Ellsworth American., 1912-07-24
A Mountain
Elopernent
By ElEN HAYWOOD

fr0ns Frzzee ar Germany down fntD
Italy o< farther e1ssward To Austria
wfrhsus gassazg ovsr tAe1a-
Years aso. before the Alps hal epEse
10 eszszIn fzshiezaA5e resorts. there
lived st Cezso. On their so1fhern
ssoqe. 9 gsasSeaazn wbo. having made
a for-ma@ in NgEaz. retfred % sgexs1 has
aaTs n peace on the beautiful Take
Z Co1zo. He w@s = w6ower with ore
z tssrxAte-. q charming girl. u7.C1 wheaz
he sae@L ItaHnns hzvs always az
f raursz1 the marriages for their sozs
al daughters. and sEx10v Atrznasso
Z h~<roths1 It's daughter. Tberesa. 20 .
nnaM r1oge Thzn dozbAe her ara. Know
ing that al ais death she would zeed
Z prot @ctor AID considering Sir1or Rtz-
xuto a mz8 of business who woaSd
take care q her property fer her. be
cons s8erei tl4-s he bad done a very
good th2ng for hss chIsa
tsue. unfortunately fer his Plan. be
did before the marriage could be
Z hr0zght ah0nt- After the funeral Biz
& LLLN LAtsLl4ssA AEA AE aAsTs W fH8 w ~ A1ieSN@
his ward bat fouad 10 bis dssarFasns-
rssnt. that she had lover In the per
son OF Giovanni Fabroui Rizxuto was
not minded TO gfve her Ep TO bis young
rival and ~ Informed her. Having
/ certain powers over bar as her guard
/ ian. Theresa and her lover saw that
+ II she refused TO marry the man to
Z Msz
might pot her In confinement and Per
/ secute her TIL she consented 10 be bis
wife.
/ The lovers therefore decided to go
F away together Southward- eastward
ard westward lay Italian territory
f In which the guardian c0s1ld invSke the
law. NorthwsFd was Switzerland in
/ which be would have no claim upon
her. But TO 20 northwnr5 meant TO
I cross the Airs, and that at that tine
I was & difficult and dangerous feat TO
+ accomplish. Nevertheless. taking the
I horses aad carriage that aad belonged
to SlGnor Attanasio. Giuseppi. the
eoachman. and Elena. the heiress'
( maid. both % whom would give their
llres for their mistress. they started
TO 20 rs far as wheels would take
them and then endeavor. II they could
not End sledGes. to pursue their jour
ney on foot
They set out after they were sup
posed 10 be in bed. and RizEuto did
not learn of their departure til morn
ing. Being a very energetic man and
/ spurred TO the probable loss Of his
wards fortune. be started in pursuit
having learned the direction the fugf-
tives had taken. II was in the latter
/ part OF May, and be knew that this.
being the season Of melting snow. was
( the most dangerous period In the Alps.
. Moreover. be did not believe that the
lovers could go very far in a carriage
OF that they could secure any further
conveyances. Besides. IL would be an
easy matter TO track them by the
marks they would leave in the snow.
The lovers reached Locarno village
on Lake Maggiori then drove over
gently rising road to the foot Of the
! st Gothard pass. On this road they
/ travelled all day and in the evening
| cabin. Early I'm the morning they start
ed 10 90 over the pass. leaving the car
ria &c. but taking the horses. on one of
which Theresa rode, while the maid
rode the other. the Elen walking Aft
er making q part OF the ascent they
saw the guardians carriage coming
! rapidly up the valley through which
( they had passed
They toiled on as rapidly as possible
TIL they cane TO point where they
gere screened from below and where
there was 4 pocket in the mountains.
The wind had driven the snow from
here. enabling Giovanni to practice
I stratageH. He sent the coachman
and the maid with the horses on
through the pass. while he and The
resa turned into the pocket. which led
into the pass again farther on. Rizzu-
to. reaching this dlverging point. hesi-
tated. then went on through the pass,
taking up the tracks left by the coach.
man and the maid.
! II was several hours after this that
l Giovanni and Theresa reached an
eminence where they could look over
narrow gorge upon the road on the
other side. On this road they saw
Rizzuto's carriage, He saw them and
| called on his driver TO stop and. get
| ting out of the carriage. called over TO
the fugitives to give themselves up
since they could not escape him.
He was on a road that had been cut
through the side of a mountain, which
extended above him thousands OF feet
1t was one of those balmy days in
spring when the air Is laden with
moisture. though the sun shines bright
and warm-just such Il day as Alpine
dwellers fear the avalanche Though
Rizzuto was half mile distant from
the fugftives. his voice sounded as IL
be We're close to them. Just as he pro-
nounced the words cant escape me"
Giovanni and Theresa saw the rhoie