Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-07-22

OF amusement.
at should be of the finest quality
for it is present from one VINO "iii
smoke nothing but the choice uranus.
An Mo, what fine gentleman spoiled
is Carmelo Neri'" !,
| could not repress a slight start oi
surprise. What caprice OF fate as
ISOLATED me with this famous prlgahd!
was actually smoking his TOBACCO
and owed all my present wealth. 10
- e..,en treasures secreted in my
family vault o., =;
won know the man, them l IN
ouired, with some curiosity.
..t<now him? AS we'll as | know my
self Let me see, it is two months
yee--two months today since ne was
with me on board this very vessel. II
bappened in this way--l was at 1aeIa
he came to me and told me the
oendar,nes were after him. He onered
me more gold than | ever had III my
,ifa RI take him to Termini, from
whence he could get to one OF MS hlu-
inp-places in the Montemagglore' ne
brought Teresa with him; ne iouhu me
alone ON the brig-my men had gone
ashore. He said, Take us 10 leruiihl'
ord will give you so much; refuse,
and | will slit your throat. la. ma
ha, That was good. laughed at
him; put chair for Teresa on deck,
and gave her some big peaches.
eaid See. my Carmelo! what use Is
there in threats? You will not XIII me-
and | shall not betray you. You are d
thief and a bad thief-by all the SAINTS
Won are-but | dare say you Woulo hot
be much worse than the hotel-keepeIe,
if YOU could only keep your mana on
vour knife (For you know, slgnor, IL
Won once enter hotel you must pay
almost a ransom before you can get out
againD Yes and | reasoned with Gar
melo in this manner: | told him, / 90
NOT want a large fortune for carrying
Won and Teresa across to Termin1-pay
me the just passage and we snail part
friends. if only fol Teresa sake
Wen, he was surprised. lie smiieo
that dark smile of his, which may
mean gratitude or murder. lie looked
al Teresa. She sprung up from her
eeat and let her peaches fall from her
Ian on the deck. She put ner llttle
hands on mine-the tears were In her
pretty blue eyes. You are good man
she said. Some woman must love you
very much, Yes-she said that And
she was right. Our Lady be praised
for it,"
And his dark eyes glanced upward
with a devout gesture of thanksgiving,
Here was another self-deluded fool
a fond wretch feasting on the unsub-
stantial food of pleasant dream
noon dupe who believed in the truth OF
womani
you are happy man" said, with
n forced smile; "you have a guiding
star for your life as we'll as for your
boat-a woman who loves You and IS
faithful? is it SOP"
He answered me directly and sim
ply. raising his cap slightly as he
cid so.
pS. SlSUOI lliONLNi'
| was deeply touched by his naive
and unexpected reply-more deeply
than | cared to show A bitter regret
stirred in my soul-why oh, why had
r1y mother died so young Why had
| never known the sacred Joy that
seemed to vibrate through the frame
and sparkle in the eyes of this COM
mon sailor, Why must | be forever
alone. with a curse of woman's lie
on my life weighing me down to the
ashes of desolate despair! Some
thing in my face must have spoken my
thoughts, for the captain said, gently;
"The signor has no mother
"She died when l was but a child,
/ answered briefly.
The sicrian pulled lightly at his CT
gazette in silence-the silence OF an
evident compassion, 70 relieve him
Of his friendly embarrassment, | SAID:
"You spoke of Teresa? Who is Ter
esa?"
"Ah, YOU may we'll ask, signoI. No
one knows who she is; she loves Car
melo Neri, and there all is sad. Such
n little thing she $50 delicate. like
a foam-bell on the waves; and Car
melo-You have seen Carmelo, sig
nor?"
shook my head in the negative.
'Ebbenel Carmelo is big and rough
and black like a wolf OF the forests,
ell hair and fangs; Teresa is, Well
' on have seen little cloud in the
sky at night, wandering past tie moon
all flecked with pale gold?-that is
Teresa. She is small and slight as a
child; she has ripping curls and soft
praying eyes, and tiny, weak, white
hands. not strong enough to strap 4
twig in two. Yet she can do anything
with Carmelo-she is the one soft
spot in his life
Il wonder is she is true to Him. |
half to myself and half
aloud.
True to him? An bio, but the
signor does not know her. There was
one of Carmelo's own band, as bold