The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-03-03

.fagsa g. aa suss Arsuue lie lived
there sad ovue3 tie tfoperiy' Im'
dragged alopg ne sss lunely.
Y9s ousA, 70 be msuisd, ore Of hi'
iriepds iali bia. remember you "'d
oaes ttH ubeu you s,re aels you would
matfy s5my Italian H.
B4tI dautklos Of soy he sussered
N"uft tlue eae tu ltslyf bis iuend
asked him
None be fefne p
Bot rbs su' ct reverted TO bic m'od
dgssutmes. ae thought about It much
Of the ume: lie looked saesd tu'o tie
latafe, aud sss himself Married WITH
family around tin, snd spending The last
a.vs quietly and peacefully like ha cid
hthet over 10 Italy.
Islll write to my istber, be ssid. Old
P.ulo s.fa,i held the letter 10 h's band
aud laushe' aloud aud long.
Martiuo wants us to hnd vile iof him'
be s.Id to hi, vile. He likes America,
but be knows where the besptinl women
live. v here the good wives me from
1t is here 10 Milan; hele 10 Italy
We can tnd him wife. she answered
Tpep p.ulo laughed snd laughed gain
Here comes Angela, be said will let
her read the letter
When Angela came up to them she saw
thst bota her friends were much pleased
over something
We have letter from MartiDo, be said,
and want you to real it. See what be
says
The gih took the letter ald read IT,
Have vou found him a wiIef she asked
Yes, said Paulo. thiak kuo" seirI
who lows him nov. Sac will make hIm
GOOD VIE She has never met hlm
/ though.
Who ~ she asked, her voice being so
low tbsttw4s with difficulty that she
was 0ndersooi
You, ssii PauIo
She threw the letter down on the char
and ran out of the room and to ber home
There she told her parents what her
trieuds had decided.
But that ls long way, said her father
not for girl to go to the man she loves
she r., lied for do love him. | believe
I've we'd him ever since | was large
enough to love snybody,
Helss good man, too, said ber father.
O,d Panic snd his wife came over and
told her parents what she had told them,
| have written to him several times
.bout Angela said Paulo, aud be knows
her almost AS we'll ss ! do. ! will tell
him thst have selected his VILE
That very night the letter was written
and mailed Next day it was speeding
for ST. Louis.
There was great excitement IN that
nejgbborhood, 1t became rnmored
around that Anges, the rettiest GIL 10
the yiciutc, was going to st, LOUIS
America. to marry Msrtlpo Strsti. Sever
al Of the people around kuew him. They
remembered when h. packed up and left
for the New World. They knew, too,
that he was sturdy and honest, aud had
ptoepered. The girls hocked around An
celia. 1t was romantic they declared
that she was going to mOrry man she
had never seen also that sue was going 80
far.
For DAYS they we're very busy st her
home There were so many clothes to be
made, and there were also friends TO cal
on and bid adieu, But the time slipped
nv and almost before she was aware OF II
the day had come for her departure, she
went over TO Psulo's house and walked
and looked about the bouse. She k1ew
that Mafti 0 would want to knoR Gil
sbont aud how his parents were bhe
wanted to be sure she bad not overlooked
anything from the chIn'z cover TO the
table 10 the sitting room to the trees out
10 the yard.
She was very happy for she told lei
p,reuts snd slso Msrtiuo's father and
mother that she kuew she would be happy,
fr.be did love Msrtiuo s1d she be
lipyed tia, he would love her
Fruslly oil the sdleuI were SOL ano SEC
.t.,tsd dtrAmerca The trlp wssa louP
and tedious one, part cul.rly the ocean
voyspe Sometimes she tht usht that she
uonld never reach lard again, sud 81
ter reaching land she wondered bow long
II would take her to get to ST Lonls.
There was m1ch to interest ber and The
time 4 by 10 the train, snd scoa she
saw the city. Her be n beat vol ntly 81
the train rushed up through the yarip,
.psaslDg scores Of GERS that were beiop
sui,ched here and there. aud then toe
|t,.io csmeto q stsndttlll IL was such =
big place that sbe was bit frightened 81
first There wss big crowd sronod, too
and sbe was little afraid tLat NJ rtIut
uonId not be able to fad ber.
She rtcosuiz q bin at oncp, iiom tht
photograph, and he knev her, too. Their
She knew that her sorry vac over, for sht
vas ssis, she knew, With his arm around
her and his ki.s still bot on b rhp+ The
marriage was yet,erdsy afternoon 10 th'
little church 90 Msucbesln Read. It
d.yslett will start Tor Milan, aud there
will be four eupremely happy people ir
that city when the letter - received,
d A we'll ktoxn tarrttef reIsies the 10
loaiug story sub great susto' Sou'
tine ago he bad uudrr cross IsminstIon