The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-09-13
\ TALE OF REVENGE.

1JtiIL Was a iii L. % Silt IlC1i q iff'A LtC
right TO be. living as she did on the
I romantic shores OF Como. celebrated
/ in song, story and drama as the lover:
blue lake Tina had many admirers
and it was just like her perversity tC
favor the one to whom her father most
objected. Pietro, as the the father tru
ly said, was a beggarly Italian driver
glad Of the few francs he got from the
travellers he took over the humble Ma
loga to the Engadine or over the ella
: waited Stelvio to the Tyrol, the lowest
and highest passes in Europe. 1t was
a sad blow to the hopes Of old LEM
when Tina detiantly announced her
4 preference for the driver Of the Lwei-
spanner. Old LEM came of long
and distinguished line Of Swiss hotel
/ keepers, noted for the success with
which they squeezed the last attaina-
! lecentIme from thereluctant traveller.
it was bad enough that he hadnO son
to inherit his Justly celebrated hotel
I tgruaIOn rates for q stay Of not less
eight days, but he had hoped for Il
son in-law, preferably of Swiss eX-
traction, to whom he might. in his old
age, hand over the lucrative profession
Of deferentially skinning the wealthy
Englishman. And now Tina had de
liberately chosen a reckless, unstable
Italian who would, in a short time. scat
ter to the winds the careful accumula-
ton Of years.
'Pieuo, the scoundrel, viii not have
one piastra Of my money" SAID the old
man Wrathfuily, dropping into Italian
as he was speaking about a native Of
italy
No; | shall see that he doesn't"
said the girl. Il shall hold the purse
and he must earn what he spends
But If you marry him you vii not
have any OF it." said her father
oh, yes, | SHALL, papa, you have no
one else to leave it to. Besides, you
are not old and you viii be reconciled
to our marriage long before there is
any question Of leaving money"
Don't be too sure Of that" said the
hotelkeepeF, much mollitied, because
he was old and corpulent, and red in
the face.
He felt he was no match for his
daughter, and that she would likely
have her own way in the long run, but
he groaned when he thought of Pietro
as the prosperous pension. Tina IN
sisted that she wouid manage the hO-
tel on the strictest principles Of her
ancestors. and that she would keep PI-
! etro lounging about the place as a
picturesque ornament to attract sentl-
/. mental visitors who seemed to see
some unaccountablc beauty about the
lake and Its surroundings
Meanwhile Landlord LEM prompt
ly discharged Pietro, and cursed the
day and hour he had first engaged him.
He informed the picturesque young
man that If he caught him talking to
his daughter he would promptly have
him arrested for some little thefts he
had been guilty Of from travellers. and
which the landlord had condoned at
the time Of discovery, probably be
cause he had fellow feeling in the
matter and saw the makings Of a sue
cessful hotel proprietor in the Iwei-
spanner driver. Pietro on his part
to make things pleasant all round,
sWOre that on the first favorable op-
purtunity he would run six inches of
knife into the extensive corporation Of
the landlord, hoping in that length of
steel to reach vital spot. The Tuddy
face Of old LEM paled at this threat,
for the Swiss are peace loving peo-
pie and he told bis daughter sadly
that size Wa, going TO bring her father 5
gray hairs liz s0TTOW to the grave
through the medium OF her lovers sti-
letto This feat. however, would have
been difficult to perform. as the girl
IiIppautly pointed out TO him. as the
old man was bald rs the smooth, round
top Of the Ortlcr: nevertheless. she
spoke to her lover about it, and told
hjm frankly that lfthere was any knife
practice In that vicinity be need never
come to see her again. SO the youug
man with the curly black hair and the
face OF an angel, swallowed his resent
ment against h-S desired fatheT-in law,
and promised to behave himself. lie
secured a posistion as driver at anoth-
or hotel, for the season was brisk, and
hc met Tina when he could 1T the
bottom OF the garden overlooking the
placid lake, he on one side Of the stone
wall she on the other.
Ii Landlord LEM knew Of these
meetings he did not interfere: perhaps
he WAS frightened of Pieuo's stiletto.
or perhaps be feared his daughters
tongue: nevertheless the stars in their
courses We're fighting for the old man.
Tina was naturally Of a changeable
disposition, and now that all opposi-
ton had vanished, she began to lose