Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-08-27


would certainly be damned in the next. How
ever, it was for this world, and not the next
she desired to marry him and therefore sh,
dissembled her condemnation of his heresy
and adroitly led us back to more pleasant to
pics, for which felt deeply indebted to her
II was, indeed full time. since, with the ex
ception of Carlotta, everybody had begun tt
wear controversial aspect, and to look al
4 fierce and threateningas two bulls before ;
herd Of cows in meadow. Even the infu
enee of Los dos Amigos might not have suflcet
to keep us friends. Mans religion or irreli
gion is his private property, and therefore h,
feels excessively sore when other peopl,
rudely tresspass upon it. Indeed, We are a,
Jealous of II as we are of our wives, and ar,
quite as ready to resent an insult offered TO it
Doubly valuable, therefore, was the politi,
interposition of Madame b, and lonf
may she enjoy the blessing which attaches t.
the peace-maker. Fresh cigars were lighted
fresh bumpers filed up; and when at last We
parted for the night, it was as the best friend;
in the world. We had steered nicely between
I'Scylla and Charybdis, and retired to bed moi
only whole in bones, but with whole tempers
1t was controversy spoiled.
AS the reader is, of course, well acquainted
with the Anabasis, he will remember will
what rapture the Greek soldiers beheld, from
the summit of certain mountains the broad
glittering expanse of the Euxine, and how
they rushed forward, brandishing their spears
and clashing their shields, exclaiming g Tha
idta! 7Aaidta.r - ("The sea the sea!")
am not ashamed to say thatI experienced
something of the same delight when, from
the summit Of the Bocchetta, caught the
first glimpse of the Mediterranean. lnexpres-
sibly bright and blue was its surface but il
was not its brightness, it was not its color,
that acted like spell on the imagination
1t was the thousand associations that had
been created in my mind since boyhood, that
lent to the aspect of it so powerful a charm
All the glory of the Roman republic seemed to
he unrolled upon its bosom. The galleys
which bore the men who conquered the world
and put their democratic feet upon the aecks
of so many kings, had ploughed those waves,
WHICH roll as freshly now before the breeze as
when the prows of the early consuls dashed
through them in the rapture of youthful,
freedom.
which leads to Genoa, following nearly all
day the course of the river which has its eMi-
bouchure near that city. know not how it
happened but this was the least pleasant day
of the whole journey. We had contracted
something like friendship for each other
and felt that we were here to part, some in
one direction, some in another. The Milan
ese consprator could not, moreover, forget
what dangers and difficulties lay before him.
without a passport he could not enter Genoa
and how, without n passport, was he to en-
bark on any ship or steamer? These embar-
RAISING thoughts occupied his mind and kept
him silent. The Hanoverian and Dalmatan
had each his peculiar cause of anxiety. Car
Lolita and her mamma were almost sad. The
captains family was not addicted to talking,
so that the task of keeping up the ball was
left entirely to him and me. He was an old
traveller, and therefore always endeavored to
make the most of his time. He formed no
sudden likings or dislikings. He had smile
and pleasant word for everybody, could dis
euss all commonplace topics with iluency, re-
garded everybody around him as part of his
amusement, and was intensely self-satisfed
and comfortable whether, when they left him,
they went east or west, to the antipodes or
to the devil. II mattered not a lot to him
lie had seen them, lie had conversed with
them, and when they vanished, he thought
as little of the circumstance as the dispersion
of a cloud in n summer sky. OF this philos-
ophy he was proud and some, perhaps,
might have envied him. | confess did not.
| regret parting with people, especially if
their company has given me much pleasure
and, therefore, with all the efforts could
make, was unable to lose sight of the fact
that our delightful little party wonld he bro
ken up in a few hours, and that | should
have once more to be thrown amongst entire
strangers. About amile from Genoa, the Mi
lanese took his leave of us, shaking hands
with more lreartiness than l expected. He
evidently felt much regret and, as he went
off, sincerely wished success TO him and his
cause. Presently we ratified into the streets
of Genoa, stopped in the inn yard, shook
hands, took our leave of each other, and in
ten minutes found myself in pleasant lit
tie bedroom overlooking the sea, the breeze
from which was blowing softly in at the open
windows.