The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-09
TR0TT0LINO.
A SKLTCH.

and rufllcd into gentle ripples the green
waters OF the stream by which they grew.
Tro;tolino had received many more names
from holy church; but none Of them was
ever used lie was Trottolno TO all the
world. though he now was twenty-one
years OF age.
lie was very pretty lad, small but ad.
mirably made, and 1.-THE as deer. lie had
around face, with laughing eyes, auburn
curls, mouth like pomegranato flower,
and shining snow white teeth. lie was
always gay and merry.
lie was bakers boy, and went about
tho country with the big moonike loaves
piled in a small blue covered cart with a
white awning, drawn by donkey, which
was very small, too, but sturdy and swift,
and on the best Of terms with its master.
What business wss it OF any ones II Tro.-
tolino and his donkey took nap on the
roadside grass. or loitcred where the fish
were leaping in the river. or plucked a
wild peach or two from wayside tree, or
sirayed now aud then into the grassy paths
under the vines2 The customers waited
for their bread, indeed, but then when
Trotiolino did arrive his laugh was so rrc-
sisiible rs he murmured "Pazicnzal"
that none could ever fluid in their hearts
10 scold or 10 report him. Tro,tolino could
sing very chccrily, too, and he had an old
mandolno tucked Ia the bottom Of the
cart, which, when lie triyened lonely
lanes or bits Of solitary moorland, he
would take out, and with the reins safely |
tucked away on his arm, would waken The |
echoes with Its cords, while he sang with
n full gay tenor voice the songs Of the
country side.
Many lonely cottage aud wntcSide |
mil had It's doorway filed by women and |
children rs these echoes iloatcd to them. |
There Is Trottolino,' they said 10 one |
another, and would laugh aud call out and |
ask him in; aud though the delivery Of the |
loayes was sadly Murdered by his popu.
larity aud his melodies, his days were
much the brighter Tor both.
Not very many years ago Tuscan people
all made their oAn bread, and would no
more have lhooglN Of eating bakers
bread than Of eating tho smoolh, white
stones OF the river bed, but now, -eAscpt In
h-mhouscs no homemade T.u IL seen. |
nd every one goes 20 the bakers. 70 the |
injury IT their digcsiior-'seld finances, in
the curious increase hotuydcncc and
indolcnc", which is : hot bcial sign OF all
modern progress quest vIt Troiiollno's
rounds were lorh We pck hating places
many in the n mistakes hle country side
which he /gland' Wal
PcppinA 1t although knew M wall n.
he every many erIRfri, aud would
quicken l. usnel q, n accord when.
ever they t. sIhy ~ doorway moro
hospital Aas..s-~~whcre dmught oi
: RIO yii'~lor his driver was likely 10 bo
aseJmpanicd by Nhisp OF tarcs or an
armful OF grass ior himself.
Tfoiiolino's employer was more honest
than most, and his loayr- werc soli and /
OF fair weight hc was a big braWny man.
who spent most OF the day on his Tires /
hold. stripped 10 the waist in warm
weather, aud wearing a red conical cap.
His share OF the business was TO display
himself thus. The bread WIS made aud
baked indoors by bis women aud his an.
prcnticcs 1ro,tolino did little with oven
OF trough; bis merricr mission was 20 scour
the country with the little blue cart.
II.
His people were poor. His father WINS n |
bncklayer and his brother mason. |
ihefe were ihtcc sisters pretty. saucy |
irh-young"r Than he, Who were always /
eifaying about the road with straw plait. |
ingas an excuse TOT being idle. They had |
aliiuc cottage at the angle Of n wood. n |
mile from the village. where the bakery |
was II was old and tumblc-doWn. but |
the swcci-tmclling fin stood around. ami |
above u aud near Il the little green river |
purlcd over H. stones, carving trout ard |
perch IN iis clear ripplcs, aud being often |
brushed by the low.ilying wing. Of |
ircsh'Walcf birds. Tho mother aud grand. |
mother did the houscw0rk, cooked, srwcd. !
fpun aud kept the family together. They |
We're happy, cheerful, a'cctionaie people. !
ahu Y VS. Tie pride Of their hearts TO see |
lfo.loino 10 the blue cart winding up the |
sAhay pain into the pincWood, or disap- |
rivcr. Wv
lie was iavoric with his employer.
iihTmal weekly WAGE was vast helm 10
ms iamily, aud the bakers daughter. Who
Was sixteen, looked with iayorlng ewes ON
his auburn curls. Herself a prctty blonde.
abe was always called Biondina' 40 thai
the couplct-
Oh nlonilna Cofios inT
osElho lvn', ma dlman chi a.
was often shouted by him in the pastoral
soliludcs, while the hoois Of Pcppino went
pit-pai, tlc-iac on tho sand of The toais.
II was n high yauliing ambition, no doubt.
10 dream OF ever wedding Biondina aud
succeeding TO the bakery. But less likely
things had happened. and the baker was
known 10 look on with an indulscnt smile !
when Troitollno, tout 0fiiuuHrlt brought
the girl on Sundays q bunch Of carnations |
or n few China roses from his own stfip oi
grrtlcn, nad Biondina, who was n r,ucy |
child aud n coquciic, put them In tho front |
Of her bodice or in hor wastband and went
with them thus honorcd 10 mass or 10
yespcn
'llow can you encourage M" said the
bakers vile, "tho son Of braociantc,
lad who dives your asst"
And the baker laughed and answered
with good huinor CHI ho might be an
ass himself That would be- worse. Trot.
.olina has stuff In him. though lac u oil.
ways laughing and singing he has doubled
The custom, aud never is there contimo
wrong. These nrc qualities, my woman,
thctc arr qualities that ane not picked up
every day. let things wag ~ they will,
they are children as yet, but II they keep