The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1850-02-20

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me whenIl 5was'a pcnniess; s.and q,o,v,
when I am wealthy, Whenl my, weary
spirit needs his love, aud lis, career
might be frightened BY my gold--he is
gone LIS there no hope ?'iZhe contin-
ucd. tiHs1'"n2t % l1:Hs1s So, bnsob auoa (
None'!!,' replied his friend, unless
you could recognize the boy of ten
years in the man of twenty-five, for
that must be his present &c. .'r."'nGr,1
1T is hopeless sighed Lioni;; and ho
bent his head between his. hands with
antacute expression Of sorrow. His
dark hair grizzled with tic passage Of
some fifty winters, fell Heavily over his
brow, and for one. weak moment his
whole frame trembled. It passed,
however, as it came; he raised his head
ioft,ly, and turned his eyes upon the
fire with the look of scocnful. pride that
was habitual to him. a,stsfr :. So. ,5...,
q Giacomo Lioni had passedhis youth
amid all the riotous license in Which
ITALY is 80 fertile. The moderate pat
rimony inherited at his, fathers death
soon vanished before the pursuits of
one whose hand turned to nothing but
the dce-box. Nights, spent in gaming
and dcbauch, and days in continual
brawl, rendered him at last 80 Infamous.
ly notorious that even his friends
became distant, his cnonlcs noisy in
Ills condemnation, anl tho authorities
themselves grew moro ini piacab!n as the
wealth, Which had purchased immunity.
dwindled away. To fly the scenes Of
!ollics was at, length bis only resource !;
and he would have rcsortcd to this, lonc
before, had not a tic oftcndcrcr nature
boundahim to his native home. He had
formed connection, scarcely Judged
criminal in the lenient south, with n
beautiful Elorcntine, named Beatrice,
andia son was the offspring oftheir
ilSSye. The possession Of this child.
whom lie ehristened Andrea Lioni, i,ad
q softenlng influence upon his wild Mi, i
,spirit and ass tlse infant sprtsres iitltt,
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nation, which, unfortunately for tic
example it conveyed to Andrea, was
quickly broken. Still he loved tho
mothor, aud watched over he;. welfare
and the advancement Of thci. son mi,,ht
have arrested his hayward mode Of
life, had not an event occuredrthat was
fatal to all. A midnight dcbauch led
to quarrel iii the streets Of Florence,
during which Lionio stabbed his com.
panIon to the heart The friends of
The dead Gamcster were powerful, and
the murderer was compelled to hy that
very night, leaving his mistress and
son unprotected. AS soon as lie had
crossed the ironticr, he paused in his
Hight to wait tidings Of those whom he
had left behind. Upwards Of three
months elapsed i'll bcggary and famine,
ere the news reached him which rem
derch distress doubly bitter. Beatrice
had died hrokcn-hcartcd; the boy An.
drea had iloI, no one knew wli,hcr,-
From tha: time, years pnssod over Lo-
nj, marked by tho conquered vicissi.
t''SS o, 'he gambler fate, until sud
o'h'y inc death o! u rich relation oncc
more c'e'atcM hlm to lnNurlous indie.
Peh'eneo' Inc oitorts he had hthcr-
70 mace 10 recover ms deserted son
We1o W., ,''e' rc''o""'cu, nut IN varn.--
he'ner 'h9y were baiiscd by tie ob.
J0o' '' MS se"rc'' having changed his
"'''p' OF "''r'hcr he s.il! survived, was
'ot N.'""'', nut tAc INK between lioni
""' N'''''e' seemed shapled forever.
20 ne'e' zen years alter hs flight,
:'' :, ~ ~ ~ "'F''''c',' "f thc iamous---,
~ ;, wy l,o"'c''r'' -. ocs italir"S, the wan
"c'c' "'aco'"o lAon'. Manhood had
e'',''''''eo MS yonthl"l lhrst Tor play,
'''u '"e vice !'a' lad flrst been his
''''' ''" '''c' MS s"rp1rt' was now a
necessary eNcitc'neht. " bic he Sazed
i'' ~ ~ III " ''o''" "u"S'ltlig pen