El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-08
The Third Time.
By LUCIANO zuecoli.

DONT understand why you are
- +sI1inq me all these things,
I'D Marco Pittaro, lingering MS
glass absentmindedly-
.C4asparo Vigo laughed. AT
tain hour Of the night IN steI@iio
,r,,-1o,e lonesome inn on the ROAD u
.-+;oo1i Corrado. leading across In e
al .-eai,,s TO Saracinesca, GasPeLO
800 his vivid imagination loose 49,,
n told extraordinary thlnSs e,--1
made Marco shiver, real So So - = -
Fer avvav countries inhaDlteo u! -
- - .eraa4ures Marco filled MS ply e
He aid not like to be thus causHS5 az, -
- snare every night, but WOu4u -
to nrove his courage at the 9S1AA0
10 himself and the others ,,,,,,+
~ 49, Pittaro. a rich wine mel =
robust and strongly punt ma
Of about so, great arr TN - -,-t,eT7
1ervous as a woman EVERY nlsnt1 /" - -
he Ieff the inn, he felt strangely
cited and looked careIuLIy a. IN 800
If he expected to run against soin0
mysterious vision - La1f a mile
from Antioch IN the ore taS NV a few
acinesca. while Gasparo had only d IL
stems to walk to his mousse o.. ~.
1T is easy enough Tor MN 70
brave Marco sometimes tnousl -
I should like to see GaspaiO II AZ
d ! aq3l4f Gssparo was not afraid, lnge-
,,io17s nv nature with the soul q a
a iFventurer. he refused gong 70 INo 80
TO pose in the studios as Glu -, - IN
- He had travelled all over Eu-
7-oT1e working at all trades ana nay -
an5assed a small fortune ne nao Ietll ~
10 AnticOH where he gave hlIhselA W
to the strictest idleness- e-,7o,-
He was a very handsome Ael -t IN
e-asT COMMUNICATION he was not teLt-
no his uncanny stories-alWays Ieaus
70 stand a drink, but also eapaole OF
making himself respected so ne was
,rerv DODuIar with everyone -.
Eie Insisted among other Things mat
every man is twice in danger o. tos
inc his life and that the thlIu 1iiiiO
death claims him Co.. --i+b
s.yo1I find yourself face to race WIN
5aatb Won see it looming up stern ana
fhreatenfng before you. Twice II spaIess
Tou. the third time it claims you anu
mat is Gods solemn truth, ne S4iU'
and raised his glass and emp 5a. - -, o.,
aeL-ed Marco. who was interested IN
this cabanstic reVelauoh-
~Go oo, I" 10 lord" exclaimed Marco.
W sF RfTe Time Time in London. I fell from
cart was driving IL was loaoeG VIII
sand and the wheel passed Wlthln
traction Of an inch Of my head'
"a. Ano P y6g s'G said Gasparo. without
How did that happen" said Marco,
who was waiting in vain Ior the rest
OF the story o,5so-,a black
hoard hit his lips and said in a tone
of contempt: AN affair about "O-
ii-' There was a silence, during which
the two friends listened to the songs
Of some peasants passing oy'
When he was no longer young, MAJ
m had taken into his head 10 marry
a Young girl Of IS. one OF these nil ar
S--aioJ1s Fv6es Of Sabines with perfect
fieUre big blue eyes. fair hair and
profile Of classic beauty
These splendid creatures spend WIN
ter and spring in the stuoloS OF ~
Dainfers in Rome while during the
summer thew live in the mountains.
They mature early and also lose their
beauty at an early age: but mar
toinette did not fear Of seeing neF
,1oarried Marco PittarO. for she had
two servants and lived like a lady.
She had seen Gasparo one day at
fair in ArsOi. In this mlX-up OF men
and animals, cars and booths tilIed
with merchandise, Gasparo suddenly
found himself next TO harletolnette
and never left her side for moment
They met several times afterwards,
first separately ana lnVenIlng IIses 70
meet and later when they had con-
fessed their great love, they invented
pretexts together
The lovers grew daily more and
more reckless and when Marco was
avvav CasDaro stayed at his house two
or three DAYS at a time.
one night a group Of young people
who had been serenading their sweet
hearts stopped outside the door and
began to mention MarietOinette's name
in connection with terms that were ex-
ceedingly offensive. ~
GasparO bit his lips until they bled
and the young wife cried To make
hoOting in the mountains and its
screeching sounded like a mockery.
'I can at least kill that said Cas-
paro and shook his fist in the direction
of the window.
The one who was the most worried
of all was Stefano TurlO. the innkeeper,
who heard more than anybody else
about the affair and who knew the
danger of it better than anyone.
He was eOua Nv fond of both Gas