Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-08-17

SuppOSe) you take ner TO your nome
What account Will you give of her
She will have parents living. VIII you
say that her father is ishermanl
What will your proud aunt in Beacon
street say when she hears that The
manners and customs of our country
are vastly different from those here.
Did 1t ever occur to you that she may
tire of them, and wish herself back in
her fathers fishing house! Your people
are OF Puritan stock; they don't love
the religion in which she worships."
Harrison waited until | had ceased
speaking, and then said:
4" Friar, my paternal grandfather
was a fisherman, and, however much,
Aunt Sperry, of Beacon street, may
yaunt OF our aristocratic connections.
she would hardly deny the truth Of
what l now assent. Our family origin
ally came to Boston from Marblehead !;
my grandfather fshed, and commanded
his own schooner from that port, and
Friar, they had so little reverence for
him in those days that tradition says
they styled him Schooner Dick. BY
lucky catches he accumulated enough
money to leave the water, but he never
relinquished the fish business. All!
no, he prospered in it. 1t was the mode
by which his money was transmitted to
Aunt Sperry as well as my father. As
to my religion, | can't see that it will
make any difference to our family, for
never heard of there being saint
among them, great or small.
" What you have said l replied,
sin no wise affects the present, though
it might the past. But we don't live
in the past. 1t is what youp people are,
not what they were. You can't by any
sort of sopistry, convince your family
that you have introduced a proper
person among them, if you marry this
girl. They may receive her kindly
doubtless Will do SO, for your sake
but they will never forget from whence
she came"
did not expect to convince Clement
Harrison Of the wisdom of my remarks
and was not surprised to find him snap
his finger at it. SO | accompanied him
to Luigi Rudio's with as little concern
as if | had been going to the theater.
1t was one Of those clear blue days. the
influence of which one 50 often feels
under Italian skies We had passed
the morning III wandering about the
shore, and were seated in the cottage
awaiting dinner, when dark-visaged
man, bent as it were with intirmlty,
the door and extended his
hat for charity. Harrison incautiouslv
pulled from his pocket purse well
filled with gold, and generously ans
wered the beggar's appeal. The man
raised his hand in benediction, and in
withdrew 1t struck me that he moved
away with an unaccountable rapidity
when compared with his former gait
|, however, did not think much about
it at the time. Luigi was absent, and
did not return until n short time before
our departure. He accompanied us
short distance down the road, where he
bid us good by.
Scarcely had Returned his back when
a dozen stout fellows leaped from their
by the road sIle, and in
an instant We were prisoners
Glen uttered a shout. Luigi halted,
turned backward for moment, and
then fled toward his cottage, 4 pistol
was placed at Harrson's head, with a
warning not to repeat the cry. 1t was
not hard to distinguish among the ras-
calls the man who had begged aims in
the morning, but he was no longer
the decrepit individual he had appear
ed.
W. ,raro ,,,u- ala J., lol;ra,. ,,,> ,,,,
money, and rs we were not in n condi-
ton to resist the demand, We forthwith
complied Then they searched us,
taking away our watches and rings, and
marched IS away. Evening found US
captives at a considerable distance from
where we started A close watch was
kept upon us, nor was it until the third
day that we were liberated, and told to
proceed whittier we would
The country was wild and hilly, but
we were fortunate enough to find
boy driving some sheep, who directed
us to a small village where we sought
redress by appealing to an officer who
- detachment OF troops
stationed there, He listened to our
story, shrugged his shoulders, declar-
ing we We're unfortunate, but assured
us he could render us no assistance.
1t was useless to make further COM
plant. so we continued our way to-
ward Naples. Sadly worn, tired and
dusty, we entered the city We were
in sad plight, but we ate our supper
like famished wolves. Our landlord
expressed hisastonishmeut Mt our story,
and called for Raphael; but that wor-
thy had disappeared, having first taken
the precautiou to replenish his ward
robe by robbmg our trunks
We slept well, Notwithstanding all
our misfortunes. when he arose the
next morning, Glenn commenced getting