Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-08-31
seNhere does your lordship wish the lodge
,-hxght - asked the guide.

5o-nght!' asked the guide.
! east my eyes over the village, the streets
Of (which my eyes could scan, and which ap-
neared to be almost deserted, few women
qnlsk could be seen walking with rapid pace.
and looking carefully about.
~, according to the established rules of
hosp3tality, of which have already spoken,
! had my choice Of the hundred or hundred
and. twenty houses, composing the village,
rny eyes were searching the dwelling that
Eeef1pd to offer me the most comfort, and ]
s.ssleeted square building, built like fort,
witt s'machicoulis''f in front of the windows.
and t5ser the gate. This was the first time /
had :shen those domestic Notifications. but it
IS onl9 just to say that the province of Sar
tssnails the classic ground of the vendetta"
LA good,'' said the guide, following with
HIS e:ees the indication of my hand, 1--WE go
Il: Ma:lame Savilia de Franchi Very well,
yQur.lprdship has not made bad choice, and
shows a good deal of experience
Il us not forget to say that in the Seth de-
Etzrtl:ent of France the Italian language alone
,:Bl'ts asked l. is there no inconvenience in
r:y going to ask the hospitality of woman,
for, j, / understand you right, that house be-
.:longs to a woman7
!; ": ithout Doubt he replied in astonish-
ment. '.but what inconvenience does your
:lGTds.,ip suppose there could Beg
fsf ire woman is young, said /, moved by
"a feeling of delicacy, or perhaps, to say the
trl9h,: of Partisan self-Iove, night passed
sunder: her roof. might it not compromise her
I. .C9npromise her," repeated the guide, ev
il / ntls trying to find the sense of the word,
;whjcl; had HGHGnized with that common
6Idndss characteristic of the French when
th.y undertake to talk foreign language.
~. 6oubtedly, replied |, beginning to feel
inIatss.t, that lady is widow; is she not.
e+Ye' your exceliency.'
: Welt is she willing to receive young
raal il: her housed
ia 81 was thirty-six and half years
did, aI.d, yet called myself young man.
'Wasther she will receive young man -
.eseat1,kthe guide. "What in the world is
i IS herxwhether you be old OF youngl"
: / sa:y, I could make nothing out of him by
dorhtn:i,.g this mode of interrogation.
!; ANA what age has Madame Savilia 20 ask
= 1T. fort, years :,
'.Ahs.. said l, always pre-occuPied with
nay own ideas, Every good, and children, no
d.ou,s! =.
.l.ru::2 sons, two noble young men,
- .i8i.I see them -
''h.ot shall see one, he who lives with her"
.An. she other one!''
gle 1--WE at Paris
.''IN'h bat are their ages -
:"I'wenty-one years"
."p3ta 90
:"kes. they are twins"
SAND, " that professions have they chosen"
s'Ihes one in Paris viii be lawyer"
limo, the other one -
.'.t:he:other one will be a Corsican."
.'th, .ha ~ said 1, finding the answer sufi-
cisntFy characteristic, although uttered in the
m.tst NATURAL way. "Well, then, let us he
OF. flf t.. house of Madame Savilia de Fran
chg"
we CD ,tinued our route, and in ten min
utSs alter we entered the village. ! then OBJ
served a, iing which had not noticed from
the top ~, the mountain; every house was
Testified like that of Madame Savilia; not
with -ima, hicouls;" the poverty Of their pro-
priet&ys n,t permitting them that luxury Of
for1ifSatio,s; but simply with pieces of tim
be-, viii which the lower parts of the win
do4es weSy furnished, in such manner as to
leave ::su:: ffrient openings to pass the guns
thr.ouss x1ther windows were fortified with
red bricks. asked my guide, what those
lool-hs,le., were called. He told me they
were .:ars ttres,'' which convinced me that the
''venoatt: st' were OF more ancient invention
than .:e-:.ns.
'FHhe>solifude and gloominess of the village
incsea:ad as We advanced through the streets.
Severos Houses appeared to have withstood
siesess: ar;sds were riddled with balls.
froia tiqe to time we perceived through
the :to:p-hs1ies an enquiring eye, watching US
as We pasted, but it was impossible to dis
tinGaisa whether those eyes belonged to men
or w:ol:ien.
Ne:at ..ength arrived at the house | had
poiBtes ol.i TO my guide, and which indeed
was: the nj ost considerable of the village
Onls. cae shlng astonished me, and that was,
that. Eol;if.d as the house appeared to be with
the seu,ach! coulis,'' in reality, 1t was not 50;
that. u.s.: ths windows had neither timbers,
bric Ks, noi .rches, but simply panes of glass.
whieh AT si:ght were protected by wooden
shutsars. Isis true these shutters bore marks
which .he he of the observer could not mis-
take :fof :ndsket ball holes, but the holes ap-
r,earc.i "a III and must have been made some