The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-11-13
The Wife Of Piero BrunOrO.

Ger named Brunoro lay on the bat
tie field in the agonies Of death.
His noble deeds had excited admi-
ration, and the soldiers under his
command had fought like lions as
they heard his inspiring words.
|, As. plying soldier removed
the. sword still ,grasped by the
hand now powerless to defend the
cause of his country, and. opened
the thick military: coat, to give
the sufferer air, a small miniature
case rolled to: the ground, which
the dying hand vainly sought.
The soldier restored it to the
bosom from which it had fallen,
and as he did so it was unclasped,.
and disclosed thec features OF. "a
Young and beautiful face, soft and
sweet as a woman's. Had it not
been for the military garb cloth
ing all that was visible of the fig
ure, the man would have declared
it that of a girl in the first sweet
passing away of childhood. The
dying officer pressed his hand up.
on the cherished picture, and held
it with all his falling strength. -
e" at is his,son'> perhaps" thought
the.soldier, as he poured between
the purple lips a drop or two
of spirits, fTem7 his canteen. 1t re.
vlved the officer for a moment; !;
and as: the soldier looked, around
for help to carry him from the
spot where he lay q woman, pale,
feeble, and tottering, approached
them: She was Of Slight stature,
and evidently far advanced, in
wears. She uttered no loud cry,
but as: she looked upon'the dying
face, which kindled with an ex-
preston ofradiant joy as she came
near, she only said, softly, My
Piero, isit thus I must see you
leave me ?n . - -,
''Dear, good Bona" came slow
,ly from the dying mans lips,
S'weuld you. have it otherwise &?
1t is a glorious death, is it not?
How else should = soldier depart?,",
She fell on her knees beside him
and kissed him. When she lifted
! iaher face again. there was no move
!.ment-tbe soul had passed in, that
brief embrace. Calm and COM
| posed, as if IT. was an: event she
had long been waiting for, she di.
srected the soldier to bring help
/ to bear;the dead to-a house. near
! the battle.feld, nor did she weep
until she caught sight Of the pic
ture lying across the motionless
breast. ... -, .'....&
HaIt was mine" she >soobed, in
! answer to the questioning look OF
| the soldier. "He has always worn
it.. He is my husband
The GLANCE of the soldier showed
I him that the features and expires
sion were indeed the same, al,
: though the faded face bore small
trace ofthe bloom that thepicture
4 wore One thing he. observed
I that. the look had not. hardened by
! age. it was soft and*sweet as whel
the artist had touched it years be
fore. ..
+. Piero Brunoro was borne,to hi
! last,rest, followed by brave mer
:: who knew his worth, and valued
Ehim accordingly There were
I those OF. high deeds and noble
fhearts, and there We're crowned
t,heads, too, that did homage to tn
memory of the faithful soldier
| And there, too, the little, pale
1faded woman, in a carriage by her
self, close behind the funeral bier
was clasping her withered hand
to- her breast, and softly repeating
my Piero, not long shall we b
separated" ".-- -.
At the gate of the ehurch-yar
the procession stopped. A ma
of high rank, an officer in the Nes
lpolitan army, who, wore his title
by right of a noble and unstaine
ancestry, and badges of honor fc
his own courageous deeds, opene
the carriage door and lifted OF
: the occupant, whose weight We
as light as a child. She could nc
stand a moment, and he bore he
: to the. side Of the bier. Brunoro
!. handsome brow, scarce altered
years, with its crown of darl
curling locks, lay there upturne
to the sun and the officer yielde
to her evident struggle to kne
beside him. Her head was upc
- that face so long that they feare
she had tainted. Tenderly as OF
: would touch an infant the offic
raised her head, and as tender
|, laid it upon the long grass at h
> feet.
"They will be parted no mo
or for ever" he whispered to one t
,s hind him. "She has had her WI
IS. to die by his coffin
In an apartment of the king
- palace of, Alphonso Of Maple
= years before this event, a a>wom'
ny was admitted, after long waitin
'as y, to the $ sovereign, She was
.ee snlalEstature. fair and comely, b