Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-08-28

Italian name, fell in love with Lucia who
was ms model, and married her not an un-
usual occurrence among your countrymen, ]
believe" he added, turning TO me-
was bewildered; did not know in the
least what to make of all this, and have no
doubt looked as stupidity helpless as felt.
And then 2" eagerly inquired my wife,
seizing the frate's arm, and looking into his
face, after casting glance of unutterabls
| scorn upon me.
He made a little home for her, and every.
thing promised well for their happiness,
| when he was taken suddenly i'll, broke
blood vessel, and died in Lucia's arms"
| "Do you know what his English name
was 7" here again hurriedly inquired my
wife.
| "What can you possibly want to know
that for 2" I interposed in English, quite in
the dark as 10 what she was driving at.
"Oh, Walter, Walter how stupid you
are r she answered, throwing more and more
contempt into her words and manner, 9" does
nothing suggest itself to you2 Can't you
| guess what am thinking of Tell me-"
| she said, again repeating her question in
Italian, and turning to the monk, tell me
the English name of Lucias husband do
| you know what it was ?"
81, Signora, 81 but | cannot reveal it;
1t was made known unto me under the seal
of confession"
Seeing that she was again about to urge
the Jrdte 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.
"Ah she then exclaimed, "dear little
fellow; do look at him, Walter, and then
think of his fathers assumed Italian name
-,Vianero, think what its English equiva-
lent means"
More bewldered than ever | obeyed her
command, and began to think, while She
once more in Italian, earnestly eutreated the
frate to tell her the name
"For mercy's sake, let me know" she said
= am not asking out of idle curiosity, but
only that love and service may be rendered
to the memory of the dead. | feel that
am on the point of discovery; tell me, am
not right in believing that his name was
George Blackway 2"
The old monk stared at these words and
so did |, for this was the name of my wife's
only brother, whose death was the piece of
family sorrow referred to at starting.
bit of scapegrace, with strong turn
Tor art, and never understood by his father,
ne had gone to Rome years ago-long before
knew the family-had expatriated himself
and, with the little competence he possessed
had entirely withdrawn himself from all his
arly 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 a rumor that he had married un-
Ter 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 come upon trace of his latter
lays, and had found in this obscure corner
of the world the pretty Italian woman he
had married.
"Yes," exclaimed my wife, turning with
an air OF triumph to me, land, perhaps,
Walter you can now understand what it
was that drew me from the first toward this
woman and child, and why the little crea-
ture has inspired me with such deep affec-
tion. 1t was the mysterious and subtle
instinct of kinship, of blood relationship
for this baby-boy is my brothers child"
and with these words she seized the little
fellow, clasped him to her bosom aud wept
copously
The matter was clear to me now at last
but who on earth could have expected such
denouement, or that she should have been
led to the only spot where she could have
gained any tidings OF her brother?
And yet so it was, and this discovery was
the result of her holiday" that treat which
| had designed :" all for her." OF course we
had an addition to our family; of course.
the contract for her holiday would not have
been completed if had interposed any
views of mine, and prevented her carrying
of in the end the young semi-ltalian scara-
mouch TO add to our own collection.
However, | am bound to say believe she
might not have pressed this point had not it
been for the fatal effect of the accident,
which, after all, terminated in Luca's death,
and consequently for the child having thus,
as it were fallen to our charge as his natural
guardians. 1t was all very sad and miser-
able, the end of our time at Locarno involv-
ing numerous complications with the local
law. We were detained there till the end
of October, for the old padrone departed this
life soon after his daughter, and we had
some difficulty in proving our right to the
child
Our right to the child Humphl Truly,
women are wonderful beings; and she had
instinctively discovered this right, had dis
covered it through that mysterious, delicate,
subtle intuition to which our masculine and
grosser natures are entirely strangers. She
was quite correct from the first. Little
Paolo has grown up marvelously like his
youngest cousin; even | can see it now
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