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mera un gatto nero, crosse, con
gil occhi di tigre!
E quel gatto, lambito che ebbe
il 5angue che era rappreso sui
corpo di Albina, spicc0 m salto
sui letto.
Beatrice fu presa da un pianto
conyulso. Chiamava la madre, Il
padre, tremava in lutte L MEM
bricine, e 81 cacciava sotto Ia CO.
perta, raggomitolandosi come un
gomitolo di flo.
Quel gatto lambi Paltro sangue
sparse sui letto; indi, per trovare
un POGO di Galore, 81 sdraio a fan
co dell'mfelice creature che 81
sentiva addosso quel mOstro, e
piu convulsamente piangeva.
.Cosi, stemperataSi in lacrime
. per oltre un'ora, ammutoh poi dl
botto, piu non fu udita.
Oh, da quanto dolore doveva
essere straziata Panima di Abb
ma, Sc dolente 81 aggirava per
quella stanza ed era conscia del
Pabbandono e dello spavento del
la sua calissima figliuolal
Quel coTpo di madre, quelle vi
+ scere che 81 squarciavano per E.
strema tenerezZa, giacevano
FREDDIE insensibii a terra, e la
voce della bambina che faceva
balzar d'immenso amore quel
cuor di madre, ora piu non risuo-
nava ale sue orecchie.
Il gatto, desto di soprassalto
dial suo sonno selvaggio, spicco
.un balzo dial letto e fuggi per Ia
T terrazza come un malfattore.
Pochi secondi scorsero in 81
lenzio; indi fu bussato novamen-
te una voce d'uomo disse die
tro la porta queste parole:
i - Apri, Albina, son 10. -
Era il marchese Romero, che
di ritoIno Portici in quel mo
mento, 81 affrettava a riabbrac-
clare la moglie e la fglia.
Non ottenendo risposta, alzt
vieppiu la voce, e con impazien-
"a bate all'uscio. II silenzio della
tomba accoglieva soltanto lie sue
parole.
Dopo aver chiamato invano Ia
moglie per circa un quarto dora
risolvette di fracassare la porta,
dubitando di qualche disgrazia
La toppa salto, la porta flu spa
lancata, e il marchese Rionero
entro nella camera, seguito da un
] suo servo che Paveva accompa-
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samo del loro effluvi inebrianti
e voluttuosi.
(COntinua)
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NunerO II
FRANCISCO MASTRtANI
LA CIECA DI SORRENTO
ROMANO
ROMANZO

ma esalava Panima, raccoman-
dando a Dio la tiglioletta.
La bambina intanto 81 era ad-
doImentata.
lie quattro dopo mezzanotte
battevanO alPorologio.
Beatrice 81 ridasto, dischiuse
gil occhi, 81 volto dalla parte do
We soleva dormir la madre, fu
solpresa di non trovarla. La
chiamo due o tire volte, poi 81 Sc
de sui letto e 81 pose a piangere
chiamando or IunO or Paltro /
suoi genitori con quanta forZa a
veva. E poiche il silenzio rispon-
deva al suo pianto, ella piangeva
piu fortemente e chiamava la
madre; indi taceva per qualche
istante aspettando risposta, poi
ricominciava con piu forza; con
le mani 81 stropicciava gil occhi
infammati di lacrime, e per mo-
to infantile 81 strappava i bel ric-
cioletti di capelli.
Di repente i suoi occhi furono
colpiti da una larga macchia ros-
sa sulla coperta: ella vi porto Ia
mano e la Titrasse. Guardo la sua
camicia tutta intrisa di sangue,
poiche la madre Paveva abbrac-
ciata per riporla sui letto, e non
comprendendo, ma quasi per i
stinto, 81 scosto dial luogo dove
IA, ando a porsi mel luogo in cui
soleva giacere la madre.
La bambina non piangeva piu,
ma guardava all'intorno con eli
occhi spalancati, non sapendc
rendersi ragione della situazione
in cui 81 trovava, e sembrandole
impossible che la madre Pavesse
abbandonata! A un tratto gettt
un g1'ido acutissimo, con lie ma.
nine 81 copr1 il vOlto, e subito s.
oaccio soto la coperta con tuttC
il capo, presa da un tremit0 con.
vulso.
Dal balcone della terrazza, Ii
masto aperto dopo la fuga del
PaSsassino, era entrato nella ca
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. Ora, tu sarai mia.

- Ora, tu Saral ma. -
Una lotta inaudita ebbe luogo.
Nei disperati sforzi Albina face
We per difendersi, la bambina fu
precipitata dal letto, cadde
piangendO.
La fanciulla strillava.
Allora il ladro, temendo che le
g1ida della bambina richiamasse-
70 gente, e per sfogar la sua rab-
bia mel vedersi opposta disperata
resistenza, denudato novamente
il pugnale, 81 precipitava per fe-
Tir la bambina. Ma la madre, pO-
stasi come scudo davanti ALA
fanciulla, ricevette mel seno il
colpo di pugnale OBSTINATE ALA fl
glia.
Vibrato il colpo, Nunzio Pisa
nj, raccolti in fretta j tesoIi ru-
bati, 81 diede a precipitoSa fuga.
Albina, ricevuto il colpo NOR
tale in mezzo al petto, getto un
grido straziante e cadde supina
versando un rivo di Sangue dal-
la ferita: il pugnale aveva tocca-
to il polmone. Per mirabile istin-
to di amor materno, mel cadere
ella schivo di piombare sulla
bambina, che giaceva a terra
piangendo ad alte g1ida. Raccol-
Ia poi tutta Penergia della vita
che le fuggiva, sollevo Ia bambi-
ma ira le braccia, la ripose sotto
la coperta, 81 getto ella stessa
sui letto per morir accanto a lei.
II colpo le aveva trCncato L.
parola; un rantolo soffocato le u
sci dial petto. Voleva chiamar SOC
corso l. Una speranZa di saivez-
"a baleno nelPanima di quella
moribonda-. 81 trascino fine. in
mezZo ALA camera Voleva ami
ware ALA teTrazza per chiamar
gente. Ma le forze lie vennero
memo, Pinfelice cadde apple del
letto. II sangue, deviato dal sue
corso, le usciva ora in gran copia
dalla bocca.
POGO dopo, la sventurata Abb
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onato mel yiaggio.

gnato mel viaggio.
Confessiamo di non potter dI-
pingere quale fosse il suo orrore
mel vedere giacente a terra ed
immersa mel proprio sangue la
dilettissima moglie.
vi sono dolori, che la penna
non puo giungere a descrivere, e
che Panima sola puo comprende-
re!
E quando, appressatosi al let
to, sollevo la coperta per ritro-
ware la figlia, credette d'impazzi,
re.
Quell' angioletta, pallida c
smunta come un cadavere, con le
membra rattrappite e strette CO.
me quelle dun feto nell'utero
non diede alcun segno di vita.
Quella bambina pero non era
|morta, ma una brenda convuI'
/ stone nervosa lie aveva strappats
la piu cara parte della vita!
Beatrice era cieca.
pARTE TERRA
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E uuando vi avro detto questo
nome, non occorrera aggiungere
altro per farvi comprendere CO.
me subito le anarezze del vostro
cuore, o la stanchezza della vita
dilegueranno a quella brezza oil
paradise che Iddio 81 e compla-
ciuto di soffiare su quella terra
dove eterna primavera.
Dal momento che montate in
calrozza per recarvi da Castel-
lammare a Sorrento, comiucia a
spiegarsi al vostri occhi quella
lanterna magica di bellezze natu-
rail- che 81 chiama il Piano, e che
per 10 spazio di circa dodici mi
glia continuera a sOrprenderVl
con le sue centomila bellezze. 81
direbbe che la natura voglia
prendersi 10 spasso di dimostrar-
vi, Iuno dopo Paltro, con inces-
sante varieta, i suoi scenari, ed
. in cert momenti avrete bisogno
di richiamarvi in vol stessi per
non credere di esser sotto Pim-
pero di un sogno incantevole, ov-
vero per non supporre dipinte
/ quelle scene di tanta bellezza. Vol
, percorrerete un camminO che
quasi 81 nasconde sotto / piedi
di bizzarli monti, ramo estremo
degli Appennini Campani, che
segna, lungo il mare, tante cur
We, quaint sono capricci di quel'
lie rupi alpestri, che cadono q
piombo sui monte.
Ad ogni svoltata e uno spetta
colo nuovo; talvolta scorg1 pro
fonde vallate piene di ombre {
di misteri, talora e un intrecciar
81 di festoni di ghirlande d
pampini, ricca mercede dell'indu
sire agricoltore; talora sono anti
chi bagni pensili che rispecchia
no lie loro nicchie nellie onde az
zurrine; talora, vedi gTuppi di ca
Sc incastrate tire Peterna verdu
ra degli oliveti e degli aranci,
quail, leggermente incurvandos
ira bassi e ridenti poggi, discen
dono per vezzo fin sull'orlo de
mare; talora vedl alcuni ruder
romani che ricordano la grandez
"a del piu gran popolo del mon
do, piu lungi, Pumil capanni
del villico; talora scorgi inter,
citta e villaggi, come Vico, Meta
Massaquana, Ticciano, sparsi SUI
declinare del COLI sulla vetta d
una montagna: di botto ii 81 mo-
stra nudo, orribile di selvaggij
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Dr. FABIA eSce per far ViSits in casa degli ammala
tutti j giOrni dali 1 ale 4 pom.
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VISITE 3 FOTOGRAFIE COT RAGGI X

Cure ehe per maa del sangue della pee geHOunare
tanto per Uomini che per Donne
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Quando le torbide cure di una
vita affaccendata, la increscio-
sa monotonia di sollazzi, sempre
uguali ripetuti, o il pungolo di
un dolore cagionato dalla perdita
di persona cara, o il bisogno di
allontanarsi da quellincessante
rumore che, secondo la felice e.
spressione d'uno scrittore fran
cese, 81 puo dire il respiro della
capitale; quando qualcuna di que
ste cagioni vi muove a cercare
fuori di Napoli un sollievo, anche
momentaneo, al pensieri ango-
sciosi che vi assalgono, ricorda-
tevi che su quella penisola incan-
tata, la quale 81 piega quail brac-
clio sinistro sulle onde limpidissi-
me del mare (poiche lie spiagge
di Posillipo ne formano il brac-
clio destro), su quella penisola do
We sorgono gil spettri di antica
citta, giace un paese, sospiro di
gente lontana, delizia del suoi a.
bitatori, ricetto di soavi ricordi,
gloria del suolo partenopeo. Que
sto paese 81 chiama Sorrento.
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PARTE TERRA
Sorrento.

H.. lie piagge di Campagna amene,
pompa maggior della natura, i COLL
che vagheggia il Tirren, fertili molli.
"TASSO."
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-08-30
August 80, 1918.
EDI T ORlAL
A GREAT LESSON.

Human beings have nothing dear
err in life than their children. For
them they often make the greatest
sacrifices. On them they lavish
their purest, most unselflsh love.
The wound that is struck the par
ent's heart by the loss Of a child IS
never completely healed. And yet
in time like this parents readily
surrender their children at their
country's demand, and are resigned
to see them subjected to the great
est hardships and dangers, the
danger of loss of limb and life itself.
Parents do so merel y in obedience
to the call of duty, their duty to
their country and to humanity. They
realize that their duty to their coun-
try and to humanity is paramount.
We are in the present war to safe
guard the future of our country, to
safeguard its security, prosperity,
freedom and future peace. And we
are in it to help humanity rid itself
of a military incubus, and thus to
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-08-30
JEWS IN LITERATURE.
Norman Hapgood in Leslie's.

Norman Hapgood IN LesIles.
A few years ago the dramatists
with the most intellectual prestige in
England were Pinero and Stephen
Phillips, both Jews. One died young
and the other is less contributive to
modern thought than are the three
leaders, all gentiles, Barrie, Shaw
and Galsworthy. In Germany the
most gifted publicist, Macmillan
Harden, the leading dramatic pro-
Queer. Reinhardt, and Schnitzler,
the only German writer's to acquire
international reputation since
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August 80, 1918.

by allowing themselves to become
efaced as people, absorbed by the
disseminating church. But they pre-
ferred to suffer instead. They bore
their burden of afhiction and sorrow
even tho it bent their backs to the
ground, even tho they had to
wander over the world like pariahs,
never knowing what new calamity,
new evil decree the morrow would
bring them They sacrificed every
thing, but survived as people. And
we. their offspring, are now reaplng
the long deferred reward of justice,
freedom, recognition, honors, and
even the admiration of the world.
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THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD

promote it's freedom and progress.
Our duty, therefore, is clear, and
in it's discharge every possible sac
rifce must be brought. It is great
lesson, and a useful training for us.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-08-30
WE AND OUR FATHERS.

There is great Qedl III .lie IN
and achievement Of modern } eWry
of which we may justly feel proud
it's culture and enlightment, its great
philanthropies, and enterprises OF
other kinds, and the men of light
and leading it is giving to all coun.
tries. And yet all the evidences OF
our greatness and goodness, our
power and influence, our culture and
progress, all of which is SO largely
due to the more favorable cond1-
tons and circumstances under which
we live, the progress and culture
of the times, their greater freedom
and democracy, the greater sense or
Justice, the greater love OF truth
all the evidences of our en-
inence sink into insi gnihcance COM
pared with the great miracle OF his
tory, namely, that we exist at all,
that we have survived to tell the
tale, let alone to become influential,
distinguished, and great in achieve
ment. And this our survival and ex-
istence at the present, which IS the
remarkable and wonderful fact about
us Jews, is due to the faith, courage,
and fortitude of our fathers.
They who lived in the days OF
barbarism, and darkness, and brutal
ity; who lived in the midst of nations
that thought that to hound and tor
ment Jews was an act pleasing to
God, nations that had been taught
by their spiritual leaders that the
lew had no claim upon the worlds
justice or sympathy or pity, and that
it would be far better to destroy him
were it not for the fact that he
must remain and live as an outcast
to bear witness to the truth OF Chris
tianty; they who had only one
chance to escape their misery, name
ly by embracing the dominant faith,
and when refusing this chance, were
robbed and massacred by mobs,
driven from their homes, and chased
like wild beasts they who were
treated by emperors, kings, and
mobiles as if they were their chattels,
whose young children were torn
from them to wean them away from
the faith of their fathers they who
by the hundreds were often burned
in their synagogs, and amidst all
their tortures still cried out, Hear
O Israel the Lord is one-they
showed real greatness and nobility
of soul, true heroism. They could
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In an editorial in the American
Israelite on Can Zionism succeed
in which the writer proves to his
own satisfaction that it cannot. be-
cause Palestine has until now been
very poor country (no poorer, tho,
than Massachusetts, was when the
Indian still roved over the land) we
are treated in conclusion to this
fine bit of historical parallellsm:
"But the experiment is going to
be tried. Should it by miracle
prove to bring about lasting sue
cess Theodore Herzl will rank high
er as a prophet than Moses; should
it fail he will be classed with Sab
batoi levi, who in his day figured
in the Jewish mind as the redeemer
who was to lead the scattered people
of Israel back to the Holy Land
and there accomplish much Of what
the Zionists of today are including
in their program.
But Zeivi's crusade accomplished
nothing and brought only additional
misery upon his followers. Wheth-
er the Herzl crusade for Jewish
resettlement of Palestine will be
more successful only the future can
tell"
1t is bad enough when the editor
of The American Israelite poses as
an authority on logic; as historian
he is, as our young lady friends
would say, positively scream
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1918-08-30
JEWISH CALENDAR.
SR7Q-1l1S-

First Day of New Year. Sat-, Sept.
ynm Kinnur Mon, Sept. 16
IYirst Day of Tabernacle Sat, Sept. Fl
Sh' mini-Atseres Sat, sept. 70
Simchas-Torah sun, sept. -
Rosh- Chodesh Chesyan 80. mon, yet.
Rosh- Chodesh Kislev ....... Tues, NOV.
First Day of Chanukah 49,. Fri, NOV. -
Rosh-Chodesh Tebet ... w ed, Dec.
Fast Of Tebet ..............F' Fri, Dec. 10
Rosh- Chodesh Sh'vat Thurs Jan z
Rosh -Chodesh Adar sat, rep.
Rosh-Chodesh End Adar. Mon, Mar.
Fast of Esther thurs, Mar. 70
Rosh- Chodesh Nissan ..... Tues, April l
Eirst Day of Passover Tues, April IS
Rosh-Chodesh lyar ~ Thurs, May
1ap PIONEER S Sun, May IS
Rosh- Chodesh swan ~ Fri, May 80
E,irst Dav of Pentecost Wed, June
Rnsh- C,hodesh Tammuz ~ Sun, June 20
East Of TammuZ Tues, July Is
Rosh-Chodesh Av ..M Mon, July %
E'ast If Av Tues, Aug.
Rosh- Chodesh Ellul Wed, Aug. 27
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-24
THE BALLTE CRY OF FREEDOM

Yes, well rally round the flag, boys,
Wen rally once again
Shouting the battle cry of freedom.
We will rally from the hillside, we II
gather from the plain,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom.
Chorus
The Union forever; hurrah, boys, hur-
rahl
Down with the traitor; up with the
star;
While we rally round the flag, boys,
rally once again
Shouting the battle cry of freedom.
We are springing to the call of our
brothers gone before,
Shouting the battle cry Of freedom,
And we II fill the vacant ranks with a
million freemen more,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom.
We will welcome TO our numbers the
loyal, true and brave,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom.
And altho they may be poor, not man
shall be slave.
Shouting the battle cry Of freedom.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-24
SUFFERED F OR
FIFTEEN YEARS.
Two Bottles Of TanIac Did
More Good Than Treal-
ment Costing $500.

Remarkable, indeed, was the state
ment made by Arthur Albro, a well
known carpenter, living at 1908 Mead
street, Seattle, Wash, recently. Mr..
Albro declares that he has received
more real, genuine benefit from two
bottles of Tanlac than from other
treatment and medicines that have cost
him nearly three hundred dollars. His
complete statement follows:
Il have suffered terribly with my
stomach for fifteen years. NY food
would not digest, and the gas formed
by it caused me untold misery. The
gas would get all up around my heart,
and cause it to thump until / felt like
a hammer was beating against my
side. had to be very careful about my
eating, and got so tired of eating the
few things that half way agreed with
me that l would sometimes get reek-
less and eat meats, pie and such things
but | always paid dearly for it in
suffering. Finally L just had to give
up eating any supper at all, for when
l did eat anything for supper l would
suffer all night So | eouldn t sleep. /,
was constipated all the time and also
suffered for years with my back. When
L stopped over my back would eramp
me so bad that could hardly stright-
en- up. My kidneys were all out of or
der and disturbed me so often at night
that couldn't get any rest scarcely.
/ paid out nearly three hundred dollars
for treatment and medicines of vari-
GUS kinds, but kept getting worse.
even tried dieting and almost starved
myself out, and sometimes felt little
relief, but just as | said, whenever |
ventured to eat fairly good meal it
would knock me completely out. I lost
two solid months frem my work last
winter and it had begun to look like
my condition was hopeless.
"I had been keeping up with what
the papers published about Tanlac, and
while / had my doubts about it being
as good as some said it was, was in
such bad shape that was willing to
try anything. So / bought bottle, and
soon found that it was just the very
thing l needed l have hardly finished
my second bottle yet, but have al
ready been benefited so much that
will never doubt anything good l read
OF hear about Tanlac from now on My
appetite is fine and can eat most
anything 1 want without feeling the
least bit uncomfortable afterwards.
Why, just last night / ate a hearty
supper and topped it off with big
piece of minee pie-something ! have
not ventured to eat for years-then
went to bed and slept all night like a
log. I'm not constipated, my kidneys
don It bother me like they did, and so
get good rest every night. | have
gained all of five pounds already and
feel that / am still gaining, not only
in weight, but also in strength and en-
ergy. I'm beginning to feel like new
man and consider myself lucky to be
able to get such medicine as Tan
lac
Tanlac is sold IN Hubbard by Hub
bard Drug Co., in Mt. Angel by Ben
Gooch, in Gervais by John Kelly, in
Turner by H. P. Cornelius, In Wood
burn by Lyman H. Shorey, in Salem
by DR.. S. G. Stone, in Silverton by Geo.
lA. Steelhammer, in Gates by Mrs. j.
p. McCurdy and in Stayton by 9. A.
Beauchamp. ,,a, (Adv.)
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-24
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COMPELLED TO
SAVE news PRINT
Free Copies Must Absolutely
Be Discontinued by
Publishers

Washington, July 2S4-Beeause of
confusion growing out Of its order of
July 5, bearing on paper conservation,
the war industries board today issued
the following interpretations of the or
der for newspaper publishers:
"l-Discontinue the acceptance of
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(tOnunued from page 0ne)
range artillery have been particularly
successful in hitting these dumps.
The French today attacked astride
the Ourcq, crossing the Parc.Et-Tgny
road, toward Villermontoire, south of
Soissons.)
North Of the Marne, the Americans
advanced to the Barbillon wood line,
passing the region of La Censedeaux.
Between Mont st. Pierre and Char
teyes, the bridgehead was enlarged
and several farms taken despite stub.
bon enemy defense.
Possibly the day most important
success was the British ad-
wanco in the Ardre valley, southwest
of Rheims, where they took Vrigny a
part Of Ardre wood, all Of the Rheims
wood and passed st. Suphraise.
watching the Battle
/ watched the progress of the battle
from the heights of Montague De
Iheims this afternoon. In the beech
and oak covered hills, directly below
to the west heavy forces of British
troops were engaged. From the forests
arose the crackle Of machine gun fire,
while the heavier note Of artillery
sounded more remote.
Both artilleries at the time were en-
gagged solely in bombarding the rear
areas, as the fighting was mostly hand
TO hand and the canopy of trees pre-
vented accurate observation from the