East Saginaw courier., 1865-09-27


I'M RAPHAEL's LOVE.
u, When Raphael was painting hi
on beautiful frescoes in the Farnesin
~ ~ palace, he passed daily over the bridg
A and through tho narrow street to hi
y work. One day, it is said, he saw
10 beautiful black-haired girl, of tn
g voluptuous type painters love so well
'' bathing her white feet in the water
,. OF the, Tiber. From that hour al
!, peace OF mind forsook him, and h.
{ forgot even art in his earnest desire C
! be loved by SO exquisite creature -
Q The bakers daughter, however, was
: already provided in the way of lover,
a. certain fierce soldier, stained by the
blood Of many battles, aspiring to the
:. possession Of this peerless beauty
Egidio had no refinement Of soul, mo
} intellect of love-" only the outward
charms Of the girl had touched him /;
but ne swore that If any one else pre-
sumed to think of or approach her, he
would finish him with stoccota.-
Catterinella, never having known the
delicious frenzy Of love, had hitherto
submitted with tolerable grace.
arising from perfect indifference, to
the advances of the soldier; he often
came to her fathers shop, and gossip-
ped and smoked until she grew used
to him, and Egidio, in manner, be-
came domesticated. Butwhen Raphael
came also, and talked and cast amorous
giances out Of his beautiful ewes at
Catterinella, she begen to detest the
soldier, and to feel all the joys and
pains of first love. Raphael not only
rapidly insinuated himself into her
affections, but with that amiability and
grace which he so prominently pos
sessed, fascinating even the rough
baker himself He was far too much
absorbed in his art to spend much
time at the shop, but that very art
afforded him the readiest means of
advancing his suit. He asked Gui-
seppe to allow his daughter to sit to
him for her picture, and he, though
but q common vulgar tradesman, still
had enough respect for the fine arts,
then so generally cultivated in Rome,
to consider the request as compli
ment, and to comply. But he made
Raphael promise never 10 reveal his ,
both out of regard to !
Catterinella's fair fame, and for fear j
Of the rough soldier, Egidio, whose !
blind jealousy might prompt him to }
some violence.
When Catterinella first went to Ra- =
phael's studio, it was secretly and |,
and accompanied by her !
mother; but so frequent were the visits ;
If Egidio, and SO ardent his passion :.
or Catterinella, that it was impossible ;
or their absence not to raise his sns- u
na;n@ them enter a doorway ana as /
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The door was inadvertently left open, {;
md Egidio entered, and, stealing noise /
essly into the spacious studio, hid "
himself among some lumber. Unable r
o control his fierce passions at seeing s
Jatterinella seated opposite Raphael,
Egidio, drawing his stiletto, rushed
On the painter, who at that very in
slant, with his brush poised in the air, o
was intently and passionately examln- u
ng the Fornarina's features. The &
women, horrifed at the sudden ap- b
partition of Egidio, his drawn knife S
and horrid looks, screamed aloud; but I
Raphael, unarmed as he was, rose and I
faced his assailant. No sooner had u
Egidio recognized Sanzio as the de- I
tested rival whom ne was about to
whom he regarded s
as deity, whom he had heard cele- s
brated as the very wonder of the G
he stood tIansfixed, and {,
the stiletto dropped from his hand &
A few inarticulate words of excuse
and prayers for pardon fell from his I
lips. Tranquilized by the humane
looks of Raphael, who gazed on him
with a kind of plying astonishment,
he endeavored, in broken words, to
explain the motives which had induced
this murderous conduct; he spoke of
his love, he concealed not his jealousy.
Determined at the moment and on
the spot to know his fate, Egidio deep
ly agitated, now turned towards the
affrighted Catterinella, who scared by
his fierce look of mingled hate, rage
and love, scarcely dared to raise her
head, while, himself shaking with ILL
suppressed passion, he implored her
10 be calm. He assured her that he
would not injure her, but he conjured
her, by oil she held most sacred, to
tell him if she really loved him. Cat
terinella, inspired by the passionate
excitement of the moment about to
decide her fate, trembled no more
She forgot her fears of Egidio, his
cruelty and his jealousy; she forgot
all save Raphael--the sun under whose
rays she had expanded into new and
delicious life Raphael, the god of her
idolitry, who stood pale and speech
less before her. Raising her eyes to
his face, she gave utterance to the love
she had long secretly cherished in her
heart and tremblingly confessed in
faltering accents that he was dear to
her beyond all other mortals.
Epidio was struck dumb when he
heard his fate pronounced by the lips
of her he loved Selling his knife,
which had laid on the floor, he rushed
from the studio. Relieved from tho
facination of RaphaPs countenance
and majestic presence, Egidio, clasp
ing his weapon in his hand, resolved
TO return and murder him but when
he remembered the words OF Catteri-
nella- when he recalled those pas
sionate words in which she had con-
fessed her love--his resolution again
changed. "Why kill him, when she
loves me not?" exclaimed he. Honor
and dispair strove in the breast OF the
SAVAGE soldier; love, hope, life-all