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THE STORY
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CHAPTER L—His U>k of pattlBf
town Inaubordloation amon* tb« c»p-
UJm of hit noreonajrlM, and th«
onuhtn* of p«warful rlrala, b«l>( Hn-
tshod with tho ruthUsanaaa which
eharoctarliad him, Casara Borrla, duka
•f Valantlnola, la unaaajr ovar tha
aacmpa of cna of hla apamlaa, Uattao
OralnL It la haliaTad Mattao la In hid
ing with hla racluaa klnaman. Almcrlco.
at Plarano. Caaara dlapatcbaa ona of
hla folloWara, PanUlaona dasll Ubartl.
with a amall troop, to Plarano to apy
oat tho altaatloa, and. If Oralal U
foand, to eaptnra him.
CHAPTER IL—In tha ebaraotar of a
woaadad anamy of Valantlnola flealn*
from hla yanraanca Pantalaana hla
followara conoaalad, aalns antranoa
Into Plarano and la tnada walcoma by
Almarlco and bla dauchtar, Madonna
Pulrla, Mattao’a afflancad wlfo. They
lira practically alona Pantalaona la
oonrlncad at onca that Mattao la la
tha rlclnlty If not In tha eaatla. Mario,
paatallan o^ Plarano, rtvea Pantalaona
Radical attention, and tba apy la car
lo bad.
CHAPTER IIL—Prpm a aarmlona
younc pace. RafTaale, Pantalaona
laarna enough to make him aura ha la
on tha right track. Tha ktndnaaa of
hla aged boat and the beautiful Ma
donna hare no effect In turning him
from hla arrand of treachery Tha
girl becomea hla companion, and from
bar tha apy learna of the existence of
• lazar-house (place of Isolation for
amallpox victims) In *tha eaatla
grounds. Thera are no victims of tha
past, so dr'ade^ In tha Middle ages. In
It now, aha Informs him, but ha Is cer
tain ‘the building Is Mattao’a hiding
place.
CHAPTER IV.—Determined to wait
antll be la sura of Matteo’a where
abouts. Pantalaona continues hla work
of spying. Prom a hiding place ha
aaas Maflo taka food to tha lasar-
houaa, and all doubt la ended. Panta-
laone determines to collect hla follow
ers nest day and demand Mattao.
CHAPTER V.—With hla followers at
hand Pantalaona confronts Almarlco
and Madonna with tha demand that
Mattao be produced at onca for con-
reyance to Valantlnola; threatening to
drag him from tha lasar-bousa If ha
doaa not appear. To their reproaches
be la Indifferent. Madonna pleads with
him for a short delay, hinting the
proffering of a bribe. Pantaleone's cu
pidity aroused, he grants the request.
Madonna makes the spy an offer. She
has a dowry of 10,000 ducats, and she
promlsea to marry him and maka over
the dowry to him If ha will conceal
Mattao'a presence. Almost unable to
believe hla good fortune, Pantalaona
accepts tba offer. It Is arranged that
they ride to tha town of Caste) della
Plara next day. where tha marriage
ceremony will taka place, while Mattao
escapes.
CHAPTER VI
Perplexed, yet true to hla adrentnrer’s
character, determined to follow hla
fortunes and accept such chances as
acre might be, Pantaleone took bla
passures against possible treachery,
ted hla men for the night so as to
make quite certain that hla prey did
nbt escape until Madonna Fulrla and
himself should be on their way to the
nuptials, and that done went to bed
to dream of a roseate future ennobled
by ten thousand ducats.
Whilst he dreamt hla aureate
dreams. Madonna Fulrla below stairs
was planning his destruction and an
other’s. She Indited a note, calcu-
latedly enigmatic and ^brlef that It
might provoke curiosity and through
this the response which she desired.
She couched It In an odd mixture of
curlal Latin and the common lan
guage of the people.
'‘Magnificent (Magnlflce VIr)—You
are betrayed by one whom you hired
to a betrayal. Before the Duomo of
Castel della Pleve punctually at high
noon tomorrow I will afford you proof
of It If your Illustrious magnificence
is pleased to be there to receive It
“Your servant (Servitrix vestra) •
; “FULVIA ORSINI."
."From the Rocca of IMevanb this 20th
day of January, 1503.”
* And under her signature she added
the two words "Manu propria,” Which
her self-respect seemed to demand of
her. Then came the superscription:
"To the Illustrious Prince, the Duke
of Valentlnols these
'Quickly
•Quickly
• . “Quickly”
Aa she she shook the pounce over
the wet Ink, she called Raffaele, who
lay prone upon an eastern rug before
the fire, kicking his heels In the air.
« vtantly he leapt to her summons.
3he set her hands upon his sboul-
rs, and looked steadily Into h!s
lovely face.
V “Will you do a man’s work for me,
Raffaele? I have need of a man, and
there Is none here whom I dm spare.
Will you ride tonight,to Cesare Bor
gia’s camp at Oastel della Pleve with
ttls letter r r
. that be all that Is needed to
prove myself a man, account It
provdb,” said he. / ]
“Good lad! Dear lad! Now, listen.
There may be spies about the gate,
and so it were best you went forth on
foot from- here. If you can slip out
unseen, It will be better still. Then
ip down Into the borgo to the house
of VUland 11. Bid him lend you a
horse for my service, but say no Word
even to him of whither you ride. Be
circumspect and swift."
"Trust me, Madonna," said the lad,
slipping the letter Into the breast
of hts doublet.
“I do, else I should not charge you
with this message. God watch over
youl Send Mario to me as you go."
He went forthwith, and soon came
Mario In answer to her summons.
“How Is It with Glubertl tonight?"
she asked the seneschal as he entered.
He shrugged despondently. 1
doubt If the poor fellow will be alive
by morning,” he answered “A mir
acle might save him. Nothing less.
But miracles do not happen now.”
She paced slowly to the hearth, her
face thoughtfp); her eyes bent upon
the ground." Thus she stood for a
long moment, Mario waiting.
‘‘Mario,” she said at last, speaking
very quietly, “there Is a service 1 re
quire of you this night—of you and
Colomba.”
“We are yours to command. Ma
donna," he replied^—
Yet when she had told him what the
service was she saw him recoil,
aghast, horror stamped upon that face
which the ravages of disease had
made so horrible.
At that she fell to pleading with
him, and with a burning eloquence she
t^seek what sleep she could, and In
that sleep the strength to perform the
task that lay before her. -
The morning found her pale but
.calm when she same to confront her
bridegroom In the hail.
The lord of Pievano kept his cham
ber. Not all his stoicism was equal
to the ordeal of sitting down to meat
again with such a thing as Pantaleone,
or witnessing the humiliation to which
'his daughter was to subject herself.
However much he might esteem the
en<j in view—since he was an Orstnl
before being a philosopher—he ab
horred the means, and took the course
of refusing them his countenance, and
remaining passive. Yet—In Justice to
him be It said—of a certainty he
would not have remained "so had hie
known her full Intent o-A part of It
only had she revealed to him.
Pantaleone was tortured between
elation at the extraordinary good for
tune that had so unexpectedly been
flnng Into hla la/ and an Irrepressible
misgiving, an incredulity a doubt as
to Its genuineness. Something of this
was reflected In his glance aa be came'
now Into her presence. It had lost
much of Its habitual arrogant confi
dence ; It seemed even a little strained.
They sat down to table to break
their fast, with >none to wait upon
them but. the silent, sphinx-like Mario.
Even Raffaele was absent, and Pan
taleone had missed the pert lad’s min
istratlons on that morning of morn
ings. „ • :
He commented .upon this, as much
to ease the*increasing strain of their
silence as because he desired to know
what bad become of the page. Ma
donna excused the boy, saying that he
was none so well and kept his bed.
The truth was that he had but sought
Text of New Water-
MJ^Gnu^Uw
Perhaps few growers of water-
mhlona in Barnwell County know that
a grading law was passed during the
last session of tha General Assembly
and was duly approved by the gover
nor. It is to be noted, howevervthai
the grading of melons is optional
with the shipper. and for the benefit
of growers and ahippers the full text
of the law is published, as follows:
An act providing for grading of
watermelons for shipment in car lots,
requiring shippers to certify aa to
grades, regulating issuance of bills
of lading for shipments and providing
penalties for violations thereof.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
general assembly of the state of
South Carolina: That the shippers of
watermelons in car lots from any
point within this state, bsfore apply
ing to any railroad, railway, common
carrier, <_t agent thereof, fqr a bill of
lading for any ^Such shipment shall
first certify whether or not said water
melons contained in any shipment
have (been graded according to the
standard of grades hereinafter pro
vided, which certtfkate shall be made
in writing ^ on approprate paper or
cardboard, signed by the shipper in
the presence of two disinterested wit
nesses and stating the vanety, grade
and number of melons contained in
said car, the date said melons were
picked, and^the date loaded, or if not
It a half-hour ago, upon his return jg ra ^ e< j f shall so state, which certifi-
from his ride to Castel-della Pleve
“WIU You Oo a Man’s Work for Mo,
RafTaolor
set forth the wrongs her House nad
suffered, spoke of the Orslnl blood
that had been shed to gratify Rorglan
ambition aud to satiate Borgian ven
geance, and so In the end won him
to her will.
“Be It so, than, Madonna, since you
desire It," he said, but he shuddered
even as he spoke. "Have-you the let
ter written?”
"Not yet. Come to me again soon,
and It shall be ready."
la alienee he departed, and she re
turned to the wrtting-pulptt. For a
while she could not write, such was
tbe v tremor of her hand as a conse
quence of the agitation her interview
.with Mario had produced In her. Pres
ently, however, she recovered her self-
control, and thereafter for a spell
there was no sound In the qhamber,
save the occasional splutter and
crackle of the burning toga and the
scratch of her busy quill.
Mario returned before she had fin
ished, and stood waiting patiently un
til, rising, she flung dqwn her pen, and
proffered him the accomplished docu
ment.
"You understand?” she said.
“I understand. Madonna. God knows
It la simple—terribly simple." And
he looked at her with eyes of sorrow,
conveying by his glance that what he
found so terrible was thpt one so
young and lovely should have con
ceived a notion so diabolical as this
in which she had besought his aid.
“And you will instruct Colomba
carefully so that there Is no mistake.”
“There- will be none," he promised.
“I. have the cane, and I myself will
prepare It A thorn Is easily pro
cured.”
“Let me have It, then, at daybreak.
Bring it to -ray chamber. Yo^ will vjlnd
me risen, an^ ready for a Journey."
At that he was gripped by a fresh
alarm. “You Are not yourself to be
the bearer of It?” he cried out
“Whom else?" ’ she asked him.
“Could I demand such a service of any
other?”
“Gesu!” he walled. “Does my lord
know of this?”
“Something of it Enough of It
Not a word more now, Mario. Away
with you, and see It done.”
“Ah, but consider, Madonna, what
you risk! Conaider, Madonna, I be
seech you."
"I have considered.^ I am an Orslnl.
Orstnl have been strangled at Assist
others are gaoled In Rome. Matteo’a
life la aought by thia Insatiable mon
ster of revenge. I go there both to
save and to avenge. I ahall not fait"
"Ah, but Madonna—" he began. Us
voice quavering, tears of intercession
gathering In hla eyes.
"No more, aa you love me, Mario.
Do my wilt You cannot alter it"
And so Mario,, heavy-hearted, went
hla ways to <lo as aho commanded,
whilst ahe followed |poo thereafter
and the safe delivery of his letter.
They set out soon after, and took
the road by the marsh toward Castel
della Pleve. With them went Panta-
leone’s ten knaves, and Mario as Ma
donna’s equerry by her Insistence.
As they cantered briskly forward
In the bright sunshine of that Janu
ary morning, and the miles were flnng
behind them, Pantaleone's spirits rose,
and conquered Ids last misgiving. Of
treachery he had now no shadow of
fear. Had she not delivered herself
op to him? Were they not surround
ed by men of his own? And must not
'the ducats and the rest follow sain
evitably as the rising of tomorrow’s
sun? In this assurance he attempted
to play the gallant, as befits a bride
groom; hut he found her cold and
haughty and reserved, and when he
remonstrated, pointing out that she
did not use him at all like one who
was to be her husband by noontide,
she retorted with a reminder that be
tween them was naught but a bargain
that had been struck.
This chilled him, and for a while he
rode amain sulkily, with bent head
and-furrowed brows. But that soon
passed. Hla abiding humor was too
bnoyant to snffer any permanent over
clouding. Let her he ns cold ns Ice
at present. Anon he would know how
to kindle her Into living woman. He
had so kindled a many in his day, and
he was confident of his natural gifts
In that direction. Not that It would
greatly matter If she were to remain
proof against hla ardor. There were
her ducats for ample consolation, and
with her ducats he might procure else
where an abundance of the tenderness
that she denied him.
Noon was striking from the Duomo
as they rode under the deep archway
of the Porta Pla and entered the town.
(CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.)
Nail Used in Homes
^ of Prehistoric Man
When you drive a nail Into your
wall to hang a picture op, <^> you ever
pause to think th'at you are using
something with a history almost as
old aa that of humanity Itself?
A nail, over two end a half pounda
Id weight, and thick lb proportion, was
found In the ruina of Troy, Aud sim
ilar enormous {mils have been recov
ered from the remains of lake dwell
ings and other places where prehis
toric man made his home.
All nails were originally made at
home. Then, when the smith became
a specialist craftsman, be made the
□alls of the community, until a spe
cial uall-smlth started in business. In
the Fifteenth century there was a
guild of uail-smiths iu Augsburg.
The first uall-making machine was
'Invented In Britain at the end of the
Eighteenth century, and a little later
the first nail factories were at work
In Birmingham.
cate sdiall be securely nailed to the in
side of said car near the door. And &
duplicate of said ceitificate shall be
furnished to carrier’s agent; that the
agent of the railroad, railway or
other common carrier shall incorpor
ate in its bill of lading the fact that
said duplicate certificate had been de
livered to him by the shipper ce^tify-
ing that said car contains melons of
no grade, according t * representation
made in n'oretaid •certificate
Section 2. That all watermelons
shipped in car lots from any point
within this state as “graded melons”
shall be graded according to the fol
lowing standard, that is to say:
’ Grade 1 shall weigh\not less than
44 pounds with car average of not
less than 46 pounds.
Grade 2 shall weigh not less than
40 pounds with car average of not
less than 42 pounds.
Grade 3 shall weigh not less than
36 pounds with car average of not
less than 38 pounds.
Grade 4 shall weigh not less than
32 pounds with car average of not
less than 34 pounds.
Grade 5 shall weigh noi less than j
28 pounds with car average of not i
less than 30 pounds.
Grade 6 shall weigh not less than'
24 pounds with car average of not
less than 26 pounds.
Grade 7 shall weigh not less than
20 pounds with car average qf not
less than 22 pounds.
Provided, that said, melons of what
ever grade ahall have been picked
from live vines of a merchantable
quality, shall be ripe, free from rot
ten ends, free from necks and blis
ters > Provided, further, that the grad
ing of watermelons, as aforesaid,
shall be optional with the shippers.
Section 3. Tttat any person or per
sons who shall ship, or undertake to
ship, watermelons in car lots from
any point within this -state in viola
tion of the provisions of this act, or
who shall sign or cause to be signed,
any false certificate as to the grads
and kind of melons shipped, as afore-
sair, shall be deemed guilty of a mis
demeanor and upon convicion shall
be punished by fine or imprisonment,
or both fine and punishment, in the
discretion of the court.
Section 4. This aot shall take ef
fect immediately upon, its approval by
the governor.
Approved April 22nd, 1927,
Bad Peddler Made Good
The yarns about faukee clock ped-
ilers are legion. Perhaps the most
tmusipg Is the one about tbq peddler
5 who always sold a clock on the under
standing that he would return In a few
weeks, and. If the clock did not run
satisfactorily, would replace It with
toother. It was also bis rule to sell
ill the clocks In hts stock but one.
When he reached the end of his route
tm turned back with his one remain
ing clock. At the first house the clock
ae had sold did not rub, so he replaced
1 It with the one that remained. At the
second boose be replaced the unsatis
factory clock with the one he had tak-
sn from the first house. -And so on
he went, selling and replacing clocks
that never would work, and waxing
fat on the proceeds!—From "Hawkers
tad Walkers," by Richardson Wright
There are no really hard times for
the efficient—nor good times for the
inefficient
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