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Show Tragedy of a Illoud Madonna. The town of Mercaglino, in Naples, has just been the scene of a tragedy. The sou of a farmer named Antonio Saccone, aged twenty, fell in love with a young and pretty peasant girl. The girl had, in consequence of her beautiful tresses, gained-for herself the sobriquet of "the blond madonna." The rich Saccone had offered his hand and his name to the maiden. But the girl refused re-fused the offer, for she had alreadv promised to marry a peasant ou his estate. es-tate. Saccone thereupon determined to discharge his rival. A quarrel arose and the rivals met armed with revolvers. revolv-ers. Three shots were fired and the peasant peas-ant was seriously wounded.. The blond madonna, hearing of the strife, also armed herself with a revolver aud quickly arrived upon the scene. Hero a dreadful tragedy was enacted. Antonio Saccone fell dead with a bullet from his adversary's pistol in his heart. The blond madonna was dangerously wounded wound-ed in the temple by a shot accidentally fired from Antonio's revolver. The bullet bul-let fired by Saccono had failed to reach his rival, but the girl, with the revolver she had brought to succor her beloved, through her inexperience with the firearm, fire-arm, had shot the youth, and he died shortly afterward. London News. |