Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1898-03-03

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"You want to sit out In the yard like
the old people In Italy. eh?" said his
friend. do you often think OF that?"
Very often" responded Marrno.
my father and mother, warrant, are
at this instant sitting out In our
yard"
His voice cholxed. and two big tears
came. But that was dozen years
ago, and he was a young man. and he
was unacquainted with the country and
the customs and was often homesick.
But he learned rapidly. He bought a
reader and he soon mastered the Ian
guage, and aside from this he heard
the language all the time.
MARITIME first lived in New York, but
he did not like 1t there, and so he came
West, finally settling in st. Louis. his
fruit business prospered, and he accu-
INFLATED considerable wealth, which he
invested in property. The city grew out
and around 5,213 Shaw Avenue. He
lived there and owned the property.
Time dragged along. He was lonely.
You ought to be married" one OF
his friends told him. Il remember
you said once that when you were able
you would marry some Italian girl"
"But l don't know of any" he an
swered.
Wasn't there one in Italy?" his
friend asked him.
None" he replied.
But the subject reverted to his mind
a dozen times. He thought about it
much OF the time. He looked ahead
into the future, and saw himself mar
ried, with a family around him, and
spending the last days quietly and
peacefully like his old father over
in Italy"
II will write to my father" he said.
Old Paulo Serati held the letter in
his hand and laughed aloud and long.
MARITIME wants us to find wife for
him." he said to his wife. 'He likes
America, but he knows where the beau
tiful women live; where the good wives
come from. 1t is here in Milan; here
in Italy,"
1--WE can find him a wife," she an
swered.
Then Paulo laughed and laughed
again.
Here comes Angela" he said. Il
will let her read the letter"
When Angela came up to them she
saw that both her friends were much
pleased over something.
1--WE have letter from MARITIME" he
said, "and 1 want you to read it. See
what he says"
The girl took the letter and read it.
Have you found him a wife," she
asked.
YES" said Paulo. 81 think know
a girl who loves him now. She will
make him a good wife. She has never
met him though.
who is it?" she asked, her voice be-
ing so low that it was with difficulty
that she was understood.
YOU" said Paulo.
She threw the letter down on the
chair and ran out of the room and to
her home. There she told her parents
what her friends had decided.
But that is a long way" said her
father.
Not for girl to go to the man she
loves" she replied, "for l do love him.
l believe I've loved him ever since
was large enough to love anybody"
"He is a good man, too" said her
father.
Old Paulo and his wife came over
and told her parents what she had told
them.
81 have written to him several times
oh 10 hn
knows her almost as we'll as l do. l
will tell him that l have selected his
wife,
That very night the letter was writ
ten and mailed. Next day it was speed
ing for st. Louis.
There was great excitement in that
neighborhood. 1t became rumored
around that Angela, the prettiest girl
in the vicinity, was going to st. Louis,
America. to marry Martina Serati. Sew
eral of the people around knew him.
They remembered when he packed up
and left for the New World. They
knew, too, that he was sturdy and hon.
est, and had prospered. The girls
flocked around Angela. 1t was roman
tic, they declared, that she was going
to marry a man she had never seen;
also that she was going so far.
For days they were very busy at her
home. There were so many clothes to
be made, and there were also friends to
call on and bid adieu. But the time
slipped by, and almost before she was
aware of ii the day had come for her
departure. She went over to Paulo's
house and walked about the yard and
looked about the house. She knew that
MARITIME would want to know all about
it and how his parents were. She
wanted to be sure that she had not
overlooked anything, from the chintz
cover to the table in the sitting room
to the trees out in the yard:
She was very happy, for she told her
parents and also Martinos father and
mother that she knew she would be
happy, for she did love Martina, and
she believed that he would love her.
Paulo was certain of this and so assur-
ed her.
Finally all the adieux were said and
she had started for America. The trip
was long and tedious one, particular
ly the ocean voyage. Sometimes she
thought that she would never reach
land again, and after reaching land she
wondered how long it would take her
to get to st. Louis.