The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-28
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Intended bride behind antil he should
be able 20 support her.
Finally after tno years OF waiting,
came the spmmcns to join him IN
the rev county. Acht|io hal not
fared as we'll az he ls.l expected
during the tWo years. chiefly because
OF his FRAT constitution. bat he had
accumulated, snaieifHt Of world $
goods to satisfy him that he would
be able soon TO At~ cup a heme for
his bride.
II WIS ses,t ai4ottt The time of her
arrival at Ellis island thai Achiiio
began to sAo44- - a4ptoms Of -tuher-
s.iiiesis. CREATE as ne longed for
their wedding day. he nanfu!iy put 1t
of until all traces OF the disease had
been driven from nis system.
When his Illness took an agra
waited form and ne could not longer
earn the means for his support. Jen-
ME divided with him her small earn
ings as waitress in lunch room
where she had been employed since
her arrival Then wfen he knew that
the end was but matter Of hours
away, he insisted upon calling in
Father Tofini that they might be
united. even in the shadow Of death,
Mairies Dying Cavalier.
II will die easier If my Jennie is
the wife of the Cavalier Achillo Ro-
tonio," he said That day the widows
weeds took the place OF the bridal
veil. and Detective VIreili learned to-
day that nearly five hundred dollars,
all that the young couple had saved
between them for their home, was ex-
pended by the little widow that the
a funeral as near suitable TO his rank
as she could provide.
This was year ago. Jennie Ro-
tondo, the widowed bride. sat in her
,neagerly furnished room In East One
Hundred and Fifteenth street. near
r rst avenue. and made plans Tor q
future that looked dark.
Meets Buonomo.
Several days pa ssed, during which
she occasionally entered coffee
house kept by one Amadio Buonomo
in One Hundred and Fourteenth
street Although she conducted her
self at all times becomingly, she at
tracted the attention OF joseph Ruo-
mono, a brother of the proprietor. To
the latter she had fo4d OF her. plans
to return to Sofia after she had earned
enough money to bring back with her
the remains Of her dead hubbard that
he might be properly inferred with
the ashes of his forefathers Cas-
terta.
Joseph Buonomo- was a white
slave" trader. but there was rnthing
In his appearance or manners 10 he
tray his drspicable business and Jen-
ME Rotondo felt that perhaps she
had found fr end and adviser aynong
the strangers who surrounded her.
The Chains Upon Her.
1t was his promise to show her how
she might quickly amass the funds
necessary to accompi sh her dearest
hope. He induced her to 70 to Chi
cag0---how, no one knows but the
police declare her motives, Il not his,
were OF the best.
Then came the awakening-A hofri-
Bile realization OF her plight. But II
was too late to retreat. The chains
OF the slave were upon her. and Buo-
homo was her master. Death. threat
aneta IN most horrible forms, was the
leaah thar held her in check when
her better self. struggling to the 'front.'
caused her To try TO burst from her
And irony Of her fate, Cav
cavalieri--waA the name
bestowed upon her,
# Perhaps as she stood in the shadow
or the lonely woods near Stratford
awaiting the bullets Of Fnonorno and
hjs feiIow-assaSsins. she thought Of
the death, which they thought was i
penalty as rAuufern to the wearieb
slave whose shackles haa af hast
bsen rem0Eed
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