Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-04-13
~ OEDER gees Antonio to try his
In, erainI"

Nv OEDER gees Antonio to try his
lac, egainj"
His ioc', viii be something to boast
of ii il ttizga Elm back alive
Rig, ;',etro! None buJ young
featherFa,e ike him would venture cut
with Tat White cloud in he SKY. And
yet. il h. .y for he lisa ..c iad, too."
Sc ni@...s@l group OF ia - Usher
men, Nc were standing i.h their
brown hands aTched over ,itsir keen
black eyes watching tbs &c 1rss of
The only boat that had dare ~ Ut out
under tno slaCow OF the c5ItIi g Storm
There had been a lorg ana hard
nights work Tor all the .l~l who be-
longeG 10 lie queer little custer Of huts
ST b1oAeE sIcne or drifty.c5 which
formed ;ac village" CT San ario.
Then Iaaster. the price OF Monte
Rosso, was about to marry his only
daughtcr 10 a Sicilian count, and had
proc.aiG-tl hat any fisherman who
could Lri. lin a good-siZ,d tul bot
withoo- .ch 70 Italian dinner was
thous plete in these Gays-for
the V-c feast. should lame his
own or it. But, although they
had f.sa irdustIiously from sunset
till d.u. 10 one had been lucky
enough o accure the prize.
Tired IS ley were. the fishermen
had go 1.cusat OF giving in, fer snch
ehanc1 0 j.-oIt did ECt coEe every day;
But ll,t.e alter sunrise tLsy espie9
sometL-ss which made then scurry
homewa IKE flock CT scared sheep
Far IL ,Gs distance the clcar, bright
blue OF Inc ky was malT,G ly one
small. loa-d, white cloud. very much
like a pu.. 81 smoke from tlt mouth Of
a cannoa; and the cxpelienceo soamen
knew cuy 100 well the fatal f0reruEneS
OF the .-zy-lte squall."
But. vLic all the rest were flying
shorewa lie youngest Of their Land
was s. boldly out to sea in his
little To- alone.
Antc1o laG, indeed, good reason to
try his Utmost for the promised reward,
for CHA i The money which ho might
expect Tor he precious fish would ena-
bic him 70 buy himself new BOAT and a
set of new nets, which he very much
needed.
And SC. on the chance of being able
to Go this. he was now running a risk
from which his boldest comrades
shrank.
Hes making for the 'Wo;f's Teeth"
said an &C fisherman, pointing to the
two huge black, pointed rocks, whicR
rose gau1i.y up out of the Sea. c-ose to-
gether accom- Eve miles from. tEe shore,
IF he ca get right in between them
before lie storm bursts. he nay escape
yet"
III h can't, Heaven help his poor
mother answered womaD's voice,
pityirg.y.
Then asue dead silence, while all
strained 1eir eyrs to watch The race
for lie a,iveen thG: small sal and the
sdvarc- \, hirlwind.
The ijle white cloud that had
warned I'm was row spreading fast
over the whole sky, and, as il spread, it
grew da.her and darker.
Far on, 10 seward, a line Of white
foam wa seen flying over the gloomy
eaters With the speed Of az arrow.
Then. tAIclgh the still air, came fear
iul sound haif moan, hal roar. and
they had barely time to cower down
behind a huge rock Tor shelter. when all
o. around MAS dark as night, and the
spray was rattiing On the Pebbiy beach
like a shower Of shot, and ever them
swept the willie squat with the rush of
charging army, whirling far away in
land ths icanl which it had torn from
the surgiae waves.
When ne sky cleared again, An
tonio's tca was gone.
''Poor lal!" said old Battista. compass
sionateiy. this comes of being too ven
turesome. The goat that feeds on
Vesuvius must needs be burnt up at
LAST
But who is to tell his mother?T
asked one OF the women.
To that question there was no reply
The group melted silently away, ona
by one.
Two hours later, however. the de.
tected villagers were shouting and
rushing down to the shore like mad
men, all pointing eagerly to small
boat. which had just glided out from
between the VOLTS Teeth.
SITS Antonio's boat." cried Battista
rs she neared the land. 81 know her BY
The patch il her sail; and see, he's waV
ing HIS cap to u.s."
"Wel, comrades," cried Antonio
from the boat, '''Pye got something