Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-17
A STUDY in THRIFT.

III. wayfarer going along the Rlyiere n
fentini, stretched out there like space of
dead sea, and tho -ere stubble Of the Plain
Of CaiAnia. aud the orange trees, always
greet, Of franeofontc, aud the gray cork
tr.s Of Rfsecone. aud the lonely meadows
Of paesane,o and Passinaiello--if he should
ask, In order To divert himself from the
wea1ine.s Of the long dusty rad. under
the shy harry with heat. at the hour when
the bells Of tho litter ring sadly In the I'm.
In.nse country. and the mules hang their
beads aud their tails. and the driver Of the
litter sings his melancholy song In order
not 10 let himself be overcome BY the .lcep
Of the malaria, "whoso Is this land"
would have the answer
"MaxLaro'."
Aud paS,ing near farm ~ large M
town. with storhouses that ssom like
churches, and hens In iiocks sitting In tho
shade by the we'll. aud women screening
their eyes with their hands ~ sec who was
going by, "And thisp
"hiauaro's"
And on and on. while tho malaria
weighed uponyyur eyrlida, aud IN. bark.
Ing Of dog aroused you suddenly. passing
by a vineyard that was endle-. and spread
over hill ind plain. motionless, as IL the
dust lay heavy ON Il, and the keeper Of the
vineyard, stretched face downward upon
his gun, raised his drovSy head and opened
one rye W s.e who II might bei
"MazSaro's."
Then came an olive grove thick a. q
wood where the grass never sprouted and
the harvest lasted until March. They were
the olive tree. Of Maxzaro. And toward
evening. when the sun was setting as red
a. fire and tho country was ycliei with
sadness. ther werr me, the long lines 81
the plouehs Of MAzxAro going slowly home.
ward from the field. aud tho oxen wadlng
TIE ford heavily with their murxles In the
dark water. and there were sen in the
distant pastures OF the Canxlrla, on the
run.sh slop-, the irnraens. vhit.sh patehc.
~hich usrv the noeks Of MAxzAro; and
tAsrv s.s hssrd the shepherd. whistle
e,hntn< Ia the gorg-.. and the bell now
ringin< anil now silent, and lonely song
b. IN the yAisy.
AL prUpsrty Of Msxraro.
IL sssn,~d A. N Maszaro owned even the
sitting sun, and the ehirplng locust.. and
the drts that went with short flights TO
hide behind the firrowS, and III. cry Of IN,
lor,~i owl In tho woods. Il seemed as IL
MAuAso were spread out ali over the .arth.
aud on@ walked over his body. In.t.ad OF
that he WA m ugly little man, said the
driver Of tho litter, that you would not
si,ca penny TO look nj; he had nothing
large about him bot his paunch, and no
ono knew how b. filled II, for he ate moth.
ipg, the truth was, he wus rich a. hog,
bu, no had q head that wus a Jewel. that
man.
Indeed with his Jewel Of q head he had
accumulated all those possesslons whorn
formerly b. used 10 come 20 dig or pruno
or reap, from morning 10 night, In the sun,
thu rain, the wind, without shoe. 90 his
feet orr rag of an oyerooAt; EVERYDAY 10.
membcrcd having given him Kicks behind.
The same persons who now called him
your cxceliency" and spoke 10 him with
cap Ia hand. But not for this had he
grown proud. now that all the cxcellcnrlcs
Of the place were his debtors: aud ho said
that "oxo.ilcnoyr mean. poor fellow and
had payer Ile still wore a enp. only II ,yas
OF black silk, ~ was his only prnndeur
aud iattrrly he had even come 10 nat ON "A
felt hat, because IL cont lesS than IN. silk
cap. lie had poees.ions as far ns he oould
~, and he VIA. long sivht..l-cv,rvygh.,,
TO right and left, before and behlnd' an
mountain aud plain.
More than Ave thousand nou,hs with.
out counting the birds of tho slv ,n,i ~,
animals OF tho earth. thai nte man M
land, and without counting hls o,yn mo,,h
that ate less than any, Le wa. con,cn,at
with twopencc worth al br..d ma !, M, y,
eh.ese, swallow,,i In hurry NM L,s,s
Htandlng In n corner M *. s,a..Ia,''.'
large a. n church IN ,n,d.t ~ ,h,, ~, -.
the grain. 40 that onr eonld moi sse ,gh,I.'
the peasants .mptied the ,acIs. a. ~, ,n,,
Of a straw stack. when m. ,yi,d w., ,,,a ~
the frozen eountr, AZ .oa,r,, ,,,,,a y. ,'.,,i,
his head inside n M "a In M, ha, a., ~,
harvest. He didsnot a,Int VIM N.Y. AZ
not smoke or use tobacrn ,I,ha,,',t ~
plantation. aiop, AZ. Iy..,,i, ,,,i,, ~
tobacco with inrs. i,.v,., a. ,,ii r'VaI ~.
such a. sells AZ nInetv.ivo H.. n, 10y, ~,
had had nny woma,, IN snn,o., ~ ~, ~, H.
mother. WIN bnd 60, In, ,ri.,', ~ wv
Ira. when h, ,,as ohi,,',i - - W. "a
rled 10 The vrnvs,s,J ~ navy NV e"''
IL wnstbst ho IaI ,ho,.,,.. ,,,,.
again and asain -, Nsns anu tnousn''
when hc s.ni ,'i,h WI" p'oPerty msahs,
IN. land ,ba, - 49,. hnos 70 nVfN gu
.@,,.'a1 ',a 'ii1s va now hls OWN ana he had
Az IN ,h'. ,,' "nas y ~ 70 earn Three tari a
bent Tor foar,srn M ho ns,' 10, 10 A.sp the back