The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-12
E'RONAi


seen the sun 70 down in solemn splcndor,
and the snow-tops Hare up with sudden
ares. peak hehind peak, slowly revealing
themselves likevirsin daughters of dyiug
monarch gathering rouui his bedside; aud
then. by degrees, the sky had grown ..rrp.
and clean, aud cold, and hlu rs a GLACIER.
and the old stars h" -. como out. and n vain
young mo -, "a well, aud pnzcd at them
".,..s IN the depths OF the dark green
bake, and we he'd huttonod up our coats as
we paced tho terrace, aud Ivy and 10y had
gone In and feastcd of chnmUis cutlcisaud
Valtclua, after which we had boiokcn
ourselves to the salon nud talked --
We were Il pleasant purity about to break
up, and there Is always something rather
melancholy about that We talked Of H.
however, ne English people generally DO
talk OF such things, without the ienst tia'e
Of sentiment, laughing over past adven-
lures, and making plans for future meet
mgs.
ave must 90 tho Sella Tass next year.
said one of the ladies. Ladies usually are
foremost la these ptoposals. " Nj. W,
at Pontrcsinn, has been telling me all
about il. You must sleep az the Ioseg Inn
aud start at two in the morning. 1t only
takes fifteen hours If the snow Is in good
ooudinou, and You have tho most nn-nih-
cent view, in the world Oh-and Tia re- 81
the Ii1 CumraeclO-l cant u az gong
away and leaviug fhat uudoue. Gus"
"Well, We dil try that last vcnr Won
know" snid Gus sOothiuEly. But thHt
aresome no" s,or;n cniue'.t u ~, jus ~
we got e. the Boruiul l'ss. We i~l SOME
fun OF IT, though, all the -tule. Don't yUd
remember tie s:uw hallsy AMI how We
peltcd a travelling ca iia-e that ilappen'l
h be pu-sing ut the time ---.' Ana
here Gus. who. sIn almost nehGmed q
niy, WAS head mastered VIII NOT nH.Ae the
school rubbed MS hands together IA ElCo
81 the remembrance 81 the exploit.
lit was some Italian nobl'uan's car
rRgc," sad Gus's sister. lie had just
married young girl from one VI these
villages and wis taking hur back 20 italy
with him. r,ulemby her iace-Such
pretty, bright fHoe; she put IL mp 10 one of
ha windows aud laughed AZ the suoW
balls ." And Miss Brooke went on
talking In Il pleasant, picturesque WAY
which she had but we none o. us listened
very mach, am afraid. We were tired,
or dun. or sorry To part, OF glan to part,
end presently We all shook hands with each
other. aud before the next days riin was
fully uwuk" We were most OF ut scattered
fnr and wide over ,hc face Of the NOUN
tsins, IKE tho handful of seeds the ' enc
tan girl throws down t. the pigeons In
tue PIHxLH san Marco.
Tile Biookes ana were not going to part
quite AZ once. We were OLD friends ami
bad agreed 10 pursue our Journey "a III tie
fuit together. My ncQuain ance vita
the Doctor, indeed, dated from very euiiy
period, while he wis only IA yet under
master at "a private school, Hn1 just bud
ding into all Inc glory of snort jackets and
tail hats. My acquaintance with hi, sister.
who was considerably Younger thau Gus,
In fict about the same age "a | was my
self, commenced ut the same time. Our
friendship had always been based on tie
broadest principles of enmity. At that
rarl. age she uscd 10 reuroach me with a
vulgar taste for sucks" u propensity to
dirty hands, and rough hair, ana IA low
bred prefer ion marbles over dolls.
Now her taunts were chiefly levelled Mt
my low, radical principles. my democratic
tnstes-(why didn't | marry Il VII -her-
vonIan's dGughtor, ana mako shining
example OF myself O-my want of en-
thusnIs;ic admiration Tor the places she
rayed ahout-iOr Switzerland IN general,
for tho Engadine in part GUAR:
But | do admire Il hugely" inter
posed meCkly. "OnlY there il rather too
much OF It. Eudle-s SNOW peaks aud pine
forests, and mein,hc blue sAiCs cicir Is
a ystal and equally cold, are al very well
In their way, but | own 10 liking some
thing less bl.gl, to look Mt, something cer-
tanly more genial 70 feel Whene CT take
my walk abi oad --'
Eyes, that il it," she retorted. at IA MI
too grand for you You had better spend
your next summer holidays ut MNrgnte.'
Ii it had been somewhat cold tIe nght
be ore on the terrace az -. Hoiit. We
Ing ut ChaIvenua. A hot, dense, vapoly
mist hung between us AMI the Soy, thi Uus,h
winch tue mountains lpcinoN vaguely,
gray aud spectral. All yesterday we hud
oone ciambrring down their sides, now IN
sharp abrupt bends and curves, now Iu
loug stretches Of uphill and duwnh,ll ron 4.
We had turned our backs on the great ice
al acts those strange white pages on which
the Almighty writes so many mysterious
ashland mad gone gathering through
Ui'nt forests, and over unshing torrcli s.,
and pnst funny httle brown and-white toy
villages, peluhed like wlld BIRDS nests ia
The clefts o. the rocks, III by ANA by "a
dazzling vision had uniulded Itself b.
fore our eyes, Olives bSan TO cIy'tal J.
ed the valleys the hills Themselves
flushed and pa!ed, thon flushed again
with strange, soft melting, opalescert
tints; the very rocks seemed to burst forth
into leaf ana iiUweIs ana so, step by slep,
we rolled down into sunshine, warmth,
beauty, color, fragrance, haimony-liaiy,
Ia one word
At Como u final separatiou OF our forces
took place. Tue mead masters hC4lduy .
were nearly over lie must DO setting us
face hcnleward. He was as melancholy
and low->rlT1ted about It ~ any one Oh hD-
bows cO,lA possibly be.
You are q. lucky young fellow Mylcs,'
said he 70 n ., enViou,ly. " You have no
bOrde of young burbnrlans to beokon YOU
back Win mky hngers on can wander
~ will through this sweet CLASSIC lana OF
Homer ana tiCcTO.'
"Weil, think had better zee as much
~ | can Of the country tins year, since
am doomed TO spend all my tulure sum
mers a. MHrsate,' say with laugh.
"Only sou viii never hnd that washer
woman's daughter IN Italy. The race does
not exist" cries Miss brooke with a sor-
Ty glance at her own limp, cruIup plea
drapelics
"Not reallyf" I ask incredulously. And
th0n the steamer on which / stood began
u plunge aud snort like g.eat sel
monster, as il was, and the head mastei
shouted out something about BaVeno and
6tresa, and dinner, and l went across the
ripphug, dimpnug, dauciug lake to Meuag
gIo. ! slept there that night, and the nrAt
day walked through the chestnut wood Ia
PoTleZza, where | again took shin, and
crossed over to LuRnno. from whence
wandered through more vineyards aud
corn fields and chotnut woods. On found
myself the following day NJ Luino.
There is Il nice little inn at LulnO kept
by two brothers VINO were formerly
walters at one of the large Milan hotels
They are pleasant little men, exactly
alike, except that one has large melaH-
ohoiy brown eyes, aud tho olner small
lXinklnU black They whit. OOOk