The San Francisco call., 1904-08-14

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NJ crossing and waved the little red
nag which warned travellers and
chauGeuIs that an excavation
.. lay just beyond. The excavation had
been a source OF annoyance TO the great
City for many months. but Giovanni
had prayed that il might never be filed
in--drst. because 50 long as he waved
The little red rag he would draw one
dollar dsy-and, then. had come the
Princess.
TO be sure. back in sunny Italy he
had dreamed Of different things. He
had no conception of the noisy. Shrek
ing city whose streets were dlthy by
comparison with the hard. white roads
OF his Neapolitan home. He had
dreamed OF cities paved in gold, and Of
a people who paid big prices TO lads
With good voices but he had found the
opera season closed and his grand
another skeptlcal Of The commercial
value OF fresh unframed voices. She
had. been IA America nVe years, and OF
the little red nag and the dollar day
she was su---
Even OF The Princess he al times felt
a bit uncertain. Tor he thought II odd
= that a Princess should walk by his
corner every morning with q portfolio
under her ann There We're other
young men. 1=Lter Nels=d in American
ways, Who $3.50 thought the princess
should not ~ ak and carry Z portfolio,
Dut the Princess Houtu moi ride IN their
Csfrisg ges nor ail0w them 10 carry her
portfolio. she had gUne in for art, ana
=. The young men InCerIered Nlih the real
rZati0n OF her ambition
II GiUValui's mind. however, there
~ as no question about her royal blood
. i showed in her can lass, IN her patri-
clan features and E-r .irouoly carried
lr-Ae head in the -il ~ the wonderful
gray gown she aI..l.-s IS ore, and IN the
q KtClets al hey bit al time the young
Italian was El.-.. hat she did not ride
o IN q carriage. else X had not been given
10 him 10 see tl-t she got safely across
.the7street on his side u the tracks, ana
10 turn her over lo the more sIalW ART
p. policeman on tL- ether side
Giovanni did not tell his grandmother
about the Princess. Old Marie ran a
boarding-h0Use Tor Italian workmen
ard constant intercourse with these men
and the strusg-e % get her ooarQ
money each t.eek had rather killed
sentiment, but under her vehement
-stiI- fndfnE her love for Giovanni
burned clearly and steadily
Spring came and the Academy
i. closed, much to the regret or Kate
Cameron. otherwise the Princess. She
was just becoming interested IN paint
Ing from lie, So she persuaded ner
Sstner 70 NJ I'D little studio in the
= attic Of their town house. though she
knew Luu well that in less than
month The whole family would hit 10
their country place. one OF the pro-
tessors al the Academy agreed 10 cal
y. occasionally and criticise her work, and
there remained only the question OF
d models. A half-cOZen young men, who
. heard her talk about IL al a 1ashiona-
+: ble tea, Immediately offered 10 act III
this capacity, but she laughed aside
-
lacking IN the artistic temperament she
said
The very next morning she stopped
-Sr GlOTaDnIs crossing he had not
seen her FOR nearly a week, and he
was glad that a broken dray barred
.the passage Of both vehicles and pc
-destFians. The Princess carried no
portfolio this morning, but little sill
'ver-Courted memorandum book, filled
with the addresses Of models When
. she saw Giovanni she lost interest in
the memorandum book She had no
ticed him before as a graceful, 1.-the
lad despite his rough garments, and
ROW his eyes. glowing with delight al
sight Of hes his beautiful white teeth
SHOWING -s he smiled. and the graceful
gesture v-irh which ne continued 10
wave the fae- despite the fact that We
hlcles could either come nor go, caught
ard held h-l interest
Being q young woman Of impulse,
she then and there asked him 10 pose
for her Giovanni said Sure" one OF
the few American by-wOrds he had
picked ul- and said IL 50 softly that
Z becau-e almost a verbal careSs. His
. voice Was the last touch Miss Cam
erOn was sure now that no other model
would do. but unfortunately Giovanni
had not understood 4 word she had
said lie would have said sure" TO
any rec uest The Princess made Of him,
and this much he had gathered from
her WOrds-the Princess had need OF
4. him and his services The girl looked
puzzled. and "A fellow workman, who
understood both Italian and English
stepped forward and offered 10 act as
interpreter- The young lady desired
The services ~ Giovanni at her home
the following day Giovanni regarded
il as a royal command. but, alas, there
were his grandmother and the inexora-
bic Job"
Then suddenly his face frightened
TWO days more and there would be a
fete day (what you call it-Decora tfou
dayO and there would be no work on
the streets nor anywhere in the great
city Would that suit Her Excellency
as weu2 The Princess graciousIy as
sented- The Interpreter took the ad-
dress and the interview was over
After the girl had gone. the inter
prefer. in fluent Italian. informed Clio
vanni that be was q lucky dog. The
young lady had agreed 70 pay him fol
the days work five times as much as
he earned waving the flag. A good
days work" said the Italian. as n
turned away. But Giovanni looked
after him scornfully- The fete day va:
a mans own, and the little grand.
mother would not expect even the dol
lar from him
The great day dawned- and Giovanni
in the velvet suit he had brought from
his NeapOlitan home arrived at III,
beautiful mansion on the avenue TIL,
Princess had laid out a wealth O.
draperies gathered during her last triI
abroad. but when she saw the bOv il
Mhfe simple costume she forgot studied
a effects and could hardly wait until gh,
uosed him on the little platform I
was for Giovanni, indeed, a fete day
for the two young people managed I,