San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-28
The Handsome Orlando
TRANSLATED FROM ThA FRENCH OF OH
WEIR CHANTAL BY BENZ. r. TUCKER.

him, that the artist was moved.
"Then. my dear little wife, listen to
me-" said he. Between us all can be
arranged, but we must live together. l
wish to remain absolute master in my
home as the head of my family. Your
father is master in your home; he is, in
his right. Birds, you see, live in their
own nests"
Orlando mine," objected the young
woman, timidly; religion commands
us, however, to respect and obey our
parents even when they are wrong"
''The wife should follow her husband,
Teresa. Religion says that, too, some
where"
sob, yes, would like it very much,
as far as am concerned. But, for this
evening, if you would come back nobody
will be disagreeable-yo will see. Later
we will do as you like"
Let us say no more about it," said
Monteforte, decisively. 1--WE will live
together only in our own home, though
it should consist of but one room, and
alone, you and |. If not, if you have not
the courage to live on our resources
alone, remain with your parents, as
have no right to impose privations on
you. l shall love you none the less; but
have had enough of the life we have
been leading"
II will do as you wish, you know very
we'll" said she. Give me little time
and you will see whether | know how to
arrange our happiness. For today
She called the servant, who was fol-
lowing them, and placing the bundle in
Orlandos hands, she said:
Here, husband of mine, there are two
shirts, collars, handkerchiefs, stockings,
hannels and napkins. Do not send any
thing to the laundry; l will come every
night to talk with you like this, and then
| will take your soiled clothing shall T."
Good little one, murmured the young
man, really moved now, Eve shall be
happy together. love you well. But
| love-you all alone"
He accompanied her to the foot of her
street
Teresa slowly assembled the Salita. Be-
fore her wandering eyes rose in her
and masculine head of this charming
husband who knew how to speak so
frankly and so tenderly sometimes, this
husband, the proudest and handsOmest of
all in her eyes, and her lips again MUIR
INJURED:
The wife should follow her husband"
Oh! how she would have liked to fol-
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share her love, her madness!
FOr-he did not love her as she loved
him, alas!
The next morning the little Nine.
MOntefOrte went out again alone; but
this time she Condescended to explain.
Il am going to church" said she.
The mother and aunt approved; for
they had prayed often since the fatal
night.
Teresa walked with all the speed that
her little feet would carry her. On the
church steps she stopped to collect her
self, and then, with composed and seri-
GUS face, she entered. She went straight
to the altar of the Virgin, knelt down
and made the sign of the cross; her Pater
and Ave finished, the young woman said
with an air Of mutual understanding:
You know, Madonna mia, it is for
Orlando again.
Then she took a rosary from her pocket,
and rolled the beads between her fingers.
This went on regularly for twenty beads,
after which Teresa began the converse
ton:
Madonna mia, that is not all. had
asked you to give me my Orlando for a
husband, and to make him love me as
well as | love him. 1t is true, Madonna
mia, that | have married him; oh! on
that point there is nothing to be said.
But the other thing, good Virgin-have
you then forgotten it? Yet it was very
important. No, Saint Mary, no; my
Orlando does not love me as well as
love him. You will tell me that | am
not as handsome as he is? Why, surely,
| know that. If were as handsome as
he, should not need to ask miracle Of
you"
Then she began on her third ten beads,
and, when she had finished that number,
she continued:
For instance, would ever have had
the idea of speaking to him of this Val
paraiso that | have seen so often printed
on the posters near the harbor? Without
knowing exactly, imagine that that
must be III far off foreign lands Oh! l
would never, never have thought of
going far away from him."
This time She furiously ended the fourth
and fifth tens at once. Then she kissed
the altar step piously, and, rising, said:
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