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THE MADONNA. .
‘ Paolo Saviello hailed from .Favara,
,1 nthe' island of Sicily. His father
'3 mod to work in the sulphur mines,
randaasocnasl’aolohadtherequired
i'ltrengthhe assisted the old gentle
' marrying large bagafilledwith
‘nlph'ur. They paid him starvation
wages, and the kind of work seemed
' to him to lack in dignity. He was
intelligent, and in spite of his low
,de‘scentpossessed of good manners.
Nobody could blame him. therefore,
foreherishing ambitious hopes for the
u
is 0
Consequently one fine morning aft-
, or he received his wages he ran away
, and went over to the continent.
When he came back after a few years,
hehad developed into a full grown
vagabond. His father had died in the
meantime, and being possessed of an
inordinate hatred of all the powers
th'at‘be Paolo decided to embark into
the life of a brigand to revenge the
wrongs which unmerciful landlords
inflicted on the poor miners and
farmers. '
The gentlemen in Catania, when
they heard that a number of outlaws
under the leadership of Paolo Savi-
Sicily, were not disturbed to a great
extent, but considered that a protec-
tion of the mail coaches by soldiers
was all they could aflord to do.
Everybody who traveled privately
had to provide for his own safety.
The oflicials probably thought that
by some good chance Paolo might be
killed in an incautious attack.
This was not the case, however, but
it seemed as though the holy Madon-
na protected him from all injury. A
young American lady finallywas the
cause of his giVing himself up into
the hands of the police.
An English lord—Sir Edward Clin-
ton—owner of one of the most exten-
sive sulphur mines in the neighbor
hood of Girgenti. lived in that town
with his niece, Miss Evelyn Clinton.
Sir Clinton‘s brother had emigrat—
ed to America when quite young and
married there. His wife died soon
after the birth of a daughter. Strick-
en by grief, he himself soon followed
her to the grave. Sir Clinton took
the child back to England and had
her educated. She grew up to be the
good angel of the household, and on
account of her sweet manners and
beauty was adored by all that knew
her. Franmsca, her Italian servant
girl, wnfcssml that frequently she
felt tempted to kneel down and kiss
her feet.
One day there came to live with
this family a tall. lank young man, .
with gray spwtacles. He walked
around in the town a ’great deal, with
hishands in his pockets, and stared
into all the alloys and corners with-
out ever saying much. After having
scrutinized the place to afinish, he
hired a horse and took daily rides to
the surrounding country. One day
be persuaded the signorina to accom-
pany him on an excursion to the Mac-
ealuba. This is a small hill in are
mantic neighborhood, a few hours
from Girgenti, very lonely and known
only to a few people in the town.
Signor Ernesto hired a half grown
boy, Andrea, who pretended to know
the Maccaluba as thoroughly as his
father‘s barn. In reality the boy
knew the hill only from hearsay and
inquired for the direction they had
to take only a few minutes before the
start. How the trm’clors fared with .
aguide like that you may imagine.
Riding through on uncultivatml.
rocky plain. they met dilhcult ground
an hour alter tlw start, where deep
cuts in the road mndo progrms u
wearisome task.
I must mention here that in the
lord‘s house nobody wrcd what hap
pened in the noighlmboml. These
people bad wry little crmtact with
the outside world. It is [flmllllll they
had heard of Saviello and his band,
but even then they believed they had
nothing to do with the adult. At
any rate, the idea never occurred to
the signorina of 16 summers that the
in: be captured by the bandits.
e travelers finally decided to re-
turn after having when a short rest.
They dismounted and sat down on the
trunk of an old tree which lay there
imheddcd in the gmund. At some
distance from them the boy snatched
himself on the ground. holding the
reins of the horses and glancing sig-
nificantly at the salable!» which the
fluorine had taken from the saddle
pockets. Hrs attention was so much
occupied thatbe did not notice the
smashing m, which ' t
heavy clouds from the south. he
with his eyes
dill contained _
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humus d?”
a life of sin and crime, lay on the
~m9‘9fiflflofluanlsdhinwlgh only
it
malts
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threatened to make the robin
possible. The boy, however, feeling
quite comfortable after an unusually
good repeat, showed greatconfldence.
Every few minutes he would stretch
out his hands like a signboard, cry-
ing. “Girgenti.” The two travelers
had lost all faith in him. They only
trusted their eyes, which could die-
coru nothing but a multimeter:
groundwlth little vegethtioa. ‘ The;
would not have ventured mm
with the journey had not the horse
of Signor Ernesto, left to himself,
continued his way through the dark-
ness, following only his instinct.
Not so Miss Evelyn’s animal. He
would stand still at intervals, and at
last fell back entirely. The signorina,
by coaxing and patting, tried in vain
to eflect some progress. She called
to her friends, but no answer. The
strong wind drowned the sound of
her voice. She was alone in the dark-
ness in an unknown place, far from
any human habitation. Yet she did
not lose her presence of mind. She
dismounted, left her horse to his fate
and sat down on a large flat stene.
Looking around, she discovered a
light at somedistance. Without de-
lay she started toward. it in hope of
ashelter for the night. Slowly she
advanced. In spite of all precautions
she stumbled frequently.
At last she stood in front of an old
ruin, the opening of which, covered
with an old rug, was turned toward
her. A mighty stone slab laid over
the walls formed the roof. She
heard voices inside. Hurriedly she
climbed over the stones that sep—
arated her from the entrance and
pushed the curtain. aside. She found
herself in a space lighted by a burn-
ing piece of pitch pine and occupied
by Paolo Saviello and two brignnds.
One of these, a fellow grown old in
ground, mortally wounded. The
morning before Paolo, with three
bandits, had tried to stop a diligence
without expecting armed resistance.
They were received with well aimed
shots through the coach windows.
One of the robbers was killed at
once ; the other had his chest torn open
by abnllet. No attempt was made
tocapture the outlaws, and the coach
soon disaplwnred from view. Paolo
and the only remaining bandit car
ried the wounded man on their guns
to the place described. The latter
was doomed. He breathed with great
difiiculty, and there was no hope for
him to live through the night. I have
already explained that originally
Paolo Snvicllo was not a common
bandit. He had started his career
by revenging on individuals that
which really was the fault of circum»
stances. This mistake led him on to
the path of crime. Assoon as he be- ;
gun to rob men for their money he‘
was lost.
Yet his conscience was over nctch-
1y denouncing him. The more Paolo
through his misdeeds separated him-
self from the society of the good and
imW
the more savage he showed himself
toward the World the more unsettled I
became his mind. Frequently in the l
night a maret terror would seize him, {
and with fearful anxiety he would;
look for a way out of his troubles to
a peaceful state of mind. Sonwtinn-s
he thought of entering a monastery. '
But then it occurred to him that
sanctimonious life Would never ox-
tiuguisb from his mind the memory
of his crimes.
The first misfortune had lx-fallon
him this mowing-vow of his old fol
lows dead, the other one dying. Now
he listened to the labored breathing
of the wounded man. A voice with-
in him spokc to him thus: “Tln-m-xt
time it will be your turn, Paolo, and
when you are gone there will be re-
joil-mgamong all the just once when
over your name is known. Feared
like a ferocious animal in God‘s crea-
tion. you will end us such.“
And fixrnlly be stored at the ground
before him. shaken by feverish in»,
more. . -
At this moment tho curtain \VilHl
liflml. and l‘llgnm‘inu livelyv‘ like u
ln-xm-nly lllf‘rlfimlgl'l'. uppuuml lo bis;
onclnmtml eyes. Sim was a bz-m (of
stmugoly rare bounty, HII‘I'Immlml by
the glnry of youthful innm-l-m's' and
purity. The idea llch'l‘ «mum-«l to
Paolo that this uppm'ilion l‘ulllll be
on!) of flesh and blood. like himself.
Overcome by nwv. he fell on his
knees. crying: ”lloly lllmlonnnj
Blew-d Virgin 2"
'l'ln-signorinumnilml at the pros-
n-nto vuuulmnd. who oil's-ml to her
the highest tribute ol’ vcnorulion,
Curried away by his imagination. "I
am It human being like yourself."
she said, with a foreign accent, “and
have lost my way. I shall be grate-
ful to you for a shelter and promo.
tion for the night, and tomorrow you
may lead me back to Girgenti."
Paolo, still full of fear, rose to his
feet, and. numbing her white tin-
” , which she willingly owed to
im, he said, ”Madonna. whoever
you may be.‘l am your slave; 1113me
01m." ,
The W looked Iii-annals the
strangenariuwroommhmmnetcb-
ed out on the mound, lay the two
bandl
ts.
"Who are youl” shelihqulred curb
e
d g , about my and when your-2mm
forb‘hollld: . r. » .-. ‘.
“I on gointh prepare you-room,
where you may be alone." p .
He. called Pietro, his comrade in
“Wake up, Pietro, make room.
We have a guest !"
Half asleep yet, Pietro rose from
his couch, and glancing at the jewals
on Evelyn’s arms he muttered to Pa—
ole:
“Where in the devil's name did
you get holdof her 5"
Paolo, ashamed of the man's bru-
tality, said:
“Keep still and do what I tell you.
She shall be treated like the Madon-
na herself."
He untied the rope that carried the
curtain and turned it so that the in-
closed space separated them from the
dying man. Pietro stood aside lean-
ing against the wall and observed
with a cynical smile his captain's ac-
tions, which he could not under-
stand. Paolo spread his mantle on
the stones, and stepping back said:
“Be this your boudoir for the
night, madonnal Could I make these
stones to turn into soft pillows and
the mantle into a silken cover, I
should not hesitate !"
“And where will you stay?" she
sweetly asked. ' .
"I‘ shall watch for you. madonna."
MBut. I do not see any danger here."
Miss EVelyn smiliugly answered,
"yet I thank you from the bottom of
, man: mum.
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my heart. You are a brave. good
man. ”midnight? .
The two bandits retired. ()utsidcl
they lay down. Neither of them.
spoke.
in single drops; in afcw minutes it
fell in sheets. drenching the unprw.
tented men. [
Restlessly Pietro turned aroundw
At last he whispered: "How long is;
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this comedy to last? Let us make an l
and With bambinoi" Paolo gave him .
a warning. For some time Pietro:
did not mow. then he crawled up in
the direction of the curtain. Paolo;
now begun to quarrel with him and 3
finally stabbed Pietro, causing his in- l
stunt death. Horrified by his rash
deed, he looked to see if his guest
had been awakcnwl, but there was
no movebehlml the curtain. "Blamed ;
be the hol y Madonna!" he muttered.
”This shall lM-lllt! last one," he said
to liimsoll'. :
In the heavenly light of purity and l
inmiconce. which had fallen into the
darkened soul of the lostone. with
Ewlyn‘s nplumruncc hisown wickuL ;
ness and guilt revealed itself to him .
with a force unknown to him before. .
"You must pay for what you have.
done." his coneu‘ioin-o said. He bowed
his ln'nll. "Your life is forfeited. .
Confess your sins, and mercy alone
can save you from everlasting pun
ishmeut." ”n his knees he prayed. '
“Holy Madonna. pray for me." .
Tin-n be new, took the mu‘rdcrmll
man's body on his shoulders. “Shel
must not sec him.” the Voice in him 1,
said. lb- l'Ul'l'll‘ll his Vll'lllll to a rave.
near by. row-ring the remains with.
Stones. ‘
Returning. lm mt down to wait for
the rising: sun. Wllll'll should hringi
him salvation. ‘
Mystvrioudy nod ;;‘l‘(lllllllllyIllt'Vl'll ,
of darkness in tho oust vanished, and l
soon the Mill rose from the sen, Ht'llll- ‘
ing her gulch-n rays to Sivily's moun- ‘
talus. 'I‘ln-n Evelyn. lwuuliful in her;
imnuwncv. throw back the rurtnln
which separated llor from the outside :
world and gnzml with large. enchant .
cdcyos at the Womb-rs of the new"
born world around her. ‘,
I’noloslnrml at the apparition be-l
fore him an at a miracle. Evelyn in. l
quirwl fur the sick man. Paulo ruse l
and quickly unswon-d. "lie sleeps in
peace." Rallying. he asked her: "Are
you ready: 'l‘ln-y will be looking for
you at lilrgcnti."
At some distance the signorina's
lllll'h'l! wnssm-n lending. Paolo caught
the animal. 'l‘ln-n. asking Miss Evo-
lyn to put lu-r foot “in his hand. he
lifted ln~rinm llw emu. Quwkly
moving, be easily ko-pt op with the
horse. liv luokml Uri happy as a man
who is going to Imrtil-ipnte in a festi-
an. \Vllvn lllrgwuti l'llllll‘l insight,
he told tlw :«lzllul'llllt that his ollico
mu guide was l'lllll‘ll. Miss Emlyn
lllrllnlrlmul him, insisting that he must
cometogvt n reward for his sol-rm-
loin-r.
“Mwlonno. if you will permit me
n tokvnof your favor. may it be your
glove." '
She gave it to hint with u Mull“.
lie coronal ll Willi kisses and hid it
in his limit-ll. There he carriixl it till
hisdonth. 'l‘lw summwcning Paolo
confluent all his crimes to the priest
and then gave himself up to the au-
thorities. He was mndemned to be
executed. The sagnorlna lived in his
memoryas a higher being to the last.
The only kind word the poor man
had heard since his childhood had
come from herltps. "You are a brave,
goodman."
This sounded in his cars like (teles-
flll music. He did not know that
when ”Evelyn heard through the
about her companions chor—
aster she was shocked almost to
M More Paolo was ext-could
III took the glbve, linseed it again and
i it to the priest. saying. 'i’l‘ell
this, i to her.“ A little lam
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Improves the appetite, and
aids digestion. An unri-
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Among the peculiar conditions with which the people of ‘
pmnt are endowed, is a remarkable capacity or doc. ,
A full be! of only comes after positive proofs have been . I
ed. As summer Underwear is likely to be a who“ of cap ,,
terest to every one an a‘short time, we invite a t orough investb
tion of our Hosiery Department, fully believing that we =
it in our power to convince the most skepticalu both as to price
and quality. We have a fine assortment of Men’s, Ladi and 2
Children's Underwear, Healer and Gloves, so that the demands _
of our trade will be fully met y seasonable and desirable g
UNDERWEAR. .
Gent's Gauze’and Balbriggan Vests and Drawers. All sizes» ‘
at 20 cents each; better quality if desired. Ladies’ Ribbed Vests
at 5 cents each; better at 10, 15. 19 and 25 cents each. Children's
Ribbed Vests in long and short sleeves, all sizes.
QR HOSIERY.
Fifty dozen Children's Fast Black Hose, wide rib, guaran-‘j ‘
teed positively fast black, an eloggant school stocking, worth llio
pair, now 10 cents pair. Boy’s icycle Hose, sizes 6 to 10, 12)::
pair. An elegant thing in ents' Half Hose, in fast black and
tan. good yalue at 20c pair; choice of lot 2 pair for 250. Fifteen
dozen Ladies' Fast Black Hose, full regular made, regular quar-
ter goods, at 190 pair.
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lowing books, with coupon, for
10 CentsEach
Children’s Bible Picture book. Privateersman. ’ as
Black Beauty. False Vow.
Robinson Crusoe. Robert Elsmere.
Deerslayer. Ed. Somers, the Detective.
Lucille. As in a Looking)Glass.|
Lowell’s Poems. Tom Brown at xford.
'Vicar of Wakefield. Pilgrim’s Progress.
Romola. ' Eso ’s Fables.
Masses from an old Manse. Wh tter’s, Poems.
Woman A ainst Woman. Last of the Mohicans.
Gulliver's ravels. Arabian Nights.
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