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V c s lra l c- c s M r I I r t W Wh h. h t. t I G GF Girls F Face i When i en Immigrant ran If S ace I r F LI I Jd lIS Oo OG AU 11 O 1913 by bT tt New Y t r r N the steerage of the Mediterranean J Perugia Perula as All she slowly steamed toward her New York Fork pier on the afternoon of October 3 S 1910 stood tood Michelina Zerra Zena bearing WIth her In blended Intensity a hate Bate a hope hope- a and anda d da a death that had b been cn the tho constant moni- moni mo moni monitors i- i tors torn of her voyage TO Toy age ge Dark haired dark eyed fed dark skinned and unusually tan taD for forC C her type pe sho she waited apart from tb the Immigrant throng a a. a lithe swarthy mid mid- 4 night eight beauty of nineteen On the third thIr finger of right band hand was wAs' a quaint signet ring tang an innocent inno Inno- innocent cent nt appearing circle o of gold rold seemingly fashioned some time in the long ago to please Jease an antique fancier fancler who wished to have huc his mono monogrammed rammed Initia i convenient conven lent to the tho official sealing v q IL ir lL This ring could be opened by bT a i 1 my catch hardly bigger than the head jf if a pin t Press the catch and aDd out popped d a metal point hollow and sinister like the hypodermic hypodermic hypodermic hypo hypo- needle If It this point scratched you yon ever BO so faintly It were just as well that yon you settled up your business affairs and left memoranda with y your ur heirs a alto as al asto s sto to who o owed ed you yon mone money for In a comparatively com com- com com- brief time timo it would bo bl ImpossIble Impossible Impossible Im Im- Im- Im possible r for r you to personally superintend superintend tend these matters matter's from a distant resi resl- dence Tho Tito ring contained th the concentrated concen concen- concentrated d essence e of sure slow death n poison that had bad eternally quieted half a at t hundred bundred nen and nod women In the past and was waa stilt still strong enough to kill half balf n a hundred bundred more Such was WAIl Michelina's ring and Michelina was a Sicilian This nativity generally means much that is deadly minus any sort of ot a ring Michelina's Sad Story Had your Uncle Sam known as much about MichelIna ZerrA as I know and as you 00 soon will know knot knothe he be would have held ber her bard hard and fast at his lD sieving r room om on J. J Ellis Island and bundled bandIed her back bac to Italy Itay on the next nert ship But no official X-ray X has hns yet been invented to toj J I l level le at immigrants and make mako them rel re- re re-j lI I veal seal the secrets that would stamp them t I tas as unfit and undesirable citizens They pour through our national gateway by bythe the he tens of th thousands smirched with every enry crime on the calendar But you rou can cant can't t expect them to tell tell it of ot themselves 1 If they ther would then Michelins Zerra would Lave have ve told a story like this this this- When Police Lieutenant Joseph Petro Petro- in was shot to death in Palermo Pal Sicily on March 1 12 1909 Michelina had stood within half a block of the little public square where the famous amous New York policeman policeman po po- bad had been murdered She kne knew the llie deed was to be done Was not Fernando her lover one of those thoc assigned to prevent interference with the murderers What a brave bray dashing mighty tJ man he was to her then n to ming o with those who shed blood What t ta a pride she felt in this man who w was husband to her in in iii everything But But- the United States asked vengeance on Petrosino's murderers The Italian government go Was as irritated over the affair It was necessary for the tho killers to tse se sepa separate a arate J a joIl i Y rate and keep under cover until the hue and cry had diminished R was 1 ordered to go to America right in In the lions lion's mouth It Jt seemed Bu But with a u f 7 changed name an and many other details of 7 disguise there was not so much d danger auger as might be thought The he murderers murderer were looked lor for m rn Italy not in the United States State t So 50 o Fernando 1 went to New Mew NewYork Nework York ork via hl Cana Canada That was wu iu iii April There was wu au an affecting farewell the UJ girl that tU t Lad had given alven J c everything a eau can for love Itol- Itol don i swore ute ou the thu clO cross lull of his lus stiletto a as u adjured hew luiu that he Le would return lI un bhe ahu lle was cou CUU l Leut nc Hut But Mow w 4 jork ork rk offered too loo lucrative lucra eve tive openings S in w his u line bur lor n 1 c 1 to w ww luw that Italy leVel uever was WUi tike like bis bertile ter- ter tile li-le Held 1 lures c mouths be 11 WU was wasa i a u u. u ol ut ouie awl CUs Cite 1 was waa wa lat Las Ue erne caulI io to W Oa bethought lie ue thought a wu L 1 e and ULL eCU e Cl 1 decision 1011 Lie UI would ue never ut j 1 Y to icily lCUy except VS ou ii a It hlll lu luto lul I Ceara car LU to W couie coWe ao au u ue he iosi lUiL nu time UW m IU II ll lie ilc dW U us cult cult- l CUlo-l a ue tie engaged iu lu oJe Lac ue L Letlo nuo elUO murder plus plot leer Lux importuning U Jet Jet- tern lew had begun io to lam mw So Su o Le hI lul told I the girl all HiS bas va user over a as us a u waiter matter of ut course He Ue wasn't w wasu Int t the Un oral t Shealy 1 bo o 0 u lU inconsistent Bravos Iku J kill ou that Thal veal neat little 1 tta it l island J LutteL oat chat the Lilt Sicilian i lit is m in In n a ur U. strung strong as all in lu Mother r Urges Ven Veni Vengeance I i b huu Lill hLL I 6 the luc lata Lana Letter tetter 5 awe UW lie Her l' l blood boileu for tor 1 she bhe 11 LUew W what lutt ser iier Jer Lei had llau becu io to liia iua 4 So io she hv he yay tout look her 1111 oue vue I code ide ayi lU lyoU yuu ou U ed b by Y I 1 11 L flu will never return to you OU jou lor Tut he should Xhu ula ulas Ul bis' bis site te The s nave have been wronged audi aud bo u has haa my ml own your our Luther lather alive aUve he ho would bid ua us goodby Iou uy lo tU and nd jo oN v on nut has way to America to kill kiH this tub wan JUan Too Tae men meu of m my y ho hou house u are aro all dead loo tuo 1 I am u o longer The Thu he young d dut duty uty of ot killing kUling is hi yours See Set this riu ring D it l has bas been iu my wy own family sinew since r tie ine time of tho the Borgia J In it is a n dead deadly y poison Sec the See the spring point the the e needle note how l I w works rk Unu crutch and hoor he ho LL to or r she bu l by the point is a dead ead man wun manor manor or woman three Now W we hall ball begin to w sayo that you may mil go to America We mUst must wait hard as it is s o i. i wait until we have ha your OUt passage money monel Now while Mi Michelina waited Antonio y errera errera came visiting Sicily from frow Now ow York He was a fruit und end wine of his adopted country ami worth orth urn to tov h hi neighbors sine at t leant leau t lic Ue tel teh V Their Runaway Lovers IN iE L L f t I i I I I II I ss P Pit I 1 it r l r I i 5 5 1 i 1 I r rt h It r rh t i 1 i I s 5 N 2 7 r i I I I N r L N I h A 5 i 5 z S'S J t t s. s 4 S S L. L N f S t N t uy You ou Helped to Kill KM Petrosino 5 in n. n love Jore with he at t first sight a aber as asher asher her ber mother and and she solemn and aM ven- ven yen yen- d sed walked to to ma mass It was a easy to 16 tog g gain in an n introduction He He paid great attention to Michelina The Tho town town- folk were envious because many of them had daughters daughter with a less censurable past put Starts on on Her Mission It time uuie l bur r 1 Ferrera errera rr ra to tu return home borne lie asked M Michelina for wife wire Hell He Ue ll had d been liberal in iu his entertainment of the mother aud daughter and they would not deceive ive him him himl it Lt w was s Miche- Miche lina herself after bidding her mother j leave the room who told the wine merchant merchant mer mer- chant of h her r abandonment by aud e cr every detail of her story tory nut hut she did not tell of the tile oath of or revenge lC nor of with s Tha was a to be lie II attended to later ter Ferrera errera rii Jit listened l U to the tiie tu tale tale e with whiteface white face ice and sad ad il art for o Le he was wua with the some hand l n girl lie ill I farewell aud returned to tu America tie Lie hoped bolted that u a week or vr a 11 of absence ab ab- sence would cure him of ot life hit love U t Hut he lle forget lie Uc U. lJ begun began un making e- e cube u for lor the tiie girls girl's frailty Theu be lie u her lier a casual letter j just u t to bo be in iu touch with her there was wu a u regular lc ular cut cor At Christmas there came coati oatly i-oatly u tl present to Lv aud her mother and aud ou the lUe thew year eal u L uffer of rc regardless of ui tile the pact W Walt until you yuu have yourself elf aud ud theu give 11 him hew tW his answer said b b mother sine anti and Mich- Mich ellna obeyed l Ferrera berrera was refused cu auco twice thrice BUt Bui he hu null atil hoped lie lie- seemed lo to fun iau the flume the tile more cure t By h J June ot vL lUlU thu mother r aid aud daughter hud had saved paved enough lo tu pay pu the We girl s a wUI iu to America bucK buca rah uh lo to w io to locaLe locate The steamship web wao picked licked aud aid the date t bee eU C while mother awl and were at aL vespers thieves cI entered Well their little home bout and stole stale their hoard They were in 1 Jc despair for a u day duy or ur two but thou theu went rC resolutely saving in to Au Au- the their cow ill died ell This last calamity t cru crushed them said the old woman it Hit is decreed that lat you oU shall wed Antonio Automo Fer Ier Ferrera rera before you Juu kill i Fernaudo There i is no need struggling louger auger against it is Accept him Say uy nothing Lu lo u luu of your purpose Bide Dide your time It will cum come coma Ho will make a and d dhe he need never know of your vengeance The next licit ship brought L Ferrera errera x ac ac- In great joy he mailed Miche liua a letter ui bidding din her prepare to board hoard the Perugia October 1 This Thia would give sivo shoher her ample time lIe Uc would send her pa pan pas passage passage sage n c money monty and nuu a t i sum lIum for ur her mother It happened that Ferrera was was was-a a very tory busy man about this time So he gave a a sum one ODe day to tu su en u cn and bade Lulie him e and aud forward urd i t r order eider to T Thus This d done ne he fell I. I l lr r anticipating his coming happiness u Ll hu he bustled hither and thither In the business of making ni moro ro mone money But Butth the money order was wag never hover sent serit It was vas too Much uch of a temptation for Cor the Ilo lIo pocketed the tho mon money and aud nn planned t to tj run lun runaway away before the ship arrived from rom Sicily bringing news of tho the receipt non-receipt of the remittance It drew near to October 1 and nothing had been bad been received to purchase Michelina's ticket The girl birl b began an to doubt She bad been deceived once It might be so again ogain But the old mother never lost faith I This man Ferrera said she is of the right sort lie He is not I. I man to play piny at nt love and marriage There has been a 1 mistake or an ao accident of r some kind You shall go to America ou on tho the date dale he be set bet 1 i swear ILI It IL ItI I shall get the mone money somehow You shall shan shango go in the st steerage rne If no other place but go you YOl sha shall lJ So Michelina's mother v borro borrowed d here and borrowed there mostly from rom the parish parish par par- ish Lab priest who knew better than all others Michelina's stor story When the Perugia steamed out of port l was aboard There were ere tears in n her mothers mother's eyes but only for a minute She dashed them aside and und kis kissed Michelina's check cheek with ith lips JIp that were cold as ice Remember the Zerra Zena family and remember remember remember re re- re- re member my fatally family sho she said grimly And when you meet Fernando remember ber her the ring you yon wear In nine Dine days Michelina l stood in the steerage thinking of all these thiD things s as the Perugia past tho the welcoming Statue of Liberty It Jt seemed to the girl that the becalm calm eye of t the great carven careen form CorLO took look on 00 an approving determined look Jook as tb the tho bi big steamship swung past Ferrera had been called to Chicago the theda da dar before the ships ship's arrival It has to be bo bea boa a very matter that can take a aman aman man away from meeting his ilis prospective wife wICe but this was as one of tho the ex exceptional ePt times There was a big fruit busin business to tobe I bp be auctioned lie Dc bad had had his bis eye on it I Ifor for a long lone time He lIe must get tet it and present present pre pre- sent it to Michelina for a wedding gift pre j Perhaps the Perugia in would be late But Incase in incase incase case not he would arrange And so he be di did lie Uc sent one rno cf of his bis coun- coun vo j l. l cu u u. gird UI io tu meet W tie uie and antt ese escort ore rt I I IJ ashore Ferrera errera nad natt had ma many nr J dealings with Ellis island and he knew the jn c investigation t made regarding immigrants grants especially young youn women who come unattended by uy male m members of their fam fain ily So 0 m in hi hi- hi wire ho he said said said- Assume m. m mj n. n name c and und declare you yen are areto areto to tu he he Then the they will let Jet her ber go 0 iu lU ca case c. c they r refuse to w do de so eo otherwise other other- wise Will bu bo howe home morrow to-morrow morning When the Perugia came to Lo to dock ber Fer rera's friend way was there tuete lie Hu went aboard out there re wa lb nu one oue swung among the cabiLl as eu eo ol Ul tu the 1 uc Doug t. t I it H bile hue ue UI wa still the It steerage ct rs were W to io u a barge bargi and tU cU to tu them 1 Ferrera's Ferreras Lucid wile waa adU ad ad- i cu U to Lu inquire at l lilts llis island lei es Lucres Lucre's a 1 iu iii the tae e Leerue e s Auld aid au un on Ull the tha island what u ou want with her j l 1 aiu aw a wine me iner- iner r Zerra a 1 is la to wl-rry wl inc uie 11 ait ait we We her ber aul and aud r e ee e it IL Dues Does eh ne a what sue u hug U ha o to say ay about spear cu t l' l frace ace to f Face nce with u Au u. u L 1 Ilan fur luu in aai xH Ul d 4 1 L menu bread t c to lo get et t 1 coue C C a IL aL we Lue girl Ul so bu U as UI lo to warn her ber u ot 01 t and the Ut wul e absence LU lur 1 that bad nad a been t n wade made ut ot- tho the eser e Cl al about that tuut said octal well hell I ahead lo tu We uie u nan had Her called L CU be he t i iu She hu way waa bu DUL DULc t sue Jun came Vly lu c L L 1 U Hi u o sue aue U saw lia burrera s lot lot- Uie Wt ul lime exclaimed inu In iu iua j h 1 f she alu U ut at mm new t. t eyes c a u WUI Hl I mat waL J Lu su U. U lI l U Li L' L U Ue al lUU ua U snarling voiced awa vun a 11 at ut lug Lue LUUl Ul u Luu look a auau 1 ut ot nu oue being near enough U lo tu i Antonio asked tiiU U m we w io LU you OU ue tic i la b ib in liw u. u 1 i UIO diu nut U H could be lie jou luu lU ne he I. I was worrying 1 J. noticed thu name nuwt was wa the tUI same put put- not not- reve L the tuu ar ar- or ur it U will wall wake trouble Say uy I that tuat you thai you ou know 1 J. lam am um Antonio J Ferrera herrera un and that you ate ale to marry warry me WCo hut But m to u a lOic said 1 I 1 w wish b to tv a speak lo ty some buwe oue une who under under- 1 must Wust speak at ut once once- An interpreter forward Bol itol 1 lout joui gali gaze gaze- tearfully at ut th the gir giro She ad- ad t toward him with outstretched ac ac- I u 11 baud band 11 You lou are not the wine merchant You ou arc aro Fernando You LUu are ara tie ac |