Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-22
A TELLTALE SHADOW It Warns a Man That He Is
 In Danger
 D F. A MrTuiEL
B F. A MIroHEL
Copyright. 1sac. by American Press
 Association


 Sorrento. in southern Italy. is a colony of villas and hotels. many of which are surrounded by oranse groves. The place is built on a crescent shaped rock at the foot of which is the mar gin of the Mediterranean A part of this margin laps a beach. and on this beach are fishermen's boats. and there also the women do the family wash ing.
 One morning Seymour Wilcox. a young American traveller. was looking down oyer low stone wall built for the protection of persons on the clif above. when he saw a young giri washing clothes in the sea. Being some 200 feet above her. he could not see what she was like. but distance lends entertainment to the view" and he could. even from that distance. de tect a certain grace in her movements. He went down on to the beach for a nearer view.
 He found a girl of fifteen. though at that age and even much younger an Italian girl is a woman. She pos sessed tine dark hair and eyes of her people and good figure. Her arms from exposure, were brown. but they were shapely. Wilcox watched her fos a time, then walked past her and smiled at her. He not only smiled. but spoke to her for he knew something of the Italian language. He learned that her name was Marie and her father was a fisherman. After brief chat he returned to the town above.
 But the next morning he looked down again over the wall. and. al though he knew he would be playing with edged tools. seeing Marie be- low, ne yielded to a temptation to go down again and have few words with her This time the girl met him with a smile indicating that she was very much pleased that he had come again. On this visit be talked to her longer than before
 Wflcox continued these visits. He found a wineshop down among these fishermen's quarters and would go in there for liter of wine and to smoke. Sometimes he would take Marie in to have a glass with him. There was nothing unusual in this in Italy. The Italian wines have very little alcohol in them and are drunk by the women and children the same as the men. Be- sides. wineshop in Italy is a very different affair from saloon in Amer . ica
 The landlord of the hotel where Will cox was stopping knew nothing of his descents to the fishermen's quarters or he would have warned him against going there. The young man mention ed the matter to no one. He knew he was taking risk. but not how much of a risk Besides. he was a fearless fellow and at an age where a man of courage is more apt to court than avoid danger. Nevertheless he did moi sufficiently realize the position in which be was placing himself 10 go armed.
 One night Wilcox went down to the beach and. calling for Marie at hel fathers cottage. invited her to go fol a ride out on the water in her fathers boat. the father to sail it. Marie trans mitted the request to her father. wht agreed to the plan. Indeed. no on' had manifested a desire to interfer' with Wilrox's attentions to the girl Whether those nearest her were ex pecting to get money out of the Amer icano or whether they were permittin, her to lure him into a position wher they could rob him didn't matter t him. bent as he was on enjoying be society.
 After a couple of hours sail tn party returned to the shore. and WI cox asked the father and daughter t go into the wineshop for refreshmen' The father declined for both himsel and his daughter saying it was lat and he must be up early in the morn ing to begin his days fishing. Wi COX bade them good night. and. as was early for him. went into the wins shop alone for his tipple and hi smoke
 There was no one in the place e' cept the woman. who set the wine b' fore the American and left him Thei was a fireplace In the room aud. th nights being chilly in Italy, Wilcox 2 called her and asked her to bring a few fagots and build a fire. st was surprised at the request, for fu is enormously expensive in Italy: bu Knowing him to be an Americal which to these people means havin plenty of mopey. she aeceded to b request. Wilcox sat down before si fire with the wine beside him ar drank and smoked and. without i tending it. fell asleep
 He awobe with start What cause hin 10 feel that he was in danger did not know It might have been blow that vas threatening him or might have been the fact of a sudds realization that he had been ever sin' he erst saw Marie taking frightf risk. h any event he was conscio' that death was in the room Tl sa yots had burned out. There was bright light near the entrance. whit shone on WfIcox's back and whit cast . shadow on the wall direct over the fireplace. The shadow VI that of . figure with the right ar raised abo-e the head. The shado