Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-03-29

70 him ! Am afraid ne vii yrow so nilct
worse that l shal! loss h.ir.
"Therefore. | beg you. not by the love
YOU haze fcr me. which places you under
no obligations. hut by your noble nature.
which seems to make you more courteous
than any one else. consent to give me the
bird. Then j may say that by this gift
I ha"e kent my son alive and so placed
him under eterna! obligations to YOU
FEDERICO. hearing what the lady asked.
and regrctting that he could not serve her.
because ne had given 1t 10 her to eat.
began to weep before he could answer a
word.
The lady 81 A:st believed that this weep
ing came moro from grief at having to
give up the good falcon t,,an from any
thing else. ard she was almost on the
point Of saying thar she did not wish 1t.
hut she checked herself and waited for
F~ederigo's nav, which came. atte.
many tears.
My lady. since TIC t!n.r when h. Gods
will I gave you. ms love 1 have found
fortune hostile to me- in many things, and
have complained OF h.-: but all those,
things Were nothins IN comparison with
what she is doing to iie nova thing for
which I shall never forgive her, when I
think that you have come here to my Door
house. where you ne.cr deigned to come
when 1T was Il rich one, and you seek
from me IL little gift. and fortune has sc
contrived that I ca;not give 1t to you; and
l shall tell you BREEZY why This cannot b.,
When I heard thal you-and 1 thank
you for it-wished TO break fast with me. I
considered t ft and proper. with regard
to your rank and your worth, t., honor,
you with more precious food. so Gar Al !av
In my power. than those viands whis..l re
generally used Cor other persons.
so. when l thought of the falcon which
you now ask ire for. and Of his value, L
Judged hin, to bc ut food for you. and this
morning You haveshad him roasted upoil
the platter n I thought that was an ex-
celiert US. FOR him. but now when 7 seq
that you have wished for him IN al.other
way. 1 feel such grief because I cannot
serve you that I am sure l SHALL nevc,
give myself a moments peace about IT,
And say,ns this he had the fea theirs and
feet ard head brought orwa Ms a proof.
her the lady saw and heard this, i,rst
shs planned him for having slain srsi. IL
falcd . jus, to give food 10 1 woman: ans,
then III her hear, she praised hiyi,l. The
greatness OF his SOU which poverty uY,,
not been itbl. to lessen. sine went aN,,y
sadly and returned to her son.
The boy. either from grief because n.
could not have the falcon, or from ,h,
natural progress OF his sickness. not many
Gays later. to 'he great grief of MS moth.
nr. rassed sronl this life. She, aftc, e,,.
herself up to tears and h:ttcrncss :o,. !,
tiine. bs-ns: row rich ani still you.;v. ,,as
aftcii urgcu l.! her brothers To n,or y
again. ~
Although she was reluctant. get. seeing
hcrself tofneh-cd by them. she r.r,cn-
Der the :ohin qualities OF FEDERICO and
MS last act Of mel. his
Killing such a falcon TO honor her-and
she said 10 her brothers:
\ would rather remain . widow n vol,
were willing: but II you stu wish ma IN
marry I shall certalnir never marry 80
unless n DO with FEDERICO deel Alher.
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