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was in jovial mood. Suddenly he drew
up in front of the booth of (I street for-
tune It-llt-r uxui, tlrxtwllii.’ his hilt over
his Ivrows, irutlc ZILTUSS the thresllold.
The ,,,.(.,.,.s,,, a young girl with dark
gypsy-lilte L-yes, iuuketl up at his en-
tl‘:ll'i(t". then glanced at the coin
Vvilluil he laid hefllre her.
- the coin tor the (LillCi‘1ll,"
she
Sillll.
““'ilat7" cried tile Black Czlrtllnal. “I
mine hither (or good, not.evi "
You won me to read the stars for
' i r
Cortes, I do. Now nrout>e-l."
She took the hand which he Spreml be-
fore her, and then, after a short study
of it, pushed it away.
“A B d'or “'ili buy mourning," said
a e.
"iliournint: for whom?" R’rowlct1 Sancia.
“For UK) Black Car<lin;l.iI" was the re-
pl ml Sancia. springing his feet,
left the booth with a sarcastic laugh.
CHAl’TL‘l".
II.
THE Dt. L.
T VVAS evident from the challenge
which Andrea had ])iilt"(:il in the Black
Cai'tilna1's hands that lie “'35 not yet
done Vvith this dark-halidetl tool of Cath-
erino Borgia. The scene In the Arno
Garden unit the death of Momo ranltlod
in h 5 soul, and he hail sworn to Fran-
cecun that he would have vengeance for
but-h nuts.
The tlinl of St. Stefano was being cir-
cled ivy the great iron hands whirh were
nlmost together, when .1 iuiit-mumed
figure might have been seen entt-rinz the
Buboli Gardens from the south, There
was 11 certain craltiness in the stride of
"llle have been insulted!"
this ngure, and under the cloak ‘that
reached below the knees was to be seen
the point of a. swor
were few freqiientcrs of the
G:lr<lens abroad. the river wooing them,
was densest, but where it ringed a little
clearctl space. he paused und looked
around.
It would have taken keen scrutiny to
have distinguished the f42<’ltlll‘(‘S of th
nai in the midnight Intruder,
but he was none other. lie cast his eye
around, and then, seeing no one. ad-
vanced another stride and stopped again,
At that moment a second mzlire came
from the north and halted wltilin a. few
Paces of the first. Sancia leaned tor-
Wnrll and scrutinized the newcomer.
ite spot to the Florentines, and lovers
were wont to congregate there and
whisiler sweet nothings into willing
ears But 5 man, cloaked like him-
self. it was
attracted Sallcia. Surely
Cit.
Tile two men advanced tnwura each
other. and when within sword distance,
each threw up his hat. clearing‘ his
brows. ml the enemies were face to
face The recognition was mutual.
"You have come." said Andrea. "You
got my challenge?" y
“Would I be here it it had gone
astray?" was the rasping .
um in his hidden tloliblet of mail,
that he would kno Andrea's heart,
"First. for the evil intent in the Arno
Gardens: ‘secondly foi"the murder‘ or
Memo."
v “Why charge me with that deed?"
,.,
i5?.2iZ'tZ1
CPU GAGG
"Because your tlagger his the wound
Ihat let out the little irlluw‘s soul."
“'1' Iher poinal-ds in Flor-
n
"Guard! Andrea Urbino.
Fran(‘esca.'s iuvt-r “:15 as quick as his
antagonist. in another second the blades
rang out in the night, and Just then the
solemn tones of the great Clrlrk began
to Strike the midnight hour.
If Antlren was heated by passion. thr-
Black Cardinal Was, on the other hand.
playing the dendly game with cxilsllure
aling (‘i)(Iln(‘S.‘l. Olive he blooded Antil‘0.'i'B
wrist, but the young man turned the
trlrk and swiftly edged his steel along
S-ancia's (‘lice lattle ti-om illat
moment grow fast and furious. it set-ined
as though the trembling leaves stopped
to Wltn the ruinilut.
By a doxirtlus thrust Andrea wrenclit-ti
the sword from his enemy's hand and
spun a uni awn .
x’iL‘I( ill! your blade!" he Cl‘i('ti.
Black ifariilnal stood at his 1Tl(‘i’(‘y
Snntiil did u more placed
hiniseif in front (iuick
iunge on his part tore a slit in Andrea’:
crimson doublet, showing for Z! moment
in the fair moonlight his white tic.-xii.
but the stroke was returned Wltll Inter-
est, and 1!. red fountain leaped from the
the ack Czlrtlinal's cheek. dyeing his
White coiizlr tinikly.
This I“-ililiQI"iE'(i Ct'U.h(‘rine'8 tool. lie
plunged stiulilzllt at Andrea. heilrinpz his
whole Wcigilt with the gleaming iiifiiit‘,
and but for :1 swift parry, the in-tart of
un 7i'l)ino wrlull have ceased to beat
then and there.
e (‘l0:li(S of the dnelisis hntl fzlllon
tllr-Ir forms. and tl(‘Y uni-tell at
oacll 0thor‘s hearts with all the fury oi’
lam: pt-ni-up llate. All at once Amlrexfs
blade found the ltmil‘ Soukllt-for Oilenillg.
and stl‘nI):.ilt it slmt toward the Black
Carllina 5 hvnrt, Tllere ‘VAR ii. silnp nnul
a rlnif; and tht <Wtvrtl, strildniv, the (‘out
of Infill. “'35 shiveretl in the twinkling
of an eye.
Al'ldrt-a gasped. Now he knew why
Sancia had acceptvtl the challenze. lie
saw his broken hiade lying at iiih Tcet.
and know that he was at the mercy of
i. And it was the
as the
mercy of the wolf.
"Fortune favors meI" cried ‘the Illack
Cardinal.
“Not fortune, but trickery." was the
response.
"Call it what ye will. This night you
look for the last time upon the stars of
Italy."
Could Andrea do nothing but stnnd and
take his doom at the hands of CzIlIlerInt:‘s
llooded serpent? Was there nothing to
avert it‘!
Suddenly into the moonlight aprons: It
trim hguro ill close-Etting suit of gray,
with u. Itzatiiert-rd can upon its head and
il rapier in slnrili but agile hands. It
lauded by n lrnliiui in front mulrm,
nd 8 new hIA"]e flashed before the Ulnclc
Cartlina.l's Pl
"I see! cried Sancia.
ini’oi‘ct-rl‘icl'.t."
"Not silvilmont-ti. sir." was the answer
frnrn the ileu‘tun‘it‘l‘. whose voice '3
wontlrollsly musical, "Stand Io your
r takethe steel in your
C." Mine or yours,"
"It shall be two birds
one stone this night."
The truth had burst upon Andrea in un
instant.
comer, an a saw,
gray garb. but Francesca.
same monlcnt Sancia had recognized her,
"A hidden re-
s the
with
peril stem 0 the earth.
"Hold! lily heart, not hers!" he ex-
claimed.
"Two birds with one pebble, I say,"
came bar into s face,
That moment Frnncesca. sent her rnnier
straight bvfore her, but Snncia. Wflrlieli
Off the thrust.
“The Wl‘(‘tCil wears mail!" shouted An-
drea. tllrustini: eize the de-
termined Kiri. "
“Bu his is Arnaldo‘: sword." came
the li.Qhinin&’-like interruption. untl
Francesca bore down upon the Princess‘
tool, forrlni: him back a pace, and then
her steel llli'iiZ'.t‘il at his he r.
It was shivered there like Andrea's.
The young Florentine uttered :1 cry
horror. 1<‘rancesca‘s face rew as willie
as the moonlight that flecked the around,
"Now!" the ruthless iilnrizmzl.
“Now for the lys d'0rs and my duke-
dom!"
a
n
Ere Andrcii could throw himself in
the path or the leaping sword. a piercing
cry rose siarlvard, and Francesco reeled
away, sttiililering back, to be c
his -arms before she could
ground. The blade of the Black Cardi-
nal had found her bosom.
“Some other time for thee!“ exclaimed
Sancin. for he ooked down at his own
sword to discover that it had parted from
its hilt.
Then e turned. and picking up his
discarded cloak. walked away. As for
he saw not the movement,
he was covering France-sca's face with
kisses.
his stritnge story leads to very tx-
raordlnary situations and dramatic epi-
sodes. The reader wi nd It eminently
worth reading to the end. Next week's
Ledger will contain further clmplers
or it.
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