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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEB. 21, 1929. PAGE THREE IE DC fitr MmmmsmBmm MUSrWED 3 rmNKBJDRVEN WHAT HAPPENED BEPOBEl Palmero is the scene. There an exile, Leonardo di Marioni, haB come for love of Adrienne Onrtuccio, who Bpurns him. He meets an Englishman, Lord St. Mau rice, who falls in love with Adrienne on Kinht. Leonardo sees ma sister Mar ine, and I punished him publicly in the restaurant of the Hotel de l'Europe last night. In my opinion, that squared matters, but he de manded satisfaction, and from his tlhiirita, who tells him his love for Ad- pomt of view, I suppose he has a rlenne is hopeless. But he pleads with , . . .. T niMc renriv tn her to arrange an accidental meeting, right to it. I am quite ready to to say farewell, between Adrienne and give it to him. him. The seconds had fallen back. She consents. That night the English- ,, c-v, man is informed of an attempt being "ey uuee vve.e B,u. made to carry off Slgriorina Cartucclo up to the Sicilian and laid her hand and Marghartta, who are wanting, oy upon his arm. Dnganos empioyeu oy a rejecieu unoi , "Leonardo, we have been friends, on a loneiy roau. ne rusnes iu ure . wu ah,,, in enlz scene, and proves able to rescue the have we not? Why should you seek ladles. to do that which will make us ene- Inflamed by the failure of his scheme, rnies for ever? I have broken no Leonardo sees Margharita, who shows )th w:tv. vou. t never eave vou him she knows that he was Instigator IalU1 y..' 1 never gave you of the attempted attack. The English- one word 01 nope, i never loveu man now sees Adrienne oiien. ine you; i never uuuiu ntive iuvni juu; Englishman, sitting in the hotel, finds why should you seek to murder the lSS b1,.lMan,feand HSMbK whom I do love, and make me We sat here a week ago," recalls miseraoie lor ever : Leonardo. Lord St. Maurice nods. His face was ghastly but he Leonardo and the Englishman quar- showed no sign of being moved by rel. The Englishman at first refused to , ,,,.- accent a chellenge to duel, then when ner words. the Italian slaps him consents. The two "Bah! You talk as you feel just men face each other ready to fight to now!" he said ouicklv. "I tell vou the death. tuat r j holluve one word Tf NOW 00 ON WITH THE STORY hfi hH1 nnt come between us. vou would have been mine some day. It was a fair spot which their two Love like mine would have conquer- seconds had chosen to stain with ea in tne enu a way: away: ne bloodshed. Close almost to their cried, pushing her back in growing feet, the blue waters of the Mediter- excitement, and stomping on the glistening in the early snu i,e sunliEht. broke in tiny, "-. " rippling waves upon the firm white my arm to kill! 1 hough you beg sand. Inland was a semi-circle of ,n k,nee9 for hls llfe' tnat man ii(T it tho hnas nf which anau uie: ih. wero' rre.it houlders of rock. "I ha11 not beS UDon my knees' fern-covered and with hyacinths of she answered proudly. ranean, morning yet what could he do? What hope was there? Leonardo dl Marioni he knew to be a famous swordsman; Ixrd St. Maurice had never fenced "Yet, Leon many colors growing out of the ardo, for your own sake, for the crevices, and lending a sweet frag- ke of your own happiness, I b d ranee to the fresh morning air. It you once more consider. You would was a spot shut off from the world, stain your hand with the blood of for the towering cliffs ran out into the man who is more to me than the sea on either side, completely you could ever be. Is this what you .n.in.in th mtio we There was call love? Leonardo, beware! I am onlv one nossible approach to it. not a woman to be lightly robbed of save by boat, and that a difficult what is dear to me. Put up your and tedious one, and, looking up- sword, or you will repent it to your ward from the shore, hard to dis- dying day." .. Rt tho northward side The Sicilian was unmoved. The the cliffs, suddenly dropped, and in sight of the woman he loved chanv the cleft was a thick plantation of pionlng his foe seemed to madden aloes, throuirh which a winding mm path led down to the beach. "Out of my way!" he cried, grasp- Perhans of all the little group ing his sword firmly. "Lord St Fathered down there to witness and Maurice, are you not weary of take part in the coming tragedy, skulking behind a woman's petti- Siunor Pruccio. Lord St Maurice's coats? On guard! I say. On guard! second, was looking the most dis- She suddenly flung her hands turbed and anxious. His man, he above her head, and there was what knew, must fall, and an ugly sick- seemed to be a miraculous increase enlna- dread was in his heart It in the little group. Three men in was so like a murder. He pictured plain, dark clothes sprang from be- tn himself that fair bovish face hind a gigantic bowlder, and, in an and in the clear morning sunlight instant, the Sicilian was seized from the voune Encliahman's face show- oenina. ed marvelously few signs of the He looked Ground at his captors, nitrht of aironv throueh which he Pale and furious. They were stran- had passed ghastly and livid, with B's to him. As yet, he did not the stamp of death Upon the tore- realize nai uau. uuiiiji-iieu. henri and the deen blue eves elazed "What does this mean? he cried and dull. It was an awful thing, furiously. "Who dares to lay hands upon me .' we are on iree grouno: She shook her head. "Leonardo, you have brought this upon yourself," she said, firmly but since he had left Eton, and scarcely compassionately. "You plotted to remembered the positions. It was muraer me man l love, i warned doubtful even whether he had ever you that, to protect him, there was held a rapier. But what Signor nothing wnicn I would not oarc Prnrclo fen red most was the pale. Only a moment ago 1 gave you iinllinrhine- hate in the Sicilians another chance One word from white face. He loathed it and yet you and I would have thrown these it fnscinntpd him. He knew, alas! papers inio me sea, producing a how easily, by one swift turn of the Packet from her bosom, "rather wrist, he would be able to pass his than have placed them where I do sword through the Englishman's now'" body, mocking at his unskilled de- lourin man irnu suuueu uui ui fensc . He fancied that he could see the aloe grove, smoking a long the arms thrown up to heaven, the cigarette. Into his hands Adrienne Hvcd wild eves the red blnnd spurt- had placed the little packet of let- ing out from the wound and stain- ters, which he accepted with a low Inir the virgin earth: almost he oow. fancied that he could hear the Even now the Sicilian felt be death-cry break from those agon- wildered; but as his eyes fell upon ized whtie lips. Horrible effort of ln" rourin man ne Hianeu aim the imagination! What evil chance trembled violently, gazing at mm had iniirlp him offer his services to as though fascinated. thi vminr v.mriiBh lord nnH iIvap-- "I do not understand!" he falter eod him Into assisting at a duel eu which could be but a farce-worse The fourth man removed his clg than a farce, a murder? He would arette from his teeth and produced have ffiven half his fortune for an a paper. enrthminke to have come and swill- fermlt me 10 explain, ne SalU lowed up that merciless Sicilian. poiueiy. i nave nere a warrant ior Signor Pruccio had delayed the your arrest, Count di Marioni, alias duel as long as he could, under the Leonardo dl Cortegi, on two counts: nretext nf wn t ncr for the doctor . " yu". UC""B exiie, imve who had been Instructed to follow returned to Italian soil; and second- thern, but who had not yet arrived. V- on a iurmer anu separate cnarge Twice the Sicilian had urged that of conspiracy against the Italian 0 . I 4 i ...ill. th cv shou d commence, and each wnu n oe- tlme hi, had nleaded that thev cret society, calling themselves mk'ht w.ilt for n few minutes lnnir- 'Members of the Order of the White er. To enter upon a duel a Tout- Hyacinth.' The proofs of the latter ranee, save in the presence of a conspiracy, wnicn were wanting at medical man, was a thing unheard yur first trial, have now been fur nf ho declared Rllt at last this nished." respite was exhausted, for the op- He touched the little roll of pa- linslni? sernnd. with a n easant Pe's wiiicu ne uiu jusi rwciveu smiin l,nd remarked that he him. and, with a bow, fell back. There self wns skilled in surirerv. and was an ominous silence would he himnv to ntllclato should At tne mention ot nis mat name any necessity arise. There was no a oeainime panor noo swept in up longer any excuse. Lord St Mau rice himself Insisted upon the slg nal being given. Sadly therefore he prepared to give It. Already both men hud fallen Into position. The word trembled upon his lips. A flock of sea-birds flew scream ing over their heads, and he waited a moment until they should have passed. Then he raised his hand "Stop!" The cry was a woman's. They all looked round. Only a few yards away from them stood Adrienne, her fair hair streaming loose In the morning breeze, and her gown torn and solied. She had just Issued from the sloping aloe plantation, and was trembling in every limb from the speed of her descent The cloud on the Sicilians face grew black as night "This Is no sight for you to look upon! ho cried, between nis tectn, You will not save your lover by waiting. You had better go, or I will kill him before your eyes Listen to me! As I loved you before so do I hate you now! As my love for you in the past has governed my life, and brought me always to vour side, so in the days to come shall my undying hate for you and for that man shape my actions and mold my life, and bring me over sea and land to the farthest corners of the earth to wreak my vengeance upon you. Be it ten, or twenty, or thirty years, they keep me rotting in their prisons, the time will come when I shall be free again; and then, beware! Search your mem ory for the legends of our race! Was ever a hate forgotten, or an oath broken? Hear me swear," he cried, raising his clasped hands above his head with a sudden pas sionate gesture, "by the sun, and the sky, and the sea, and the earth, I swear that, as they continue un changed and unchanging, so shall my hate for you remain! Ah! you can take your lover's hand, trait ress, and think to find protection there. But in your heart I read your fear. The day shall come when you shall kneel at my feet for mercy, and there shall be no mercy. Gen tlemen, my sword. I am at your service." PART TWO. Twenty-five Years Later. For three days Count Leonardo di Marioni abode in his sitting-room at the Hotel Continental, living the life of a man in a dream. So far as the outside world was concerned, it was a complete case of suspended animation. Of all that passed around him he was only dimly con scious. The faces of his fellow cre atures were strange to him. He had lost touch with the world, and the light of his reason was flicker ing; almost it seemed as though it would go out indeed, and leave him groping in the chaos of insanity. Mechanically he rose late in the morning, ate what was brought to him, or ordered what was suggest ed. All day long he sat in a sort of dreamless apathy, living still the life of the last flve-and-twenty years of imprisonment, and finding no change, save that the chair in which he sat was softer, and the fire over which he stretched his withered palms was a new exper ience to him. There were things even which he missed in the free domif freedom It could be called. He missed the warm, dancing sun light which, day by day, had filled the shabby sitting-room of his con finement. He missed that patch of deep blue sky seen through his high, barred window, and the fra grant scents of the outside world which, day by day, had floated through it He missed the kindly greeting of his pitying gaoler, and the simple food the macaroni, the black coffee, and the fruit which had been served to him; and above all, there was something else which he missed. (Continued Next Week) Antelope are increasing rapidly in Oregon according to the state game commission. A state refuge for these fleet of foot little animals was established In Harney and Lake counties in 1925. Within this pre serve there are now approximately 20,000 antelope. Bands of them now wander outside the preserve in lo calities where they have not been seen for 20 years. As the herd in creases the scattering bands will move farther away in search of jp'- food. It Is unlawful to kill ante lope at any season of the year. j Mr. Kink (to a professor in Biddle University, S. C): "Perfesscr!" "Well, Mr. Kink?" 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