The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-10-28
UP VESUTIUS.
UnVArnished Tale.

i me, as we s,ood before to cCor OF the h0teli
| sdi SO it was. During he wDole dag thin
| column OF smoke issued rom the summto
snc al night a red rot river seemed 10 be
| pouring q WI its si1r. NV oess," said 10
| my vile, I'VE L ust Go NesGv Us" SOyest r
\ day We stlrted by ths trs'n for PImpeii
| Ihe modern town of that name consis o. OF
/ hall ccZ u houses, three OF WHICH are lnns.
| Tne guide, 10 the IN, uutain are found near
| the gate leading iuto tie snc eEt Pompeil'
| hey are IL in number, and are under tne
| supervision OF Il government official A. 5
p N. each mounted upon h,re. with a
\ guide on thi1d, and youth following US 70
| make himself generally useful, Ltusa and
started !rJ m tue Hotel Dion edg. For the
/ first hUuI the Isth I'D hr- ugh vineyards, fer
tue sscOud hour II went over tie lava almc Y
| siraght up the mountain. |. seeus 10 Ts
! the m ssicu o. Nespoutzrs . tescl toe world
4 Hbat can De Got OCT OF a horse. Along all
/ the roads ID the vicinity a. Naples The most
wretChtd locking screws toll merrily along.
10 hIl AID down hill. drsgving oeuIro them
| heavily laden market csr ;, with ufjsI ss
/ many IS twenty men sud women
Dsrcbed dseriminstely upon th n. An
| E gilsl horse would have Gectned
At oIcs 10 have faced the path of the
mountain. Oar horses reached the base o.
/ tne cone withoui turning nalr, and seemed
| o Ike it. Here we dismOunted. ard we're
| 1 Cmediately assaIiea bv q hiatt naked crew Of
]
nv lips. and urged me 10 rink q little vine
IN oder TO gai strength enough to reach the
summit chair was prOuuced in which
| L Cisa was invited to seat herself. 10 order
| 70 re carried by four b.art's. A strap wsI
| put round my wsisl ~ two WORTHLESS, who
negsn 10 haul me forward. In vain appealed
| I the gulre 20 Tree Us IRON these DulsaLces
| ii played I2'O their hat Cs, snd insisted thd
| no one ever ned, could, or would. get up the
mOu1tNn u1sssisted. Finding that | Wa
i-ex3raJle, en- appeal was then made to ng
affection. Would 1, | was a ked. for pal,g
p francs, the prce Il the cgair, risk tle
LeAltb OF my wic MOney can ways be "a,
| observed a JOralsi, heath OUce lost can
never be rest -r,d. LO1isa, however, wAO
Amer prides herself on u=r pedts rlanisn,
auu who th'uks more . lr1lcs than d,
-t5rurd tAr lupa Ot rh- c-Elr; 50 on foot Ne
-agLCG, the uide sgiAls making TthecuUs
Ur JnU sting ness OF l. Eiishmtn, and our
DrUeLtOTs t0hpWilZ u.
The cone OF VesuvI i Ger r-aiHY not easy
waking /. = almost seiD-ulI- uIAr, a.d a.
Il Is mainly made az Of ashes on sips back
wU steps tJr cyGrV tyrae That one trhts
Each TIM Louis stepped f.r a moment 70
rest, tue CHAR was iuyiHnEiy ttTut before
her while at every false SGD which l maae
,tr3p daugled before me aGc | WAS invited 10
Jay hold OF il. Women tave more pluck
than urn and [ con ess hat several times
| should Lave graspgd The strap had | not had
before me he eX mp.e OF Louisa, every few
mtuutts steInly decAaIng the char. One by
cue our friends cnoppedot AID after climosDR,
scramOinE and slrpplRg hr an hou We
notion oi volel4e4 Woaf unscieniine one.
no douht<hns ttwaSB been Of vast lake Of
ufolaer a IL 1tkfnnfnallR nsakhinM.ana- hnihnak
>yfoia t1is desasion 555 sns
guide pointing 10 q sm al hole about Elk feet
IN diameter. and saying Tnst is small
I A tn - ftTrN hEr on ina
upon the edge for a basin OF s-h.s, with
hJie sb ut 30 feet 10 Ciam5ter al me bottom
= tbat," he sal1, is Lla large crater | sas
dDSn dis. ustto. II Va, nov gltLLg oATk.
Come hi way sad The guide, End you Nll
see he HAmas." d.d see through the mist
sud slnl k- a iurld hg1t, whlcl ! was told wes
tue mole rom y p ca tue l2vA ls row flowing.
By jhls time il was quite dark, and We were
almost Gu ( ID wItu The Ium OF sulphur.
itr Luitt uygan explaining tuat he had sev q
caildrer, all q whom be observed, were twIls
LOus4 became Interested In these q mesric
ultali-, aud TOuia nav al IstenIuE 10 tIeu
ior an hour, tu- Ii seemed 10 me about tine
10 thilk W getting down. The guce took
Louisa ry the arm ard 5AlG, lake long steps
enc stick yOlr heels Syii ITO tie cIuders."
tie then ol~l ppe RED from nv v.eH ntl The
darkness With the wife OF my bosom. /
followed as | could. Never, no never, did |
experience mole dlsaErecaOie sensation than
kAluk GQWu lLdt ulDun 70 II u CuutI- ENtt1
step | took, although ! dug my hee.s iuto the
ceaJers, thought traI / was gong head over
heels down some fGaiu abyss. Every few
MINUTES the mountain vas i'll } By II ash Cf
lightning. WhcE enabled me vaguely 10
dlstlns n the gudt and Louise far beiew
me sticking their heels ITO The nders.
A. lgst We reached the bottom The boy wno
d been left with the horses hBd liz smau
lantern, O'h6rEI vt never should have fcurd
hem. I'VE had better" said the guide,
take short Gu, as it viii ram sOc1 N IDe
-1OTl GU seemed 70 mt Perp uolcular cut.
Wny the horses cid not roll ever | cannot
magine. II was too lark TO see what tary
were doing, SuJ e. lar as | could dlstingui b,
my ieet were almost on 8 level Witn my
horses ears. Jus; before we got TO the bot
ton OF the mountain II cams on TO ram in
torrents anG, wei to the sk. We t'ok refuge
in q small pot-nOuse, VIII re We ordered vine,
hicA the father of toe twins drank
Torches wgIe thtn lit, aud II another hour
we reached the hotel Dlomede, tired, stiff,
and drencbed, sud turned tuto bed but not
to sleep. l soon heard the horHd buzz winch
heialds the approach Of a mosquito, and While
my upper man was attacked by these vie
in ects, felt that my lower man was becom.
ing the pasture OF IDEAS. These creatures,
as soon as Il was hgbI, we're succeeded oy a
legion OF flies, who prevented me even then
from sleeping, BY settling upon my nose
TIE blue sky. the azure sea, the warm sun
The balmS 0reeIes OF Naples, its orange
groves ard its mOuH tains, are all very we'll IN
tAelr way: but, as q mater Oi choice [ wOud
lar rather live in more northern lattuoes,
where the climate Is perhaps shade worse
where the beauties OF IstUre are lot so strlk-
ing, but where one is not bitten By IDEAS and
gDsis al night, sId tckled ny flies all day.
AS for these later insec :, 1 do wish that ore
OF those persons who believe that everything
having lille is creased for purpose would tell
me OF whst use they arr. l can forgive
gnat, or flea, or even a bug, for they
torment one IN order 10 feed, but flies are
the natural enemies or mans ,nd-tnelr whole
Chi ct II life seems 10 be to annoy the hu.
man race. One IS taught At scno, that Nero
when boy used 70 Sill them, and that, as q
necessary Consequence, later in life he killed
his mother For my part, l forgive him
many OI his crimes. for having passed Als
childhood in destroying these Loxious YER
min. On the whole, Il might venture a
suggestion to those thinking OF ascenduE
Vesuvus, it would De, Don't" 1t does
not TeIay the IouUle. From a distance
the N u1tein is due object, particularly
when there is o eruption, but to 20 uD IT is
much like going behind the scenes o.
theatre. tae illusion is destroyed; and alter
several hours toll, all one see are two or
three holes emitting smoke in 4 heap o.
clDders-A sight ABOUT a. interesting as the
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