Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-03-19

IL was In the Italian Theater In the
Bowery. There was a long. easy wait
before the curtain went up ON the droll
comedy. Then it CHANGED that two
men became familiar enough for one
to tell the other the romance of his
life. Perhaps IL was the glow of sym
pathy induced by the Americans an
probation OF things Italian that led
the handsome, dark-eyed young Italian
poet TO tell the story OF his heart. says
the New York Commercial Advertiser.
Il was born" he said, Sin Florence,
and lived there the first eighteen years
OF MY life. / am all emotion, and l
wanted to do everything. / wrote poet
~ and plays-I write for this company
here In New York-and entered the
army when was very young. Then
went to the navy, where / stayed 1--WE
years. and went all around the world.
Much ] liked. Many beautiful places
l have seen. but l grew restless, not
that / worked very hard, for was ed
ucated. belonged TO the aristocracy-
the SON OF knight-and the work
did on the ship was light. secretary
work. But 1t was monotonous, and l
was ready to change. Like most of my
eountrymen, ] do not like work when
1t is not pleasant Pleasure first and
work afterward is my motto. You
Americans think differently, but BUSH
ness is stupid bore; there Is no heart
In 1t. One day we were anchored in
New York harbor. A beautiful girl,
countrywoman of mine, but who had
lived many years in New York, came
on board with her father to see our
ship. / showed her all that she wanted
to see, and / knew straightway that I
loved her and always should. Love
came into my soul in great wave, and
l wanted her with every part Of me.
spilled bucket Of paint on her dress
and imagine my happiness in the long
time 1t took to remove ii with my
handkerchief. She was very beautiful
TO look at You cannot understand
my friend. She went away with her
father, but left her address on a small |
piece of paper. Then / asked to 60 !
ashore for day. No. / was needed.
The next day asked again. The same |
answer. repeated it five times with |
the same result. Then one night |
wrapped my shore clothes in a small /
bundle. dropped into a small boat |
alongside. and left that ship forever.
When landed changed my clothes
and sent the ships suit back. When
i looked for the note / found that 1t
had gone back to the ship with my
clothes. / was In despair You can
imagine. / was alone in New York.
deserter, and did not know where my
angel lived. As am a scholar, / spoke
English. That helped me to make a
wretched. sorrowful existence for three
months. oh, the dreariness of that
umei ! had no decent companions.
Most of the Italians who come here
come because they have to. They are
criminals or something akin to it.
knew no congenial people for weary
months. nearly starved. / nearly
killed myself. looked everywhere for
the girl. but could not find her. One
happy day received a note. She had
seen my name and address In one OF
the Bowery newspapers. My name was
there because l was deserter. II was
In list with Others She wrote me
that she played the organ in the Ital-
Ian Episcopal Church. went the next
spent my last quarter for
necktie that should be sunny and bril-
liant. 1t was ravishingly pretty. I
saw her at the organ. / could not I
speak to her, but 1t was enough hap
piness. l knew I could come again.
did, and / went many times. got
to know her, her father and her friends. |
Her father liked me, and liked the I
poems that l wrote to her and the
plays that l write for the theater. My
friend. she will marry me. She is very
good and fair. could not take her to
his theater, with all these men there.
do not shake hands with those men.
nod, but am OF good family. We
shall marry soon, for l am working and
earning salary, and an Italian knows
now to live cheaply and save money.
That is not necessary. The good God
will provide. Besides, It is good to be
In small things When the
,eart is satisfied the stomach does not