The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-06-19
..Iuckr fellowp, va cried % svery

Lucky fellowP' was cried ca every
hand.
And you-whose house are you for2''
asked Terbiani of the lieutenant with
the eyeglass. They had been compan-
ions al the school Of Modena and re-
manned intimate friends in the regi-
menk
s.As for me, I don't complain, = re-
piled the other with his girlish voice,
drawling the words THE widow Gam
hertz IL my hostess.
"Widowi What, q widow That i'm
beetle Of q landlord did not tell us that
she was q widow"
But that is just the thing for me
Paolo, my dear fellow. be good Let Us
change lodgings. It Is . favor for
which I shall be grateful TO you all my
life Thus did Terbiani beg and sup
plicate him.
"Change with Bompane-that 10 bet
ter-so you can pay court 70 that blond
young lady"
'.No, mol Hike brunettes best ! pre-
fer widows They are more piquant
Come, I beg Of yon. Think that your
compliance may perhaps decide my
whole life"
well take my lodging. |" sighed the
young lieutenant, with affected resigna-
ton. $50 and warm your heart I'm the
presence OF the Marchesa Gamberti, and
toast your boots at the fireplace OF her
parlor."
Then Terbiani rushed 90 hunt up his
| valise; next into one of the rooms OF
| the inn, where he worked q complete
metamorphosis in his apparel; changed
his fatigue dress, frayed and discolored,
for q brand fine new uniform, and with
out re-entering the dining room went
to ask some directions of the landlord as
TO the o where Casa Gamberti was.
"Ah, You are quartered there? Elk
c~ellenti'' approved the fat landlord
after having looked at the lieutenant
from head to foot to make sure that he
was worthy Of such o place. Then he
added:
Fortunately you have bat few steps
20 take because the Palazzo Gamberti Is
almost opposite here, that house, You
see, where there are SO many lights"
The officer went toward the house
pointed 20 him TIC was an antique
building of rich and elegant stye-f
poarl among lentils in comparison witt
the other houses
sShe must be q lady and no mistake, :
said Terbiani to himself, not only a
seeing her home, but also at the aspec'
Of the servant that came 10 open th.
door.
''The signora marchesa Is at the VIII:
ali Giyioso,' = said the domestic, show
ing the lieutenant into o drawing room
furnished in antique brocade, where
great FIRE was cracking merrily In tn
porphyry c~himneypiece. The servan
added:
.tTf the signor tenente wishes to read
ON that table are the newspapers, in tina
bookcase some books. III the signo
tenente wishes that I should prepar
him some tea or coffee, that / bring hin
i some iQuors-
ii "No, thank you.' . replied the Office
/ absentmindedly.
perhaps the signor tenente wonl
Like 20 60 70 bedg'
"No, no; thanks, = repeated Terbiani
81 never go to bed before midnight.
This Last phrase was uttered in th
D hope that the marchesa would com
i home before that hour.
Here lis an apartment kept as ] ILL
1 20 see one, and q domestic worthy to I
the envy of many a master" was Il
mental approval Of the officer as !
q stretched himself i'm a wide, low an
/ deep armchair before the glowing fire.
I'll He opened q newspaper, read witho'
understanding = syllable the leadiT
o article, which was upon the foreign pc
icy. Then little by little he forgot b
8 reading. He began TO watch the ian
that arose lii tongues, blue, golden. re-
i and ended by absorbing himself in
thousand Dreams more luminou
strange, many colored and capricio
= than the flame itself. They lasted u
IA til the moment when the marchesa
person entered the oom q little after
o'clock.
III she was much prettier. 20 look at b
closely, than Terbiani had judged b
at first sight
Is Welcome, lieutenant, 7 said the La
with the ease OF q perfect woman OF =
!" world. II have inst met at my mot
et er's house one Of your companions, q
from him I learned that yon were he1
SO I'm come home in great haste TO =
I'LL the duties of hospitality
The young man bowed deeply,
To- once subjugated by those bright eJ
that looked mischievously at him q
by the subtle smile OF those red L
nt which addressed to him words so g.
"a cious-without ~suspecting, poor fello
that he himself was the cause OF Il
4, mirth held within bounds only by
10 Quisite ~politeness-
il In fact, that indiscreet Bompane,
la formed BY chance a few moments at
th his arrival at Givioso of the existel
90 and perfect health of the Marchese Ga
berti, had not been able TO restrain
ca hiIarity, and invited to explain 1t
at the family into which he had been
ut ceived he had related the change OF
as billit Of quarters, the enthusiasm Q
be the matrimonial hopes OF TerbianL
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