A Sicilian Heroine (1912)

This story first takes you to Misslimeri a little Sicilian village and into the home of Don Ruggero a wealthy landowner Don Ruggero is an ironhearted man and strongly prejudiced against the lower classes His son Corrado a young fellow loves Rosalia a shepherdess but Don Ruggero has always refused to allow their marriage and to recognize little Vincenzino their child as his grandchild Finally to destroy all Corrados hopes he discharges poor Rosalia from his farm where she had been employed for many years Even the sight of her departure with Vincenzino in her arms does not soften him Rosalia is the very ideal of the Sicilian beauty and Capt Altieri an officer in the service of the Dominators the Bourbons admires her immensely but all his approaches are strongly repulsed by her Don Ruggero and his son have for a long time conspired to free their motherland from the hands of the Bourbons and when they receive news of the arrival of Garibaldi