The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-02

hands, with a great effect of polite
ness.
Pardon. signor" he said. but you
Sueaka in u doorway and watch. I go
him alone now. l tell you if l set Rosa
you say nothing. If eVerabit fight, YOU
say noting. But if da cop catcha me-
you speaka da United states. Sce?"
l said l saw
Make out he went ON. like you
know me Make like you not care.
Make like YOU just happen 10y along.
Spcaka da United States" He low
cred his voice in a confidential way.
Il tell you, said he, Il not afraida
fight ! not afrajda whole damda
Arch But / not Yer we'll Spcaka de
United States VIII YOU sncaka i'm da
doorway. siguor?'
This bold lover knew how valUa BILE
an Interested acquaintance may prove
when an arrest is made in New York.
The part for which ] had been cast l
accepted ] chose a doorway, Secreted
myself as well as I COuld-and watched.
Giuseppe went on. A the foot Of the
lamp post he carefully deposited the
bag of piueapples: then he stepped out
where the light fell fun upon him.
There he squared his shoulders. adjust
ed his necktic cooked his hat on one
3 side Of his head, folded his arms high
on his breast-and sang.
And what should he sing but the song
he had sung so many nights as he
tramped back and forth before the
fruit stand.
A. the song went on I began to think
though in the uncertainty Of the light
was hardly sure, that the sash Of the
window was being slowly and noise
J leSSly lowered. Then. aS the Stauza
was concluded. there was suddenly no
doubt that success had come. The fig
/ ure Of a WOmaH was clearly to be seen
dJ the window. and as Giuseppe struck
I -
/ tenor was joined by a woman's voice.
one of those low-keycd voices which
/ seem full Of the memory Of tears:
Come. then. loved one. rend the veil
about thee.
L am worn with waiting, l must die
without thee.
Come. my love, for true as heaven
1 must ever love thee-ever Will / love
thee.
It was. perhaps. the desire for art
! iStic effect. inherent i'm the Italian uH-
turc. that held both the singers firmly
i'm their places until the refrain lyIS I'm
iShcd- Whatever the reason. the last
note was ass well accented a- tho FIRST.
J Then. as the song was done. the H-rJr.
disappeared from Tho window. ANA GIL
sopp". forgetting to gather up his bag
of pincappl"S, rushed into III" shadows
I of the arch.
/ u
and I had not long to wait. I'm Jess
I than minute there came from tha a.
! leys the most remarkable .dr;aJv of
noises which 7 have ever heard SpUEG=
Of breaking glass. heavy blows. crash
Ing of doors shouts. Of men. screams az
women. all puuCtuatcd 10y many and
: unique oathS i'm tho Italian language.
At length there Camo sound HS IF
come heavy body had fallen down q
flight OF stairs. then tho stairs them
IL. q
wild. shouting mob burst from the dark
rCccsseS out into the open street.
Well IN the lead was Giuseppe. with
one arm around the girl. and his bag
of piuclpuicS i'm the other hand. Ital-
ian women have Mysteries, il seems.
the Same as those bred in "a kCener ar.
High above the shouts Of the puTsUeIs
rams her cries. uttered in her native
! speech. ON. Giuseppe, save me, save
me, oh. Giuseppe have you come Il
! last. VIII they beat me no more Oh.
Giuseppe, is it over? DO not let them
/ beat me. Save me. Save me- And
alWay-. oh, Giuseppe, oh. Giuscppcr'
though she was not forgetting 10 50 at
very good speed.
But just as they swung fairly INFO
the roadway from Tho curve of their
course from the arch, Giuseppe turned
like "A flash. thrust the Sirl behind him.
ana faced his pursuers. Two dark ug-
I1res headed these. and from traditions
i
CLEAN of knives. But if the men had
knives they had no chance t. use them
4 bag containing dozen pineapplrS.
swung by the arm Of a man strong ana
thoroughly i'm earnest. makes a potent
weapon. ono of tho dark figures went
down To- the pavement. the Other stag
CcrCd to the curb and fell i'm the gutter,
and both stayed where they struck.
Surprised by this diversion jha mob
heSiIatcd for the bdrCSt iutSHut, aUd in
that instant Giuseppe. with the bag
over his shoulder, and the girl, with her
hystCria under comparative control
got around the corner and out Of sight
The street had filled suddenly. The
sidewalks were packed 20 the edges,
and shouting, sesticulating figures
joStled each other in the roadway. A
! half-dOzen heads looked from each of
a thousand windows. The tUnlUlt was
tremendous.
Mentally resiging the Office OF spokes-
man in the language Of the United
| States. I started IN the opposite -diTeC-
! ton 10 that taken by Giuseppe. At first
! l went slowly, not To attract attention.