The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-07-12
THE sTusr Or Al ITllmh PRIEST.

lAAt ritNt ASA ] therefore had eXcei'
ltut oppoTtaniles Of Studying ihs
phases q 4 branch ol ari.lile 70 whiel
| was sITangsr | made many
friends bus among all who attached
themselves 70 me. though many we're
more talented. iew excited ~ much
! interest en- my part a. young man
aamed Giuseppe Netraao. a naiiyr oi
sienna. lic had lest both parents
during the sayages Of an rpiMmic,
shout fise months befofe the time
when ] tiset became acqnainied with
hiin, and possibly lbis circumstance,
combined with bis extreme ouib -
he was bu, twenty years Of sge--frsl
invested him with al especial attract
ion. On further knowledge ! found
him possessed q 40 aniable bat
somewhat TOO icAfing disposition, aud
perceived that bis education, though
not perfectly, had Teen honestly and
pioasly conducted. IL needed no very
great diplomacy to draw bis history
from him; the poor boy had bat few
friends, aud soon gave me his conf
dence. He told me that he was The
only son oi struggling doctor Of 81
enna, and had been for come lime
destined 10 follow the profession Of his
father. lis artistic ioslinci, howeY-
er, weighed successfully iD The scale
against The doctors serup,es, and
Giuseppe became a student at Flor
ence. For two years DR.. Vetrano
eonirived 10 send his son a certain a.
lowanee--small, indeed, bu, stiiI suiii-
cieni to enable Giuseppe 10 devote
himsclf entirely 10 study. The lad
was industrious, and, though he deui-
ed himself all the !tlle indulgences Of
youth. he sill found leisure TO write
hopeful letters home. Then CAME the
terrible calamity | spoke ot--in a
week Giuseppe Was an orphan. When
the bitterness Of the fresh sorrow had
passed away, second grief as lormld-
able as the lirsl succeeded. The doe
i8r aud his wife had died in tbs direst
feverly-ihcir entire possessions
barely suiliced TO buy them the righl
u a grave. Their son was pennies.
Il wa, llien thai young Neirano found
adde q 10 hls iirsl great misery Of the
heart, some sharper pangs--the pangs
81 hunger. 10 dispiant the glorious
inspiration oi tAe ideal from lis pure
ped stal, and supply lis place by the
image oi a few coins, VAS wrelvhel- |
NESS enougil; but TO fad even tIlis last |
poor goal unattaiuablc was terrible.
lie supFarIed himself for some time |
hy the sale Of hts simple clothing
bot, though he added TO this poor re-
source hy copying Ion the dealgrs,des-
tiiuiion stared at him through tic /
canvas, and his brush was yet too /
weak a weapon 10 defend him. That /
his gentle nature could not long sus
Tain such trials feit convinced. I
saw him but seldom, III d after each .
interval found him sadIy changed {
Ills visits 10 the church grew less and +
less irequcut, aud AT In Tia tbiee
months passed by Without my having /
once encountered hin there thoughi +
Of hIm wnh much anxiety, and though +
| many times resolved to set my doubts
ai resi-, | almost tremblcd to learn
What ! fearst might be Tie ruth.
II VAS about this time that the con-
duel4i The young Marehioness di
Bdnagiieri FIRST became the subject Of
eons eFsalion 10 FloIebtine society, ard /
in ihe exercise Of ny calling mad /
frequent opportunities Of verifying
lie reports that were so extensively I
circulated. Tins lady came Of an An.
cient bot impoverished family, and
her remarkable beauty attracting lhe
heart Of llte noble Marquis OF Bonag-
ileri, size became suddenly possess
Of the means Of gratifying those raiin-
cd tastes which her birth had implant-
cd in her, but IN which poverty had
forbidden her indulgence. Possibly I
Tie more valuable endowmenis OF
her nature we're not so rich US l9r
int llectnal and personal possessions
but It Is certain that Oh attaining SO
high and enyiable position she de-
voted herself IN the pursuit Of pleas
nre more iiesly. perhaps than her
husband might have sanctioned. But
iha, which was The staple Of conver,
salipn ia lhe saieni Of the city Was
not likely 10 be canya.sed Ia The Pal.
az3o Bonsglieri, aud therefore the az
leeiion q tie Marquis remained unal-
lcfed.
The Warehouses frequently did me
The honor 10 avail herself of The
church TO which | was attached, COM
ing nosi frequently alone, bar seldom
leaving without company. I was
therefore but slightly surprised w!ien,
as ! rose from ny seat III The comics
sional, On the evening Of the Grst day
u the earniyal-Iny penitenis beng
llNays extraordinarily numerous al .
hese limes--l heard her voice u, az /
be gmsing. (,
@Ihe Via del Bsrdi is 80 far."
Ile import of these worls sas not {
,ery obscure, but il did rot interest I
nc. Nj hand was on the lock, wAeD, .
Q M Aexprssslble a..onishmeni, /
recognized tie vice of Giuseppe I
paused instantly.
~Ihc place Is as nothing be sAid, /