Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-02-10
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like you, he said, with some effort
You are the first man have seen
whose friendship could have wished
But I will be friends with no man
Who does not know the truth about
me; and whoever knew the truth
would not care to be my friend.
81 should care" said Carlo, quickly.
The Englishman shook his head.
Then, suddenly resuming his usual
reckless, nonchalant manner. he said,
with laugh;
Few men. / fancy, have managed
to sustain their nom de geurre so
completely; Merlino himself has not
even a notion of my true surname"
What induced you to take the
name OF Sardoni?" asked Carlo.
We'll. according to the character OF
my questiouer | have two replies,
said sardoni "Matter-of-fact: 1t oc
cured to me one morning while was
breakfasting of sardlnes. Poetic:
assumed it in sardonic mood. while
contemplating a journey to SARDINIA
We have some funny improvements
on names among US
Are they chiefly Italians in the
company"
ooh we are a mixed multitude, =
said SardouL 'I'll prepare you for
your future lot and give you a faith
full description Of the happy band OF
pilgrims Let us ,a more courteous
than the play-bills, and take the ladies
FIRST. Top Of the list stands Madame
Merlino, who needs no description
Next comes Mademoiselle elise de
Calsne. little French flirt Then the
two mezzos. Mademoiselle Lauriston,
ditto, ditto. and Miss Robinson, who
halls from New York. but sings under
the name Of Duroc; she Is an average
American girl, and can be pleasant
enough. also-which speaks well OF
her-she Ia hand In glove with Do
menicO Borelli. The Borelli Is a Nal.
tese lady, in reality Borg-every one
is a Borg in Malta, She Is a con
tralto with a wonderful compass. q
real good painstaking artist. the Joy
OF Marionl's heart; there exists be-
tween them a platonic friendship.
Next we come to the tenors-----"
Headed by Signor Sardoni," put in
Carlo, with a smile.
And close IN my heels continued
the EnglIstman. follow my two riv-
ais, Creveili and Caffieri- awfully
Jealous OF me-awfully; not of each
other, that's the odd part: but then
they are so much alike that it's al
ways case of which is which, and
when one is praised the other thinks
1t was mistake and really meant
for him; those two are bona fide Ital-
ians. and as Ike as two peas-broad
forehead. straight black hair, correct
profile, big mustache, great expanse
OF cheek You'll find some trouble In
knowing them apart. but at last I've
Induced Crevelli to keep his hair an
inch longer than the others just for
convenience sake
THAT brings us to the basses and
to- your brotber.in-law: we won't dis
cuss him; youn find that he gets well
treated because they all live in NOR
tai terror OF him Then Gomez.
Gomez has raven hair and sd cast
OF countenance. he halls from Sc
Vile and stands much on his dignity,
Tanini, alias Joshua c, Tanner, is a
jolly Yankee, and has a keen eye to
the main chance. A very practical
man Is Tanner. he'll soon be 'calc'lat-
ing that he can't understand such a
knighterrant as you Next comes
Bauer a good, solid lump of human
ity. always In at dlnnN time and TO
be found at odd hours tueking in, re-
gardless of the coming opera. He re.
minds me OF an old nursery song of
ours about
a duck, who had got such habit OF
stufilng,
That all day long IL was painting and
putting
Baners often out Of breath on the
stage. youll fad Then there Is Do
natl, the baritone. whose character l
have not yet fathomed; and Fasola. a
miserable stick, capable only OF third
rate parts. but supposed TO be your
understudy. and finally. our little con
ductor, Marioni who wears himself 10
tiddlestrings, all out of devotion TO
the muse. and ars his hair-youll
see presently how ragged It is--be,
cause he can't get things down as he
would wish"
Il have heard Piale speak very
highly of him" said Carlo, and then
he sat silent for a minute OF two.
musing over Sardoni's odd descrip,
ton OF his future companions. and
wondering what THIS strange new lie
would be like
Was Generic faycsite?" be
asked a; leugth
He was hated by some aud liz ii
10y others; Oomvuica Boreli. for N
stance, was not on speaking tertos
With him
And yet travelled in The same com
pany?"
oh, tina, is perfectly possible !
don't think she has spoken 10 him
since We were at san Francisco a
year age. yc Of course they had TO
act together The Borelu is ex-
traf4a.Iy f.etfS{o,,s. gb., viii Ng,b',. .,,,