Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-08-30

mother.
"To see Orlando" answered the young
woman, simply. Good night, mamma;
good night, Aunt Mariuccia. Leave the
bolts open; l shall return late, as yester-
day"
And her lips half opening with an il
Illuminating smile, she concluded:
perhaps later. That depends upon
Orlando
Her father was in the next room; he
had been waiting anxiously to see what
she would do this evening. His daugh-
ter's words sent the tears into his eyes.
Such is the effect of love on those dear
beings fer whom one has toiled, wept,
lived. Now their just claims no longer
existed; their right vanished before the
smile, the caress, the slightest wish of
this man, scarcely known by her s,A
years ago, not understood by her week
ago.
But although they suffered at the
house, il was a radiant evening for Te-
resa.
He was awaiting his wife. How sweet
1t was thus to find each other again!
Their love renewed itself; they were like
an affianced couple.
For Teresa, in spite of marriage, had
kept the candor, the timid uncertainty,
the indescribable accompaniments Of in
nocence and youth.
They walked together every evening,
she absorbed and delighted, he joyous,
tender and kind. The placid Raffaela
followed them; scarcely could they kiss
each other.
"Oh! il you wish, tomorrow, husband
Of mine, l will come alone, and you shall
escort me to the threshold of the house.
Do not be alarmed" she continued, for
now she could read his thoughts. "Do
not be alarmed, husband of mine; will
not ask you to go in. Now l too wish to
live alone with you"
"All right" said he. "It is agreed,
then; till tomorrow, my dear little wife. +"
The parents still hoped that Orlando
would come back when his money was
exhausted. For they had inquired of
Tipaldi, and found out that even the
three hundred francs were no longer in
tact on the night of his flight Almost
two hundred and eighty francs, with his
heedlessness and companions like Fe-
rucci, that would not last long. Soon
they would see him, with dropping head
return TO the fold, where moreover they
would receive him with open arms
They did not know their Orlando.
From the start he had OWNED their
calculation, and even refused the money
that his wife wanted to give him. He
knew how to live on almost nothing.
like every true Neapolitan; furthermore,
he knew all the places where food costs
but little. 1t is the superiority of sober
people, who can live on vegetables or
macaroni, to dispense with wine without
annoyance and smile in idleness. Without
losing any of his good humor and with
out fatiguing the unalterable solidity OF
his stomach. Monteforte became tempo
rarily avaricious. His will did not re-
lax single day, and in this could be
seen the sequence of his ideas, the energy
Of his race.
The family awaited him in vain. He
had himself found suitable apartments
in the Strada Magno-Cavallo, near the
Salita Concezione. The young wife
bravely associated herself with her hus-
bands revolt. When her mother begged
her to wait she declared squarely that
her husband wished to begin housekeep-
ing directly and that she was of his
opinion, considering the present situation
too dangerous.
They wanted to talk with the father
and try to convert him and make him
accept the situation, but there they met
systematic resistance. Deeply offended,
Don Agostino forbade them ever TO speak
of Orlando in his presence He even
formally denied his son-in-law entrance
to the house. and prohibited his wife and
sister from visiting the young household.
As for his daughter, he admitted that
she must obey her husband; therefore.
she would always find the house ready
to receive her, but her alone.
His banker would send NJ. Monteforte
. thousand francs every quarter; he
would see him no more.
This said, he permitted no further talk
about him.
When Teresa showed that her mind
was thoroughly made up, Donna Bettina
opened q large wardrobe with sigh.
She had piled up mountains of linen
pillow cases, napkins, table cloths, ETC.
enough to last them all their days, if
they should live a century. Linen was
the mania OF the house; Aunt Mariuccia
spun all the year long, in addition to her
other numerous tasks.
It was not more than seven weeks
after Orlando's departure when NJ. and
NINE. Nonteforte we're installed on their