The daily gazette., 1883-07-19
FOrtitude.
r.,,.,,ea from the italian for ''rhe Modern
Age."l

,..o,, ,rom the italian for '"rhe Modern
Age."l
uo ooL - said a friend, few evenings ago,
',1, out TO me from his window, which
mon a mall square, a balcony on the
pfNS d,nroI the opposite house, edo you
V",," - | looked aud saw a man
so,,eIip A corner, with one arm stretched
ssa, s1,,, the railing, but could not distinguish
n's sT6at l,p man. ." continued my friend, ''is SO
,,..,rns,ll, TO me, that | have often
.t,r7 .Eonght OF changing my residence, merely
~ ,,i myself of the sight OF him. Ifyou ask
n,r rpa,6n, can only tell you that l never
In,k, 10 him, that | never heard the sound
81 nj. voice, / don't know who he is, nor
vbat he lors, nor how he looks, for l am
near sighted. The fellow is disa-
prgpsble to me, cause every ven
inc. at this hour, he rises from the table and
skqs bis seat in the corner, and every night
wfb tbe same automatic movement, he
s,o.ses one leg over the other and puts his
arm N, the rail. He never by any chance
a,S n"yr. : ri. arm before his leg. Heaven for
Ml First Ills leg and then his arm. That's
s,npgb to prove him bore, you'll allow2
Bnl hat, the least of it. Every night
woman, who seems to be his wife, comes
ont and arranpcs his chair exactly so, brings
nj, pip, puts it in his hand, lights 1t every
plp't-ard every night he allows her to
wait on him, as proud as peacock, without
making the slightest effort to please her,
without showing the fantest perception Of
tie f.rt that be- is waited on Then, every
MON nt brings fresh want, and the woman
Get, up, runs away, huf ries back with a
drink or something else, and he takes 1t,
gut, 1, down and wipes his mouth, with an
epilutan relish, and never takes the pains
ia hand her back the glass. Then, friends
come to visit him aud he never pretends to
rsr, although ] have seen him stand up
and walk To aud from the balcony
as well az you or | could. He never
o1k, up, or down, or around him; he
never bows to any one; in fact, he actually
seem, To think that he was put there that
the word might rryolve around him, he is
todp adorrd, he was born to be admired and
waited on, and
"Yau ugh To me such things are
atsuiI'py niious: am so constituted; any
OBe Else meh not notice IL; | Chafe with
n.r ! ipr q, il knew him as well as |
kuoS YOU Would you like to know who
he!,i ! don know, but | will tell you as
vel a, it / did, That man over there
aud a, be spoke he pointed t wards the man,
gazing al him as il 10 read his secret in his
grs-''s a knayish shopkecpe' =, who begins
tahgap up a fortune, and already puts on
The airs ol millionaire, and he married
that woman 10 save the wages of a shop boy
auda servant; he treats her a little worse
than servant, and not much better than a
siopbay lie is a miser, save in the
satisfaction Of his gluttony. He
might 1--we on the third floor and
be chooses the fourth from motives
Of economy, although he has no children
and wants none; he lespises everything out
siie h', shop, he calls the whole ministry a
SCI 9l thiryes, all those who study, donkeys,
ari lhosr who have less money than he,
miserable beggars; and-you laugh You
htr khow how quick-witted hatred makes
U, DoYnu know, should be delighted if
lhad chance TO insult him; | detest him;
call INT Visionary, spitetul, what you will;
but When ny heart tells me that fellow is "a
fa'gai' Il nfPresses me, and ! must out with
Hald relieve myself"
lol stmuld know this twenty-year-old
youth, amiuide, uneasy and irascible, and
at areas am'g 10 his odd bursts of anger
agalusi HE creations of his own imagination
Wglaiit lht tact that he uttered this string
u ihfohrrrnl words at a single breath,
ana without smile. | meantime examined
't supposed shopkeeper, and the woman
SUING pes'de him on little bench, her
aiH ei">'hd on her knees, lost in revery;
sna a, my t}es are sharper than those of my
itA4 EteHEht that the man looked about
: asals oia and the woman rather more, al
tmAPa could not distin ,uish the features
=, '-,f t'.iif one brought an opera glass aud
l9t.9l II at the woman. At first a con-
ius'4 IMAGE danced before me, gradually it
gs1a.hr clear, and | saw distinctly. The wo-
uae lace was indeed that of one resigned
va NE ol sacrifice; her hair was gray, her
,3'sHtaa Nilukled, her eyes large and full
', " s,''''@tefoly; she wore an indescribable air
u staNl'5 and reserve, which revealed that
~. WA la liar with suffering. 81 believe
~, ns f51l is srtght," ! inwardly thought, and
t@ltei ile giass owards the man, At that
'1Hgll, a. he turned and faced me. "What do
exclaimed. "Can it be possible ~
as54ss = l4eglass and looked again. at
iitft Is no doubt of it. 1t is the
u iaet winch have seen hundred times
"a IN 5sP Ph@9@rapher's window ~ and then
,ssq'.tl s5'i TACT long since forgotten, and
~ - II s,te story which the reader shall soon
4e1' Ny lliend said: "Well2 Is It tht
NJ, .agi u sharper and scamp or notP'
~ 45 longer smile AS before, at his
~ ! replied that his neighbor was Ger.
H., a4f an attractive looking fellow; hui
IL. - leo4Sht had seen him somewhere
a. ,5a. s'iA1 / was curious to know If 1t wert
,lat would 20 aud find out about him
SsAt day went without DELAY to visit him
PisleNi OF inquiring into the partcu
y,,i. ,-.s u MS story, intending, as told him, t.
va, u oat' Accustomed to receive simila
er,, a.'sl ne received me politely, told me ev
H.. t2siius Wllli great indifference, as II speak
H., y 'hiid poison; told me OF the won
EIg us Mile) whom he had wit
ill., If, mud aud of his habits c
ira Inv We have lived togeth fo
Sal. 'g9ts, he concluded. "I am patien,
,ue' and we get along-as God willis
e,,.s,'zsa Eieat sources Of consolation are tn
Of W., vi uiy iellcw-men, and the devOtio
W. ,a' poor unfortunate" | went hom,
inc .,, al tiie evening and all the next morI
ssrl,a sun, a.H tte following day took the mani
hst3 ~ uy irierd. 1t was the house whel
or=,i' ,hefper' was wont to air himse
ne NV oaltohy. After some trifling gossil
nam, NttSati9n mat. turned to my friends ant
I'M. =, on We made a mistake" said
Yig,tti.stpir s2tpir y he cried, with his usu
Wan, ',5' Joking aside" continued,
tori,, ou 70 read these pages it is an hi
yonr a; story, which l have just write
and I@fa2Feeable 'shopkeeper' is the her
varied stst =, YOU my word that l have N
ifjrnI tl rom lhe truth by a syllable" n
fpaJ 0't,k the manuscript and began
lo5Ead .ai.er .. little, he raised his eye
ne ar.i a, lne man on the balcony, then
an an t anu resumed his reading. AS he we
s,1 s"' l,f n glanced oftener and oftener at |
M ,'E man, at the man and me: and gre
lin aua more serious. As he read the Ii
to5'' W uttered a cry of admiration, spra
a y',., lett, seized my hand, and said