The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-01-02
THE BETROTHED:
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turns toward the south betweeu two nnbrcksn
chains of mountains, presenting 70 ehe eye .
snocsssion Of bays aud gulfss formed By thslr
sn snd rssS 70 eSs
and an extended sloping bank on the lsfss
aud assumes the how and appearance o1
river. The bridge By which the two shores are
here united, appearsto render the tsanssorma-
tion more apparent. aud marks the point %
which the lake ceases. and the Adda recon-
mences, to resume, however, the name o9 1sas
water to expand itself Anew into bays and
gulfs. Tho bank, formed by the deposits cG
three large mountain streams, deeoends fzom
sailed l as 81. Martin, the other by : Lomhard
name, ReseGone, from its long lino c3 eaMms9Ds
which In truth give 10 ths appearances @ 9
irst siTht, especially viewing ID 10 front, 1rcn
che FampaSts Of Milan that race the nofsns -
cnce distiBguish it In all that extensive ranEe
frem othee nouneHsns % o. zee: a. name ss sSc nSsS
dissaneo fisos with . gentle ane eenasnnat
ascent, them breaks into bills ana heL0wns
rugged or level Hand, aoeoraing q he tesea-
| of the aoods. Its extreme border, ieteEseeee4
by the mountain torrents, 10 composed eEstsS.E
| OF sand and pebbles the other PaRte q AeiSs
and villages, With here and thera wOca uhisA
| extends mp she mountain side. Leceos s@9
| largest Of these villages and which 9svse tee
6i.ssucs % from sSS 1 ne Srass, npsa sss ss
| the Lake nay, often, at tks rising Of tne
waters, 10 partly smbosomed Within the lRls9
itself large town - The present sss csy. ssa -
our atory, this village. was ALSO foTtsneds en1
oopseauentiy had the homer 70 furnish quaE-
ters to governor. and the advestego 9t Pess
dtere, who gave lesscns In Eaodeesy % the
wiyos and daughters Of the nsighboRhooa, ana
toward the ctoee Of summer never feiIed %
Is order to shin the grapes, ana IightsO foF the
rustics the lzbors Of the vintage. From Viz
isge 60 viilage, from the helghte down - seo
rns9s snd paths /: shese vary in their oharaa-
ter: ct times pseclpitous, &C Others lever new
eunk and buried between the two ivg-eled
walls. from whose depth yon caa behold aa noyn.
then crossing high and level tracks, around the
edges Of which they sometimes wind, occasion
} ally projecting beyond the face OF tes moaN-
, taifa. supported by prominent Dasese TeseMs
J bling bastions, whence the eye weDdeFo OyeE
: the Tsost varied aud delicious landscape: yn
, tho one side you behold the blne Iske, vita y.
and neoks of land, and reeeeting the inverted
/, imn9es Of the objects on It's tanks; on tne
Other, the Adds, wnioh, flowing bonaSin ne
s5Sn s con n tracts aSain, and holds on its Oleaz
! aboyo. are the pondOrous nasses Of the shspo'
less rocks: DoneoSn1 bno TicnAy cVts. ~
| ciivity. the fsiR landscape the bridge y
front the opposite shore Of the lake, and beyond
: thtg enc monntain, which bOunds the view.
Towards evening, on the 7th day Of NoyeIa
J her 1923 Don Abboudi0, curate Of one OF tne
villages before alluded 70 (but OF the name o
. whick. nor Of the house and lineage OF itS en-
. ratio, We are not infOrmed), was EetaEniee
: slowly towards his home, By one OF tnese PasA
ways. He was repeating quietly nls osIos -
, in the pansas Of which be held bis closed re
yisrv IL hie hand behind his back ana g .
: vent. with bis foot he cast hatlessly nBaane
! the wall the stones thSt happened e impeG.
\ hiS usth ut the same time giving aomittSnsa
. 70 the IDLE thoughts that tempssd tne epiEit
d n;o.Iv M ne pPsrformipr their fanction thoz
I Iaising bic head end casing Idly esonae niss
= ha Hxed his eyes upon mountain eu9Hls
= WhegO the rsya Of the Getting sun, oseas1ni
I through the openings Of en- oPggeisa tssss
!. iiiumined its projeetfng m.ssss: Ehleh aRpseES ;
. "a lie large and vesionsly shnPed sRote g
J, T1rnle light, Hafhsn oBoGeo anew h1e oIeyt
: arv. and reeited another POrts0a - n ~ ~ y
. ~ lane after which aogle the rcAd eocslese
straight fcE perhaps seventy ~. - - ,s,.
| nasbS the right hand OBe aoconae4 fe NAe4
| ~ Csoantnin. and led 70 the parsoBoSe seea
, on the Left descended the valley tewosae 3 -
), rent, and on this eide the wall Eeso eus " 80 -
8 tSs sV1o narrow pa4ha, instsaa Of meeting 9
q tho angle, ended ia . listlS e5sRei, 80.
n Sbieh we're depicted certain lo0gs sansgS-
J, poirtsd shapes. which, 10 the ssta9 q ~
I, artist, and 20 the eysS o. tae -
= baAifanta, represented asmess SD alls
. daG1es certain other fcrnio, nos - - 49,
eha2 Sgoro meant Cor so8l0 10 paf8
en6 aerlao Of . brick coicugs Pee
T. biastEish grey. With here $50 s,.ss ~ & ~,
- ~ Isiere.v me eurats. haVtnG tar 1f
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