Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-04-29

= groaned lnwardly atthis. for the sA1na ann,
3 hIoves nag youched TOR sum Of seventeen hun
: dIea ana ODD pounds as her niece's fD.tiin. bn
which was So beautifully tied up Am tkav srlIs ~
it, that nelther chancellor nex master yrar. go,
i equal to the s4sk Of afstyineit ssst 0eie ese'
: VI ea.liss dearest, let us learn Italian and
tnosght nov I q CRUST junior counsel some dav
D WITH smashing bit Of Dante. ''~s N'y
) We started that same night--trayeled aa d.,
after day crossed Mora Cents In snow star,,.
and reached the Trombetta as wayworn ara
wretched- looking pair gs ever Travelled oas n, or
rand ot bliss and beaufitade =. 0'
IN l3r penny is veRT Irish thilosopbv brt
can help that, so wrote 10 nv brotber pat..
to sell out, another hundred for me out of tha
i,lrees, saying, dear Pattlina health reou;red
nttle enange TO nlldeT climate Git was snovv-
ing when wrote, and the therRsrmeter over tha
chimney piece at degrees Reaurier with Eindn1rs
! enao Wo shut; and marble floor withont
carpet l-'t that the balmv air Of ItaIx' inv +oatS
ehattered as set it down would anon rssts.l
ner and indeed already she seemed tn feel ~
ohange, That she did for she w;sc~ourbino as
q pan OF charcca ashes, with railroad wranner
over her shoulders. spS'
It's no nse going over what IS evsrg one sexne-
Tence on trst coming south Of the Al1a-tha ri
~ hourly difficulty Of not believing fhst vo,, ba~
taken wrong road and got into Siberia ami
suangest OF all 1t Is to see how little The native.
tfhnK OF II. declare often Thought soan mnst
be a great retrigerant, and | wish some cbenist
would inquire into the matter
/ Are we ever to begin this blessed l,no,.o. .,
said Mrs q d. to me, after four davs Of Close a..
rest5snoF still falling snd the thermometer rn-
1 ing daily down, down, lever and lower. Now T
PAD made inquiries the day before from the land
lord, and learned that he knew ofa most connetent
person not exactly regular teacher who would
insist upon osr going to work inscloo fashion bnt
man OF sense and a gentleman, ,-indeeda nerson
OF rank and stie, with whom the world had gone
somewhat badly, and who was at that very NM
ment suffering for his poitieal opinions. far n adj
sHnee NC as they were, of these of his age
He's friend of Giobef4i, whispered tbe hnd-
9ra IN my ear. while his features became an;gno
ted with the NEST intense significance Nnx r
mad never SO much as heard Of Gioberti but falt
It would be deep disgrace TO confess Il. and 81
99y e! e1clamed with an ar Of balfncredulitg.
AS true as Tn here. rc,,lied bc. s.yJa rsr
ally drops in about noos to read the ''Opinione,"
and II you permit ID send him up to9ou His
name Is Count Annbale Gastrpearo :,
hastened forthwith to Mrs. O'D. Ia annrisa
iie ner OF the honor that awaited us; Fepeatinp.
niue az te'tSo all that the host had said and fn
friend OF GiobeFti. Mrs ODowd meyer Arch
ed under the shock and. too proud to own her TO-
hoiance' she peisly remarked, II don't think the
more of him for that f" 1A 'N0
felt that she had beat nae, and sat down
a',s<h5a ana huRlllated Meanwhile Mrs O'D.
~
Pearlng after awhile in her ssrtest morning toS.
iette and very Goquettsh little cap. with cherry
eoiored ribbons, | saw shat the word Count had
done at once. 'uiis AHd
Just as the clock struck twelve, the waiter aune
vide the double doors of our room and spno,,nes
ca as pompously ss though for ROYALTY II Signor
Gante di CastroeaHo, and thereentereda a tall man
s!lghtly stooTang IA the shoulders with n nrofiI-
SION OF the very blackest mar on his neck
and ana s shoulders, his. age anything from
.iilslyInVf 10 iorFy,eIght, ard his dress
shabby blue sBlrtout bItto,ied 10 the throat and
reaching belosg the knees. He bowed and sl;J sn5
DoWee again' I'll he came opposite where NV wife
sat- and then with rather a dramatic sort Of oraca
ne llted her hapd 60 his lips and kissed It. She
4 rgtseed 2 Mite but saw she wasn't displeased
, an u homage that accompanied the GER
eihTVHys anu Sic beg g4d him to be seated.
o~n l Fas disappointed with the count his
.I VIZ s reasy. and hg hands so dirty, and his
: sSpei1i Il Se cup So uneared for; but Mrs, O'D
'iAso away with hlm very pleasantly, and he re-
psi;euIn p; his own hgqken. English, making little
silp az eS and smiles aRd gestures and some very
sep der glapc.s do duty where his parts of speech
ULled hirl. IN fact / watched him as sort Of
psychological phenomenon, and arrived at the
G 'nciuso! that this friend Of iobeS5i was very
clever artist,
All 1Sas speedily settled for the lessons-hour,
terrls. and mode of instruction. 1t MAS to be en-
tlrelY conversational with little then,e-yritine
sipns, 40 geRdsrS. did beg hard for little gram
n1ar, but he Byuldn' t hear of it 1t was against
ais system, and so | gave in.
We began the xtday but the couEa almost ig-
nQred me altogether, directing almost all his at
tention to Mrs 0'D; and as had already sone
snall knowledge of the elementary part of the
language, was justas well pleased that she should
come up, as it were, to my level From this cause
often walked off before tAe lesson was over, and
sometimes, indeed, skrlked it altogether finding
the system, as well Gi0berti's friend, to be IN
anconscionable bore. Mrs. O'D. on the contra
ry, displayed an industry / ever believed her to
possess, and would pass whole evenings over her
exercises, which often covered several sheets of
letter paper,
We had now been about FIVE weeks in Turin,
when my brother wrote TO request would come
back as speedily as | could, that case in which
held brief was high in the c4use-list and
would be tried very early in the session / own I
was not sorry at the recall. detested the dreary
life was leading. hated Turin andits bad feed
ing and bad theaters, itsrough wines and its rough
er inhabitants,
Did you tell the count we are off on Saturday?''
asked Iof Mrs. o'D.
Yes, said she, dryly,
Il suppose he's inconsolable, aaid l, with
sneer.
He very sorry We regoing il you mean that.
Mr. 0'Dowd and so a,n too.
Well, so am not and you may cali me
Dutchman if you catch mo here again. =
The count hopes you viii permit him TO see
yom. lie asked this morning whether he might
call on you about four oclock. .
Yes, I'llsee him with sincere pleasure for once
! cried; since II is to say good-by to him.
was III my dressing room, packing UP for the
journey, when theeount was announced and shown
In Excuse me, count, said L. Tor receiving YOU
so informally, but have hasty summons to call
me back to England, and no time to spare
i will, Notwithstanding, ask you for some Of
that time, alprecious it is, said he in French,
and with serious gravity that Ihad never obsery-
ed in him before.
1t is now seventeen long years since that intcl-
view, and am free to own that have not even
aftai,,ad 70 finirrt claim nrtd fnr,,a, In