National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-07-28
LUIGI RUDIO'S DAUGHTER.

LUIGI RUDIO'S DAUGHTER.
well. we have nothing more to see il
the kingdom of his Neapolitan Majesty"
remarked, addressing my friend, Clem Ilar
with the blue Bay of Naples under hi'
very eyes.
"Wbat say you to setting out for Mar
scllles. and thence home in packet ?"
Suit yourself, AMI that will answer me- ,
replied llarriso'. tive have been twenty
months dor 4, that which we limited our.
selves Il performing in one year. We
ough 10 have been off long ago. so if you
ease, Pm ready to leave by the steamer
which starts tomorrow"
Not so fast" replied anxious as |
am for our return, don't expect to hurry
like that. Suppose we say this day week,
ell ?"
"All right" returned Glen.
"lve got good many things to do yet, y
continued; "there are those paintings at
Andreas, they are dirt cheap, and think
I'll purchase them. may never have
such chance again; and Glen, Pm half
inclined to buy those old coins from that
bcgcar, Masti. If | was sure they were
genuine, I'd be crazy to possess them, but
somehow fear he is trying to palm oil
some modern swindle upon me-"
Glenn lit a cigar, and very provoklngly
regarded me with smile, half mirth, and
halt pity.
After all you have heard of that rascal'>
tricks" he said, you deserve to be cheated
" YOU trust him. You know he deals in
the antiquity line on cheap capital"
Well, pll consider it," | replied; the
coins arc reasonable enough. and if am
deceived | shan't pay very dearly for the
deception"
Harrison was leaning out the window as
spoke but he suddenly started for the
door
am be back in moment" he cried as
he hurried down stairs. Presently he re-
turned and appeared to be highly elated
about so nethlng.
"Friar," he said, (he generally spoke to
me thus it was nickname he had given
me rom the fact that | wore my hair
clipped, and had bald spot on the top OF
my lead which resembled the tonsurel,
"Do vou remember that splendid head we
saw in the Castelli Gallery :"
W ell,n replied, what about it 2"
Only that ! Just now saw it in flesh and
blood; living face, and as divinely beau
ttul. Oh /! you laugh, hey Let me tell
you that in all your travels you never saw
beauty Ike this"
Where did you see her? ~ inquired.
AT the coor, talking to Raphael. Her
father was with her; is he fisherman"
Il d,n't see why you should be per-
turbcd about it," rejoined. "What is it
TO you ,"
Not much," he returned "but Tn
going to visit that girl before leave
Naples"
-" can't understand your object" | an
>wcred.
Perhaps haven't got any" he replied
but, object or no ohj ct, am determined
to become acquainted with her"
"Do you know where She resides F' !
asked.
"Yes, Raphael introduced me to both
father and daughter, but OF course, | had
no conversation with them; they left i'm
mediatclv. Raphael says they only live a
few miles from here, and are distinctly
connected with his mot hers family. He
is going to take me down there. VIII you
60 Friar T.
Thank YOU" replied; "I'll wait until
You are acquainted, then, perhaps, | will
make a visit with you"
There is small road skirting the Bav
o Naples, and running parallel with that
ich leads directly to Sorrento, dotted all
tie way with neat villas and picturesque
buildings. You need 'avel hardly a
league ere you reach cluster of small cot
tageS situated near the shore, where the
blue waters that have swept by Capri |
break gently at your feet Here lived
Luigi kudio, the fisherman. with his wife,
Teresa and his daughter, Berta. He was
poor but industrious, toiling for the daily |
bread ofhiS family upon the Mediterranean;
and thou h he was not a whit superior to
any of the fishermen in point OF social
standing, yet life regulated by severe
moral probty, caused him to be more re-
sFected. and his advice more generally |
regarded than any of his class. lie had
some education; he could write rs well as
read. and properly lamenting and estimat-
ng the absence of knowledge in himself be
mad managed to give his daughter as many
scholastic advantages as his slender purse
permitted. This was not great deal,
hardly more than be himself possessed,
but IN those days it was something not to
be despised
a small convent near to where Luigi
ivrd, had supplied the scanty stor. OF
s'"wledee his daughter had acquired Its
gray walls grew dismal enough, when con-
'rasted with the smiling verdure winch
surrounded it. Lugl often gazed at the
oid time-worn edifice with a thoughtful
brow, for the good sisters were disposed 50
kindly toward his child, that he feared she
might he induced to enter this society.
lhis, perhaps, was the main reason why
ne suffered her education 10 be abrid ed.
ior though his avocation could i'll afford
any additional expenses, still he might
ifom his eGnings have .ked out . few