* f„ l nursing H is reason w as "aT*d ’ -»m e one. For good or fate had brought this s,ran ge , ... to her. and woven this He for ev,V old man i,„tw PPn between He held out hla hoands; she grasped . | . I'"’'” fondly. h ere'" he "Mnrghnrlln. she cam e nere. ne pa " ^ , 7 ' h ers? H ere In th is room?" "In vour own room nt the hotel, she w hispered, "non’, von remem- | her? You were taken HL I H e looked at her. h elp less and pussled. Slow ly Ihe m is,a began ro ll a w a r I p "Yes. von were with me. he m u r mured softlv. "I rem em ber now I w as fellin g von the story of he p a s t - mv chlM. You are Mnrgrnrl,•a s child, j Y es. I remember. Wns It this after- | ' ” p ™ ** bpforp ynu pflmP. m„ne f „ , wH,gbl. , WBR wnH ahp „„ b e a u tifu l as rlchlv dressed, hnpnv, com ely. , p Ri|p fnr ppr(, on ( ()|pn whpn , hn(1 s(rpne(h , sto0(, Mp B„d p<, „ pr , thr,la( hpr nwny ; f fhp f)prppRt (ipnpl. nonT' ” , !e s , words which mv lips rould utter. Rhe kissed his forehead, nnd then from hpr It drove the warm color from her drew hack suddenly, lest the warm cheeks, nnd Ihe light from her eyes tear which wns quivering on her ey e­ I cursed her „II her heart shook with lids should fall hack upon hla fnce. fear. She staggered ou, of the room "It waa three weeks ago!” a stricken woman. I------ ” "Three w eek s a g o !” He looked " T e ll me her nam e.” w on d erln d v around—a, ,ho little table “It w as Adrienne C ar,uccio. II is a, his side, where a huge howl of | no”’ Ladv M au rice” sw eet scented roses was surrounded hv “The Lady St. M aurice! She wns a little nramv o? em ptv m ericlne h o t-1 1 my mother's friend then?” lie s, a, Marglinrltn’a pnle, wan fnce, "Y e s." * 1 Stage Coach bridged gap betw een end» of tra c k ^ T h e sixtieth birthday of the South­ ern I’aclflc. flral transcontinental ralL road, Is being celebrated May 10 by a radio broadcast from K P O San Fran cisco, over the I’aclflc Coast network of the National Broadcasting Company I from K S I . Salt Ijike. Utah The L ea v in g O aklan d P ie r, 1369 Rounding "Cape H o rn ’’ on w ay to 8um m it broadcast w ill be from » 3« to 10:30 be told over the a ir the epic atory of ' road, cost 161.000,000. The Souther» p. m.. Pacific standard time. j the conquest of S ierra and desert. Pacific, which has grown with th» Reinald W errenrath, fam ous bari- which was probably the greatest of west, is still driving spikes and has tone, la com ing from New York spec- P'oneer accom plishm ents, just completed in the last 15 years tally to take part in th is entertain- ! C onstruction of the Southern Paclf- ment. To a musical accom panim ent j Ic’s first unit, which was the W estern construction to open up new_ territo ry of Construction day m usic there w ill1 end of the first transcontinental rall- at a cost of 388,000,000. "She will not let me like or dislike Margharlta’» ey es were bright, and her. Lum ley.” her valce trembled. He shook h is head. “ L isten!" she cried. “When my "It Isn’t that exactly. I have seen m other was dying she gave me a letter, if ever you need a friend or you watching her som etim es—as for help ’” she w hispered, "go to Lady Instance when she sang that Sicilian St. Maurice. T his letter Is to her. song here— as though you were— well, She will help you for my sake. U n d e, alm ost afraid of her; as though there fate Is on our side. Jusl before I was som ething about her which al­ cam e Io you I wrote to I^ady 9t. most repelled you.” The C ountess laid down her work, Maurice. I told her that I w as un­ happy In my life, and I wished for a and looked stead fastly Into the fire. situation as a governess. I sent her There w as a moment s silence, my mother's letter." ’You have been a close watcher, "And »he replied?” ! Lum ley.” "Yes She offered me a home. If "» adm l‘ « But te ” m e’ have 1 I Wished I could tench her little girl.” I no< watched to som e purpose. There Her voice was trem bling, and h e r " " » ° m istaking the look In your face eves, drv and brilliant, were fixed upon som etim es, when sh e com es Into the his He wns sittin g upright In bed. room unexpectedly. If the thing were loaning a little forward toward her. ! not ab">>r<’’ ’ "houW say that you and the sunbeam which had stolpn In were afraid of her." through the parted curtains fell upon s ’ Maurice held her hand to his While cornse-llke face A strange hpr "lde for a «» htough she look was In hla ey es; his fingers M t » "u<,‘,pn Paln - s h e repeated her son ’s words w ithout looking up at clutched the bedclothes nervously. "You w ill—go?" he asked hoarsely him. "Afraid of her! No. no, Lumley, “You will go to Ladv St. Maurice?” An answ ering Ugh, shot hack from I " frs ld o f so m eth in g else, some- her eyes. She was suddenly pale to ' the lira. He voice was hushed ns thoughln fear, bn, I, wns firm. “ Yes. I shall go Tonight I shall j accept her offer." PART HI. “ Mothter, don't you think that Miss B riscoe Is a very strange girl?" Ijid y St. Maurice looked un from ] her work quickly. N ine o'clock was | Just striking, and her son » only a ‘ m om en t before hnd replaced hla wnlch In h 's rock e, with an Impatient 11,tie | gesture. "Yes. I do think so." she answered m ile,Iv. "I think her verv strange Indeed W hy do you ask me?" "Oh. I don’t know exactly. 1, seem s I odd that she should wan, to spend all her even in gs alone, nnd thn, she should have so mnnv long letters to write. IX) you think lh a , she quite under«,ands tha, vou would like her to com e down with us?” "I am nulte sure tha, she does. Lumley. I even objected to having her com e here ns a govern ess at ah. Her m other was a dear friend of mine m any years ago, and I told Margha rlln from the first tha, I would rather have her here an m v daughter. She would have heen very w elcom e to a home witlh ns. It was only her pride which made her Insist upon com ing as Orncle's governess, nnd I suppose I, Is the sam e feelin g which prompts her to keep h erself so much aloof from un. I nm sorrv. hut I can do no more than 1 have done toward m aking her see things differently." Lord Lum lev fidgeted nbou, for a m inute or tw o on the hearth,rug. There w as a certain reserve In his m other’s m anner which made the task which he had spt h lm self more d iffi­ cult ever than It would have heeiv tinder ordlnarv circum stances. B e­ sid es he fel, that from her low son, she was w atching him Intent,v, nnd the know ledge did not lend toward netting him more n, hls ease. "V.on loved her mother, th en ’ " ", aId. She was mv dearest friend." ” An