The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-05-05


time did not flee away She looked up
Al Lionel.
..>i. sirnore,- shc answered.
sThAr > = pretty flower" said Lion
81, = viii yoa give il TO me''
She made no reply but put h bios
som into his hand And 80 the aequaint-
anee was made and the two chatted
away in the sunshine
Lionel had gone to Tomaso Cecchi's
lodging
But your daughter j. not strong
enough for such work" said he, in Con
clusion 10 = long harangue.
The old man shrugged his shoulders
Poverty said he, " l. 4 hard MASTER
and Teresa i a good girl"
100 good % endan-er her life in
the tolls of the Campagna. Think of
the risk. the labor, the neat. the foul
evening mists,"
But Tomaso looked back beyond the
diS-Omf0r-s and remembered = time
when the plains res0unded with songs
and laughter, ami the wine Was breach
ed and hearts were light
Il found nv wife there" said he,
.snd Teresa NAV ind 4 husband
Lionel insrinctIyely drew back A
husband among those laboring peas-
ants Impossible : for IN MS eyes Teresa
Wa worthy to be the bride Of a king
Can you not ind : substitute for
vour dzu-hser2 u" and then he
hesifAted, for Teresa had come into TIE
nom.
How much Wilt cost to get asub-
etitute, Tere>as-
TereSa laughed "GiOvannetta would
pay If she could 70 20 in nv place
said she "There are too many ready
and willing 10 90
-Les them 20 them responded
Lionel, eagerly.
The si-nsTe f0r-e-s we must have
money! returned Teresa.
Scarcely thinking Of what he was do
iax- Lionel had poured ont the contents
d . purse full of English gold upon the
table. The quick ear Of Tomaso caught
the sound he stretched out his hand -
II 10 clutch the ringing coin, but Teresa
sprzng between, rurninga flashing face
upon Lionel.
We are not beggars," she exclaim-
ed. Il work for my bread"
VIII you not Ietme helpyOus" ask
ed Lionel. in a low tone
You can not she replied. in an
equally low voice. and the fash died
cut Of her face. for Lionel's ton Was
very humble. and his YES had spoken
Something 10 her that her heart an
Swered. She gathered the money to-
gether and put Il into MS hands
1t must not be- said she. Is ne
sorrOwfaLly departed.
.Thou an a fool. chIldi'f said Tom
aso Cecchi, when Lionel Was out of
u hearing ..These English know not
what 20 do with their gold. and We
should have been 81 the better for L."
III.
Slowly plodded the large gray oxen
over the plains OF the CAmpagnA. lazi-
" sauntered the drivers at their side
Here and there one heard she sounds of
merriment there again were silent toll
erS. here w0Tn-0u lahorers who had
crept into the shade and fallen asleep,
and above stretched the blue heavens,
still and cl0udle=-. over the gray and
purple sweeps Of far-Of landscape, with
here and there patch Of sun-gilt Wa
ter
All this Lionel saw, for be had OBJ
tanned \ lodging in one u the large
stone farm house,. since money viii OBJ
tain any thing. and the fair, delicate
looking. generous Engli-hman was pop
ular among the poor Italian peasants
Teresa knew that he Was there, but
she avoided him and he, seeing this
only watched her from = distance, and
gave no token that she was more to him
than n other laborer on the vast
plains. He had seen Tomaso and his
wife before he had followedto the Cam
p4gna, and they were amply provided
for during their daughters absence
Lionel Merton had fallen in love, and
he sat down and took the matter into
deliberate consideration. His first
thought was that Teresa Was q queen I;
TT 90 be the wife of any man, was his
second: why not Of HIMSELF was the
third: and that she should be il posi-
bic. was the fourth. Yet how 20 pro-
coed was the difficulty he felt, with all
the keen sensiriveness IT an English
nan 10 absurd situations, that he was
somewhat absurdly placed At the pres
ent moment; for Teresa calmly pur-
suing her work. gave him no oppor-
tunify Of addressing her without bring
ing the eyes Of the multitude upon HIM
self and the handsome maiden.
Teresa was the one 10 break the ST.
lerce. She feared the presidential
breath that comes with the chill blasts
and heavy dews after the burning heat
Of the day might take effect on Lionel
Merton She noted q lAssitude AMI
feverishness, which he imputed to his
state Of mind. and suddenly she APP