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By EDWARD HARSHALL.
fThese short serial stories are copy
righted by Bseheller, Johnson ft Bachel
ler, and are printed Id The Tribune by
pedal arrangement, simultaneous with
thetr appearance In the leading dally
Journals ot the large cities).
Plppette was emancipated. To be
sure, she did not wear knickerbockers
amd she could not vote, but her emanci
pation was complete. The New Woman
has not developed In the Italian colony
that Inhabits Mott Street Barracks, op
posite the Police headquarters build
ing, but the emancipated maiden was
making up a bed In the single light
room of one of the tenements on the
top floor, wflith a heart as happy as her
Angers were deft.
She was undoubtedly beautiful, de
spite her decorative effect. Her blood
red handkerchief, be it drawn never bo
tight over her smooth, parted hair,
could not spoil the saintly oval of her
oHve face saintly despite the fact that
she was the belle of Little Italy; her
short, coarse skirt only heightened the
daintiness of her trim, 'brown ankles,
although they rose from cheap pattens,
none too clean; the broken butitonholes
1n her waist might have seemed sloven
ly to the captious, but to the seeker
after loveliness au naturel they must
be regarded with gratified admlraitlon
because of their native revelations, and,
although Pietro sat within two yards
of her, smoking his pipe of gloom and
bad tobacco, Plppette did not care. She
was the belle of Lfttle Italy, and In Lit
tle Italy conventionality goes a-begging,
although virtue holds high place.
(I have heard It whispered that In
speaking of some places this statement
may truthfully be reversed.)
But all of this Is by the way. It has
nothing to do wMh PippeWte's emanci
pation. It was Pietro who had brought
that about and It was Pietro who had
amfTerprl ihv it.
In the bare brick building, Ave grimy
stories high, punctured by many star
ing windows, and fed by blaok door
ways every twenty feet or so, love and
hate, mirth and misery, run high.
When Neapolitans come to Gotham,
they not only die faster than any other
race In New York city, but they Hye
faster, too.'- America throws Italians
off their balance. In Italy they drink
soft wines; In America, slum whisky.
When; they gamble here It is not for the
pleasant fun they knew at home, It Is
with greed that makes eyes beady and
breathing quick, that makes stilettos
flash and sometimes takes a life. If I
were writing sociology and not ro
mance, I might explain that Italians
come Ihere for one thing money; that
the moment they leave the steamer's
gangplank they are money mad. That
. i i 1 1 i nfl ...11 m 1 1 a
work or an idleness so frugal that it
eats thfee cents a 'day no more. The
very food that nourished them at home
maccaronl and fruit overripe herer
helps raise their death rate. .That, in
fact, of all races, that of Southern
Italy Is least fitted to cope with Ameri
can waj(s, American climate, Ameri
cans, America. But I am not writing
sociology, I am writing the tale of Plp
pette. The only smile in the room was hers.
Indeed, while her face broke into the
merriest of ripples as she pulled and
pabted at the soft, gaudy pile of bed
ding, not only was Pietro sad and sol
emn, but Pippette's bent and crony
mother, working at the washtub down
in the court between the front and the
rear tenements, her father, sweeping
Btreets away upto,vn, and Pletro's par
ents In their abiding places, were sad
and gloomy too, and all because of Pip
pette's emancipation.
It all grew out of hot Naples love,
brought over seas successfully, and a
Naples custom that could not be trans
planted. It should bo understood that
In Naples marrying and giving In mar
riage are conducted on a basis differ
ent from that of the American matri
monial institution. Plppette and Pietro
were tiny children when the alliance
was arranged and pertain financial
Pcitro Sat Within Two Yards of Her
Smoking.
matters with it. Pietro grew to the
manhood ot 21 and Plppette to the
Italian womanhood of 13 without other
thought. When the two families came
over to America It was understood that
the ceremony would be delayed but for
a short time after they reached this
land of gold, and both were well con
tent. The plan was all right, the money
was all right, even the affection was
all right. But no one had taken into
consideration the effect of America's
Independent atmosphere.
Plppette would never have been af
fected by It In Little Italy. Hut she
went as nurse for a month In the fam
ily of one of the fU"er little Italian
bankers, who hud besn In America a
long time, and there she learned pro
gressive lesons. Of course, she told of
her engagement, and how It had all
been arranged when she was a little
child.. At once her mlntress' hands
went up In horror. It was wrong that
in America a girl should be forced to
marry a man h?r parents had select
ed. Tha t was not the way those things
wore done on this side of the ocean.
Here girls selected their own sweet
hearts and parents were not consulted.
They married the men' thay loved, not
the men with whose parents their
fathers and their mothers could make
the best financial plans. If Plppette
did net love Pietro she ought not to
marry him.
Now, before that M had never oc
curred to Plppatte that she was being
forced to marry; It had never seemed
unjust that her parents should arrange
the match; she had never for a mo
ment doubted that she loved Pietro.
But the knowledge gained In that short
month changed the whole aspect of af
fairs to her. Plainly she saw the In
justice of It all, plainly she saw the
deep-laid plot to steal away her brand
new independent spirt, plainly she
saw the outrage offered to her woman
hood. Night by night when she went home
she treated Pietro less lovingly. Night
by night she grew more gloomy and
more sitent In her parents' presence.
Her mouth, that had In the past been
ever smiling, drooped and quivered.
She wept ait night and woke red-eyed.
Tha merry girl changed into a maiden
of most sorrowful nnd sullen mien.
Both parents and Pietro were amazed.
Not guessing the real cause of her
grievance, not knowing that she even
had a grievance, they decided that she
was ill. They worshiped her, all five,
and held a consultation. When the
month's end came they told her thnt
she need not go out to tend the bank
er's children any more, that she need
do no .work at all, that If she did not
mend they would have to try a doctor.
Plppette submitted after protest, bo
cause she assumed that to be cut off
from her new-found friend was another
piece of tyranny. She was a double
martyr for a week, while her family
and lover worried and wondered at
the change In her.
When the doctor came a fussy,
greasy-haired Italian she told him
nothing' of her trouble, only sitting si
lent while he wisely shook his head and
figured out a pill. After he had gone
away she wept quietly for hours, re
fused to see Pietro and turned her hend
toward the tenement's wall when her
mother spoke to her.
The next morning, after a night
which wns most miserable for every
one concerned, she declared her Inten
tion of going to see the banker's wife.
There was some demur, hut Bhe was
most determined, and finally tramped
sullenly away, leaving behind her Ave
of the moat thoroughly puzzled Ital
ians In New York. Pietro almost wept.
Her mother was In acute distress. Her
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but not at her. Pletro's parents called
ardently upon the Holy Virgin to wit
ness that the girl had not been be
witched.
When Plppette found the banker's
wife she poured out her woe.
"But If you do not want to marry
the young man, simply do not many
him," advised that Americanized sig.
nora.
"Oh. alas! but It Is that they will
force mo to!" exclaimed Plppette, with
despair, which she had really learned
to feel "5 an actress felt her part
The Doctor Cnmo-A (ironsyllolrcd
Italian.
"A thousnnd million tortures will they
Indie; upon me If I thwart their wills
of Irm!" She had succeeded In bring
ing herself to believe that she was tor
rlbly abused.
"i'ortnre you!" remarked the pro
gressive banker's wife, staccato. "Tor
ture you! Not In America can ' thoy
do tliu. Not herel do! Defy them!
Bhould they still demand your mnr
rlageto tl.ls beast" the banker's wlf,
full of romance, had conjured up hi
her mind a humpbacked and squint
eyed Pietro with a leer "should th?y
still demand your marriage to this
beast, defy them again, and then send
for mc."
"But how can I send for you?" sobbed
Plppette. "Suppose I am confined or
tied by my hair or beaten?"
It will be observed that she had Imag
ination. "Theni" said the banker's wife, with
grandeur, "then we shall rescue you!
It Is an alderman who Is my hus
band's friend, and In New York bless
Virgin Mary I an alderman can do
very much." In all her life she had
never had anything fill her with such
delightful, romantlo Indignation,
To Plppette the title alderman
meant only something which must be
very grand. She Anally planned with'
the banker's wife to go home boldly,
and when that very day, as phe as
sured her friend they would, her wicked
relatives tried ito force to submit to the
SHcrlllce of herself upom the altar of
Old World oppression, she would bold
ly defy them. Then she declared that
she would, without doubt," be confined
in the front room of the tenement,
where It would be the Intention of her
parents to starve her or bent her or
otherwise force her Into obedience. But,
no! Sho ' would ' casually hang 1 her
bright red petticoat out of the window,
and the banker's wife, who would be
watching, would notify the alderman,
who would notify the police, or, If they
were not strong enough to overcome
the plotting foreigners, the mayor. The
banker's wife went on. with great en
thusiasm, and stated that sooner than
permit such a wicked Old World con
spiracy to be carried out In free Ameri
ca, the mayor would go to the presi
dent of the United States, If need be,
and he would call out the. standing
army with Its guns, and the navy with
Its ships. Oh! the banker's wife had
never so thoroughly enjoyed herself In
her whole life before. And Plppette,
when she walked home, had a head full
of visions of ranks of armed men, each
a hero, and each with a blaok feather
plume In the side of his hat (like an
Italian soldier), marching down Mott'
street and bravely fighting a great mob
made up of .her relatives and their
friends, all willing to shed their last
drop of red, red blood In order to force
her to marry PMro against her will.
So Bhe flounced home and up to the
rooms In the fifth story. The miser
able five who thought her to be
strangely ill were all wnltlng for her,
and all anxious to know that the visit
to the banker's wife had not hint her
most delicate and precious henlth.
They set up a chorus of rejoicing when
they saw how red her cheeks wore
(with excitement) and how her eyes
sparkled (because of the romantic
thoughts behind them). But sho quelled
this with a quickly assumed tragic air
which threw them Into a new worry.
In a few moments, nfter they had with
frightened solicitude tried again to
learn what nlled the girl, she told
them. - For the first time she explained
the pocret of her mysterious malady.
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a tragedy queen might take the center
of the stage, she declared:
"I will not marry him. Torture me,
lock me up, tie my hands, abuse me
and maltreat me as you will I will not
marry film!"
They looked at her In stupefied
amazement. At first they did not un
derstand, but when she pointed her
linger at Plero and exclaimed: "It Is
you and your abettors whom I defy!
In Italy, yes, you could force me to be
come your wife. You could buy me
with your gold. You could take me
and I could not resist. But In Ameri
ca, no! It Is no that I say! No! No!
No! No! I r-r-ref-fuse! I WILL, NOT!"
The word amazement but poorly de
scribes the feelings of her audience.
Not one of them had ever before for
a moment supposed that she objected
to marrying Pietro. It had never even
been a matter of comment. The plan
had been as much a part of their sim
ple lives as the day and the night had
been. They concertedly gasped In hor
ror. She assumed that this was the
first move ot coming bntlo, and,
backing slowly into the front room,
exclaimed:
"Yes! Yes! Kill mc! Tenr me limb
from limb! I!ut first let mo toll the
tale that I have protectors!"
She unpinned her red petticoat nnd
slipped It oft quickly, without once re
moving her eyes from their faces, and
with a delicious revelation of well
rounded calves ibelow the rhorter skirt
underneath, which no one noticed.
"I have but to wive this petticoat
from the window nnd my friend the
banker's wife will come with an alder
man, who will bring the police and
the mayor and the president of the
kingdom nnd the army with guns and
great shins whlc'h shoot vast Iron
balls! Oh, I am ready! I have pro
tectors! I defy you all!"
Plppette, half conscious of the non
sense of It, was still conscious of the
sensation she was creating, and en
Joyed H from the bottom of her ro
mantic heart. No one threatened her,
but she waved her red petticoat from
the window, nnd wns somewhat disap
pointed to find that only the little
banker and a fat Irishman responded,
The banker's wife had told the story
to her husband, with ninny variations
and additions, end the alderman, will
ing to believe anything of Italians, was
really prepared for great things. He
attributed the submissive and puzzled
attitude of the five swarthy persons
Whom he met to their craft, and Im
pressively warned them.
"Here now! Here now!" he com
manded, "None o' that owver here In
Amerlky, you bloody dagoes! The
golrl Is freo to marry any one she
lolkes. Don't let me hear any more of
coer-r-clon, or Ol'll have the police
ahfter yez. iMoInd now phwat Ol
say!" and he loft majestically.
After he had gone, the little group
nil of them except Plppette broke Into
tears. They had begun to understand
that Plppette had, for some unaccount
able reason, decided not to marry
Pietro, and were filled with woe. And
worse than that, they saw that she
looked upon all of them who wor
shipped her, each one with fear and
defiance. This was crushing!
Finally, unhappy and dlmayed,' they
held a council and decided that all
should withdraw except Pietro, who
was to remain with Plppette, and try
to make his peace, or, at least, to get
at the bottom of the mystery. Just
before they went away, Pippette's fa-
-anuas ijans hum J3tl 1 dn luaa jam
ne.ss as a man who sweeps the streets
can assume, and said:
"Bambino carissima It is not that
we wish you to wed Pietro If It Is
that you do not for him feel love. It Is
that we all for you feel love most much
nnd that we do greatly feel that you
have an illness of the mind. But it is
fur you to say. It is that we shall die
of the grief If you wed Pietro not but
yes, enramba! it Is for you to say.
Bambino carrlsslma, it Is that It Is for
you to say."
rippette wns emancipated. She had
won her point. Her wicked relatives
had bowed to the freedom of America.
But had not the miserable Pietro
permitted his hot blood and sore heart
to run away with him and induce him
to bitterly reproach her, she would still
have been unhappy. With her parents
nnd his the plan had not worked as
she had thought it would. Her father's
real grief had knocked hard on the
door of her silly little heart, nnd al
most opened It. Instead of rage and
torture, gentleness and simple love had
met her. It was disconcerting to a
maiden who wished to be the heroine
of such a romance as the banker's wife
hed read in books.
Hut Pletro's gloom, lit by flashes of
hot anger as often as It was by throes
of great grief, kvas better. She enjoyed
it. It made her feel most important.
(To be Continued.)
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