The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-01
WoEp WITH WEAPONS.
Adorne Swain Uses Drastic Measures
 To Win Girl of Ills Choice.
From the Buffalo Times.

From the Buffalo Times.
 Salvatore Vinciano, gallant Roman
 wooed and won Paolina di Ponta, beau-
 tiful Roman girl, after the most ardent.
 strenuous, and desperate courtship on record,
 For love of her he attacked her with a
 razor, slashing her check he blew up her
 home with dynamite; he stabbed her with
 stiletto. and then shot off two of her
 fingers Incidentally he spent three years
 and three months in prison as result of
 his loving attentions.
 Such sacrifice constancy and devotion
 at last conquered the heart of the beauti-
 full Italian girl. and recently she mar
 ried him in the church of San Giuseppe,
 in Rome after pleading with the magis- trate not to send him to jail again, but
 to forgive him for shooting off two of her fingers that she might give all of herself, . that he had failed to cut or shoot off to him in Wedlock.
 The courtshp began four years ago when Salvatore saw and fell desperately in love with Paoina. girl of great beauty. and who, besides, had an income of $1, 800 year. He loved not her money he loved her and with all the passion and f1ereeness of his race. But her people were proud and they considered his fam fly beneath them, although he claimed
 the blood of the Roman conquerors. For months he wooed her with mandolin and song, sitting under her easement and singing soft love songs. but she seorned his love and would none of him. Despairing in his suit Salvatore met her in the street, and passlonately avow- ing his love, pleaded with her to marry him. and as she turned away he drew Il
 razor and slashed her across the cheek, trying In vain to spoil the beauty that was not for him The wound on the olive cheek healed and Salvatore was given IS
 months in prison in which to heal the wound in his heart, but he came forth from his cell more loving than ever, and. after proposing again and being refused again. he procured dynamite and blew up her fathers house. killing two horses and a mule belonging to his inamorata. and wrecking the lower part of the house. For that he was sent away to prison for
 another IS. months, and Paolna, hattered by the delicate attention and constancy Of
 her lover refused her other suffers. Then, one sunny day, Vinciano return ed from prison and armed with guitar and a dagger he seated himself under the easement and sang love songs until the signorita came out with her mother He approached humbly and pleaded with her again to marry him. and again, in spite of the razor and dynamite, she re- lnSeu, anu NlncldnO, uIdWlHB llt uds6ti stabbed her In the arm. inf1icting ser | ious wound.
 | The girl touched with this added proof | of her lovers devotion did not prosecute damagingly, and the magistrate reduced l the sentence 10 three months in prison. | and when he was gone Paolina mourned l It seemed as if Salvatore was going to | have to serve for his Rachel even longer 1 time than Jacob did for his.
 1 Salvatore, when hew as released, deter mined to adopt drastic measure to win 1 the heart of the obdurant beauty. He ap- | pealed to her to marry him and again she refused and that time he opened fire and shot off two of her fingers. He was arr rested and dragged away. Then with her l fingers gone. a scare on her face and an other on her arm, her heart relented and she pleaded with the magistrate to free l her lover that she might marry him and prevent him from bringing heavy artillery | or shirhose into the courtship.
 1 So the following week they were mar
 ried in great state in the grand old church
 of San Giuseppe. and Paolina, putting the three fingers of her hand trusingly into
 the hand of Salvatore, took the vows of
 the church, and after some searching Sal-
 vatore found finger and slipped the ring upon it.
 And they have lived happily ever since.