The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-28

nave concealed it, but with A. wouan..
shsh she extracted it from him Then
eoAsoled him and bade him have
| pu'aSe. iel hapS the Government
stie suggested, did not even Know oi
.helr existence. There were So MANI
people IN the great city, and how
u ,San ene authorities keep track Of
@ @sheh all, She said. Angelina took
nope and went back to his work
ENery DAY he sought the paper
anu Iead the list OF marriage licenses
oieathllS Freely when he found his
1Iiiae D. Vas not among them.
| pul NINA, whose mother came from
SPAN, 'hought OF the list, too. Ou,y.
unlike Angelina, she sought an ey'
piahation from her empower. VINO Vas
one Oh the Italian consular officials
ne toIu her that III America peoul,. ~
Sel married must h We licenses. and
that to get licenses they ..us, amy
at the City Han. Nina asked no more.
snort time atterward Nina, who
iiau stuuied ana as! questions, and
learned that marriage licenses cou,d
be had at the great building by the
railroad station, by any one old enough
10 marry VINO could convince the Gov
efhinent that al! W s right, arrayed
hetseif in her most precious goods and
raiment, all from Genoa, and with n
friend who spoke English she went to
the City Hall; and there she at length
received the ornate document author
izing her and Angelina to be Joined in
matrimony.
house and her mistress and those
othefS VINO saw her observed that she
was radiant, but very silent and yery
thoughtful all that day.
II was late thu evening that there
came timid knock at the back gate,
ana Nina, whose hear. could not keep
still, sent one of the other servants
to open it. A flicke. ing gas let shed
its uncertain yellow light over the rear
wall; but, poor as the light was Nina
observed, when Angelina entered, that
nus sWarthy countenance was w er
than she had ever known it since the
day he embarked for America. And
she then knev- he h.. read the lis
What if he had learned her perfidy? !?
What if after all he was rot deceived? :?
Nina realized now, for the first time,
that she had wagered everything on a
single cast of the die, and might lose.
There was sudden pressure at her
heart. as If 1t would .urst. But in an
instant she regained her self-control
and went to meet her Anrelino. She
smiled and held out her arms. Angel
ino looked at her soberly and kissed
her almost fearfully; but even as he
bent forward she saw the white Eng
lish newspaper in his pocket.
They sat on the bench on the back
talked. for Angelina was silent and
thoughtful. At last s too, became
silent and anxious.
AT length Angelina unfolded her
arms and with a deep sigh .rew the
paper from his pocket. "Do not
blame me, Nina he almost sobbed,
"but--it has comet
.sNpu hal he cria5 Nina. abla N, a 1,o,,
and for what am 1 to blame you. my
child?"
Angelina slowly unfolded the paper
and at length found the little list at
the bottom. He laid it out on his hand
before Nina. There" he said, there
it is; read. my Nina"
But" protested she sweetly. you
know, my babe, that l cannot read the
English"
You can read this" said Angelina.
"Be brave"
"Your name" she said. "and mine.
What can it mean?"
"Can you bear it, knowing we have
so little money!" cried Angelina in
torment. 1T means that tho Govern
ment has ordered us to marry"
Nina was silent. Then she arose,
and, turning her eyes upon Angelina.
looked into his eyes with the light of
a conscious courage. at is the will Of
tiie L Slie Siieo. " {
must submit"
1t was still early the next day when
Nina hastened to the church and
handed the paper with the gorgeous
print to the reverend father. And that
very month, after the bans had all been
said, Angelina and Nina We're married,
though they had far less than 500,
and now have even less than they had
then. But they are happy.-Philadel-
phia Record.