The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-07


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! will tell you village story and am
going to relate 1t just as It was told to my.
sell scarcely an hour ago. As you may well
imagine, young girl and youth are con.
eerned in the story, and consequently love
Us the theme. The youth, little shepherd
Of the forests Of Palnecs, loved young
girl Of santo-Pie.ro, the cool mountain vii.
lage where tho fashionable ladies OF Ajac.
lilo go to spend the summer. The young
girl also loved the youth. They had told
each other 80, and had pledged themselves
to one another, and think that from time
to timo they kept their promise, for never
in the memory of shepherds wore the
hocks Of Palneca 80 often seen era ling on
on the pastures oil Ssnio. Pietro. But at the
end Of all this the upshot OF all these prom.
enacts was certainly marriage. They be-
lieved so, at least, as though since Romeo
and Juliet the course Of true love had
always run smooth. - fsSf i
At the first word Of marriage the father
Of the young girl, the fated Capulet, flaw
into terrible passion, so terrible that for
several days after the focks Palneca did
not dare to wander near the hillside OF
santo Pietro. But the filth day the young
girl, who knew her classics, fell LII, and
then wss repeated the great scsne in the
Northumberland father at the bedside OF
his dying daughter, and far out in the
country the plsintivs notes Of the shep.
herds reed.pipe. At Inst the father re.
Tents. "a -.5 -
I'VE will see about that" be said, "after
he has drawn his conscrip.'s number and
has served his time. do got want you
TO have husband who will be compelled
to leave you ss coon as you are married. u
How came it that in this country where
there is no telegraph the shepherd an hour
a forwards knew what had been said j.?
The fact is, that on entering tho village he
had only one idea uppermUst in his head
l-eecape from bis term OF military service.
The shepherds Of Palneca are not lacking
in resources, and CUTS in question was bv
no means stupid. The next dsy, whiie
cutting wood in tho forest, as ii by acci.
dent, gave his right hand smart blow
with his Ratchet and severed three fingers.
Now let the military examination take
place! He went home and tended bis
hurt as we'll as he was able; and when the
wound was healed and he had been rightly
and duly exempted, he went to Santo. Pie.
tro, and bravsly repeated his c0er.
Il am not going TO serve III the army"
he eaid, "for l am sure they will never
take me. You can marry US now"
But the father stopped hin by word.
"Nsver," he cried, will Igive my daugh.
ter to one who is MANNED" ..s- -,
And 1t was apparent by his tone Of voice
that he meant what be had eaid. In spite
Of his daughters illness be remained inex.
orsble. 1twas clear that this old man did
not like MANNED con in.lsT. He made
but ons reply to the prayers and tears Of
this young girl.
"Never, you thoroughly understand,
never! And don't let him come hanging
around here any more. Cfipples ought 10
marry cripples Let him marry the little
blind girl Of Palneca, or the hunchbsck OF
SAINT Andrea, s=.-I.- =
The young girl did not reply, and not
once during her illness did she speak o;
her shepherd. When she waa conyalescent
she NAB seized with longing for the for.
est and the open air, and every day took
long walks by the hillside OF Pslenca by
the road that her aocks knew so well. One
morning alter long search she again came
across the little shepherd, pale and hap
gard, like u shepherd tired OF this word.
"Show me your wounded hand" she
said. :"
He showed it to her BEAUTIFULLY, and pious.
ly she pressed it to her lips.
"Show me-" she said 70 him again, "the
Ratchet which wounded you" He took il
and showed it to her. Then raising It and
placing her hsnd on etone
"This is how you did 1t, isn't it; this /,
how the accident happened2"
And before the shepherd was able 10 re.
ply the Ratchet had ftl,en, the stone was
Redeemed, and beside it lay the three fiup.
ers Of the pretty maid Of San,o Pietro.
"Now. shepherd" che said SHOW me
how you healed your wonnd." =
And together they returned to Santa Pie.
tro, he with tears In bis eyes and she rsdi.
ant. What could the father do? Had he
not imprudently said that cripples ought
to marry cripples? He; cursed them and
married. them: The wedding, wasA cele.
brRted two months ago; for ! repeat tbat
this unlikely Story occurred but Yesterday
IS it were, and in our own akeptical coua.
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