The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-05

What can you possibly want to
know that for ?" interposed in English,
quite in the dark as to what she was
driving at,
20 Walter Walter how stupid you
are she answered, throwing more and
more contempt into her words and
manner; does nothing suggest itself to
you? Can't you guess what | am think
ing of Tell me-" she said. again
repeating her question in Italian, and
turning to the monk, "tell me the Eng
fish name of Lucia's husband do You
know what it was?"
"Si, Signora, 81 but can not reveal
it it was made known to me under the
seal Of confession"
Seeing that she was again about 10
urge the fra'c TO grant her request, |
entreated her to be silent, and to look
after little Paolo, who WAS climbing up
to his mother and trying to make her
play with him.
"Ahl |" she then exclaimed, "dear
little fellow; do look at him, Walter,
and then thi"k of his fathers assumed
Italian name Vianero; think what its
English equivalent means"
More bewldered than ever, obeyed
her command and began to think, while
she, once more in Italian, earnestly
entreated this frOte to tell her the name.
For mercy sake, let me KNOW" she
said, " | am no. asking out of idle
curiosity, but only that love and service
may he rendered to the memory of the
dead. | feel that am on the point of a
discovery; tell me am right in believ.
ing that his name was George Black
way :"
The old monk started at these words,
and 80 did | for this was the name Of
my wito's only brother, whose death WAS
the piece of family sorrow referred TO at
starting
A bit of scapegrace, with strong
turn for art, and never understood by
his father, he had gone TO Rome years
ago-long before | knew the family
had expstriated himself. and, with the
little competence he possessed, had
entirely withdrawn himself from all his
early associations. His sister alone, at
long intervals, had tidings Of him, and
at length we heard, but not till long
after the event, that he had died in
Florence suddenly. There was rumor
that he had married under an assumed
name, had been naturalized as an
Italian, but nothing very definite ever
came to light,
And now, what was happening ?
Why, that we had here come upon a
trace Of his latter days, and had found
in thi obscure corner of the world the
pretty Italian woman he had married.
Yes,'' exclaimed my wife, turning
with an air .! triumph to me; "and
perhaps. Walter, you can now under.
stand what it was that drew me from
the first toward this woman and child
and why the little creature has inspired
me with such Il deep affection. 1t wa!
the mysterious and subtle instinct o
kinship, OF blood relationship, Tor thi
baby -DJy is my brothers child )" ant
with these words she seized the littl
fell, W, clasped him to her bosom, ant
wepL copiousy y.
The matter was clear to me now n
last; but who on earth could have ex
| peCted such denOuement, or that sh,
should have been led to the only spo
where she could have gained any tlding
| OF her mother?
And yet ~ il was and this di-cOvery
Was the result Of cher holiday" that
treat which lad designed call Tor her. u
OF course, we had sn addition to cur
family; Of course, the contract Tor her
holiday would not have been completed
if had in crp ,sed any views OF mine,
and had prevented her carrying off in
the end the young semi Italian scar>
amouch to a, Il to our own collection.
However, am Bound to SAY | believe
| she might not have pressed this point
had net it been tor the fatal effect OF the
acci lent, which after all determinated in
Lucia's death, and consequently for the
child having thus, as it were. fallen to
our charge as his natural guardians. 1t
wa all very sad and miserable, the end
oil our time at L7carno involving numer
Gus complications with the local law
We were detained there till the end Of
October, for the old padrone departed
this Ii soon after his daughter, and we
had 'ome difficulty in proving our RICH,
to the child.
Our right to the child Humph
Truly, women are wonderful beings
and She had instinctively discovered THU
right, had discovered it through that
mysterious, delicate, subtle intuition tt
| which our masculine and grosser nature'
are entire stranger. She was quite cor
rect from the first. Littls PaolO ha
grown up marvelously like his yonnges
cou,in even can see it now.