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Somewhere in Italy by MARTHA TRENT Illustrated by Chas. L. Wrenn [Illustration: Cover art Lucia Rudini.] [Frontispiece: "My pet, see how you frightened
the brave Austrian soldier"]
New York
Barse & Hopkins
Publishers
Copyright, 1918
by
Barse & Hopkins
DEDICATED TO R. J. U.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I CELLINO
II MARIA
III BEFORE DAYBREAK
IV LOST
V IN THE TOOL SHED
VI GARIBALDI PERFORMS
VII THE BEGGAR
VIII THE SURPRISE ATTACK
IX THE BRIDGE
X GARIBALDI, STRETCHER BEARER
XI THE AMERICAN
XII A REUNION
XIII AN INTERRUPTED DREAM
XIV THE FAIRY GODFATHER
XV EXCITING NEWS
XVI THE KING
XVII GOOD BY TO CELLINO
XVIII IN THE GARDEN
XIX BACK TO FIGHT
XX AN INTERRUPTED SAIL
XXI THE END OF THE STORY
ILLUSTRATIONS
"'My pet, see how you frightened the brave
Austrian soldier'" . . . . . . Frontispiece "The Soldiers came and chattered and laughed" "Together they drove the goats before them" "Lucia and Garibaldi toiled up the hill, each one
using every bit of their strength"
LUCIA RUDINI
CHAPTER I CELLINO Lucia Rudini folded her arms across her gaily colored bodice, tilted
her dark head to one side and laughed. "I see you, little lazy bones," she said. "Wake up!" A small body curled into a ball in the grass at her feet moved
slightly, and a sleepy voice whimpered, "Oh, Lucia, go away. I was
having such a nice dream about our soldiers up there, and I was just
killing a whole regiment of Austrians, and now you come and spoil it." A curly black head appeared above the tops of the flowers, and two
reproachful brown eyes stared up at her. Lucia laughed again. "Poor Beppino, some one is always disturbing your
fine dreams, aren't they? But come now, I have something far better
than dreams for you," she coaxed. "What?" Beppi was on his feet in an instant, and the sleepy look
completely disappeared. "Ha, ha, now you are curious," Lucia teased, "aren't you? Well, you
shan't see what I have, until you promise to do what I ask." Beppi's round eyes narrowed, and a cunning expression appeared in their
velvety depth. "I suppose I am not to tell Nana that you left the house before sunrise
this morning," he said. Lucia looked at him for a brief moment in startled surprise, then she
replied quickly, "No, that is not it at all. What harm would it do if
you told Nana? I am often up before sunrise." "Yes, but you don't go to the mountains," Beppi interrupted. "Oh, I
saw you walking smack into the guns. What were you doing?" He dropped
his threatening tone, so incongruous with his tiny body, and coaxed
softly, "please tell me, sister mine." "Silly head!" Lucia was breathing freely again, "there is nothing to
tell. I heard the guns all night, and they made me restless, so I went
for a walk. Go and tell Nana if you like, I don't care." Beppi's small mind returned to the subject at hand. "Then if it isn't that, what is it you want me to do?" he inquired, and
continued without giving his sister time to reply. "It's to take care
of them, I suppose," he grumbled, pointing a browned berry stained
little finger at a herd of goats that were grazing contentedly a little
farther down the slope. "Yes, that's it, and good care of them too," Lucia replied. "You are
not to go to sleep again, remember, and be sure and watch Garibaldi, or
she will stray away and get lost." "And a good riddance too," Beppi commented under his breath. He did not share in the general admiration for the "Illustrious and
Gentile SeƱora Garibaldi," the favorite goat of his sister's herd.
Perhaps the vivid recollection of Garibaldi's hard head may have
accounted for his aversion. Lucia heard his remark and was quick to
defend her pet. "Aren't you ashamed to speak so?" she exclaimed, "I've a good mind not
to give you the candy after all." "Oh, Lucia, please, please!" Beppi begged. "I will take such good care
of them, I promise, and if you like, I will pick the tenderest grass
for old crosspatch," he added grudgingly... Continue reading book >>
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