The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-09-05


his, overlooking certain tasks.
Hearing that Mistress Giovanni was
at the door asking for him he was greatly
astonished. and ran there joyfully. When
she saw him approach she rose TO meet
him with a womanly charm OF manner,
and when FEDERICO had court9ously
greeted her she said
Good morning FEDERICO" and went
on: have come 10 make amends q
through me- loving me more than you
should have done, and the compensation
Is this. that mean. with my companl2}nl
here, 20 breakfast with you In friendly
fashion this morning
Federico humbly answered her;
MY lady, no harm do I remember ever
10 have received through YOU but rather
so much good that II was ever q any
account II wa, through your worth ana
your generous coming 20 me now is much
dearer to me than ~ would be N 1 had
the power TO spend again az much as I
have spent In the past since you nave
become a poor mans guest
And SO saying he received her shame-
facedly into his house and from there
toot ber into the garden and having 70
one else there 60 entertain heef, ne haiu'
"M] lady since there Is no one elsei
this good woman. the farmers VIE, VIII
keep you company while l go ana nave
Although his poverty was extreme, he
hsd not yet learned as he ousst 70 hSN5
But this morning, finding nothing with
which he could feast the lady Tor love
OF whom he had before feasted covnuess
men, made him think; and aftlicted be-
yond measure. he reviled his luck, ike a
man out OF his senses, running TINS way
and that. finding neither money nor a
thing al least, and unwilling to ask OK
any one, even his own father he hap
pened 20 catch sight Of his good falcon
upon its perch.
he took H. and. finding II plump, he de-
cided that Il was worthy loOd for such
lady. Therefore, without more thought.
he wruug is neck and had his maid-ser-
want dress Il and put Il before The tlre
and roast IL carefully; and having spread
the table with white cloths Of which he
sun had g few. he returned gayiy & the
lady. IN the garden and said that ich
breakfast as he could furnish was ready
The lady, With her companion, rose and
went To- the table, and, without knowing
what they were eating, together with
FEDERICO, who served them faithfully,
they ate up the poor falcon
When they had risen from Tho tal4s
and fingered awhile in pleasant converse
tion with him, IL seemed 10 the lady time
90 say what she had como for 10 with
q friendly manner toward FEDERICO she
FEDERICO when YOU recall vour nast
life. and my regard for my honor. yyhich
perhaps you considered harshness and
cruelty ] have no doubt that YOU must
th,. oiueI ,,- .,y a{ my presumption when you hear
you had children. or had had ann
through whom you might know the mower
or rove tor them ! should be certain thar
you would partially excuse me
But although you have no chlid uho
naNt one. cannot escape the laws which
severn other mothers, and as I must
s,S'u " lner torce, without any regard 10
my pleasure or 10 the proprieties / am
constrained 20 ask Of YOU a gift which
know y precious 10 vou-aud rightly a..
20 l9r I9H,F eVh fortune has left YOU no, oth-
tl dtusht no other diversion. no other
comfort. This gift Is your falcon ~
wnleh my boy Is SO fond that n do not
take Il to him ! am afraid he viii grow
30 much worse that ] shall lose him
Therefore 2 beg you. pct p,- me love
YOU nave Tor me. which places you under
lQ quotations, but by your noble nature
winch seems TO make you more courteous
than any one else. consent 70 give me Tie
9rd. Ihen 4 may say that by this glft
nave Kept my son alive and so placed
him under eternal obligations 10 YOU.
FEDERICO hearing what the lady asked.
ana regretung that he could not serve
BEGIN 70 weep before he could answer 4
word
The lady at first belived that this Weep
ing came more from grief az having 10
give an the good falcon than from any-
thing else and she was almost on the
point Of saying that she ala not wish it,
but she checked herself ana waited Tor
federeo's answer. which came. after
many tears
My lady. since the time when BY Gods
VIII ] gave YOU my love ! have found
Fortune hostile 20 me ln many things
and have oompulalnod ut her, but an
those things Wort nothing in comparison
with what she Is doing 10 me nova
thing FOR Which ! shall never forgive her
when / MINK that Won have come here 70
my Door house, whore you never deisned
20 come when II WAS a rich one and YOU
seek from me q little gift and Fortune
has go contriVed that j cannot give II 20
Sou and ! shall tell YOU briefly why this
cannot be,
when i heard that you-,.nd thank
you FOR -it-wiahed 10 breakfast with me
y considered it NJ and proper with regard
10 your rank and your worth. to honor
you with more precious food, 30 far as
lay IN my power. than those viauds which
are eenerally used for other persons
so. when ! Thought of the falcon which
Judged him 90 De M food Tor YOU and this
morning you have had him roasted upcn
the platter and ! thought that WAS an ex-
ceilfnt use for him, but now when / ece
that you have wished for him III another
way, j feel such grief because cannot
serve you that / am sure I shall never
eiNc myself "a moments peace about it N
And Feying this he had the feathers
and feet and head brought forward as q
proof
she hlemed him for having slain such
falcon just to give food 10 d woman. and
greatness Of his soul which poverty had
not beer able "a lessen She went away
sadly aud returned % her son.
The boy either from griet because ho
could not save the falcon. or from the
natural progress 0f Aia sickness. not many
taHs lNter % The great aricf of hts
moi 90 p. ssss,l u il.ll Ici5 -. 5 - = tter