The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-11-13

t1ced his redQlSn pearQ anu curly LEU.
dish hair under the thin gold nimbus,
with arched dark brows, which looks
down with extraordinary tenderness on
some object invisible now. She was
encouraged. Doubtless so kind LOOKING
a saint would listen, hear her, ana
help. Especially as her candle was SO
enormous! With a small sigh OF rellei
she turned to the stand OF tapers ano
after many struggles managed 70 piaCSi
the candle in position. It dWarfed an
the others there. She pulled out her
little note, tied it on carefully, n
kneeling down in front of the shrine
she murmured her short prayer TO 10y
saint. her small dark head
bent. her hot brown hands tlgn1iy
clasped.
when she had done this, she rose to
ave. but bethought her that belng III
church, she might as wei! say a 10y
AYES for her parents, and the protlg as
in America. She slipped lnIo one u tna Iii
bie peWs, got out her beads, ana knelC
down again. But the walk into the toWn
had been long and hot, n WISH "
he Monte di Pieta most alarming, anu
hetween fatigue and excitement p
was nearly worn out. Her
wandered. her brown head drooped' tIie
heads Slipped from her slackened In ia,
gers. and she fell fast asleep, nuooie
IN the corner of the dark pew.
She was awakened by n SOUND .s %
voices close to her; still droWsy, n nae
was startled to hear heI owI tha end
she peeped cautiously out OF the ellu
~ The new: a man and a woman were
Standing by the taper frame, tais s
. 1anpl1age she could not underStanu-.
tha nan was examining her little noIe,
tied to the giant candle. Il Wonder WIZ WIZ
pen;ta Gaddi ISL" he had said. he Wa
., big man with brown beard ano C,i
hair. rather like the saints, ep aJ
Thought, only not quite so goloe sa;nt;s
a M he had rather the same KING
euas under arched brows, ana tne
same pitying look. The lady, VINO was ~sS
voung and very pretty, now stoo? e.
and read the slip OF paper; WEI ssW
looked up again her eyes, Peplta saw SEW
were full of tears. She said someI.i1
in an imploring voice TO Ine psSnito, {
man. He nodded, and untylng sppaSa
little note from the canaie, ne nocIet
pen;ta watched with Mortified eyes. ae
was taking it away, her precious nooe
what could he want with 1t! rear Hep'
~ Silent in her place until the strang-
orc had left the church, but then sIis
hro,e into q flood of tears. he nay
taken her note away, ano now ~
Filippo might never know w.laG ~
candle was for! A busy, salnt wo J. Wv
s1most; certain to forget a little Prayel
H. him anv more. There Wouio1
10 y miracle after all. It was al !4t
nothine that she had sold her pro0cn
| and Ia Mamma would be SO nuI1 W. w.
she found out. With her head dow1
m the glossy pew back Peplta soppeo
as if her heart would break.
It was late that afternoon lei sne
came trotting home along tne Ioau
where the mulberry trees were Ilit ~
ing heavy blue shadows acr0ss tit :
white dust. Giacomo had peen IN q
fret aboSIt; her since midday, and was
neevish with anxiety; Maria had als9
been worried by her long absence, ,s any
was moreover tired with all the Wols
she had had to do alone, without tnat
willing extra pair of hands ana 1eet
which saved her so many Sma4 TASKS"
! They scolded her thoroughly, the pan
of them; and when n refused, Will
unexampled s~tubbornness, to say sH.
actly where she had been n VIA
She had done the harassed mother lost
her temper, gave the child a good
shaking, and sent her supperless to BED
One morning two or three days later,
when Pepita was out with the turkeys
in the fields, Maria, doing her wash
ing as usual at the tub outside the
house, was surprised to see q large rlca =
looking car draw up at her door. a
man with q brown beard got out. ano
coming up to Maria, asked her if one
Giacomo Gaddi lived there. "Sisig-
more" said Maria, in a flutter of ex-
citement. There was another man in
the car, whom she now recognized as
one of the foremen at the factory. Tit
stranger asked to see her husband
alone, and Maria, greatly wondering
led him into the inner room where
been too busy to get him out that
morning. "Eccolo," she said, and left
them. Outside, she asked the foreman