Saint Mary's beacon., 1882-08-03

me about - qst hs A'.s nar-
row shadow cast bg R.iE and
writhin trnnh
How neefaraiiun y sAs cried.
In England, where no ann.
there's plenty of sha ad here.
where the am 3 lise <8 nIas-
taf bn onsa 6 lha Azs AT
Set edgeways a puz Aat Ihey
shan't cast any 1faa1i
Angiolino made 40 ~ 10 Lbs
intelligent remark
He y going y siss cried
6onerii stooRlnE heT il saNpaiF
He i goinR s
90 q things want y 6know. An
gioIinoT
Isl singnora, murmurad lo the boy.
y Tel ne about HignsE araziono.
He i our padrone; be i snever
here.
But be Is coming to-day. Wake
up. Angiolino. I tell you he Is on the
wayr
Between life and death there are
50 many combinations, drawled the
boy, with Tuscan incredulity and SEN
tentiousness.
'Ahl' cried the girl, with q little
shiver Of impatisnes. Is he Young z
Che II
/, is he old. thenf
'Neppure
What is he liks7 He must be
something,
Hes our padrone, repeated Anglo
limo. in whose imagination Signor
Graziano could occupy no other
place.
How stupid you are + exclaimed
the young English girl.
Maybe, said Angiolino stolidly.'
'Is he . good padrOne? Do you like
hin? A
'RatherI' The boy smiled, and
raised himself on one elbow; his eyes
twinkled with g0od-humored NAL
ice.
Ny Babbo has much better wine
than quail signore, he said.
But that is wrongr cried Goneril,
quite shocked. who knows
After this conversation flaeged.-
Goneril tried to imagine what q great
musician could be like; long hair, oI
course; her imagination did not GET
much beyond the hair. he would
Of course, be much older now than
his portrait. Then she was watched
Angiolino cutting the corn, and
learned how to tie the swathes togeth.
er.
She was occupied in this useful EN-.
ployment when the noise of wheels
made them both stop atsd look Over
the wall.
Here's the padroner cried the
boy.
'Oh, he is old r said Goneril; he il
old and brown like q coffee-bean.'
To be old and good Is better thar
youth with malice suggested Anglo.
limo, by way of consolation.
i suppose so. acquiesced Generil
Nevertheless she went into dinner
little disappointed.
The signorino was not in the house
he had gone up to the VILE. But b,
had sent message that later in tn,
evening he intended to pay his res,
poets to his old friends. Madams
Petrucci was beautifully dressed il
soft black silk, old lace, and a whit,
Indian shawl. Miss PruntY had OF
her starchiest collar and most forma
tie. Goneril saw il was necessar,
that she likewise should deck hersel
in her best. She was much too youn,
and impressionable not to be influ
enced by the flutter OF excitement ant
interest which filed the whole of tn
little cottage. Goneril, too, was ex
cited and anxious, although Signo
Graziano had seemed so old and lik
q cofee-bean. She made no progress
in the piece ofembroidery ~she wa
working as present for the two ol,
ladies, jumping up and down to looI
out Of the window. When, about
o'clock, the door-bell rang, Goneri
blushed, Madame Petrucci gave prei
~ litsle shrek, Miss Prunty iumpe,
up and rang for the coffee. A mo
Inent afterward the signorino entered
While he was greeting her hostesse
Goneril cast rapid glace at him.
He was tall for an Italian; rather ben
and rather gray; so at least, there
fore very old. He certainly wa
brown, but his features we're fine an,
good, and he had a distinguished an
benevolent air that somehow mad
her think Of an abbe, q French abb.
of the last century. She could quit
imagine him saying. sEnfant de g
LOUIS; asOntcz aE ciet +
Thus far had she got in her med
tations when she felt herself addresse
in clear. half mocking tones
And how, thus evening, Is Mads
migella Ruth p
So he had seen her this evenin
binding his corn.
i am quite well. padrone. she sais
smiling shyly.
| The two ladies looked on amazei
for Of course they were not in the 9,
cret.
Signor Graziano. Hiss Gcneril Han
elyn: said Miss Prunty. rather q
verely.
Goneril felt that the time was com
for silence and good manners. Sh
was quite Over her embroidery, Ii
tening to the talk of Sontag, of CT,
menti. of musicians and singers dea
and gone. She noticed that the Il
| dies treated Signor Graziano with u
utmost rsvereucs. efsn the positive