Rico and Wiseli

Rico and Wiseli (Rico and Stineli,
and How Wiseli Was Provided
For) [with accents]

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RICO AND WISELI
RICO AND STINELI and HOW WISELI WAS PROVIDED FOR
BY
JOHANNA SPYRI
Translated By Louise Brooks

CONTENTS
RICO AND STINELI
CHAPTER
I. IN THE QUIET HOUSE II. IN THE SCHOOL III. THE OLD
SCHOOLMASTER'S FIDDLE IV. THE BEAUTIFUL, DISTANT
LAKE WITHOUT A NAME V. A SAD HOUSE, BUT THE LAKE
GETS A NAME VI. RICO'S MOTHER VII. A PRECIOUS LEGACY,
AND A PRECIOUS PRAYER VIII. ON THE LAKE OF SILS IX. A
PERPLEXING AFFAIR X. A LITTLE LIGHT XI. A LONG
JOURNEY XII. IT STILLS GOES ON XIII. ON THE DISTANT,
BEAUTIFUL LAKE XIV. NEW FRIENDSHIPS FORMED, WHILE
THE OLD ONES ARE NOT FORGOTTEN XV. SILVIO'S WISHES
PRODUCE RESULTS XVI. COUNSEL THAT BRINGS JOY TO
MANY XVII. BACK AGAIN OVER THE MOUNTAINS XVIII.

TWO HAPPY TRAVELLERS XIX. CLOUDS ON THE BEAUTIFUL
LAKE OF GARDA XX. AT HOME XXI. SUNSHINE ON THE
LAKE OF GARDA
HOW WISELI WAS PROVIDED FOR
I. COASTING II. AT HOME WHERE ALL ARE HAPPY III. ALSO
AT HOME IV. AT COUSIN GOTTI'S V. HOW TIME WENT ONE,
AND SUMMER CAME VI. OLD AND NEW VII. ANDREW IS
BETTER, AND SOMEBODY ELSE, ALSO VIII. SOMETHING
VERY STRANGE HAPPENS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"So the lad seated himself, and placed his fiddle in position."
"Rico played correctly, and with enthusiasm."
"Wiseli hastened into the room, and went to her mother's side."
"Andrew raised himself in his bed to see who was there."

RICO AND STINELI.

CHAPTER I
.
IN THE QUIET HOUSE.
In the Ober Engadin, on the highway up to Maloja, stands the lonely
village of Sils; and back towards the mountains, across the fields,
nestles a little cluster of huts known as Sils Maria. Here, in an open
field, two cottages stand, facing each other.
Noticeable in both are the old wooden house-doors, and the tiny
windows quite imbedded in the thick walls. A bit of a garden-plot
belongs to one of these poor dwellings, where the pot-herbs and the
cabbages look only a trifle better than their spindling companions the
flowers.
The other house has nothing but a little shed, where two or three hens
may be seen running in and out. This cottage is smaller than its
neighbor, and its wooden door is quite black from age.

Out of this door every morning, at the same hour, came a large man. In
order to pass out he was obliged to stoop, so tall was he. His hair was
black and glossy, and his eyes were also black; and under his
finely-shaped nose grew a thick black beard, completely hiding the
lower part of his face; so that, except the glistening of his white teeth
when he spoke, nothing was visible. But he rarely spoke.
Everybody in Sils knew the man, but he was never called by his
name,--it was always "the Italian." He went by the foot-path across to
Sils every day regularly, and thence up to Maloja. They were working
on the highway in that place, and there he found employment.
When, however, he did not have work up there, he went down to the
Baths of St. Moritz. Houses were being built down there, and he found
work in plenty; and there passed the day, only returning to his cottage
at nightfall.
When he came out of his house in the morning, he was