New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-24
HOW G1RIBALDI WOOED ANITA.
from GaribaIdi - By giuseppe Guer=ont.

From Gqy.ibaldi " by giuseppe GHer-oni
The loss Of so many dear companions, especially
Caruiglla and Mutru weighed him down with pro-
found sadness He felt alone upon the earth anu
was conscious of an immense VOID III his heart; life
seemed lpsuppOrtabe. II was then that TOR the iISt
time the idea of matrmOny flashed across his mind
IIp 10 that date the cOnJugal state seemed SO Ill
adapted to his wandering and adventurous lie that
me had regarded It as an impossible event BuC
after the shpwTeck the current OF his thoughts
cha! gtd. lie felt the need or supplying, IN some
way. TIA A5t friends; to find faithful and loving
sou 10 share with him the battles of life, to render
less hard the solitude of his exile tie had ROssett
il i true whom he loved like a brother; but the
duties of his office Obliged ROssettl 10 I'VE at
n distance, and rare the occasions when he
could see hlm. Besides. the friendship OF man,
however strong, did not any longer satisfy him; IL
WAS woman'5 heart that he needed, woman en-
tirely and ndIssOlubiy hls and when he found the
night one he took her One evening he stood on
deck occupied with these thoughts, looking upon
tne shore when he saw on mole a group OF women
and girls. At first their forms passed unnotlced De-
fore him, but by degrees his eye. aud perhaps MS
heart, fixed upon one, and he stopped 10 cohtenc
Dlate her. She was a young woman III the bloom OF
health and strength, gifted with sort OF irregular
masculine beauty. She was the ideal woman thai
Gaubaldi was in search OF Before he mad spoken
to her or heard her speak, by some invisible ana
magic spark which kiDdies love, the Mizgardo
loved her She also had remarked the blonde, leo
nine head of the ioreign sailor VINO watched nerday
after day. She felt the fascination OF That glance,
lie touch OF The magic spark, and secretly gave her
heart TO him VINO offered his.
One evening GaIibaldi resolved TO delay no
longer and went TO the girls home. His heart beat
violently, but held a firm resolution. At the door
he met a man, who, perhaps, knowing something
of the gallant Italian or IN obedience to custom
of The country, invited him IN to take a cup or
coffee Garlbaldi SAID he would have entered even
without an invitation. but it rendered MS design
more easy, He took opportunity of whispering
to ne object OF his devotion Maiden, VIII YOU 0e
mine % to which she replied only look, which
contained the promise OF unutterable lQVo some
evenings after he re urned and carried her of, put
her on board the safe refuge of his Rlo Pardo,
under The formidable protection OF his cannon and
his sailors, and swOre before Heaven TO make
her his wife. hey were legally married at Mon
teydeo soon after She called Anita RlberaS,
and was a native OF Mern0s In that district OF
Iaguna The man that Garlbaldi met at the door
wa5her father and those that said was her husband
erred Anita however. was promised by her father
to man she did nos love; but sine was not married,
rs has been believed. Yielding To her love she tore
ber fathers heart but did not break faith with any
other man. I'll there was guilt exclaimed OaFi-
baIdi. ii was all mine If an innocent person has
suffered | only have 10 answer for II, and nave
answered She is dead, and her father Is avenged,
There. at the mouth of the ErldanO, the day IN
which hoped to night death for her, as pressed
conyuslvey her pulse to count its last throbs, rs
received upon my lips her parting sigh and held
corpse In my arms-On that day l recOS llZed The
IRE tppsS of nv iault."