The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-12-17

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y ly built and strongly made. with
y srnle Ike sunshine and teeth
as white as 81 dogs, and brown
ewes which were apt 10 have storms
81 them M timcs when the stupid
stv cr Nici0usress Of other folks
provoked her. She had been born in
d little hamlet on the Sabine hills. high
u0 on n mountain spur whore torrents
gan and SHOWS often gathered. and far
Gown below. one az the greatest and
fai-cst scenes or earth was outspread. as
81 frcscocs lr ol8 masters "a volume lies
cren or She knees 90 jehovah. She had
neor fra~l.el at "a years of age 90 a
fe-a-rIaD of the CamT9Cna, and before
che was oo fal known most Of the trials
90 life hunger. il-troatment, and the
bearing ard loss 90 children. the fatigue
a. il-fed t7r. and the Injustice ~ "A
spouse WHO expected her 70 make bread
Nth stones. when she approached aer
tri-tieth year hey husband. after what
seemed 30 Der % lifetime OF woe. was
I.lfcd hv ONE of hls bulls; The animal.
r-afed f-to fg~t rage by his cruelty,
forod and tossed him. and the whole herd
--aeeod trIumrhartly over his BODY.
which was tramr,ed into "a mere mass ~
bleeding. rruss-statueG pulp. Nerina her
soy could not have recognized n when IL
was brought on a hurdle home 20 her hut.
cor.cal pile az red tufa. stones and turf,
hlEt under the shadow OF the Castel Giu-
lIco.
Left without support and ordered by
che owners ~ the herd to leave the tufa
cabin. in which she and her spouse had
lIrcd. she went back 10 her own people in
she hile. and thence int0 service with
family She knew. go get away from the
many miserable memories and hunger
and Toll. which had alone been her portion
u0 the Agro Romano. She was noun
-air-hDru and The heat and drought OF
tro plains were hateful ID her The little
cIty To- which She went was in a topmost
spur ~ her own sabine Apennines-a
small gray ancient place. with gigantic
walls and marble ruins and tcnth-century
houses. clustered round "a Longobardo
church. 10 >tII retained fits thirteenth
century ramparts. and a deep though
narrow stream foamed beneath its bas-
f'nrs. rushing down over rocks and
through porges 20 tumble into the Licen-
~. which in its turn Ted the Arno ere
Arro fcl iutp The Tiber. Here She spent
sixteen peaceful wears. working hard. but
living as oro of the family and attaching
herself go thcm with The affection OF
dog They were the people who had ever
been good go her. Her mistress. Cateriua
Iorcuz,tti. always called Madame Tina
hN hCr reiEhhnrs and servants was "a
widow with three Young sons who had
means enough 90 live with certain ease
Enough frueaIv and simply ia a small
Ncrcra hlo house which looked from the
ramrarts on the valley Of the Arno FAR
below. and had withstood many a rough
fimo of siege and assault ga the wars be-
tween the popcs and the Lords OF Tivon
and Paieetrina, of Subiaco and Olivano.
and of AN tho walled villages and grim
str0ngholds which then frowned in the
face ~ The setting sun.
Noriua loved tho merry. Eood-nat,Ired.
handsome lads. hut She adored their
mother. who had never said a harsh word
- her. although her clumsiness and ig-
Torance and violence in tho first years
had sorcly tried the paticncs Of Madame
Tina, who had been reared in a convent.
and possessed hy both nature and habit
and strong Instincts OF order tranquility
sid calm
~ / turn her out" the good lady re-