Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-01
2sEPPO.

Ana Seluotl, l2uccU, flt II happen tilit
The one WAS mentioned without the other,
for ii ever there were bosom friends IN
the wo7i. Btppo and Rita were such.
WAC were their parents? Wao CA
say. They themselves Vera le.SS able to
give . satisfactory answer to this aUcs-
non. All ihey could remember WIS that
they had found themselves one day, side
Ivy side, bask.aG in the SUI and scram-
bling among the rocks and pebbles OF
the shore 1t Naples; and since that day
that shore had become their home, aui
they had always remained there together,
Thrice "a CAV Ilo Antonio tUncie .into-
nia) too< them to his hut and gave them
macaroni. When night came. If Rita
felt chilly, they knochel 1T Antonia )
door anu huddiy,i Together among his
nets and fishing tackle. But mostly they
remained lying on The sand, looking az
the brigh! stars overhead, chatterlng ara
laughing eniil the great sea lulied G
children u sleep with Its deep, soft ana
gentle murmur
Heppo was somewhat older than Rita,
and she looked up :" him as her natura
AMI powerful protector. He was proud
" conscious % this, and would have
sprung into lions jaws to shield her
from harm.
So they crew up, ike all that is alive
in nature grows up in that blessed cline
-ch!lGran Of the rich, burning soil "a
which ey lay, e the blue sea wa!ch,
ike :. mnG!icr, sang them to sleep.
3eppJ was about fourteen and Ria
perhaps Nv" years younger, when 20
Antonio announced 10 them that IN iu-
tuge they had no mo-t macaronis to eT-
pect from him, IT hc was goln45 away,
tar, far away 20 - !and called America.
Things loo. pAd - Naples, ne sti'i:
''..yita Gs4t' !o@s "a '.Hro tmany pro
pie and little mon"E}, amt SO ne prefhreV
work = foreign !alGs I" starvation ~
home
Inc upor ciIlidifA crled nittefi% Ia
taking ieerc 4" "id MAJ. tie was II"
Only human -elp% who had eYer cared
Tor t9eiA ANA anr' ihry we're all alone N
tAe w"r,t. II was NIX tor his macaroni
alone :R&l ihe.J cried; rs long as there was
a fisherman on The shore tfey iiad no ftar
OF hunger; b1' The i!tcaronl is, alter All.
not everything m iite-evcn for d Nea-
politan azzarpai.
Atter 10 Anf"aio had left them Bepi'"
rev dally more restless and thoughtful
lie could ~ Ter H"arS III the s;4d, lis
lark sparkling eyes fixed with "1onglng
look on The t'iue space OF open.sea be
tween Capri and IscAla, and when RATA
crept up to hin and nesting on b!S zap
asked what ne thought abcut'he Az
swered: Lio Anfon4" ana ihat lorelgn
and he = :g0h5 a.
One day Is they "ere thus slttlnG To-
gtther Il man dressed Ike sailor sp-
preached them, and tapping Beppo "n
the shoulder, said;
'Ghcer Up my I'D have good news
Tor you, frorl Elo Antonio | have seen
the DID mas nn the other side, he Is do
ing very well and is fast becoming rich.
NoGid you ike to go to him! The sap,
the Captain Of which IS Il friend OF mine,
starts tomorrow. de viii give you q
ice passage Tor Antonlas sake
i5eppe sprang up IN ieli=ht
LOT cours, we Will co. lie exclaimed.
wont We Rlta!'
AS you Will, beppo, she answered
simply.
And the pair started hand IL hand
preceded by the sailor. The same night
they were brought on board the ship,
where the Cap ain, burly, coarse-loo II
lGg red-haireG fellow met him.
"nalio, Dcmenico.' he cried. DO
you bring SOME mo:e! We are pretty
tUli already"
But tw" more" answered the man
Squeeze hem up a bit!'
Then the Captain and the man who
had brought the children drew aside and
held whispered conference. Some mon
e. tssed from hand to hand, and then
The sailor jumped into his boat and low
ed back to the shore.
"What are you staring atY" cried the
Captain to the children, who stood ON
deck side by side, bewildered, amazed
i,y all they had seen and heard.
go down and Sleep
Saying which he seized them roughly
NV the shoulders and pushed them down
It steep ladder into an utterly dark and
narrow hole. Cropping their way through
the darkness the children stumbled at
each step they made on PROSTATE human
ri