[ "'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!"