Saint Mary's beacon., 1880-02-19

shame BE- bFa0Kht lsiA iFit d4.
When these two yonne BfiI .h.e
% Capri I've beaukiiol youn ant
girls mere sni0yink tltis ~ lii-l
liant period 81 beadzy, whz ar|
excrlltnees the btilss 6f lha
were both Of then. pf6fessI0
fnIla darcefs, whi1h made
locked down upon ~ lhe7i
heasy-1InIbrd 10 dance. ae
fore, earned more ApuI s
in spinning FAX. Wefkine Ia
yard, or mafrying loads ur6as
XlsHsks = haeIs6 =. asA1l st@ 'l 4
sent FOR lFomshe inns wheneyess strangers
we're there, 60 dance their national
dance 10 tambourine aud casAnet be-
fore the cuFious fofestierI. These two
girls came tc dance before these two
young men. Both Of the BFibns were
capiiyated By ts
THE Wild GRACE AND BEATTY
OF the dancers. They resolsedio have
the girls for wives-grO ssas. But eith--
er for coqaetry or ssrtue, the elder oi
ihe girls repulsed her admEer, the
heaft-broken physician. and rsiuspd to
listen to his osertnres. Infatuatsd, reck-
less. hall beside himself with drink, he.
ehalveryevehing, promised 10 marry hsE
This was ~ brilliant destiny Tor the'
Capri peasant as the cnFonat Of Cenn-
tess to an American republican, and she
bad as little idea OF refusing il. They
we're married soon after, lived together
for twenty years, had d family OF CHI
dren, and he, after trahqusIIzed and
pensive life. now sleeps in the narrow
little cemetery on the very summit Of
the rocky isle. His widow, ugly and
peasant like. to-day manages the best
hotel on the island, In partnership With
her eldest son, a half Italian, halt Eng
lish looking young man Of twenty Eve.
who speaks equally well his fathers and
his mothers language, and would as
little think oi msrrying peasant as Of
wearing pigtail and petticoats.
Norton, the other Briton, had mo idea
oi marrying his beauty. He was much
afraid bis allowance from home would
be cut short lf he did. But he pursued
her with solicitation tsll. il is said, she
was on the point of yielding when the
other marriage took place. This put an
altogether different complexion upon
the matter in the eyes OF the girls fam
lily. 1t was then possible lor slgnoFe
to marry an isianderI And if It was
possible, then should Signor Nortou
marry their daughter or 90 without her
This brought the affair 10 crisis. Nor
ton resisted for a while, but one day
some other foreigner. coming to the IS
land, became as great an admIrer Of his
admired Tarantella dancer as he was.
He became hall crazy with leaIousy,
and the end was marrying the girl just
as soon as the priest could be found.
WHEN MRS. NORTON, The pozTEss,
away of in England, heard that her son
was in love with q peasant girl, she
only smiled and had tranquil mind
For had he not had a thousand love az
fairs with maidens of low degree and
escaped from them. and be would from
this after he had worn IFS charm out !;
Bat when she heard that the physician
had married his maid. and that her son
was likely to do the same, she leII into
a frightlul panic. She started of al
once Tor Italy and Capri, full Of the
purpose 10 tear her son away, even
though she had the shame of seeing
him again in London.
II happened that her son already
married was journeying north with his
bride at that time. AT hotel in Flor
ence the mother and son met. The son
announced has marriage. The mother
few into aterrible rage, and reproached
him with utmost bitterness and scorn,
The young wife. unable TO understand
a word Of English, looked upon the
scene, and could put upon Il but one
construction. The mother, who was
always famous beauty, was so exceed
ingly beautiful yet. and SO youthful
looking. that the idea Of her being her
husbands mother never entered the
young peasants head. None other than
discarded mistress could rage ard
storm like this at the discovery Of an
unexpected marriage. she thought. ln
her turn she got mad with rage and
jealousy. She snatched- kni7a from
The table, few al the lady and bouId
have killed her had moi the son and
husband caught her arm.
Whea the relationship was explained
TO her she
ALMOST DIED or SHAME AND REM0RsE.
She knelt al her mother-in-law's feet
and cEIfd and prayed to be forgiven
On h9 part, touched BY The beautiful
giil's humility and distress. and realiz-
ing the futility of sny further indigna-
lion at the marriage, Mrs. Norton for
gave her son. She then went with him
and wife to Capri, where she lived for
several years. trying earnestly 10 edu-
cate her daughler-in-law. and make her
more fii TO be the mother Of her own
grandchiIdren. But il was always .
thankless and hopeless undertaking.
To this day the TaraDieIla das-cer can
nelther read nor write. Capri shuts 10
10 her everything there il OF the world.
except The gay shops Of Naples and .
certain iar-away land called Lzgil-
Terra, where her children had gone iron
her.
Norton. who after . few years sucr
eeeded 10 the title Of Lord Grantley,
died as he lived, brutal, sensual.
ANIMALgzED BExokD ALL REDEMPTION.
Capri peasant women used 70 tell IA
what terror they had Of him ia their
giFlaood. and that the appearance ofisis
bloaled face and figure upon any scene
was the signal for general seuttling
away out ol sight Of any Wcman who
believed she possesstd physical charms
enough % attract bis rolling, beFothed