Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-16

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these cheerful children of sunny Italy
smiled easily and often on their joy
Gus journey through the world. Page
acknowledged their greeting in kind.
and said to the woman:
TEL your husband 1 wish for his
help and will pay him we'll"
Inc woman said something in their
native tongue to the man. who slid
with alacrity from his elevation. and.
with more smiles and many bows. laid
hahd on the crank Of the piano-oygan.
he mad begun the execution of the i'm
perishable "Hyavota" when Page
waved him away with a gesture and
addressed himself again to the woman.
| pointing at the same time toward a
pile of old seepers which he had OBJ
served lying beside the railway track.
Tell him to bring me two or three
| of those" he said.
Sne looked her eager willingness to
do his bidding, but seemed not en-.
tirely to understand. He tried again
Bring lumber, wood, bosco," he ex-
claimed, catching at an italian word
".
This time she was genuinely puz-
zled. The woods, to which he might
be supposed to refer were behind him.
and he was pointing exactly in the op-
posite direction. At last. however Nv
dint of much explanation and gesticu-
lation he made her comprehend and
the couple started off toward the pile
of Slnpnnrc PTboir 20
out his instructions exempified ytrik
ingly the relation between the sexss
among the peasantry of Europe. The
woman rolled her apron into the form
of pad, placed it on her head. and
then. with some slight assistance from
the man, got one of the sleepers into
position above it. Thus burdened, she
trudged sturdily back, while her hus-
band rested from his exertions on the
pile that had furnished her with her
load. Page would have helped her lay
the sleeper where it was needed, but
she refused his aid. And when he
demonstrated with her for doing what
he had intended her partner to do she
said smilingly:
mo, no; me- I bring. Veree strong
I gass." With which she departed
blithely for her second sleeper.
When three sleepers had been laid in
a pile in the ditch Page had two fence
rails brought to serve as levers, and,
the italian man being pressed into SER
vice, the united strength of the trio was
brought to bear upon the automobile
tn JA OftA nttt nf hn r11IId
But the bed on which the fulcrum had
been placed was not strong enough to
stand the pressure, and the effort
proved a total failure. While Page was
celebrating what to do next a boy
came that way leading COW by means
of a new, stout rope, and the sight
gave him an idea.
BY the promise of pecuniary recon-
pense he persuaded the boy to liberate
the COW temporarily and lend the rope.
He had the woman detach the albino
from the piano-organ, and through the
medium of the rope he connected him
with the automobile. A sleeper was
laid down before the embedded front
wheel, and the horse was commanded
to go.
"Hup, 'Vanni! geet hup!" cried his
mistress, and under this encourage
ment the obedient animal started. He
puffed vigorously, with a display OF
muscle quite out of proportion to his
d,minutive stature, but-he pulled in
vain. The woman, who seemed also to
have ideas occasionally, bade him cease,
and. jumping into the ditch, began to
claw with might and main at the grass
and turf that lay between the forward
and rear wheels Having cleared the
sembance of path for the latter, she
once more directed 'Vanni to "geet
hup!" This time he got up to some
purpose, and drew the automobile high
and dry into the road. Page was i'm
mensely relieved.
THAT is a good horse of yours" he
said gratefully, and handed the woman
a liberal reward.
YES" she assented, smiling with
modest pride, "heem no too mooch-a
han some to see, bot heem pritty dam
nice-a leetel hossy-I gass. Tank you,
gantaman. Good-a bye!"
So the incident closed. The Italians,
smiling amiably, went their way, the
cow-leading boy, with coin of un-
usual size-for him-went his, and the
when he had wiped the mud
from his vehicle and had assured him
self that 1t was in perfect running Or
der, began to ascend the long hill.
When he reached the house he had
seen at the top, he bethought himself
that he was thirsty, and turned in
there for draught of water. Three
men We're seated under portico roof
which extended from the front door, all
white-haired and very old They were
likewise very deaf, for when he made
his request not one of them could un-
what he wished for. Soon.
however, a middle-a aged woman ap-
peared at the door. and with her he
was more successful.
"Will you tell me what-what estab-