Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-10-10
CATARlNA
A SKETCH.

&apS because OF sucn suirouiiiiiisa .
,,frs will flourish anywhere, and
,oips has the happy faculty of bend
every difficulty TO its own advan-
.,e At any rate, though genius it.
Iolf IS apt to be very dubious respect
. this comforting doctrine, | cannot
Irt think that Princes road made Cata-
Ina Yet. truly, what a setting for
rlch a pearl!
rrar mother was all Italian, her IA
sor had died while she was still a
jl0l and from that day Catarina was
marked by fate The mother had
&.onabt a greengrocer's shop in that
+orv unIovely Princes road | have re-
srrpd 10. and there, ensconced in that
,tIc fortress-it. might he truly said
ieply ever quitting guard-she had
eon and carried on through long
<ears one of those terrible, grim, silent
{uuggles with poverty, disaster and
hath with which London is replete.
h. had survived, she had been always
bla inst to Keep her head above wa
i sr but heaven only knows at the cost
!, what heroism, OF what intelligence
md Of what priyations IN that little sea
troubles in which her lot was cast!
| The older inhabitants OF Princes road
{ him remember her as huXom and
! -h spirited young woman, speaking
&nslish very badly. but shrewd enough
tnhal But the years had gradually
Robbed her Of every trace of her for
her beauty, and from tie first day
Knew her she was prcmaturely old,
kulct. CarpWOrn dame, her face sallow
lad Witherpd, her cheeks drawn and
5unken. her hair dry and dusty, and
4 any hint remained to give assurance
% the memory of her charms it was in
Der Italian eye, sad, but deep, lustrous,
Blazing up at times with some inward
H. or occasionally revealing the
ttrance yearning. hunted look of
POOR child Of the sunny south wearing
but her life i'm somber cline and
4moug an alien people.
| Ne, there was another testimony to
Der former bCauty-Catarina She was
thout l3 when | saw her first, and
|noSt children are pretty at that age,
. ut no one with the eye Of an artist or
] ith insight into character could once
faze upon Catarina's countenance
fithout inwardly resolving that that
fuan-e foreign looking creature was
freIeStincd to a career"
| Catar.ug was often to be found in the
fA9p about that time or in the little
Iparour that served for everything
the back. She was generally to he
pound there in fact, for, though she
fr9.del school and was not a particu-
|arIg shining light in the paths of learn
i ls the girl was devoured with rage
Yor reading There she was to be
lEd Us often rs not with Il smudge
p0u her short nose from having han
lied dusty potatoes, perched up or
r0ueaud down with a novelette,, n
f0ry book a book of travel of adj
f1liNrg. She was extraordinarily pre-
foeol> iu her understanding of the
T0oTid, just as much as she was back
INsTd W. physical development, for she
[aS SINAI. for her age. Even then she
Ias auhlu0uS-She was more than am
.tous, She was fiery and resolute.
llo saw 70 in the fash of the wonder
p eyes ms she glanced up quickly
ON h"r book. seeming in one earnest
-.t '' .uE through your own eyes in
| s.. hing, possibly the soul, be-
PM.
III. '1- delightfully."- shy, though con-
-l.-. 'n1i, though fiery; rapid,
t.a-. "1dor. When she dropped her
yes t."r' was a fascination that de-
.a".. aa uo mere occurrences, that
w.. have been something I'M
,.r it seemed really to be
- lashCs, with their long and
nl|se sweep.
lHd resolved even to be an
.r sort Of instinct she per-
that was the only avenue
ae could escape from the
Of Princes road, which
tine She loathed and ac-
with a natural and even
nil9rlty.
would weigh out a pound OF
". "East Lynne" in her
could haggle over an odd
With the asparagus man
-..r She was always dream
most brilliant conquests
|H-trious situations of the
been six months in 'shC
HT d.nt Of what exer
LET energy, resolution, haC
point 1t was heroic
et3 IF herolsm which !:
us TO the doer, Gaia
@id Of things. and sh'
'ai She had succeed
ag chance came. Al
losses ball Of worste(
iad given Catarina al
ri dance"
Bot sing .little bit" for
Face lad q quality a
q touch had some