The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-10-09
A DESERTED
BRIDE
By DONALD CHAMBERLIN

Edward Warbeck went to Rome to
See the Coliseum, the palace Of the
Caesars. the column Of Trajan. the
Arch Of Titus. He saw all these an
tiquities and many more. but they
were Of small Importance compared
with something else he saw. not an
antiquity by any leans on the con-
trary. very young and tender. 1t was
an Italian girl with a pair of black
eyes. Il long. thick rope Of hair hanging
ed the famous Venus dr. Medici's in
Florence.
L1ta CaracOla spoke and understood
just enough Of English to enable War
beck to make love to her. which is not
saying much. for there may be more
love expressed in one look than in a
thousand words. Signorina Lita Cara
cola's father was poor in funds. but
rich in blood. for he claimed descent
from Marcus Tullius Cicero. who shook
Rome with his %eloquence. Caracola's
principal business was sitting on the
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drinking liters Of Italian wine.
Warbeck was obliged to settle $1,000
lire $4,000, upon Signorina Caracola
before being permitted to marry her.
which she divided with her father that
he might continue to drink wine OF the
Piazza Colonna. The rest she kept for
an emergency. Warbeck vas a stran-
ger to her. and she was taking a matri
monial leap in the dark. Besides this.
she was to sail with her husband for
a distant country. which was as remote
and uncertain to her as it had been
four centuries before to Christopher
Columbus on setting out on his voyage
Of discovery.
There was a gay wedding in a side
street on the Esquiline hin, where 81,
gnor Caracola lived. after which a party
Of the brides friends accompanied her
to the railway station. where she and
her husband took a train for Naples,
and the next evening a ship sailed over
the beautiful bay of the same name.
like a white bird. bearing the happy
couple, happy in their love. though lit.
tie Ilta wept at leaving her beloved
Italy.
In three days the ship stopped at
Gibraltar. The bride was laid up with
a headache and kept her stateroom.
while the groom went ashore to visit
the famous rock. Falling in with a
British army officer whom he had met
before. he was introduced at the club.
lunched. drank several bottles of cham
payne and fell asleep on a lounge.
. The steamer passed out to sea
through the strait. and Signora War
beck vas surprised that her husband
did not come to their stateroOm to see
her. Finally she called the roo stew
ard and asked him to find Mr.. War
beck and tell him his wife would like
to see him. The steward hunted the
ship through. but did not find the gen.
tleman After a diligent search it be
came evident that he was not aboard
Signora Warbeck'S worst fears that
she had entertained before her mar
riage were realized An American had
married her and deserted her at the
first stop made by the ship. She kept
her room for the rest of the voyage.
holding tight her share of the money
that had been settled on her that she
might return to Rome the moment she
reached New York After inquiry she
learned that Il steamer sailed for Italy
the day she would arrive in America.
and by wireless telegraph she engaged
passage for Naples.
When Mr.. Warbeck awoke in the
officers club ut Gibraltar and through
a window saw the moon peacefully
shining down on him he was seized
with horror. for he knew that the
steamer bearing his bride was well out
ut sea. No steamer for New York was
due for three days. M when it came
he boarded it. Afte' passing ten wOr-
rying days he reached port. but not
his bride. Why should he? Thinking
that he had deserted her. h o no
pains to discover his American connec-
tons She simply sailed for Italy the
same day she arrived in New York.
Warbeck was in agony TO have his
beloved bride landed without a pro-
tector on a shore foreign to her and
no means of tracing her was e%xcruciat-
ing. The only comfort he had wal the
$1,000 she had with her. He cabled
to her father to report the misfortune
and ask If Lita had communicated
with him. Lita had done nothing of
the kind.
In Il month after her departure the
bride turned up in Rome. The matter
Of her husbands apparent desertion
having been explained to Signor Cara
cola. he sen his daughter back on a
Steamer sailing the next day. cabling
Warbeck of her departure. When the
cablegram reached the groOm's Office
he was sailing along the Long Island
coast bound for Italy. Thinking his
wife might have returned to her home.
he had searched the passenger lists of
outgoing steamers and found her name.
Signor C%aracola's %cablegram vas re-
peated by wireless to Warbeck. who
sent Il wireless message to Gibraltar
IN St0n his wifo thoro On hiS arrival