Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-09-04

| AFTER little PaOlO, who was Cllmblng up
to his mother and trying to make her
play with him. r
Ah!'oshe then exclaimed, dear
little fellow; do look at him, Walter, and
then think Of his fathers assumed
Italian name-Vianero, think what it's
English equivalent means"
More beWildered than ever, [ obeyed
her command, and began to think,
while she, once more in Italian, earnestly
entreated the frate to tell her the name.
: For mercy sake, let me know" she
said. 81 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
q discovery; tell me, am | not right in
believing that his name was George
Blackwayw
The old man started at these words,
and so did /; for this was the name of
my wifes only brother, whose death
was the piece of family sorrow referred
to at starting.
A bit of a scapegrace, with a strong
turn for art, and never understood by
his father, he had gone to Rome years
agO-long before l knew the family
had expatriated himself and with the
little competence ne possessed, had
entirely withdrawn himself from all his
earl y associations. His sister alone at
long intervals had tidings of him, and
at length we heard, but not until long
after the event, that be had died in
Florence suddenly. There was a
rumor that he had married under an
assumed name, and had been natural
lied AS an Italian. but nothing very
definite ever came to light. .......
And now what was happening? Why,
that we had come upon a trace Of his
latter days, and found in this obscure
corner of the world the pretty Italian
woman he had married. f..
Yes" exclaimed my wife, turning
with an air Of triumph to me; and
perhaps, Walter you can now under
stand what it was that drew me from
THE first toward this woman child, and
why the little creature has inspired me
with such deep affection. 1t was. the
mysterious and subtle instinct of kin
ship, 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, and went
copiously. .... --..,
t The matter was clear to me now at
! last; but who on earth could have ex-
pected such q denouement, Or that she
should have been led to the only spot
where she could have gained any It'd
! ings Of her brother?
And yet so it was, and this discovery
was the result of her holiday" that
treat which [ had designed "ali for
her" OF course, we had an addition
to our family; of course, the. contract
for her holidayrwould. not have. been
completed if bad interpOsed any views
Of mine, and had prevented her carry
ing off in the end the young semi-Italian
scaramouch to add to our own collee-
ton. ....5 ..s s...
However, / am bound to say | be-
lieve she might not have. pressed this
tpoint had nQtit been for the fatal effect
of the accident which, after all, ter
minated in Lucia's death, and conse-
quently for the child having thus, as it
were, fallen to our charge as natural
guardians. 1t was all very sad and
1 miserable, the end of our time at
/ Locarno involving numerous complica-
tons with the local law We were de-
tanned there till the end of October, for
the old apatlrone departed this life soon
after her daughter, and we had some
difficulty IN. proving our right to the
child. a:..-.l.-.
/. re- Our right to the child! Humph!
! Truly, women are wonderful leings. and
she had instinctiveiy discovered this
right, had discovered 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 mawelously like
his youngest cousin. Even lcanlsee. it
nOW.7at8 + H ....-.. .H.r ...-....,-... 8.
King Alfonso and His Three Sisters.
! Paris Letter from Miss Hooper. " f. b
=. Queen Isabella aid her son have been
exchanging some warmly affectionate
letters sincethe deth ofpoorlittle Queen
Mercedes. They read very well IN the
papers. Nevertheless it is well IN
derstood fact that the recent visits Of
the Kings young sisters there are three
of them to Spain was arranged to get
them away from their royal mamma
King Alfonso highly ,disapproves Of the
style Of" carrying on adopted by Her
Most Christian majesty, and so, having
once got his sisters into Spainhe persist
emily refused to let them return to the
maternal abode in Paris. And in so
doing he shows himself to be very
sensible young man, for Queen Isabel
is not exactly the style of person that
oneawould choose to train up a young
lady in the way that she should go.
These royal .damsels are not at 81 all
l'pretty, being thin and exceedingly sal
low, and their mother used TO delight
in dressing them IN pale blues and
greens, which certainly did not make
them look any better. ~ aa 4.at
| 1- 5Ia aTITET-TN n |-T5T -I7H1ta#. IS "a.
asaoos Three Missing Vessels. .a3 ...-
/ The ship oVoyager and the, sailing yes
sells Three Sisters and Anna L. have been
out Of port for several months and are
supposed tobe lost The Voyager sailed