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Title: Lucia Rudini
Somewhere in Italy

Author: Martha Trent

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LUCIA RUDINI

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 nic