The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-07-13

drunken haste to escape from the place.
Then all was still. The boy spoke
after little.
"Shall we see what 1t 81" he asked
the girl. He took her hand and they
walked to the door. There was no liv-
ing person there. The benches and
tables were overturned; broken glasses
| were strewn over the floor, and in the
center of the room upon his back and
with the blood streaming from dozen
wounds lay Petro. The girl began to
| sob. Her companion tried to comfort
| her.
"It is useless to cry" said he. "Come,
| I will take you home."
CHAPTER H.
| High on the hills above Palermo Is
| Castlemonte. 1t is ruin now and no
one has lived there since Marquis Bor..
| gaizi died, ten years ago. But at that
| time it was the oldest and one of the
grandest castles in Sicily. Travellers al
ways visited the place. as they do yet,
but then the marquis was always there
to receive them and to serve a great din
ner under the trees.
1t was to this place, upon whose lands
her father was tenant, that Gabrielle
and her cavalier came just as day was
breaking. No one was yet astir and the
girl showed the boy where to put the
donkey and cart. Then he followed her
to her home, cabin on the hillside.
There was excitement enough when
Gabrielle's parents learned what had
happened. 1t was useless to weep for
Petro was not worth much. And here
was somebody to take his place-not so
big and strong, perhaps, but he would
grow. AS Gabrielle said he had saved
her and wanted him to remain, place
was given him at the table and he was
shown to Petro's bunk in the she'd
Thus it was that Antonio became q
member of the household. After that
he took the sheep out to their pasturage
in the morning and brought them back
as the sun was falling like golden
meteor into the Mediterranean.
The vineyards were not then ready
to give out their harvest and Gabrielle
had little to do. She used to wander out
upon the hillside, where Antonio was
watching and talk to him. 1t was beau
tiful there. For hours they would lie
on the grass and look up into the clear
blue of the heavens or watch Mount
Etna as the little line of black smoke
curled through the air and finally van.
J ished. Many condolences were ex.
changed there, and Gabrielle promised
the boy that when they were a few
years older the priest in the chapel
should marry them and they would
have a cottage of their own.
Then there was war and Italy wal
filled with armies. It was not for long
but when it was all over there was much
trouble caused by bands of men which
had been organized in the war. Gabri
elle's father was member of one o
these societies. He violated some oatl
and was compelled to flee for his life
For many months he hid in the hills
occasionally visiting his family.
One night he came to them and SAT-
he was going to America. He kisse'
them good-by and started for sea
port town. That day his body wa
found alongside the road to Castle
, monte. He had been stabbed in tn
back. Gabrielle and her mother di
not remain in Sicily after that. Tn
mother had relatives in this country
, and four years ago she left her Ital
and came to the United States. Anto
Il nio, lonesome and heart-broken, wa
left behind.
His only consolation was the promis
/. Gabrielle had given him just before sh
y said farewell. 1t was that she woul
+ never marry anyone but him. So
worked harder than before, and a.
though he heard no word from her, b
felt that they would surely meet agai
:, some day.
a CHAPTER III.
= The other day train from Oh
= cago brought a car into the Union sta
tion that was filled with emigrant
They were bound for New Orleans, an
9 they had nearly four hours to wait b'
fore their train left. They spent tn
. time in the Midway, walking about {
sitting on their bundles. Shortly afte
!, six o'clock another train bearing EN-
grants rolled into the train shed. The
). mingled with the earlier arrivals, an
y many found old friends whom they ha
, not seen for years.
a Near the baggage Office, however, Sc
a young man who took no part in tt
conversation about him. He seemed I
!. take no interest in what was going on
- Two women, one we'll along in lif
the other many years younger, wake
;, down the Midway. They looked at tf
!, cmigrant who sat apart from tt
. others. He, his attention attracted b
their stopping, looked up. For mil
ute there was no word spoken. Thel
= with glad cry, the young woma
g rushed up to him and, fiinging her arm
. around his neck, began to kiss him.
- People on the Midway stopped ar
\ wondered They did not know thi
Gabrielle and Antonio had met again.
1t was not long story to tell. G'
brielle went to Chicago with ht
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