Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-06-03

we had much the same tastes, we
shared the same sympathies, in short,
/ desired nothing better than his con-
fdence and companionship.
In this world no one, however harm
I less, Is allowed to continue happy
! Fate-or caprice-canl3 Ut endure to
see us monotonously t rest. Some
thing perfectly trivial look, a word,
touch, and lol a lorg chain Of old
associations is broken sander, ard the
peace we deemed so deep and lGsting
\ Is finally interrupted This Change
came to me, as surel- rs it comes to
|all One day--how we'll ! remember
I it!-one sultry eyenin toward the end
Of May. 1881, ] was IN Naples. ! had
passed the afternoon IN my yacht,
dly and slowly sailing over the bay
|aYailine myself Of what little wind
there was. Guido's absence Che had
ecne to Rome on a visit OF some weeks
duration) rendered me somewhat OF
olitafy and as my light craft ran in
to harbor, | found myself in a peusive,
/ lllf-uncert2in mood, which brought
/ with It it's own depression. The rev
callers who manned my vessel dis
scrsed right and left az soon as they
7 we're land sd-each to his own humOr
To he easily amused. Though / had
plenty of acquaintance in he city,
cared little for such entertainment as
They could offer ne. AS | strolled
along through ore of the principal
/ streets, considering whether or not
should return on foot 10 my own
GN cling on the heights, | heard
sound of singing and perceived in the
distance a glimmer of white robes
/ II was the month of May, and | at
once concluded that this must be an
approaching Procession OF the Virgin.
( Half in idleness, half in curiosity, |
s+CCd still and waited The singing
IvCices came nearer and nearer--I saw
the priests, the acolytes, the swinging
/ gold censers heavy with fragrance,
the laring candles, the snowy wells Of
children and girls-and then all sud
/ denly the picturesque beauty OF the
Iscere danced before my eyes in -
HhlrliRg blur of brillancy and color
from which looked forth-one facet
! One face beaming out like star from
/ a cloud Of amber tresses-one face Of
.Iuse-tinted child-like loveliness-a
I icveliness absolutely perfect, lighted
4 up by two luminous eyes, large and
{ black as night--one face in which the
small, curved mouth smiled half
prOvdkingly, half sweetly! | gazad an3
ga2ed again, dazzled and excited;
beauty makes such fools of us all!
This was woman-one OF the sex
mistrus. ed and avoided--a woman in
the earliest spring of her youth, q
girl OF fifteen or sixteen at the utmost
Her veil had been thrown hack by ac-
cident or design, and for one brief mo
ment | drank Ia that sOul-tempting
glance, that witch-like smilel The pro-
cession passed the vision faded-but
IL that breath OF time one epoch of my
life had closed forever, and anothe.
had begun!
$50
OF course | married her We Nea-
politans lose no time in such matters.
We are not prudent. Unlike tne calm
blood of E"gl hmen, ours rushes
swiftly thrcgg h OR veins It Is yarm
as wine and sunlight and needs no
fictitious stimulant We love- ve de-
sire, we possess; and then? We tire,
YOU say? These southern races are so
. hrtio' All wrong--we are less tired
/ tAan you deem And do not English
men tire? Have hey no secret cnrui
at times when sitting in the chimney
nook of home, sweet home with
their fat wives and corresponding
+ families? Truly, yes! But they are
too cautious to say so
/ | need not relate the story If my
courtshlp--it was brief and sweet as
song sung perfectly. There We're no
obstacles. The girl | sought was the
only daughter of a ruined Florentine
noble of dissolute character, who
gained bare subsistence by frequent
ing the gaming-table His child had
Z been brought up in a convent re-
{ h'N iltu lbl SltlNI ulSCllllHG SHE hHtW
nothing of the world. She was, he
assured me, with maudlin tears in hts
eyes, AS innocent as a flower on the
altar of the Madonna" | believed him
for what could this lovely, youthful
lCw-yoced maiden know of even the
shadow of evil? | was eager to gather
SO fair a lily for my own proud wear
ing and her father gladly gave her
to me, no douit lnwardly congratulate
ing himself on the wealthy match that
had fallen to the lot Of his dowerless
daughter
We were married at the end Of June,
and Guido Ferrari graced our bridal
with his handsome ard gallant pres
Cnce
BY the body of Bacchus!" he eN-
claimed to me when the nuptial cere-
wouy was over. chou hast profted by
my fpqrhiuv EnbiOt \ ouipt vnriIa H.