The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1853-03-02

BY !, N. nsALs.

will promise y, hoccOfA Rss hfi
u vii, indeed. mother. There Is no
danger n the worll." M W. lss
..Rsmember that your father cannot al.
tend him as common, sailor might do;
70 must be father and brother 10 him al
once" ; u 4
swell, l will Try, mother" replied Roc.
%. .Bu. the boats will not start for this
hall hour"
So il was that Agata Gazani was talking
70 her eldest son, . tell, good-humored lad.
some Eileen or sixteen years old. with a
bright blue eye, dark hair that curled all
over his forehead, and complexion as
brown as berry. from the Sandman sun
and the breezes Of the Mediterranean.----. So.
Their, cottage stood just on the outskirts Of
Le Saline. one oi the lew places in Sardin.
ID where The funny fishery is still kept up.
The father Of Rocco was Rails, or com.
n,ander Of the boats; an office requiring,
as you will see, great skill, and courage,
and presence Of mind, and experience.--
Rocco was being brought up TO the same
profession; and little Pielro was eager TO
20 with him. for il was the first maitanza ~
that is. sIaughtering Of the tunnies-which
he had ever seen.
! ]. / must tell you that the same God who
teaches the swallow and the nightingale TO
know their appointed time for coming into
our pleasant land causes those great fish.
the tunnics, to leave the Atlantic about the
middle Of April, and then, passing up the
Mediterranean, to enter the Black Sea, and
return about August. No man knows the
reason Of this visit. though thus il has al
ways been since the times OF the ancient
Greeks; and hundreds of poor fishermen
are made rich every year by the taking Of
the tunnies. But there is some danger in
the fishery, as you will presently hear, and.
therefore, il was that Agata SO carefully
commended her little Pietro in charge to
his brother. For Rocco promised TO be
one Of the best hands in Sardinia; and very
proud was he that he was so trusted.
"Well, Agata, il is time Tor MS TO be off,
crisd Angelo Gazani. opening the little
wicket OF his cottage garden. sGod bless
YOU! God bless you! and never doubt to
see Us home here tonight with as good a
ca,cn az was ever brought into LIE Saline. T"
Ii ..God guard you!" said his wife. as she
threw herselfinto his arms; land have an
eve. as much M you can, to little Pietro."
'"Ay. ay; that won't be much, though.
warrant you. if we have good luck. Roc.
co will be worth two of me. Well. good
byei' And in a few minnies the little boat
was on her wav 10 the great net. a5g
II might I've about ten o'clock on II May
morning. aud the iair hills ot Sardinia gil.
tieti swiftly and gently into the sweet soft
haze. Very soon The little fleet Of boats
came into sighi; first like an indisIinc'
black mass floating in the deep--ihen sep.
sratinp out from each other--ihen clearly
cach ais,in guishablr. And as Angeles hoa
flew forward. there was general shout
from the fourteen barges which waited his
coming. 1.. 3.4a N. ln
Nov must describe 10 you tho madra'
ga. or net. in which the capture Of the tnn.
nies takes place, Az il floats beneath the
waves. il is.livided into seven chambers
eacl, separated the one from the other, and
GROWING n narrower and narrower 10 the wes
Tho fish enter al the eastermost ofthese
and gradually find their way in it. escape
beco,ning more and more impossible. III
! ,h,s,y reach the last chamber but one, This
+ called the Camera deir Ore-the Cham
Ler Of Gold because once there. the fisl
are considered as so much gold in th'
uocket. Hence there is narrow passag'
into ,ha last division, the Camera dell
Mor.e-ths Chamber Of Death-becaus'
there the daughter takes place.
"Ay. sy, lads. here | ami cried Ange
"a Gszani. in his clear. good-humore'
yoics "A little leaye-taking. you kno y
All YOU youngsters; you will come to !
vourselves some of these days. And 81
saving. lie pulled his little skiffto the sid,
ofthe Camera deli Ore. Then chang
seemed 10 coma over him at once. II
was no longer .he gay, lighthearted Sar
d;nian fishermen; he was the leader in I
.irile an which the years support. moi on
Il 81 lis family. but Of his whole village
greatly depended. Leaning over the sid
e his boat, he watched The vast shoal :
tunnies, deep down in the still. purple wa
IL. There they slowly moved 10 and lrc
and she suns rays. piercing the calm sea
made Them. seem . flock Of golden shee
gold flashing however. sometimes into
rIorious purple, sometimes checquere
vim I silver shade. Meta word was apo
ksn: moi 4 fisherman moved. The barge
SlaAi;.,ya.sIv az, the ebbinn tide: even litil