Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-20

Journey to Naples; they thought for +,
moment Of suicide. but found that 81
would not solve the difficulty Then, in
the long run. their love became systo-
matte. the imprgcaiiuns were always the
Same, and they could not go to thuif
beds without having poured forth upou
the faithful paper the fullnoss Of thoi.
grief"
In the town nothing was talked OF hui
thor unsuitable love and their tor
mcnts, they were the objects Of general
interest; " Ncapolitan arrived, The
townsfolk took him TO sec tho ruins Of
the anphithcater and related tho case OF |
Carlo aud Maria. Therefore tho young
people, ilatterud In their amour proprc
assumed the behavior lttiu. TO tho cir
cwnstancoa. Maria was always pale
with melancholy air. mover smiling,
always talking to hor girl friends about
her joyless days. raldaing 90 amuso her
self, content 20 resemble IN AL ropccb
one of Mastrianis heroincs.
Carlo took lonely walks. was always
deeply depressed; at balls 10 nC,ts
moved ont Of corner, coutout that they
murmurud around him. poor young
man, that unfortunate lovo affair sud-
dou1 his lilev In society. at small ios-
tiyitics. IN visits. with the unwearyiug
mouotouy Of the province, tho discourse
alwnys returned upon the subject Of Che
two lovers carlo and Maria boro with
dignity the burden Of thoir popularity.
Finally. after don't know how many
yonrs-four or five, Il soCuis 90 mc-ot
this continual struggle, Of daily wcop.
ing, OF long. long love maintained alive
by digeusions, the aspect OF things
changed. Th1ro WIS o worthy person
there still are such-who with many Cf-
forts Of oluluoncc persuaded Tho parents
that by tho lawsuits thcy were losing
property, and much of &c. ~ witness the
Two advocates who had grown rich at
tho expense vi their clionts; that tho.e
two young people were piniug and would
10 into u decline because Of that tliwart-
ed love; the houses were side by side
aud tho c5tntos contiguous Christ for
gave aud they must forgive, II they
wished TO find forgiveness. lio said 90
much aud 30 many othor persons, moved
by the example. intorpn-el, that the
questions came 20 u compromise which
had, as its first chapter, tho marriage OF
Carlo and Maria.
Hero, surely, every ono will suppose
that the young people were greatly COM
solcd. aud will suppose truly-but my
ohligntios asa mnccro story teller con-
strains mo 10 say that IN their first FREQ
colloquy roimcl aErcat ginbarrll monL
| They wcro accustomed 20 sec each othor
I at % distance. by stealth; 90 spcll, from
/ q first floor window down to the street,
in the darkura, Disgusting or another
! lug their voices; they found themselves
/ quito different, perhaps a httlu ridicu-
l1us; tbcy hid no suljcct1 of convyrsa-
/ ton, they were often silent, Fastening;
In their thoughts tho hour when they
fhould quit each other There were no
moro inprec1ions md tears TO ho
mingled with tho ink; thcy no longer
wrote to,gch othor
Everything was fsa9 smooth, easy fsF
their affection: they wcro not obliged 90
think OF gubt.g lies 10y which ,ooyad0 thu
vigilance OF their elders; they took no
more pleasure in mnrmuringa fcw words
Ia secret. they made no more daring
projects for the future. Ihcy would by
married prosaically, without obstacles
like so many other SILLY couples. The
townsfolk no longer took thought oi
them. the wonder aud tho comments on
the marriage once over, Carlo and Marin
no longer awOlio attention; woro no
longer talked about; their behavior wa
noted nomor0; they ceased 70 DO pointed
out rs an example Of fidelity. Now ull
eyes wcre fixed upon tho wife Of IA,
prctor, who was accused Of too great
Partially for tho yico atlomcy-asori
picco OF business.
Tho two lovers fclt themselves for
fakcn; great GOODNESS arose botwCcr
them. Carlo found that tho virtues Of
his iianlco. those virtues which shpn0 IN
her lot,Hr7, wore diumol By Tho atmos
phorc Of home; Maria frequently thought
that Carlo was rather commonplace Ia
his tastes, and that 20 end with a stupid
marriage 80 tcmpC1tuous u love was uu
worthy Of a reader Of Mastriani. a low
lively remarks passed between them 81
regard TO illusions contradictod by Tn,
reality" about "mirugcs," optical de
lusious' and similar pin pricksi nquarre
onsucd, then two, then thoy became .
daily occurrence. ono evening MART
said with an irritatcd tone;
"Carlo, let W leave It OFF,
Lot u.s. lie replied without hosita
tion.
Aud the next day he set OF on n Jour
noy for tho improvement Of bis mind
Maria went TO Naples, TO tho house Of I
cousin, TO fish for u heroic husband
The families had now falling out
Maria's father had an opening made 20
n window which overlooked his neigh
boris courtyard; tho latter, in order q
annoy him, built dOyocoto Of whicl
tho doves ran about everywhere; immu
dintoly there was u summons, q second
a third. tho lawsuits began again, an,
this timo, tho advocates said, smiling
without hope Of any compromise 81
Translated from tho Italian OF Il. Ca
va2za for Short Stories.
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