Charlevoix county herald., 1906-06-23

have concealed 1t, but with a woman's
skill she extracted IL from him. linen
she consoled him and babe him have
courage. Perhaps the Government,
she suggested, did not even know OF
their existence. There were SO many
people in the great city, ana now
could the authorize, keep track OF
them all, she said. Angelina TOOK
hope and went back to his work.
| Every day he sought the paper
and 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-
planation from her employer, who was
one of the Italian consular ofhcials'
He told her that in America people TO
| get married must h We licenses, and
that to get licenses they AUST apply
at the City Hall. Nina asked no more.
A short time afterward Nina, who
had studied and asl d 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
eminent that all w right, arrayed
herself in her most precious goods and
raiment, all from Genoa, and with a
friend who spoke English she went to
the city Hall; and there she at length
received the ornate document author-
lizing 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 it. A fiickel:ng gas jet shed
it's uncertain yellow light over the real
, wall; but, poor as the light was Nina
} observed, when Angelina entered, tina,
his swarthy countenance was w el
q than she had ever known 1t since the
a day he embarked for America. AnC
I | 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
: single cast Of the die, and might lose
There was a sudden pressure at he
= heart, as If 1t would .urst. But in al
= instant she regained her self-contro
- and went to meet her Angelina. Sh
= | smiled and held out her arms. Angel
y inc looked at her soberly and kisse'
Z her almost fearfully: but even as h
: bent forward she saw the white Eng
lish newspaper in his pocket.
They sat on the bench on the bacl
q porch and talked, or rather Nin
q talked, for Angelina was silent an
/. thoughtful. At last s. too, becam
silent and anxious.
/ At length Angelina unfolded he
arms and with a deep sigh rev tn
paper from his pocket. DO no
| blame me, Nina" he almost sobbeo
"but-it has come!"
N "You babe" cried Nina: "blame yor
and for what am to blame you, m
child?"
Nj Angelina slowly unfolded the pape
T and at length found the little list
the bottom. He laid 1t out on his han
before Nina. There" he said, "ther
it Isl read, my Nina"
But" protested she sweetly.
\ know, my babe, that cannot read IN
\ English"
\ You can read this" said Angelin'
"Be brave"
your NAME" she said. land min
What can it meanf
"Can you bear it, knowing we hay
y so little money!" cried Angelina
torment. "It means that the Govern
ment has ordered us to marry"
= Nina was silent. Then she aros
4 and, turning her eyes upon Angelin
Y looked into his eyes with the light
], a conscious courage. at is the will
n the Heavenly Father" she cried. ~
= must submit"
It was still early the next day wh'
Nina FASTENED to the church al
ha handed the paper with the gorgeo
at print to the reverend father. And tn
I Io very month, after the bans had all be
~, said, Angelina and Nina were marrit
~ though they had far less than Sl'
"a and now have even less than they n
Az then. But they are happy.-Philad
a.. phia Record.