Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-10-14
ROMANCE IN NAPLES.


ROMANCE IN NAPLES.
An Heirsss Adjusted and shut up IL %
AsyluM for fanatics.
A correspondent at Rome writes: Mis-
Vernieri, still In her teens, has lost he
father, and lives with her mother in 81
lerno. She Is beautiful, clever, and &C
complained, and inherits 10000 due
ats, or about half Q million lire. He
mother is completely under the powe
Of the family physinian, DR.. Cosimati
who poses as protector OF the widow ant
orphan. Eligible offers Of marriage Ar
made TO Miss Vernieri, but are skillfull.
STAYED of by the doctor and his dupe
the mother, their object being to EMO!
the administration OF the young lady
means, OF which the mother was simpl!
the depositary, and OF which the pros
pective son.in.law would become abso
lutte master. At last Miss Vernieri at
tanned her majority, and her guardian
anticipated her intentions of matrimony
by proposing to her as her tiancee hel
first cousin. This young gentleman ne
sided in Naples, and thither the mother
daughter and family doctor repaired Il
arrange the nuptials. The youth, how
ever, found no favor in the eyes of Mis-.
Vernieri, who, on the contrary, became
desperately enamored OF a young advo
cate whom she met under the roof of al
aunt in Naples. Her passion was recip
rocatsd, and the mothers opposition
made the daughter only more resolnte
h1V ina ksov, 10 ~,
adv ocate. So doctor and mother TO-
gether changed their tactics. One morn.
ing Madame Vernieri said to her daugh.
ter: "Are you really determined ia
marry him" eyes" "Then, as ]
can't bear to see you unhappy, give
my consent" Tho young lady fell on
her mothers neck, and wept with Joy,
till, gently disengaging herself, Madame
Vernieri said: "Now, as your lover and
his family live at Naples, it is better
that We should 60 there to tx the day OF
marriage. and get your trousseau
ready" They started accordingly. and
took apartments at the Hotel Fiori,
near the Fiortini theater, intending to
take house in the country for the en-
suing summer, the marriage having
been arranged for the end of autumn.
They had been only two days in tho
hotel when DR.. Oosimati came in with a
Signor Miraglia, whom he represented
as cousin of his, aud as DESTROYS of
forming Miss Vernieri's acquaintance.
The visit seemed one of pure courtesy.
The young lady chatted pleasantly
enough on current topics with the new
conner till he took his leave, and she
thought no more about him. Forty
eight hours afterward, the doctor pro.
posed drive into the country, at which
the ladies were delighted, and all three
were soon in a carriage bowling along
the Via del Camp.
Miss Vernieri asked many questions
as to the palazzi and villas they passed,
till they approached grand edifce
whose magnificent site awoke her admi-
ration. Whose was itq The doctor as
if suddenly struck by an idea, ordered
the driver to stop. Here" he said,
sis precisely what you want, country
residence till the close of November.
This palace is divided into suites of
apartments. Come in and let us sec how
you like them" They alighted and Gu
tered, and the doctor asked for Madame
Flourens. An iron gate was then open
ed, admitting to a courtyard, from which
they mounted two flights Of stairs, and
then they were ushered into drawing
room where they were politely received
by that lady. DR.. Cosimati then init
mated that Miss Vernieri wished to take
apartments for the summer in the pa
lazzo, and would like to be shown
through the various suites. Madame
Flourens was only too delighted, and Of
fered her arm to the young lady, who
took it. Then the mother
said, languidly :" You can go alone, my
dear. and make your choice, which is
sure to satisfy me. am tired, and will
wait here with the doctor till you come
back" Madame Flourens and Miss
Vernieri then moved off, and the mo-
ment the door closed behind them the
mother and doctor slipped stealthily
through a private passage, gained the
and''were soon in the courtyard.
Miss Vernieri was making
The tour of the apartments, and it was
not long before Miss Vernieri learned
that she had been left in on asylum for
lunatics.
After her discovery, Miss Vernieri
asked Madame Flourens, the lady super
how she could have consented
10 become an instrument in such base
The lady smiled sadly.
- Ffglia mia were I to believe all
hose who say they have been brought
mere as the victims of q conspiracy, 1 |
should have few patients on my hands!"
' But" reconstructed Miss Vernieri,
. what legal proof have you that I am a
1t subject for an asylum I" "The doc
or who came here with you," replied
Madame Flourens, "applied to me for
he admission of patient. I told him
10 must first have a certificate of the
PATIENTS madness, signed by the direc-
or of the establishment, who is the first
Ilienist in Naples, DIR. Miraglia.
All, }" broke in Miss Vernieri, to whom
his name was a revelation, " tho per-
idious plotters That cousin of his,
whom DR.. Cosimati presented to me, was
)r. Miraglia, then But how could the
loctor certify my lunacya I talk
ationally enough. Oh the monsters |"
Figlia mia ," behold my justifica-
ion" and Madame Flourens produced
he certificate Of the alienist, DR.. Mira
lila, the director of the asylum.
Thereupon Miss Vernieri addressed
lerself to the task of devising her extri-
alton from the Flourens asylum. Vigi-
antly watched, she yet succeeded in get
ing letter conveyed to her lover, and
10 went straight to work to rescue her
nd bring her prosecutors to justice.
He got the procurator of the king to
end forthwith to the asylum aninstruct-
ng judge and a notary. These gentle
aen obtained immediate access to the
Dung lady, and examined her, with the
most painstaking minuteness, putting
uestions of every kind, laying traps for
er, and taking down her answers. She
anne out of the ordeal triumphantly,
nd the result was the immediate order
or her release, and criminal proceedings
1ere at once taken against DR.. Cosimati,
he widow Vernieri, and DR.. Miraglia.
10 sooner set at liberty, than Miss Yer.
Teri fed to the aunt at whose house she
ad met her fancee. Their marriage
ook place Immediately.
Meanwhile the conspirators, whose
bject it had been to prevent the