The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-06-05

OH how she would have liked 10 fol,
low him and love him and make him
share her love, her madnGssl
For-he did not love her ~ aho loved
him. alasl
The next morning the little Nine,
Montef1re went out again al0nei but
thia time she oundesoended 10 explain,
~ am going 10 church., " said she,
The mother and aunt approyedi foI
they had prayed often since the fatal
night,
Teresa walked with all the speed that
her little feet would carry her On Tho
church steps sho stopped 70 collect her
self, aud thou, with composed aud aerl'
oua face sho entered, She went straight
20 the altar " the Virgin, knelt down
and made tho sign Of tho orossl her Pater
and Ave finished, the young woman said
with an air Of mutual understanding
"Nou know, Madonna mia, II Is for
Orlando agaIul"
Then she took q rosary from her pocket,
and rolled tho beads between her lingers
This went on regularly for twenty beads,
after which Teresa began the oonyeraa-
tIOnl
"Madonna mia, that h not all, had
asked you % give mo my Orlando for u
husband, ani 70 make him love lne aa
well ~ | love him, IL Is true Madonna
mia, that | have married hlmi Ohl ON
that point there is nothing 10 bo said,
But tho other thing good VlrgIn-haye
you then forgotten M Yet II was very
Important No, Saint Mary no, my
Orlando doea not love me as well ~ I
love him, You viii toll me that am
not a. handsome ~ ho isi Why, surely,
know that II were a. handsome 10
he, ! should not need 10 ask miracle Of
you"
Then she began on her third Ten beads,
and, when she had finished that number
she continuedi
"For Instance, would ever have had
the idea Of speaking 70 him n this Val,
paraIao that hay0 seen no often printed
on the postera near the harborf Without
knowing exactly, | imagine that that
must be In Gar OIL foreign lands, Ohl 1
would never, never have thought Of
going Gar away from him"
This timeshc furIoualy ended the fourth
and lifth tens NJ once, Then she kissed
'he altar step piously, and, rlaug saidi
"Aladonna MIA have been asking II
for years. must have Orlando'a love,
In tho first place, he Ia my husband, and
love himl OH love himl We'll, Saint
Mary, you 10 whom | have prayed from
my childhood, you must know mo well,
and have never appealed 10 any other
madonna, Well, II my Orlando does not
love me as well ~ love him, OIL some
day, not directly, but before long, shall
be forced 10 apply 10 the Madonna do
Piodigotta,"
Again she fell upon her knees,
"You know mo well, your poor little
Teresa Cardelli, DO work this miracle,
Madonna. Then, OIL then | promise,
know not what but | will do something
that will please you very much,'
Tho next evening, NJ the same hour,
Teresa put on her hat, Tho servant again
accompanied her
"Whero are you goingy' oskcd her
mother
ITO SEQ Orlando" answered the young
woman, simply Good night mammal
good night, Aunt Manuocia, Loayo the
bolts oponi | shall return late, rs ycstor-
day."
And her lips half opening with an H..
Illuminating milc, she concluded;
"PorhOps later That depends upon
Orlando
Her father was In the next room, ho
had been waiting anXiousy 10 SEQ what
she would do this evening llls daugh.
ter'a words sent tho tears into his eyes,
Such Is the effect OF love on those dear
beings for whom one has toicd, wopt,
lived. Now their just claims no longer
existed their right vanished before the
smile, the carosa. the slghtcst wiah of
thls man, scarcely known by her six
years ago, not understood by her week
ago,
But although they suffered at the
house, II was radiant evening for To.
rcsa.
Ho was awaiting his wife, How sweet
II was thus to find each other againl
Their love renewed ITSELF they wero like
an ailianocd couple
For Teresa, IN spite Of marriage, had
kept the candor tho timid uncertainty
the indcscriboblo aooomp0nimcnts Of In.
noconcc and youth.
They walked together every evening
sEo absorbed aud delighted, he joyous
tender and kind, Tho placid RalIaoa
followed them; scaroly could they kiss
each other,
"Ohl n you wish, tomorrow, husband
Of mine, | will come alone, and you shall
escort me 10 the threshold Of tho house.
Do not bo alarmed she continued, for
now she could read his thoughts "Do
not bo alarmed, husband of minoi win
not ask you 10 go In. Now too wish 10
live alone with you"
"All right" said he, at Ia agreed,
then, I'LL tomorrow, my dear little wife"
The parents still hoped that Orlando
would como back when his money was
exhausted, For they had inquired Of
Tipaldi, and found out that even tho
three hundred francs wcro no longer In.
tact on the night Of his flight. Almost
two hundred and eighty francs, with his
hoedlcsncss and companions like Fe'
rucci that would not last long, Soon
they would see him, with dropping head,
return to the fold, whore moreover they
would receive him with open arms
They did not know their Orlando.
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