Sardinian Marriage Customs

T!ut husli! silencel tlierc is tho tramp if liorscs outside - not n word - prcuently i luw tap at the door. The fat-her looka uoiiiid tu see if a.11 is in order, thon glowv rilling oln'vs iho .iiiiiinions. Fatlier - 'W'ho is tlior--:' Viotn without - ;Friendí.' Kjlhur - 'Wliat do vou want?' From tv'. tltmit - 'Cilhomo unn prr.nré mlduía;' tlio figurativo 'Wo seuk i lost lainb.' Fatliur, parily oponing thu door - 'Do ny f ioiulfi df.irc to sl'O if it has tryod uto tliis folil?' Oa this the utepded bridogroom gen]y pushes opon the door and enters, clouipanicd by a few choseu friend. 'J'lw atliuv b -ws Louitoovuly to eaeh, and tlwn uruing around to his tamily, introduces ,ho vaiious members eouipoüing it, begialing witli the mothcr, and ccremoniously nquiring: Is thid tlio lamb you have lost?' A liuka of the liead is tlio negative rcply. At last the spouse is presented; the bridogrooni tliat a to be, lturíft rui 8 "or ar 1, Ukea her hand aud respeotfully liifjts t. This ia tlio lost lanib. 11e is rejoiced to have feund the timl hunb hu sought tor. ihe lathor u pleased, puts the lover on the back, and calis hhn a good lad. The lover, in lus turn. protests that ha will take care of the lovely lamb, aud, soon conduot t to lus fold. 'Ah! San Lorenzo, I believe thee,' aolt the suft hearted mother. 'Bah! Teresa, do not weep: vvhero s the rosario thou hast prepared for thy Bita'a bctruthal gift? The bird will ba well with ao gallunt a lover, my Teresina.. Truc, she is going from thee, but she will be well mated; so dry thine eyes.' Me'afiwhilé the lover has placed one more ring on the already ladened finger of the young sposina. She bashfuUy presents kim with a rosnry, and thua 'ssynalï or betrothal gifts are oxohangod..