Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-06-23

tlou, NhGn once more tle QUEER 1OOf
-. rod, and Francesca hurried in
~et and flushed.
You herei" she exclaimed, in a
voice so startled that Hates attention
was instantly arrested
z lrTo had been standing at one of
| h little lattice windows. watching
the torrents Of rain. She had not per-
ceived him til she had closed the door
behind her He turned instantly.
There was no time for thought. It
was impossible thai any recollection
OF Captain Britton OF Anita should
cloud that perfect moment. He was
only conscious Of two things-that
Francesca was present, and that there
was no longer the dreary necessity Of
behaving as though their love was
nonresident.
"Carinal carina mia" he cried,
crossing the nut at lightning speed !;
and the mex moment Francesca was
clasped in his arms.
! Al had passed so quickly that there
/ had been no chance for poor Kate to
make her presence known, and she sat
now in the inner room petrified with
! astonlshTent. Her first thought was
one Of Indignation, but when she saw
that Francesca clung TO her lover,
sobbing pitifully, her heart was
touched; and though she told herself
that she distinctly disapproved of
this sort Of nonsense she began to
| see that there must be something In
the past of her cousin and Signor Do
! natl Of which she was unaware--prob-
| ably an undeclared loye-story, vel!
known to her father What so likely
as that he should have interested
himself in the young Italian on this
account, and himself have FASTENED
Francesca's visit in the hope that the
barrier between whatever it
might would be removed?
| All this flashed through Hates
mind as she watched the two who
stood but a few PAGES from her. and
heard with unwilling ears the min
gled love and grief so little intended
for any outsider Yet what could she
do? To leave the summer-house she
must pass through the room in which
they were talking-must not on,y put
an end to the interview, but enbar,
rass them past bearing
Again, If she even moved a muscle,
Carlo, with his pre;ernaturally sharp
| hearing. would certainly notice it: she
| did not dare even to raise her hands
TO stop her ears, lest he should over
hear the movement; and so in sore
yeXatiOn she remained an unwilling
spectator of ali that passed. True,
when they spoke low and fast in Ital.
| ian, she could NOT always follow them.
but very often they would suddenly
/ relapse into English and then every
| sNl.,hie could be heard through the
! thin woodGl partition.
Tell me said Carlo, when. ter
time. they sat down on the rustic
| seat nj the Other end OF the hut Fran
cesca's head drawn close down on his
shoulder--"tell me, darling, this one
thing Why did your father wish you
] ~ lNAsh itblilG WI III 4tNbii HiAbNN "
me your letter to him, and you said
Wei didn't mean TO have told
you" said Francesca. breaking in
quickly, but it was this CarlIno.
Count Carossa The man who took
! villa Bruno. YOU know made father
an offer of marriage for me, and that,
I of course, had 10 be declined, though
/ father was yeXed and really wanted
me to accept him. Then ! had to
/ speak. for ! was afraid we should be
/ constantly having such troubles. so !
Iold him that though. OF course, /
4 would a WAYS obey him, and would
/ consider my betro hal with YOU al an
/ end. yer there was an inner sense in
| v hch II could never end for me. and
| | said al ! dared 10 his about the
/ future YET could not move him He
/ doesn't see what a false position il
| puts me in-how hard II is TO go out
into the world and keep people at a
! distance without being rude OF prud-
angry with me. because he thought
! ought To have been able To freeze
away the stupid men who will crowd
around one at parties Enrico is very
good 10 me nov, though; he is the
/ one man worth speaking to in Naples
/ because he tells me when he has
heard from YOU. and if YOU are Well"
! He writes 20 tell me when he has
seen YOU said carlo
1t is on'y such a pity continued
/ Francesca that he is not italian in
/ stead of German, then perhaps, he
would he better talker and tell me
more about YOU He somehow gets in
/ so little and stumhleS so. ard it is
/ just rs II were starving ard he Were
/ tolng me out crumbs instead of bits
/ OF bread.
/ 7. Is d shame 10 abuse the dear old
/ lel ON. " said Carlo. smiling. vet that
[ is just What | have fcl. all these
months with his letters, Perhaps. af
/ ter weeks Of waiting | get one very
;. H. Il GO.