The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-30
GARABALDPS W00ING.
Magnetic Daring With Which Anlta
Riberas Was Won and Welded.

Riberas Was Won and Welded.
The whole life Of the great Italian
nberator, Garibaldi, was one Of roman
tic adventure. but nothing else In Il
was more romantic than his wooing.
which is described I'm his own narra-
tive. He had been driven from Italy
In 1896 aud landed IN South America.
where he Joined the Struggle then be-
ing carried on by several small states
against the empire OF Brazil He had
with him many devoted comrades.
whom he loved with his whole heart.
One day, however. ne was shipwreclS-
ed on the Brazilian coast Of Santa
Catharina. and several OF Ills dearest
friends were drowned in getting to
shore. The survivors at once Joined
the local army. led a successful attack
on Laguna and were hailed as liberia
tors. Caribaldi was made chief OF the
captured Brazilian fleet He paced up
and down the deck of his flagship, but
In no victor's mood. The loss OF so
many friends had filed him with mel.
nncholy. and he began to feel his lone
Illness. His mind turned to a natural
remedy. lie determined TO seek q
bride among these people who SO idol
tied him
"The loss OF Luigi Edoardo and 9th.
crs Of my countrymen," he wrote in
his own story. left me utterly isolated,
felt quite alone In the world | need
ed human heart to love me, one that
could always keep near me. l felt
that unless l found one at once life
would become Intolerable.
by chance cast my eyes toward
the houses OF the Barra, a hill on the
south side Of tke entr8rce to the la
COON. where few simple and pictur.
esque dwellings were visible. Outside
one of these by means Of my telescope
I espied a young woman. and forth.
with gave orders for my boat to be
got out. as I wished to go ashore"
This girl was Anita Riberas eight
cen years old, young woman Of un-
usual beauty OF great bodily strength
and endurance and Of an unusually
nne type OF intellect. as romantic as
Garibaldi and as untiring as he in her
labors for liberty.
II landed" says Garibaldi. "and, max.
Ing for the houses where I expected
to find the object OF my excursion. J
had just given up hopes OF seeing her
again when l met an inhabitant of
the place whose acquaintance had
made soon after our arrival. He In.
yited me TO take coffee In his house.
1--WE entered, and the first person
vho met my eyes was the damsel who
had attracted me ashore We beth re.
maIned enr0ptured and silent, gazing
On one another like two people who
inset not FOR the first time and who
seek in each others faces something
that viii make It easier TO recall for.
gotten past At last greeted her with
the words In Italian. Thou oughtest
to be mine.
"Aiy insolence was magnetic. | had
formed a tie, pronounced a decree,
which death alone could annul."
The young woman was at that time
betrothed by her father to wealthy
suitor whom she had refused to mar
~. As her father and the sultor were
determined, however. and she had nc
option the arrival Of Garibaldl must
have been extremely welcome. In q
moment she had given her life to him.
Her father refusing TO change her
destiny, Garibaldl came ashore with a
small party few nights later and
carried her OF by force-wlth her en-
tire consent-and they were married
at another port
Later, when he was lighting FOR
Uruguayan independence. she rode
with him through privation and starva
ton over the prairlo=, and on one
march, while they rode together. be
carried their three months old son in
handkerchief slung round his neck.
Never were man and wife more pas
slonately devoted to each other than
these two. and when in the terrible
retreat from Rome in 1S49 she sue
cumbed TO fever and died in a but In
the marshes OF the Po delta Il seemed
10 the soldier that not only the light Of
Italy but the light OF life itself had