The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-02

mind. had a right TO be angry. Now she faced
hin, on equal terms. She cast the insult In his
g. be the COMPANION. Of dogs and swine.
Fisher mnidens from The Policastro Gulf ran
For the first time Giacomo became fully SEN
sible Of her vlriIe beauty; Though she tongue
scourged him nmercilessly he heard:it not. He
saS only her flashing ewes and heavinR bosom
aud the deepeninR, glow with which anger
tinged her rerfect Roman face. She covered
!argon IT her people, hut It was all sweet music
All" he thought. she would be the finest
wife in Mulberry lend, and make puppets Of
all the famous. beauties OF the Caiabriani. the
SieiliHni and the N9poiitani"
strange in his own ears he Iuenched her ire.
A. hour later they were tludgine in, the
sci containing the. ever, restless fish Of para
an hour and then we" to" thai the citys
chief was. too busy for marriages tina day.
,hs tl,sy found %, Se a. A'1 err a who re mGsr ID
p~ocketed the Zee he said Next and another
There will he no time for a wedding. break
fas,. y said Giacom? when they had reached the
could make out the signs over the Ihops. while
AL about her the air seethed with Italian pat.
Ter II, This so dro W way tho Inconsistencies that
2 Gipcom9" she said; let US have a
E. Iid1at nrcaffnst; ,oI We viii Tnp il, invite e, all the hs
sn,s h ellie one ms Is the ro'ca''ro peas
are In America and must forget such foolish
shlMgs; We must GO to work; There are two
MI. %Hip' aHer ro the % loss 80 d 5fe the NOV lowry. lie was ve1'd
For you to feed? And mef. I can helr. I
can work. You know THAI" she said. proud
strength. Then she said. timidly, what had
come into her mind while her husband recitrd
sudden shatterinL because abe had come to
bin d2yetless, |Giacomo, do YOU know what
I !!!hHI,EE?s :, W. VEL lii Ii ! think that fish can holU US"
nc bah" she nrrsist.d. lie us Put thu
pssceparlLlso IN q glass globe so that the neo.
and jump Whenever the sun shines. At home
The ashmGnEeTs do So and it always brings
This reminded him with CALLING emphasis
thai her dGwfy was only a fish, and he felt ugly
Are YOU "razy?'' he snid. The idea Of put
ting that thing in a glass rlobe' What fool
globe and hung It over the stand. HE ky
was cloud'ess and the radiant thing dashed it.
to make q a .nbs.ance that was SO hard vet
seemed nothing at all. II was saturday. and
~ hay The Bend swarmtd with the children OF
Italy. hundreds coming in from Brooklyn and
Jersey City f2r, their marketing and nearly
every women laden with H., a huge whIte and
stand and shouted ~gleefullv at the antics OF the
marvellous nsh. Never before had so many
DebIhe uelGnpu 10 thkP notice NI tIlacDmDS
p'a"e OF business. Now and then a man or
woman would eXrlaim:
An, ch'e JeNo!" All, how beautiful
nation when he looked al. Diodata..
D YOU know what think sojid the son Of
mony Il of record-'We.l. / LAY that the wo-
nnn Is handsoIner than the iish."
The fame OF these words went forth from
China Hill clear to the Church yard, which Is
he northern frontier Of New Italy. Peonle he
gan 70 ask the rrice. Of the catfish. tomcods
aud founders. and Giacono was soon doing a
rushing trade. Diodata was a great help
though her husband Grumbled at everything
she did. The few larger fish that he had to
sell she hehCaded II the customer desired it.
which was seldOm. and no one could have been
letter in docking their tails and s~rraping awav
tho scales. GiAcOmo took the money and. at
last THROWN off his sullen mood and realiz-
ing the mercantile revolution so suddenly ac-
cOmplished. hrok" forth in n mOrger's Law that
for many a dav he had had no heart to sing:
Fruit OF the sea. fruit OF sea. Buy 1t and eat
y. and happy YOU II be. Tra-la-la la. tra-la.la-
10. trr -la.la-la"
And from that day Giacomo has prospered.
But it was nearly a tortnight-he says so him
self. before he mustered courage to say to
Diodatn:
That fsh Of paradise was a better dowry
He spoke these words tho other morning
when he con sented to give tho long-ielaysd
wedding breakfast. With his success In bust
ness had come also the coveted social rerOgni-
ton. and among the heartiest eaters at the
feast were the first families OF tho Calabrianl,
the Siciliani and the Napolitani.