The herald., 1915-09-30
with its rent and gas bill, bathed him
IN Derspiration.

To his poverty stricken imagination
Ginsburg, with his roll OF bills ana us
undivided one-twentieth interest III an
adjacent tenement, represented the
very pinnacle Of financial sOundness.
In Palermo, this humble tailor might
be a veritable prince he reflected;
yeritabe prince in PalermO-the pare
utterance of the name impelled MIN
toward his guitar. Soon his falsetto
was uplifted i'll temporary forgetlui-
ness Of his plight.
"Ogni sera di soto al MIC DalcOne'
he walled, and rolled his eyes, Whlle
Ginsburg. on the other side OF the par
tition, emitted a succession OF ''phoO-
eos" TO the bolts Of wooden that lined /
the walls of his store.
Had his neighbOr been visible TO An
nibaIe through the scantlinS party wall,
| the sight might have afforded him
! more soace than his song; for this
! was no opulent landlord that laborious-
| " scrawled figures on the back OF an
envelope.
The ownership of an undivided one
| twentieth interest in tenement house
has its disadvantages. They-that Is
to say, the syndicate of twenty, had
purchased real estate to sell ut quick
profit and not as an investment, but an
untimely slump in prices had fruStrat-
ed their plans. Only two short weeks
must elapSe before Il payment of So
600 would fall due on the purchase
money mortgage which the syndicate
had executed to its seller.
In vain did GinSburg cover the back
of his envelope with intricate computa-
tion-the staggering deficit Of hun
dred odd dollars confronted; for what
looked like a retiring competency To
Annibale, represented the paltry sum
of S125.
The distracted landowner glanced
around the little store and mentally APP
praised the WOODEN piece goods on the
shelves.
"Stickers," he Missed; not hundred
dollar bill in der whole store, und dot
gentle sings YETI
The melody came in shrill gusts
through the scantling partition. This
time it was popular Neapolitan song
and Annibale threw back his head a
he trOlled forth the romantic Stave:
"Occhi neri. perche mi sOrridete," h,
sang; "occhi neri, perche mi sOrri'-
The entrance of the mail carrie
| caught him midway in the refrain
| where he paused to receive letter in
closed in a blue envelope.
| Annibale's schooling had been o
such primitive order that he was III
I able TO decipher script and could onl
4 read Roman capitals with some diff
Guilty. He made out the pOstmark t
be New York. but obviously this cOul
not be the gas bill, for it was too earl
! In the month, and. besides, the ga
! bill came in white envelope. Ono
before he had received a letter otht
than the gas cOmpany's missive, whic
proved to contain an invitation to II
grand ball of the Societa San Rocco I
SavOia di Lucania.
he What a sensation he had created
,Or his hired dress suit, which fitted hi
as though he really owned it! 1t Ia
ed been a most enjoyable occasion fro
a every point Of view. There had bee
an excellent music and the usual quo
ar of good looking girls. the whole en-
ing with as pretty a free-fOr-all fig
i'm as he had ever witnessed-tive casui
the ties, with a mortality of 40 per cent.
Perhaps, he reflected. there was
dot be another dance. In that event
could utilize the diamond ring, viii
a had a convertible setting, as a sh
Zen stud. After all, youth is the time
on ENJOYING oneself Let Ginsburg ha
not his bank roll and tenement house;
,g's 0omontel would be merry while
lew could.
big He, Lomonte, would sho"-he C
hat tinued to reflect as he tore open
YER envelOpe-would show that prematu
his ly aged Hebrew that he, LOmOnte, W
yer. no-he withdrew the inclOsed shee
Il a was no fossil. No, indeed, he-"SaI
Rosalier' he shrieked as he spread
nod unfolded paper on his knee.
his ALMOST It's entire Suii"'e wa" "
tho laid with the impression of a hum
,aIa hand in printers ink. from bene;
tho which there grinned skull and ere
nos. bones neatly executed in carmine.
bore an Italian legend in capital
.,-o,, tiers, the import Of which even
49, monte's agitation could not render
ficult Of apprehension:
Do you want to die? Then dsobey
will We demand $500. The time, n
Friday. at noon. The place, in front
Dlied the restaurant of the three Abruzzi,
fec Mott street. There one VIII say TO
ON >, Monte Pellegrino." Speak OF this to
man nor woman nor child
the LA MANO NER
ded, Arr;bo,o s+orod info vacancy and
ther peated mechanically, LA Mano Ne
(the Black Hand, while his TIL
a 10 grew parched and his heart thum
vi wildly In his breast. He sank Int
lethargy Of panic from which he
'ther aroused by Ginsburg's bedtime
plications.
ibale Apparently Morris could perform
back Office of his daily life without sal
CHI flying it with ritualistic color. DID
wash his hands, then Annibale
orris RECALLED with the appropriate bles
ect-ly rendered In Ginsburg's strong
tone. The salt herring and poi