The farmer and mechanic., 1911-07-11

anu DoTfi my husband 3fAd loved him
as II he were our father We had taken
and furnished a lRtle house in Brook
/ fyn, and our whole future seemed AS
Sured. when that black cloud appeared
which was soon 10 overspread our sky
one night. when Geunaro returned
from his work, he brought a fellow
Countryman back With him. His name
was Gorgiano. and ne had come also
from PoSilippo. H VAS 4 huge man.
a. YOU can testify. for You have look
Cd upon his corpse. Not only vas his
body that Of giant. but everything
about him was grotesque. gigantic. and -
terrifying HIS voice Vas like thunder
! IN our little house There WAS scarce
room for the whirl Of his great arms
as he talked His thoughts. his emo
uonS. his passions. all Mere eNagger-
ated and monStrous He talked. or
rather roared. With such energy that
others could but Sit>and listen cow,si
with the mighty stream OF words H.s
eyes biazed al you ana held you at his
mercy II" Was terrible nj wonder
ful man. i thank God that he l. dead,
He came again ana again Yet l
Was aware tnat Gcnnaro waS no more
happy than | was IN ms presence Ally
poor husband would sit pale and list
less, listening TO the endless rawlings
upon politics and upon social ques-
| tionS which made up our visitors
! conversation. Gennar0 said nothing.
| but who knew him so Well could
/ read in his face some emotion which
| had never seen there before. AT
first | thought that IL was dislike And
then. gradually. / understood that it
was more than dislike. 1t was fear
| a deep, secret shrinking fear That
night-the night that ! read his ter
ror-I put ny arms round hini and
i implored him by his iONe for me
| and by all that he held dear TO hold
y.nf h, sgN1t
this huge man overshadowed him so.
He told me. and my own heart
grew cold as ice as | listened My
poor Gennaro, in his wild and fiery
days. when all the world seemed
against him and his mind was driven
half mad by the injustces Of .ifc.
had Joined q Neapolitan society, ,hc
Red Circle. which was allied 60 the
old Carbonari. The oaths and seCrets
OF this brotherhood were frightful:
but one within its rule no cscais
was possible. When he had fed to
! America Gennaro thought that ne had
cast it all off forever. What was his
horror one evening to meet in tho
streets the Very man who had initiated
nim in Naples the giant GOrgiano. n
man who had earned the name OF
Death in the South of Italy. for ne
was red to the elbow in murder He
had come to New York to avoid thA
planted branch Of this dreadful! so
ciety in his new home All this Cor
giano told me, and showed me a sum
mons which he had received that very
day. a Red Circle drawn upon the
head of it. telling him that lodge
would be held upon a certain date.
and that his presence at it was re-
quired and ordered.
THAT was bad enough but worse
was to come. | had noticed for soma
time that Gorgiano came 70 US as ho
constantly did. in the evening. he
spoke much to me; and even when MS
words were to my husband those ter
rible glarng wild beast eyes OF h5
We're always turned upon me one
night his secret came out. / had awak-
ened what he called love within him
the love Of Il brute-a savage. Cen
naro had not yet returned when he
came. He pushed his way in seizSj
me in his mighty arms. hugged me IN
his bears embrace. covered ne
with kisses. and implored me to come
away with him. ] was struggling ana
screaming when Gennaro entered and
alta cked him He struck l'ennar"
senseless and fled from the house
which he was never more 70 enter. II
was a deadly enemy that We Inade that
night.
"A few days later came the m@c,-
ing. Gennaro returned from il with
face which told me that something
dreadful mad occurred. 1t was worse
, than we could have imagined possible.
The funds of the society were raised
BY Matchmaking rich Italians ano
threatening them with violence should
! they refuse the money II seems that
Castalotte our dear friend and bene-
factor had been approached. He rad
| refused to yield TO threats. and he had
handed the notices TO the police IL
was resolved now that such an exam
pie should be made of him as would
prevent any other victim from rebelt-
ing At the meeting Ii was arranged
that he and his house S-Ould be blown
M with dynamite. There was draw
ing of lots as to who should carry our
. the d, ID Gennaro SOW our en.1aF y
| h; &C ~. 6iyDpI