The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-02-01

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cultury and refinement about her.
Immensely attracted by this pair, my
wife particularly would loseno 0pp0rtu-
nifty Of giving the littleo 9 pat and a
kiss, and of exchanging a pleasant word
or two in the best italian She could mus
| ter with the mother, who by degrees on
her part beganto speak a little English,
/ and to take us into her confidence. She
explained thatshe had married an eng
slishman, gentleman, she declared, who
lhad died suddenly more than four years
ago, and lust before the little one was
born. His family never knew of the
marriage; the had intended to proclaim it
and face the consequences of the Biesnlit-
unec, as it would be called, but mis- sudden
end prevented this, and to this day she
| believed her existanee even was UNI
! known to her husbands people. But
she did not care; he had left her enough
to live upon, and she had come to dwellat
Iocarno, where her aged father lived,
and whose last DAYS abe desired to seothe.
She was quisecontentedw with the humble
life she led there in yonder little wooden
tchalet--at least until the good Sod
should take them to his rest
Would we enter the abode and speak
to her father? He was very hand
some old man, a native o Tuscany who
had seen better days. Matt mattered
little that, or why he had come 20 far
north
Her name, we asked.
All. her maiden NAE was one that III
past times had struck terror TO the foes
of liberty; abe would not mention it.
Her father, even had considered it wise
to drop it, and had adonted her sur
name, her married name, the name OF
husband, that is.
What, had he taken an English name /?
No, not an English name; her nus
band had been naturalized as an Italian,
had changed his name for reas5ns--they
did not signify; and he was known as
Giorgio Vianero, she was Lucia.
OF course, we went In and spoke to
the old farmeY-like man, who, partially
paralyzed, always sat by the window of
his neat little house. He received us
with the grace of a prince, regretted that
his infirniities reyeuted him from doing
the hon1rs of the neighboihsoa, so beau
tiful as it was.
Naturally we looked in upon him more
than once, but still it was his grandchild
that was the attraction; my wife declar-
ing that PaOlO was the yeriest darling
she mad ever seen, that he reminded her
of our youngest, and lhst she should
like 10 carry him of, prdbably because
we had not enough of orr own.
Now, wss woman mt given to NOR
bid fancies, thoroughly healthy, with
.NE 80. II "A
little surprised at this extrayagant ad-
miration, and to hear her say that the
child bore any resemblance to ours. i 4
could see none; but it was ''her holi-
day" and she wa not TO be crossed.
Well, III was surprised by this, Judge
how much more 80 I was when she sud
denly one morning announced her wish
to return home.
I'VE have not beenaway three weeks,,"
1 mildly protested. i
tho" she said; but Z have got q
strange longing to see the children; III
can't bear to be away from them any Il
longer j never have been away from
them two days, much less two weeks,
before, and j can't bear it; must go
back" 4,
'itAnd leave thussnddenly your pretty
little sprOtege on the hill up there?o i
to say. II
Eyes," she answered; that is the rea-
ION, that is what has made me wish to
60. j mean the sight of that mother'e
owe for her child makes me envious; i !.
want to be with my own" II
What could 4 say? 1t was her hell
lay, to do as she pleased with; if she
pleased to cut it short aheimust.
"We will be of tonight, love-" j said; /,
nut inwardly i was gtieved, saddened,
not only by the disappointment, but be-
;anse, seeing that we had excellent ac-
counts from home, this strange freak
lad something morbid in it, unlike her !
Ietthere Was no appeal, and i began
making arrangements Tor our departure.
"Yeu will go up and say sgoodfby to
he little chap, your friend2" j asked.
'sCertainly,,' she answered; "you will
ONE with me, wOa't your
"'We will go at once" j said. j was
he slave, i had nothing to do but to
hey.
IL WAS q wild and gusty day for .Au-
llst, and the Landscape looked less in
iting than usual, as we assembled the =
igzag path leading to the sanctuary a "a
lstle above, which on the hillside lay :
he home of our new friends. AT one OF 4
he angles near the top of this zigzag
be path passed ,peril0usly close 10 a @
terp precipic'.. which iOr some distance
Imed nne bank o = mnnntaif, stream =
. il Game tearing down ssver n rocky tsr
ed. This spot wasa great height from 9
be level OF the lake, and the precipice 2
Iself lust there WAS some iorty feet j
bove the river. "A few rough bushes y