Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-05-27


/ Now that il is the prickly pear season,
all the people are up along these
heights. Who knows how much this
affair will cost" II would have been
better if you had shut Your eyes"
All no. Signor Canonieo, as long
as stay in your service | shall not Suf-
fer affronts of tina; sort. They know
that was guardian OF your land up TO
the 31st o. August. So much the worse
for them | don't throw away my
power. not l." And he went off with
his musket on his shoulder and Rellina
behind, while il was yet dark,
They did not shut their eyes that
night in the little house At Santa
/ Margherita, for fear Of thieves and for
the thought of that poor man stretched
out on the ground there in the orchard.
4; daylight. when the rasserS-by began
to appear on the lane opposite by the
+, RQcca, the canon, armed to the teeth
anf followed by al the peasants, ven
TIL &c to gI ard see what had happened,
The woner screamed, Don't 60, sir.
They were hardly out Of the yard
when they fcrnd Lingino under their
feet, for he had orept in quietly among
tn. people
Take that boy away" cried his
uncle, the canon
| No! | want to go and see too" he
cried and ever after rs long rs he
mira. The man was in the orchard ut
liz ed, the sight that he had seen when
81 small, remairei Impressed in his
a few steps distance, stretched out on
the gltrnd III dnr IN old-decayed olive
tree. with the ashen features of dy-
ing man. He had dragged himself ON
all tours to pile of empty baEs, and
remained there Ill night long. When
his companions had run away they had
carried off the full bags. Near by
there was q space Of ground loosened
by his nails and all black with blood
"Ah, Signor Caronico" muttered the
dying man, for few olives they
have murdered ne"
The canon gave absolution Later
on towards noon, came the judge with
I the constabullry. and wished to fall
| foul of the canon and bind him like
rascal. Fortunately all the peasants
were there and the steward and
! the family rs witnesses. Nevertheless
tha judge let himself out about that
servant Of God who was like a sort Of
olG-tlme baron in his arrogance, and
kept men like Surfareddu in his SER
vice for Waterman and had people
murdered for few olives. He wanted
the murdered surrendered dead or
! alive, and the canon swore and for
/ swore that he knew nothing about him,
SO that in little while the judge de-
clared MIN accomplish and instigator,
and had MIN bound by the constahles
| just the same. So they shouted and
went back and forth under the orange
trees of the orchard while the doctor
and the clerk Of the court performed
their duties by the side of the dead
man, stretched out upon the empty
| bags
They then set table in the shade
of the orchard, because of the heat, and
the women induced the judge TO take
m1uthful, for it was getting late.
| 7 he serving maid outdid herself-mac-
eroni, sauces OF all kinds, and even
the ladies did their utmost that the
table might not figure Ill upon that
occasion. The judge was charmed
! with it.
Afterwards the clerk turned the
| table-cloth beck little at the side
and set down in haste few lines Of
report with the signature of the wit
nesses and everything, while the judge
drank the coffee which had been made
or purpose with the big coffee-pot. and
the peasants looked on at distance,
| hale hidden among the orange trees.
Finally the canon wens and got with
kis own hands a bottle Of old musca
dello that would have brought dead
man to life Meanwhile they had
| buried the other man as best they
could under the old decayed olive tree.
In going off, the Judge accepted a
/ bouquet from the ladies, who had two
1 fine baskets of selected fruit put in
| the saddle-bags OF the clerks mule.
and the canon accompanied them II
the boundary of his estate.
The next day public messenger
came to tell them that the Judge had
| lost his watch-key in the orchard, and
10 ask them to hunt for ii carefully.
because it must surely he there The
canon sent word back: Give me two
days time to FIND it in" And he
/ wrote at once to friend in Catagiro-
net to buy him watcn-key, fine gold
ono that cost him two ONE: and he
sent it to the judge with this message:
Is this the key which the Slgnor
Gindice LOST"
That's the very one" he answered
and the trial went smoothly on It's
way until the events of 1860 Sur
fareddu returned as Waterman after
the amnesty of Garibaldi. and was
finally killed in row with some Other
Waterman
Whenever the canon char ced 10 re-
fer 10 ali the events Ct that night
which had given him 50 much trouble
he used to say with regard 10 III.
! Il e ~.