. He who steals (Colui che ruba) a story for the young . s the others insisted that somethingwas wrong he held his tongue. The otherworkmen however were curious and they 172 HE WHO STEALS asked these two new ones many they were never answered. * * * Mingo became curious. The nice lettershe received now, written by Mrs. Spadini inthe name of his mother, he read with joyand he replied immediately. They weresent in care of Mr. Cogliati because thatmember of the firm had taken Mingo intohis private service. Mingo was curiousabout these two new men. Here is the reason. One evening, af
. He who steals (Colui che ruba) a story for the young . s the others insisted that somethingwas wrong he held his tongue. The otherworkmen however were curious and they 172 HE WHO STEALS asked these two new ones many they were never answered. * * * Mingo became curious. The nice lettershe received now, written by Mrs. Spadini inthe name of his mother, he read with joyand he replied immediately. They weresent in care of Mr. Cogliati because thatmember of the firm had taken Mingo intohis private service. Mingo was curiousabout these two new men. Here is the reason. One evening, after supper, he wasobliged to go to the drug-store some dis-tance away because the children needed & medicine. The store was closed but heknocked at the door and insisted thathe should be served. When he returnedhe took a short cut and under a tree inthe moonlight he suddenly saw three recognized immediately the foremanLordevi on account of his felt hat with thelarge brim. The other two were the newworkmen. Mingo stopped and hid behind r<c. Under a tree in the moonlight he saw three men. HE WHO STEALS 175 the tree. From there he thought he couldhear what they were saying. Here was a mystery! Before the other workmen these two werealways silent and they showed great respectto Lordevi. And why? To hide theirfriendship with him? And why did theydo that? Mingo was not able to hear distinctlywhat was said but he was surprised that theynow spoke Italian very well. He went -on his way, and when the painsof the children grew less he went to bed. But what dreams he had! The day after was Sunday and no oneworked. Mingo stayed with the childrenand he had the task of persuading them totake a dose of castor oil. Mrs. Cogliatiwas surprised at his success for she could nothave done that. Then he had to try to con-sole Anna, who cried nearly every day be-cause Mrs. Cogliati was going to leave thatpart of the country. Not only that, but he i76 HE WHO STEALS had to console the owner of
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