The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-02-07
BEPPO:

le llled him Beppo and hcr-Klta.
I'M, indeed, did it happen that
as mentioned without the other,
there were bosom friends in
Beppo and Rita were such.
r ere their parents? Wac can
v " themselves were least able to
1ss isfactory answer 10 this oues-
| they could remember was that
found themselves one day, SIDE
e ,asking in the sun and scram-
,ng the rocks and pebbles of
a at Naples; and since that day
had become their home, and
always remained there together.
day Zlo Antonio (Uncle Anto-
them to his hut and gave them
.r.. When night came. if Rita
7, they Knocked at Antonio's
huddled together among his
fishing tackle. But mostly they
lying on the sand, looking at
t stars overhead, chattering and
until the great sea lulled the
to sleep with It's deep, soft and
urmur.
+. was somewhat older than Rita,
ooked up to him as her natural
,rtul protector. He was proud
Gus Of this, and would have
nto a lions jaws 10 shield her
4 m.
= grew up, like all that is alive
grows up in that blessed cline
IN Of the rich, burning soil on
ey lay, Of the blue sea which,
other, sang them to sleep.
r, was about fourteen and Rita
two years younger. when Zio
!. announced to them that in tu-
had no more macaronis to eX-
IL him, for he was going away,
away to a land called America.
look bad in Naples, he said :
b. ente poca danaro' (many peo-
little money!, and so he preferred
foreign lands to starvation at
,oor children cried bitterly in
cave of the old man. He was the
man being who had ever cared
/ and now they were all alone in
ID. 1t was not for his macaroni
' at they crled; as long as there was
nan on the shore they had no fear
'er; but the macaronl is, after all,
ything in life tor a Nea-
lazzaroni.
Zlo Antonio had left them Beppo
Gily more restless and thoughtful.
d sit tor hours in the sand, his
,-arkling eyes fixed with a longing
4 the blue space OF open sea be-
,apri and Tschia, and when Rita
p to him and nesting on lis lap
what he thought about he an
4: ZiO Antonio and that foreign
is gone to-"
day as they were thus sitting to
"a man dressed like sailor APP
"a them, and tapping Beppo on
ulder, said:
er up my lad | have good news
from Zio Antonio. | have seen
man on the other side. he IS do
we'll and is last becoming rich.
|. yol like to 60 to him! The sllp,
plain Of which Is a friend Of mine,
tomorrow. He Will give you a
.ssage for Antonia's sake.
30 sprang up in delight.
course we will 60" he exclaimed
t we Rita?'
you will, Beppo,' she answer &c
the pair started hand IN hano
ed by the sailor. The same night
were brought on board the ship
the Captain, burly, coarsc-loo <
l-haired fellow met him.
,llo, Domenico" he cried. sDc
Dring some more! We are prett.
'eady."
two more" answered the man
eze hem UP bit
n the Captain and the man wh'
rought the children drew aside ano
whispered conference. Some mon
'sed from hand to hand, and thel
llor jumped into his boat and row
* to the shore.
nat are you staring at." cried th'
in to the children. who stood OF
'ide by side, bewildered, amazeo
they had seen and heard.
down and Sleep"
ing which he seized them roughly
shoulders and pushed them dowf
p ladder into All utterly dark ans
Y hole. Cropping their way throagl
arkness the children stumbled Il
tep they made on PROSTATE humal
Cries and groans arose and chill