The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-20

have concealed 1t, but with a woman's
skill she extracted it from him. Then
she consoled him and bade him have
courage. Perhaps the Government,
she suggested, did not even know OF
their existence. There were so many
people in the great city, and how
could the authorities keep track of
them all, she said. Angelina took
hope and went back to his work.
Every day he sought the paper
ana read the list OF marriage licenses,
breathing freely when he found his
name was not among them.
But Nina, whose mother came from
Spain, thought of the list, too. Oniy,
unlike Angelina, she sought an ex-
PLANTATION from her employer, who was
one of the Italian consular officials.
He told her that i'll America people 10
get married must h We licenses, and
that to get licenses they .4lust Apply
at the City Hail. Nina asked no more.
A short time atterward Nina, who
had studied and asl questions, and
learned that marriage licenses could
be had at the great building by the
railroad station, by any one old enough
TO marry who could convince the Gov
ernment that all w right, arrayed
herself in her most precious goods and
raiment, all from Genoa, and with a
the City Hall; and there she at length
received the ornate document author
izing her and Angelina to be Joined in
matrimony.
Nina went back to her employers
house and her mistress and those
others who saw her observed that she
was radiant, but very silent and very
thoughtful all that day.
1t was late thu evening that there
came a timid knock at the back gate,
and Nina, whose hear. could not keep
still, sent one of the other servants
to open ii. A fiickea ing gas jet shed
it's uncertain yellow light over the rear
wall; but, poor as the light was Nina
observed, when Angelina entered, that
his SWarthy cOuntenance was W er
than she had ever known it since the
day he embarked for America. And
she then knew he h-.. read the lis
What If he had learned her perfidy?
What If after all he was not 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 a sudden pressure at her
heart, as If II would Eurst. But in an
instant she regained her self-control
and went to meet her Angelina. 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
porch and talked, or rather Nina
talked, for Angelina was silent and
thoughtful. At last s. too, became
silent and anxious.
At length Angelina unfolded her
arms and with deep sigh .rew the
paper from his pocket. "Do not
Ia 10 Il. IL
"but-it has comet"
you babe" cried Nina: "blame you,
and for what am 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 cannot read the
English"
You can read this" said Angelina.
"Be brave"
"Your name." she said. "and mine.
What can 1t mean?"
Can you bear il, knowing we have
so little money!" cried Angelina in
torment. ut means that the 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
conscious courage. "It is the will OF
the Heavenly Father" she cried. "We
must submit"
1t was still early the next day when
Nina fastened 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 were married,
though they had far less than 800,
and now have even less than they had
then. But they are happy.-Phlladel-
phia Record.