HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1929.
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WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE!
Palmero Is the scene. There an exile,
Leonardo di Marionl, has come for love
of Adrienne Cartuccio, who Bpurns him.
He meets an Englishman, Lord St. Mau
rice, who falls in love with Adrienne on
sight. Leonardo sees Ills sister Mar
gharlta, who tells him his love for Ad
rienne Is hopeless. But he pleads with
her to arrange an accidental meeting,
to say farewell, between Adrienne and
him.
She consents. That night the English
man Is Informed of an attempt being
made to carry off Slgnorlna Cartuccio
and Margharlta, who are walking, by
brigands employed by a rejected suitor,
on a lonely road. He rushes to the
scene, and proves able to rescue the
ladles.
Inflamed by the failure of his scheme,
Leonardo sees Margharlta, who shows
him she knows that he was Instigator
of the attempted attack. The English
man now sees Adrienne often. The
Englishman, sitting in the hotel, finds
a dagger at his feet. Looking up .lie
sees the Sicilian, and scents trouble.
"We sat here a week ago," recalls
Leonardo. Lord St. Maurice nods.
Leonardo and the Englishman quar
rel. The Englishman at first refused to
accept a chellenge to duel, then when
the Italian slaps him consents. The two
men face each other ready to fight to
the death.
Margharlta stops the duel by coming
Just in the nick of time to save the
Englishman from his fate, with two
officers who arrest the exile Leonardo.
Leonardo vows vengeance. After 25
years In jail he Is again at his hotel,
an old, broken man with only memories
left to him.
At his hotel the proprietor, worried
about him, advertises for his friends
and Leonardo is first visited by the wo
man he had loved, whom he shoos out
of his sight. Then there comes to him
the daughter of his sister, whom he
greets in great surprise. He learns that
his sister is dead.
Count Leonardo tells his niece the
story of his love for Margharlta. She is
sympathetic
NOW 00 ON WITH THE BTOKY
"I, too, had a great surprise, Mar
gharlta. You will not wonder what
I mean by that when I tell you
that In the light which streamed
from the uncurtained window every
thing in the room was distinctly
visible to me. Was I dreaming,
child, or were you Indeed assenting
to the embrace of the man whose
arms were surely around you? Him,
I could not see, for his back was
turned to the window; but will you
laugh at me, I wonder, if I tell you
that I felt strangely jealous of him.
I am a foolish old man, Margharlta,
but all the love of my heart is
yours, and I had begun almost to
look upon you in my thoughts
as my own child. I cannot bear
the thought of giving you up to any
one. You will not thnlk me very,
very selfish. I have only a few
more months to live, and I know
that you will not grudge that much
out of your future, that you will
stay by me to the end. After
wards, I have no wish save for your
happiness; and although I must
confess that I had hoped you might
have married one of the sons of our
own country, still It is you who
must choose, and I owe you, or
shall owe you soon, too great a debt
to press upon you any desire of
mine which is not at one with your
wishes. But tell me this Is he an
Englishman? Alas! I fear so. Send
me a word by the bearer, and tell
me; tell me, too, of what family he
Is, and whether he is noble. But of
that I feel already assured, if he be
Indeed the man to whom your love
is given.
"You must surely have sustained
a shock at my sudden and rash ap
pearance. Doubtless you wonder at
seeing me here at all. I could not
keep away. I must have news day
by day, almost hour by hour. It is
all that keeps me alive. I must be
near to feel that I am breathing the
same air as the woman on whom a
long-delayed vengeance Is about to
fall.
"I have taken a furnished cot
tage on the outskirts of this village,
and a little more than a mile from
Mallory Grange. But do not come
to me. Dearly as I would love to
have you talk to me, and hear from
your own Hps that all goes well, yet
at present It were better not I will
devise some means of communica
tion, and let you know of it shortly.
I am living here as Mr. Angus.
Yours ever,
"L. M."
"My dear Uncle, I am a culprit
a miserable, pleading culprit It Is
true that I love an Englishman
the man who was standing by my
side last night; and It is true that
he has asked me to marry him.
But I have not told him so, and I
have not promised to marry him.
That Is not all of my confession.
Not only is he an Englishman, but
his name Is Lord Lumley St Mau
rice, and he is her son.
"Now you know the terrible trou
ble I am In. Last night he was tell
ing me of his love, and assuring
me of his mother's sanction and ap
proval, when your face appeared at
the window. Can you wonder at my
start, and that I fainted? Can you
' wonder that I sit here, after a sleep
less night, with eyes that are dim
and a heart that has become as
a stone? I dread to stir from the
room. My position is horrible. I
have tried my utmost to avoid him,
to treat him with disdain, to send
him away from me. I have steeled
my heart and clothed my face with
frowns In vain! The bald fact re
mains that I love him. Do you de
spise me, uncle? Sometimes I feel
that I deserve it; but I have suffer
ed, I am suffering now. I am pun-
, lshed. Do not add your anger to
my load!
"Immediately you get this, sit
down and write to me. Write to
me Just what Is In your heart Your
words I shall see before me as my
law. Do not delay, and, If you
. blame, do not fall to pity me,
Yours ever unchanged,
"Margharlta."
"Margharlta, I have received
your letter, and I have pondered
over it. You are young to have
such a sorrow, yet I do not doubt
but that you will act as becomes
your race. You can never think of
marriage with this man; you a Mar
ionl, he a St. Maurice! Yet I grieve
that you have 1ct such a feeling
steal Into your heart. Pluck it out
Margharita, I charge you; pluck it
out by the roots! Think not of the
wrong done to me, or, If you do,
think of me not as a man and your
uncle, but as Count di Marionl, the
head of my family, the head of your
family. We have been the victims
but the day of our vengeance is at
hand. There Is no life without its
sorrows, child ! In the days to come
happiness will teach you to forget
this one.
"Farewell, my child. I Bhall send
you no more notes. Write or come
to me the moment the deed is done!
Come to me, if you can; I would
hear your own lips tell me the news.
Yet do as seems best to you. In
sympathy and love, L. diM.
"One more word, child. Do not
for a moment imagine that I blame
you for what has happened. Old
man though I am, I too know some
thing of the mavels and the vagar
ies of this same love. Will can have
little to do with its course. I, who
have suffered so deeply, Margharita,
can and do sympathize and feel for
you."
PART IV
"Margharita! You have come at
last It Is done, then. Say that it is
done!"
She stood quite still in the hum
ble red-tiled sitting-room, and look
ed at him with a great compassion
shining out of her dark, clear eyes.
He was worn almost to a shadow,
and his limbs were shaking with
weakness, as he half rose to greet
her. Only his eyes were still alight
and burning. Save for them he
might have been a corpse.
Something of the old passionate
pity swept through her as she stood
there, but its fierceness had died
away. Her heart leaped no longer
In quick response to the fire In those
still undlmmed eyes. She had been
a girl then, a girl with all the fierce
untrained nature of her mother's
race; she was a woman now, a sad
faced, sorrowful woman. He was
quick to see the change.
"Margharita, my child, you have
been 111."
Still she did not answer. Silent
ly she knelt down by the side of his
armchair and took his withered
hand in hers. A great bowl of white
hyacinths stood on a table by the
window, and the air was faint with
their perfume.
"I am not ill," she said gently. "I
was frightened on my way here, and
had to run. There was a fire last
night at the lunatic asylum at Frit
ton, and some of the mad people
have escaped. I saw one of them in
the distance, and the keepers after
him. They wanted me to go back,
but I would come."
He stooped down and kissed her
forehead, with cold, dry lips.
"I knew that you would be here
soon," he said. "My letters reach
ed you safely?"
"Yes."
She shuddered at the gathering
ntrength In his tone, and the fierce
light which had swept into his face.
"It is done, child. Say that it is
done!"
"No."
Something in her sad tone and
subdued manner seemed to strike a
note of fear in his heart He leaned
forward, grnsplng the sides of his
chair with nervous, quivering fin
gers, and looked hurriedly into her
face.
"No; you have had no chance,
then? But you will have soon? Is
it not so? Soon, very soon?"
She threw her arms around his
neck. He made no response, nor
did he thrust her away. He re
mained quite passive.
'It is not that, uncle. Oh, listen
to me. Do not thrust me away. I
cannot do this thing."
He sat still as marble. There
was no change, no emotion, in his
face. Yet her heart sank within
expected blow. He seemed dazed.
She wondered, even, whether he had
heard her.
"Uncle, shall it not be so?" she
whispered. "Let us go away from
here and leave her. I am not think
ing about him. I will not see him
again. I will never dream of mar
rying him. Let us go this very day,
this very hour!"
Then he turned slowly toward
her, thrust her hand from around
his neck, and stood up.
"You have been false to me, Mar
gharita," he said, in a slow, quiet,
tone. "After all, it is only natural.
When you first came to me, I
thought I saw your mother's spirit
blazing in your dark eyes, and I
trusted you. I forgot the trades
man's blood. I do not curse you.
You do not understand, that is all.
Learn now that the oath of a Mar
ionl is as deathless and unchange
able as the hills of his native land.
Will you go away at once, please?
I do not wish to see you again."
His speech so quiet, so self-contained,
bewildered her. There was
not a single trace of passion or bit
terness in it. She stretched out her
hands toward him, but she felt
chilled.
"Uncle, you "
"Will you go away, please?" he
interrupted coldly.
She turned toward the door,
weeping. She had not meant to go
far only out on to the garden-seat,
where she might sit and think. But
he saw another purpose in her de
parture, and a sudden passion fired
him. She heard his step as he rose
hastily, and she felt his cold fingers
upon her wrist.
"You would go to warn her!" he
cried, his voice trembling with an
ger; "I read it in your face. You
are as false as sin, but you shall not
rob me of the crown of my life! No
one shall rob me of It! Vengeance
belongs to me, and by this symbol
of my oath I will have it!"
He snatched a handful of white
blossoms from the bowl, and crush
ed them In his fingers. Then he
threw them upon the ground and
tramped upon them.
"Thus did she betray the sacred
bonds of our Order when, for her
lover's sake, she added treachery to
cunning, and wrecked my life, made
Leonardo, Count of the Marionis,
the lonely inmate of prison walls,
the scorn and pity of all men. Thus
did she write her own fate upon a
far future page of the tablets of
time. Talk to me not of forgiveness
or mercy, girl! My hate lives in me
as the breath of my body, and with
my body alone will It die."
(Concluded next week)
ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH.
Rev. Thomas J. Brady, Pastor. ,
Next Sunday, April 7, will be the
first Sunday after Easter, and It is
commonly known as Low Sunday.
There will be mass in Heppner at
8:30, and before this mass confes
sions; after this mass there will be
Beautiful Baby
a second mass in Lena at 10:30, in
the home of John Brosnan. In the
evening at 7 o'clock there will be
the usual devotions In Heppner, con
sisting of rosary, prayers, instruc
tions and Benediction of the Bless
ed Sacrament.
Next Friday will be the first Fri
day of the month of April, and con
fessions will be heard before the 7
o'clock mass during which Holy
Communion will be given. Benedic
tion will also follow this mass.
On Saturday morning of this
week there will be mass at 7 in the
morning for all those children who
have made their first Holy Com
munion, all children who are seven
years of age, and all children who
have not been confirmed. First Holy
Communion will take place this
year some time in June, preceded
by two weeks of special preparation
in Christian Doctrine.
The pastor wishes to express his
appreciation and thanks to all for
their remembrances on Easter Sun
day. Dr. Clarke, of the Clarke Optical
Co., 202 and 203 Merchants Trust
Bldg., Portland, Ore., EYE SIGHT
SPECIALISTS, will be in Heppner
all day and evening, Sunday and
Monday, April 14 and 15 at the Ho
tel Heppner. SEE HIM ABOUT
YOUR EYES. 3-4.
TO THE PUBLIC.
Those stop signs along the streets
of Heppner entering the state high
way, must be observed. Most people
recognize them but others do not
seeming to take the signs as a joke
and pay no attention to them. From
now on anyone passing them up
will be given a tag and sent to the
City Recorder to explain. The sign
says STOP, not slow down, so take
warning.
By Order of City Officers.
Young Eric Gordon Hemming!
of Hanworth, Middlesex, England,
ha been adjudged the most beau
tiful of all England's babies at a
jecent contest.
SYNOPSIS OF THE ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE
WESTERN STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
of San Francisco, In the State of California, on the 31st day of December.
1928, made to the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Oregon, pursuant
to law;
CAPITAL
Amount of capital stock paid up 1,000,000.00
INCOME
Total premium income for the year...
Interest, dividends and rents received during; the year...
Income from other sources received during- the year
4,407,554.99
1.069,663.73
530.456.66
Total Income...
HISHIIRSKMENTH
Paid for losses, endowments, annuities and surrender values...
Coupons paid to policyholders during the year M
Dividends paid on capital stock during the year
Commissions and salaries paid during the year. ,, ,
Taxes, licenses and fees paid during the vt-
Amount of all other expenditures ,
..$ 0,007,675.38
i 1,451.482.98
381.826.71
100.000.00
981.840.48
144.182.95
661,429.65
Total expenditures...
ASSETS
Value of real estate owned (market value)
Value of stocks and bonds owned (market or amortized value).
Xjoans on mortgages and collateral, etc
Premium notes and policy loans
i aan in banks and on hand.
..$ S.720,762.77
Net uncollected and deferred premiums..
Interest and rents due and accrued
Other assets (net) ...
... 2.319,615.96
. 6.611,401.66
. 6.746,171.87
.,8,477,701.09
698.693.71
203.936.66
60,768.81
Total admitted assets...
Net reserves
Gross claims for losses unpaid..
All other liabilities
LIABILITIES
...(20,134,141.93
...$16,957,160.71
93,674.68
... 1,358,421,64
Total liabilities, exclusive of capital stock of JI.OOO.OOO ... f 18.409.146.83
BUSINESS IN OREGON FOR THE YEAR
Gross premiums received during the year. f 188.474.75
Coupons left and used during the year ... 15,633.92
Losses paid during the year 34 096 00
t WESTERN STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Marshall C. Harris. President John V. Hawley. Secretary
Statutory resident attorney for service: Insurance Commissioner
her.
Oh, listen to me," she pleaded
passionately. "You do not know her
as she is now. She is good and kind
a gentle-hearted woman . It was
so long ago; and it was not out of
malice to you, but to save the man
she loved. You hear me, do you
not? You are listening. She has
not forgotten you. Often she sor
rows for you. It was cruel I know
that it was cruel but she was a
woman, and she loved him. Let us
steal away together and bury these
dark dreams of the past I will
never leave you; I will wait upon
you always; I will be your slave.
Forgiveness Is more sweet than ven
geance. Oh, tell me that It shall be
so. Why do you not speak to me ?"
He sat quite still, like a man who
is stunned by some sudden and un-
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