[ "'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!"