The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-12-03

| the measure of the melody. When The
! tune was a slow one, all went we'll but
when i. was accelerated his motions be-
| came dangerous, for the poor, trembling
chair was constrained to execute gym
nastics far beyond its strength The re-
| pertory of the beautiful brodeuse was
most eX; ensive, and hours thus passed by,
Giacomo truly enchanted with this con-
cert which he was thus privileged to en-
JOY
After awhile, however, the girl began
to grow weary, and the grand arias
which she had been singing from the FIRST
to the last notes were followed by fFag-
ments of songs interrupted now and
again, while the tones of her voice grew
lower and sweeter, and to cavatinas sue
ceeded "romances" and "reveries." Cha
como, still seated upon his chair. was not
getting drowsy, but continued to stay
there, listening to the songs as in sort
Of dream, mechanically keeping time by
the swaying of his body to the measure
of the music. Carlotta also was falling
asleep, but then decided not to go to bed
till her work was quite finished and so
made a supreme effort to shake off the
drowsiness that was overpowering her
and in order to do so suddenly began to
sing waltz with all her might. WALTZ
OF the Roses" by Metra. Giacomo was
now dreaming OF course he was dream
ing of Waiting and so moved himself
about, keeping time to the music, but to
this final proof of its strength the chair
refused to respond and, with a fearful,
screeching sound, gave way, dragging
down in its fall the unfortunate cavalier.
This caused such terrific crash that
Carlotta, overcome with fright, uttered
loud cry, but Giacomo was silent, for the
poor fellow in falling had struck his head
against the bed and now lay stretched
upon the floor in deep. swoon.
When he finally regained consciousness,
he found himself lying on his bed with
his head bandaged, and there beside him,
watching over him while embroidering
and seated upon chair that was neither
old nor shabby, he beheld lovely young
girl, and whom should it be but Carlottal
"How is this?" he exclaimed. "You here,
signorinaY
Eyes, signor. Last night after the
commotion caused by your fall. not hear
ing any further sound, feared that some
misfortune had befaIlen you and so came
here and found you in faint. Now,
however you are much better, and in
few days you will be quite yourself
again. But, tell me, how in the world did
you ever happen to fall off your chair in
so strange mannerW
Giacomo did not reply and blushed
deeply. But women are quick to divine
the sentiments that they inspire. and
Carlotta was not long in reading the
young mans heart
And now Giacomo and Carlotta are
husband and wife and as happy as it is
possible to be in this world. Carlotta is
no longer compelled to embroider The
sale of some of her husbands pictures,
for he is now beginning to be known, is
sufficient to provide for them both. They
are living in simple but pretty apart
ment tastefully furnished and are held in
high esteem by all who know them.
One thing, however causes their
friends to wonder In the place of honor,
in the center of their tiny drawing room,
there stands a great ugly cane chair
which is in so rickety condition that in
order to maintain it in an upright posi-
ton Carlotta has been compelled to bind
it together with cords.-Translated From
the Italian For New York Commercial.