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Show Th Utj r latli About tbo )ir I GOO a stranger named Tebaldo eatabtiaheil himself as a merchant mer-chant lu Venice, Boon becoming (nfatu atrl with the daoshterof ono of the most ancient and wealthy families ho atked Iter liand and waa rujectnd, tho )oung lady being already aSUncetl Half craxeland thoroughly enrnged h thnned rortnge. Jiving an excellent t lecbanlo ho toon ovohed a moat furinl dal lo looking Ley Tito handle of this unique weopon could bo easily tnriivh llolntc turned It dlac)ufd a spring with a rnlMllo ti the alini of a nevtllo of ex qutalto hnetieoa. With thla weapon Tiv bftldo waltel at tho church dorr until tho inaldtm ho loved paaaed In on the morning of her miniag. When the bridegroom appeared the drtraie Ion r, tmprroelTod Hnt Iho slender poisoned tn-odlo Into hU rival breatt, and within an hour ho was dead of n 't range, baf lUng diaoAM " Again Tebaldo demanded tbo ban 1 of the maiden, but was rtf nanl ithin n few days both htr irtnU had died iu a rery tnyeteriona manntr Btuplcl'- Wing excltel. examination was made, and tbo small atitl lnatrumonts funntl in tho fleet. In both caars. Ono day tho maid ii allowDl Tebaldo an audience. but told hlui that sho wool Incur be Lis bride. Within an hour she was a corpa Tebaldo w aa attipocted, tho key dincorf-red and tho culprit hanged. The celebrated 'key f death Is still shown to tho cnrlous vialtnr of tho Vtnlco museum. Ht loul He public. |