The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-08-26
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Pere Laurent's words:,
wait for me on the steps. monsf fills,
3nd l will take you with me to hear
come music-some violin music-which
Father Charles will play for u.s."
And in passing by Pere Laurent had
placed his hand on'Toni's-uugh. tangled
furls with a gesture of protection and
Twas it aiTection2
At thu Thought, TOMS rich Italian
blood surged up. coloring the dark
Pliye of his checks. and his eyes, which
tvere watching the gathering clouds
being driven up by II summer storm
FROM across. the gulf, shone like two
luminb1ts' stars ;.
ii No, not to please a Heavenly. Father,
fremote and unknown, one who had
pot watched over those. Qqrk, aud, I'M
happy days from which he had
emeFxfd, w6a4d Toni strive to follow
the ifzrowsPath hsfnted-out td1fin by
Pere Laurent.
That path, which excluded passion,
Vengeance and curses, Hl-witlard theft,
and the paving back of evil for evil, his
long-cherished dream, which was to
square up those old accounts of his OPP
pressed childhood. and settle the debt
with compound snterest he owed those
who had so harshfy treated him.
Toni would sit and plan how he
would wipe out the old scores when he
! Nvould Aez brauny. and tall and power
full. like the sailors on the goelettcs and
charcoal boats mcored in the Old Basin.
But if he was to ]renouncc NE keen
pleasure over which he had so "Ioated.
Ncngrarce on Mere Felix and others. it
kvas only 20 please pere Laurent. to
Ifbring a smile TO his dim, kind eyes. and
Eto hear him say: mons fills those
| words which, sinking deep. made TOMS
heart swell with II passionate love and
pride.
No, ft.wsas not for the sake Of doing
right. at the dictate of that remote God
in Heaven. 1t was for love of Pere
Laurent. '..'
Toni Tedona had been unwittingly
the cause of contention and reprOach
in Father LaurenfS, quiet home, the
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