The evening world., 1912-04-12
Bursotti Saw Banana Dealers
Daughter in Moonlight and
ss.os Fell in Love.
HE IS EAGER TO WE'D.
Sisters Expected Him to Win
Rich American. Girl on
First Visit Here.

-4oonllSht-on.the-sea 10 believed to bs
~ most potent element in the chem!s.
~ Of love. and there was Just enough
sthis powerful agent aboard the sar
0RDedio As she ioafed across the sea,
from Naples to Brooklyn to compound a
thriiilng romance that is likely to raise
y humble steerage beauty to the rank
pf a Countess.
The Countess-to-be IL Signorita FL
MA Pizzani. a brown-haired, dark
Ufod beauty with tho b%ewitching mile
La Gloconda, and while sre IL a,
~ present moment herded amid the
tosmihg aisles of Ellis Island she wears
= sparkling diamond that was slipped
Ooou her slim finger by none other than
the Count Gustavo Bursotti. scion Of
that ancient N~eapolitan house OF bur-
oottt which Is famous enough to have
nd a pudding named after It by an In
perial chef VIC later committed suicide
1n Rome. though that has nothing to do
with the story.
The Count Is . slim. handsome young
8SSsNp Vh - SciiO " fhAAcTlCd " III.
vest some Of his patrimony. He was one
oS ten irst-class passengers aboard the
easy-going steamship Of the Slculo-
Americana Lnc. lie wears a "Salvini-
tAe-Younger' mustache. a wrist watch
and had some fourteen trunks crammed
with I'm raiment, family Jewels and
such triies and trinkets as appertain
to the elegance OF an Italian count.
SISTERS EXPECTED HIM TO WIN
HEIREss HERE.
Ho also brought with him a pair of
romantic eyes. which his sisters and his
cousins and his aunts reckoned on 10
win him a multi-millionairess bride.
Alas.
Gustavo couldn't make those eyes be-
have and he has bound himself irrevoc-
ably to wed the pulchritudinous Elvira
fIzzani.
The moon was full and bathed the sea
vita d shimmerlng silver glow on that
night when first the large eyes Of Gus
tavo looked into the equally large ey a
OF Signorta Pfzzani. Eivira was
tripping lightly upon the steeragc deck,
mlngiiny with the moonlight and sundry
aromas OF garlic. VIXEN the Count. loillng
against the rail of the hurricane deck
and snoking a sold-tipped cigarette. lot
tan his dusky orbs and glimpsed her.
"Psacherino obllgato dulclna!" quoth
ths Count. or something to that effect.
and held his breath. Elvira was so
beautiful that he simply couldn't look at
Der and breathe at the same time.
Rapture held him only Tor a moment
81 then a cloak Of gloom enveloped him
tnd shut out the moonlight. Under the
rules OF the ship the beautiful creature
could never tread his exclusive deck.
He was about TO turn away with a
oeAdcn-bound heart when Fate inter-
6ened.
FATE ON HAND TO BRIDGE THE
GULF.
a zephyr that was undoubtedly blown
from the lips of the god Eros plucked
Elvtra's mantle from her head and blew
q TO the very feet Of Count Gustavo.
with q little cry OF Joy he seized 1t.
hurdled the barriers hat separated him
trsm the steerage and presented 1t to
~ humble Signortta. All the ships Of
oesrs and all The ships men stood
eghasteto see him do II. for they knew
ho was q count, yea. none other than
\ count Of the exalted Bursoti clan.
But It so happens that while q steer
ESQ passenger may not come up to the
exclusive precincts Of the first cabin
there IL no bar to . cabin passenger de-
ocsnding to the storage deck. Gustavo
went and In returning the mantila fell
In love with the Slgnorlta-tust like that.
Ntme. loo Of q second.
There Is no use stringing It out. Two
pairs of big dark eyes,. the love light. a
diamond, ring dug up u Of q Bursotti
trunk and Elvira was engaged. While
the pair had to part temporarily at the
brooklyn pier Gustavo jumped a taxicab
and streaksd It for Ellis Island or has
slready got there. and. SO say the off
cers OF the ship. Miss Pizzani may be q
n tomorrow. Her father deals
In bananas on Christopher street.