r face. I have found out in
weary nights that every sinner can be forgiven except one--except the
liar, and that is what you are. You must go to ruin, you must have no
rest by day or night, and all that is yours must go to ruin too. Come
with me! Come to my Vetturi's grave; kneel down there; call the
congregation together and confess--But true, you never go through the
churchyard. But take heed! You must soon go, when one of your family
dies----"

"That is enough," cried Landolin. "Come with me, Madam Pfann, or I
shall go alone; I cannot stand this any longer."

He turned away; Madam Pfann cast one more beseeching glance at
Cushion-Kate, but she laughed scornfully.

Landolin and the judge's wife walked silently together to where the
footpath joins the road; there they stood still, and taking his hand,
she said:

"Farewell! I thank you for having been so good to me; and you may be
sure it will do you good too. You have done all a man could, and may
now rest easy. We have not gained what I hoped, but your soul must feel
easier and freer."

"Yes; but I should like to ask a favor----"

"Only tell it," said the judge's wife, encouragingly, as Landolin
paused hesitatingly.

"Well, Madam, when I think of it fairly, I cannot blame Cushion-Kate so
much, that she is so frantic and raves against me; I am innocent, but
still it happened. I don't believe in witchcraft and prophecy; but the
way she spoke of death in my family frightened me. Now what was I going
to say? I forget. Oh! this. Cushion-Kate may cherish a hate toward me;
but my daughter--yes, I will tell you how deaf and dumb she is toward
me. It is hard that a stranger should come between father and child;
but I think----"

"So do I. You may depend on it I will speak to Thoma, and I shall
succeed better than we did over there. I will ask her to come and see
me."

With hearty thanks, Landolin and the lady parted. She walked on a while
as if lost in thought, and forgetful of the way; but she soon began, as
usual, to pick flowers and grasses and pretty sprigs, and arrange them
in a beautiful bouquet.

In the garden of the Sword Inn her husband met her, and she soon sat
pleasantly conversing with the people of rank in their separate arbor.

CHAPTER LXI.

"The members of the Casino had made it an variable rule never to
question the judge's wife respecting her experiences in her work; and
she herself never mentioned it unles