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

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was. the father never saw the child"
"Did Won know her husband Them
4 incurred my wife in Italian.
4 The Trate shook his head. Only the
circumstances of the msrriage."
"Tell me, what were they" she ex-
claimed, clasping her hands in an agony
of excitement.
"ssimple, very simple, +" said the holy
man, quite unmoved, and struggling his
ample shoulders: "a young English
man, an artist, living IN Florence, and
who had made Italy the land OF his
adoption, and who took al Italian name,
fell in love with Lucia, who was his
model, and married her; not an unusual
occurrence among your countrymen, d
believe, he added, turning to m,.
] was bewildered; did not know in
the least what to make of all this, and
have mo doubt looked as stupidity help
less as ] felt.
"And them eagerly inquired NV
wife, seizing the frate's arm, and looking
into his face after casting q glance OF
unuttsrable scorn upon me.
"He made little home for her, and
everything promised well for their hap
piness, when he was taken suddenly i'll,
broke blood vessel, and died in Lucia's
arms"
"Do you know what his English
name was?" here again hurriedly in.
quired my wife.
What can You possibly want to
know that for" ] interposed in English,
quite in the dark as to what she was
driving At.
SO Walter, Walter now stupid you
arel" she answered, throwing more and
more contempt into her words amp
manner; "tdoes nothing suggest itself to
you? Can't you guess what j am think
ing of? Tell me-" she said, again
repeating her question in Italian, and
turning to the monk, "tell me the Eng
lish name OF Lucia's husband; do yo
know what it WASP
"Si, Signora, 81; but can not reveal
it; it was made known to me under the
seal of confession"
Seeing that she WIS again about to
urge the frate to grant her request,
entreated her to be silent, and to look
after little PaoIo, who was climbing mp
to his mother and trying to make her
play with him.
'"Ahl" she then exclaimed, "dear
little fellow; do look at him. Walker, \
and then thi'k of his fathers assumed |
Italian name-Nianero; think what its
English equivalent means"
More bewildered than ever, obeyed |
her command and began to think, while \
ahe, once more in Italian, earnestly |
entreated tbs frate TO tell her the name. 4
For mercy sake, let me know" she 4
said. 81 am no. asking out of idle \
curiosity, but only that love and service
may he rendosed TO the memory of the \
dead. j feel that am ON the point of a |
tsll me am right In believ-
ing that his name was George Black
wsy?"
The old monk started dit these words,
and so did T.; for this was the name OF
my wifs's only brother, whose death was
The piece of family sorrow referred to at
starting.
A bit of q scapegrace, with strong
turn fer art. and never understood by L
his father, he had gone to Rome years
before knew the family-
mad expatriated himself. and. with the
little competence he possessed, had
entirely Withdrawn himself from all his
,arly associations. Ellis sister alone, at
ong intervals, had tidings of shin, and
1t length we heard, but not till long
utter the event, that lie had died in
Florence suddenly. There was q rumor
hat he had married under an assumed
name, had been naturalizsd as an
Italian, but nothing very definite ever
zane to light. 4
And now, what was happening 2
Why, that we had here come upon
race of his latter days, and had found
u Chi obscure corner of the world the
pretty Italian woman he had married. IA
Yes," exclaimed my wife, turning
With an air of triumph to me; "and
perhaps, Walter, you can now under
tand what it was that drew me from
he first toward this woman and child
md why the little creature has inspired
ne with such q deep affection IL was
he mysterious and subtle instinct of
sinship, of blood Felationship, for this I
'aby-boy is my brothers child 4" and 4,
With these words she seized the little
elbow, clasped him to her bosom, and
gept copioualy. Ia
The matter was Clear to me now at
asst; but who on earth could have ,ex-
,ected such q den0uement, or that ahe 9
hOuld have been led TO the only spot
where abe could have gained any tidings 4
finer mother9 Is
And yet 90 it was. and this Discovery a
sas the result of s'her holiday that
reat which i had designed "all for herr
Of course, we had an addition to cur !
amily;; of course, the contract ier her
olday would not have been completed I