Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1869-01-26
NUMBER l24.=

into .xow,.-exclaiming with an oath
that Giuseppe should never have his
daughter TIL he THE afatherJ, daughter,
dog, cat, cottage, ebeehises and an with
her dower of aalmond trees to boot. set
out some fine morning to beg the young
vine dresser to accept them.
= Poor Maria grew thin and pale and
Giuseppe looked little better, turning all
his wonted Jests into igns, and only in
terrupting his work to sit and look
toward the ssaia almond strees, which
formed beautiful clnmpssnsian ascent
-uponthe other sideIofothsoglensssheiter-
ing the best of Antonio sbbee-hiRess and
composing p pretty dover for, the pretty
Maria, which the father, lopged to see
yiin in the the possession Of the aasby young cit
izen. ~ ~ = 5.91sl t7oss mo NiSl
One morning. after ialfftsa2qss very very suitry
night, as the poor youth hendeavored to
catch glimpse of Her IN itEis1 direction,
The observed thatlthe Gclodds gatheredin
very unusual MANNER over sthsscountry,
and then hung lowIin the air, heavy and
immovable.al Toward fMessinsy the sky
looked. SO red that at first be thought the
city on, fire, till an unusual. heat affected
him, and a smell Of sulphur arising,
and the little riger at Els feet assuming
a tings Of muddy ash color, he knew that
some eonvulsion Of oftheeafthwas at hand.
His frstimpnlse was a wish to cross the
ford, and, with mixed anguish .Iandade-
light toIfnd himself again jim the cottage
of Antoniol giving the father and ldaugh-
ter all the aid in his power. A rensn-
dous burst of !, thunder. and lightning
startled him for, q moment but he, was
proceeding to cross, when his, ear tinged,
his head turned giddy, and while the
earth heaved beneath his feet, he saw The
opposite side Of the glen lifted up wsitha 4
horrible deafening noise, and them the
beesmaster'sn cottage itself, z-with 9all
around it. cast as he sthoaght,stos the
ground, and buried foreveradi 10 iisnsd
The sturdy youth. lforathe frsttime, in
his life, tainted away.1Hssz 81 d9fsi~ I'd
When his senses ireturneds he found
himself pitched back into his. own prem
ises, but, not injured. the blow having
been broken by the vines-s But. on look
ing in horror toward the site of the. cot
tage up the hill, what did he see up thersf
or rather, what did he not see. there?
And what did he see, forming d new
mound, furlongs down the side, of the
hill. almost down, at the bottom Of the
glen, and in his, homestead?E Ant6nio's
Gotta ge--Antonio's S cottage, with tie al
mond trees and bee hives, and the very
cat and dog, and the old man bimself,
and the daughter (both senselessG all
come, as if, in the fathers words, to beg
him to accept them ssHod isessn2 iAhs
Such awful spleasantries, SO to speak,
sometimes take place in the middle of
| Natures deepest tragedies, and such e&2
| quisite good may spring out OF evil For
it was SO in the end, if not IN the afhten9
tion. @The old man. who. together with
his daughter, had only been stunned ~
terror, was supersticiously frightened BY
the dreadful circumstances, if mot aifac-
tiohately moved by the attentions Of the
SON Of his old friend, and the delight
and transport of his achilds Besides,
though ths cottage ana the almond trees
| and lbeehives had all lncome miraEu-
lously safe down the hill Ia phe1omenoln
which hasEfrequently occurred inlthe e2.
traordinary landslips) )gsthe flower garl
dens, on which his ibessIfsd, were alniest
destroyed, his property swasalessened,
his pride lowered; and when tbenconvul-
sion was well over. and thasgnitarsowers
again playing in the valleys shsiepnsent7
ed to become the inmate foro life of the
cottage of the enchanted couple. .sssu,
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