MARRIED ON HER DEATHBED.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1047, 23 September 1911, Page 4

MARRIED ON HER DEATHBED.

I A TRAGIC STORY. ! A scene, at once beautiful and terrible, was enacted in a death chamber in a poor quarter of Koine on a leccnt Sunday evening. A yuntig and beautiful Italian girl, Auguslra Viiiari. lay on her deulU-bed. Surrounding her were prison guards, aud secure :ictwccu them was Iter lover, ivlar- , belli, who had been brought irom ais ceil to be tuanied to the girl, who nad Ik en lus ••tiua t e 1 • i.cio e .1. .. i..lit a oiJiiW ihe tragic t'- „' ■ * .-o. .wo lovers began four years ago. At that time Augusta Viiiari, who is 25 years of age, fell ill, when her lover, Orazio Marchelii, went to prison. He had quancllcd with another man, words had ended in blows, and in a moment of blind passion be bail killed his opponent. He had acted in sell-defence, but he had to purge his crime by a term uf imprisonment. He and Augusta Viiiari had not ti,ei; cmitracwu a meal marriage. The shock 01 separation had been •,uo much for the gul ; she languished in his ab-euce, .mu ail k;v ■ iicd».. oiiC AriS OU tlik 1 . pOtill 1 in uealh. The prison authorities granted permission lor the man to be taken to the death chamber. A few forma!, hut necessary words were pronounced, and lire convict and dying girl had become man aud wife. I The arrival oi the convict at the house ci his dying bride was watched by a crowd of neighbours, mostly women, who burst into tears as he entered the house. The pitiful story was well-known in the neighbourhood. When he saw the dying mother of his child Marchetti could not restrain his emotions. The young couple kissed and embraced each other affectionately, aud it was some minutes before the ceremony could begin. It was over at last, however, and alter a final tender parting from his wife, .Marchetti w;is escorted back to prison.

until time is up, which would naturally cause a win. The polling booth was the church, which the ‘in’ party held, so the leased the sections on either side, loop-holed the walls, and stationed their supporters behind with loaded \ rilies. Then the electors came up ' in batches of 20, first on one side | and then the other, recording their i voles. No one was killed, but the ! poll was declared off, the losers 1 managing to have it upset, For ! the poll on the 25th,” the letter j continues, “it was reported that uric parly was bringing two I maxim gnus with which to bach | tUvll OpllllvjUa IheG ,Cl urn, n i-.., u a -c, U 11- . P,c ) L..lU n rtub hi., Luc day Uc was inspecting u;., o. tne ante-rooms aud the opposition locked the door, a guard remaining on close watch outside. Of course, the party whom the guard represented won —the poor scrutineer was kept in his prison for three hours. Everyone came with revolvers or knives, and the police were armed with loaded mausers. If some fool had only fired a shot, there would have been slaughter. As it was one policeman let his gun off by accident, aud shot his male dead, and a cnap chopped another’s hand off at the wild wua a kune.' LET IT BE KNOWN. The widest publicity should be given to the fact that summer diarrhoea and dysentery can be cured by the judicious use of Chamberlain’s Coiic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It never fails. When reduced with water and sweetened it is pleasant to take, which is important when the medicine must be given to small children. For sale everywhere. —Advt.