The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-13
GARABAlDl'S WOOlNG.
Magnetic Daring With Which A-ts
Riberas Was Won and Wsdded.

Wv "hNAN NV VI wv kifuA iAbllln !
liberator. Garibaldl. was one OF roman
tic adventure but nothing else In It |
was more romantic than his wooing.
which is described In his own narru
tive. lie had been driven from Italy
In 1896 and landed In South America. /.
wb IRE he Joined the struggle then he
ing carried on by several small states
against the empire Of Brazil. lie had
with him many devoted comrades. /.
whom he loved with his whole heart /
One day, however. he was shipwrcck
ed on the brazilian coast OF Santc
Catharina. and several Of his deares
friends were drowned In getting e.
shore. The survivors ut once Joined
the local army. led n successful attack
on Laguua and were hailed as liberia
tors. Garibadl was made chief Of the
captured Brazilian fleet. He paced M
and down the deck of his flagship. but
In no victor's mood. The loss of So
many friends had filled him with mel.
ancholy. aud he began to feel his lone.
lncss. His mind turned to natural
remedy. He determined to seek
bride among these people who SO idol
lied him.
"Thc loss Of Luigi Edoar,lo and 9th
ers of my countrymeu." he wrote IN
his own story. left inc utterly Isolated.
| felt quite alone in the world. | need
ed a human heart to love me, one that
| could always keep near me. felt
that unless | found one at once life
would become intolerablc.
"By chance | cast my eyes toward
the houses Of the Barrn. a hill ON the
south side OF the entrance to the Ia
goon. where n few simple and plctur
csquc dwellings were visible. Outside
one of these by means of my telescope
| espied Il young woman. and forth
with ! gave orders for my boat to Ice
got out. as | wished to 20 ashore"
This girl was Anita Riberas. eight
cen years old. young woman OF nm
usual beauty, Of great bodily strength
and endurance and Of an unusually
fine type Of intellect. as romantic rs
Garibaldi and as untiring as he In her
labors for liberty.
Il landed" says Garibaldi. "and. MAJ;
ing for the houses where expected
TO find the object OF my excursion.
had just given up hopes of seeing her
again when | met an inhabltant of
the place whose acquaintance | had
made soon after our arrival. lie In
vited me 10 take coffee I'm his house
1--WE entered, and the first person
who met my eyes was the damscl who
had attracted me ashore. We bothsrc.
mained cnraptured and silent gazing
on one another like two people who
meet not for the first time and who
seek In each others faces something
that will make II easier to recall for
gotten past At last | greeted her with
the words In Italian, Thou oughtcst
TO bc mine
"My insolcnce was magnetic. | had
formed tie, pronounced decree,
which death alone could annul."
The young woman was at that time
| bctrothcd by her father 10 n wealthy
suitor whom she had refused to mar.
ry. As her father aud the suitOr were
determined, however. AMI she had no
option the arrival of Garlbaldi must
/ have been cXtleucly welcome. In II
! moment she had given her life to him
! Her father refusing 10 change her
| destiny. Garhaldl came ashore with n
small party few nights later ana
| carried her or 10y force with her en-
tire conscnt-and they were married
at another port
Later, whsn he was fighting for
| UruGuavan Independence. she rode
with him through priyation and starva
tion over the pralrlcs, and on one
march. while they role together, he
carried their three months old son In
handkerchief slung round his neck.
Never were man aud wife more pms
slonatcly devoted TO each other than
these two. aal when In tho terrible
retrcn' from Rome In 1919 she sue
cumned to fc10r ard died In hut IN
the marshes Of the Po delta II seemed
to the soldier that not oay The ligh' Of
Italy but the light of life itself had
gone out