The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-06

The IRE escape. whersee be ha,f climbed.
hzzs feE % he Sidewalk and led.
I@z-s was Eos seer II the Italian quarter
for more kazn . we@k- No GRE missed ban
except Maria She had bad nEshg OF Il
after being caught fove-rnaking. bur after
thar der parents had tne bad tine. They
had recssec Lzlx1+s record TO their daEEh-
Ger. ard. as CD Marco knew g. Il vas
much longer and considerably verse than
even TIRE precinct detective could have
made * out But Maria cared roshfrg for
their ssarscer. Shs Rad from LuIgs nirrse.f
the trse story winch was the key 20 theirs.
and as she "a. silent un6er their tongues
she was rot listening 20 theTn; she was
neerkentng FOR . voice n re street On
Der face vas the lock OF decision. Of tire
VIII 20 co-ro matter what-for love ard
the weird. their world. understood the
sigma They knew the way Of women Of
their race when n love. Sadly the Old
heads shook but Marco sasd:
After all think Of what was and see
how turned out
And TANK" said his wife. how we did
II In spite Of a.. Yet " turned out well.
II we fxht them. Il may be with our Maria
as 10 was wsth--w.th the other children
They vert To the mayor: tAis tine we'd
better 80 the priest"
SO al three watched for Luigi. who was
on with . gang On ths scows He made
three trips 70 sea On az % them he did
50 much thinking that his merry reputa-
ton was going 20 the bottom with the
loads Of garbage dumped Finally his
mind was made M. and he returned TO
Mulberry street. He bought a new suit of
secondhand clothes and . brand-uew red
handkerchief. In which he appearsd~not
AZ the winery. not to Maria. but 70 old
Marco.
The asarnonser vas pleased. though he
pretended 20 be ugly. He made no reply
70 Lsfsxi's cheerful greeting. He bussed
himself splashfng thu ash with water.
The young mar seated himself comfortably
on q clean box ard waited. Looking about
the stall. he reckonsd II was true. as be
hsd hs4x>i that Marco Fuzor, had az least
a Thousand dollars saved up from the prof.
its Of his score OF years In the business.
Marco" he began. 81 want your daagh-
ter Maria She loves me: ! love her. am
willing to marry her. ard, mind you. am
speaking OF he priest. not Of any common
law marriage. What DO you say
Marcos heart gave a lurch Of satisfar-
ZION. but re restrained his feelings He
tipped fish over IN the wet and then
turned toward the young man. He put
his fists on his hips. twisted his counter
ance into snars. and bending low. cried
out IN wen-seigned scorn and astonish-
mer.:
You, dog ~ a br4gand. you marry my
pearl OF child. vcus sac--r-re- mentr'
Luigi vr'nred Marco might have spok-
en more hsrShly.
81 speak o. the priest said Luigi. In a
tore Of quiet ins'nuation-
Marco was busy with the fish again and
made 10 reply.
ct have sroken 81 the priest" Luief re-
peated. aecentuating the change OF tense.
And who are your roared Marco. In a
rage. who are Won. what are you, and.
Jesu Mara. what viii you ever be7"
'r am Luigi Deigattf--'
Nobody
st am YOUR daughters lover"
'-rhieviny dog OF brigardr'
IT VIII be your daughters husband"
No" Z
''pefore God Or"
'rwhatl
before the MAYOR
Then there were sounds In Mulberry
street such as one hears IN Venice when
rondolsers collide at the crossing Of "a nails.
Luigi was patient. He waited smiling at
the evident progress his suit was making.
Marco might reasonably have drawn q
knife at the rcint reached. His curses
we're encouraging.
Listen, Marco Fuyors. YOU vender OF
stale stenches. listen 10 reason" so Luigi
resumed when the old man was stilL You
know me, and you know. you wise Old
thief. thai ] could come under your win
dow tonight. sing few silly notes or whis-
tie as 70 a dog. srsd your pearl OF a daugh-
ter would follow me 70 Harlem or hell.
And what could you dor Saw what, be-
sides cursing. could such as you do2"
Marco exploited again. He ordered Luigi
TO leave the Place. 10 sink of to his ken
mel II he had one out OF jail, etc, and
wound up by saving:
80 I, poor. hard-working, honest man.
an 20 support a useless, IDLE dog No.
say; better the worst. 7 viii not. Co"
you need a helper here. you lazy old
loafer. Ycn'6 Ike 70 have a young man
wftA brains and Drawn TO DO your work
while You lie off taking afternoon siestss.
You could gossip with the nesghbors while
!. slave 70 love give UP my freedom and
work Ike q horse for an Cd .hypocrIte I
would rather stick my stil~tto into. And
al this simply because you happen to be
the father Of the woman love"
The prospect pleased Marco But ne
wondered II he could trust Luigi The fell
low would surely draw custom. ~ only he
would work. Il was a great risk Thus
ne thought.
II give up my shop" re was saving.
trust my stock ard trade and good name