, 1879-08-14
GARIBALDI.

itors, Ills Fantastic Costume, and HIS AM
billion to Drain tbs Campaign.
tSt'o FORK Ertnn1 5',H.
cali to MUD M occasion when was present. !
ed 10 Garibaldl during blu stay In Rome In 1877.
4 friend Ia the Italian ARMY, who once had
eerycd under Gatlbaldi, brought about the
meeting. We we're usl1ercd Into the house and
conducted up flight Of steps Into long room
where, at tho hcnd Ut long table, fanxed ou
either side br row OF chairs, sat GaTsbaidi. As
we advanced up one aide Of tho room party
Of gentlemen retrcated down the other. One
Of them fingered behind the others, wrtnglng
s4lhc Generals" hand repeatedly, md With
fcsyos probably more conducive to "thc Gener-
ais" mental qualification than to his material
comfort. 1Ie wus asulissing ,ny con,patrtot In
point OF fact, In very courteous phrase, couehcd
in very goo1 English, but nonc the less In What
would hare becu to sensitive perceptions very
decisive manner. But my conpntrlot wns thick
sknncd, and imperyfons evidently to the suspi-
clDn that the very hearty expressions nf his ad
nIfratfon ard esteem might po5s!b!S, 10 the long
run, become rather bore to the recinifnt there
OF. Hearty they certainly we're, md no doubt
heartfelt nlso. -....
III tie meantime had an opportunity OF sur
ycying G4ribnldt and Ills surroundings. The
room WAS bnre. and As gu!iticss Of the anpeaE-
urtc OF home-'ike comfort as ap Italian could
possibly wish room Of his to be. It might
hare hcen only an audience room, but 1t was un-
necessarily bleak even for Tint purpose. Behind
Oari0aldt's chair etood woman IN Gsri1aldl
wcsc, as attcward learned, tho person who
was housckeeper to Garlhald atnl bis son
Mantle at Cuprera, md her children, to secure
Ills property to whom Garitlaldl has SUED
little girl was taIr md pretty, the woman dnrk
aud coarse. Of the most ordinary tspc ot The
Italian pcasansry. t}aribatt,i himself, nlthough
knew his health had loag hcen pour, had not
Hr1 las rfE.nt+ trstf
whichaired. wcathcr-beatcn, and lent;, his
| hands, particularly, MUCH aetormcd by rs'eu-
matisn. Ills costume WIS fautasttc, II nothing
| else. x long, wide, bsa.4- 1"l-white striped
shirt. Covering hs head was a sort Of smoking
'cap Of back velvet. gai'y embroidered in colora.
| This cap he nrycr retnnyc!.
| When he had NJ length succeeded in freeing
h!msCf frun my lDHuaclOna cDuntrSnau he
| turned 10 Maj Il, ind The ceremony Of rrc-
suntat,oy aud consequent hantlshakns having
bctn gone through WITH. cpttVed Into Gun.
yersntton with us about Ror,c Atnl It's environs,
payna the subject which. at ihr time, seemed to
be unoern,nst in his mind. lie talkcu soHH little
tlnc about the dcsiru5'cncss u( converting It
from Its present lIarren naInria-st7tcken cond'.
| tiOn into the rich, healthy protluctlyeness OF
former times, md expressed the plnus w!sh that
| artsye Mcnsurcs might soen be taken TO acl!ere
this end, adding, nevertheless tt'at sll could not
be ACCOMPLISHED Mt once. md TINT MUCH lln!l NJ
{entif DSck AOl1t W tllG AtuA1
Ind become thu capital Of united 1talr. Ills
manner was gulet, unaffected, md genial. Ills
general expression full Of kindness, 10 which
1lL0 latent AtlmDr IN his eyes, still bright aslu
! krcn, gave an additional charm.
lrtsucntly party ladIes, Americans again.
cat,lc rnstling In, plated by Buperb Gapita1io
n'Artsgticria. AMI w toak our leave. Tim rev:
roE,ers stationed themselves about tho head Of
the table. sumc standing, so,nc sitting, md al
nrlncl with photographs nt Gartbaltl[, In rcaat-
ness for him TO ats}x his sguature; n labor,
which, considering thu dltllruty he las IN writ.
l,,s IN consequences Of his rheumatism. enns!d-
cred it very gootl.l,aturcd IN him to perform:
Altogether, as We emerged from the grounds of
Tie vil!u asld met moFu carriages approacfiiI,
to deposit their loads, nnd thought Of The
l,audshakinE, and p1loto=rapfl,scnlnE mud lis,
strangers which would cnsue In {iaribadi's
room during tho Afternoon, ana whicf, would
begin agnin on the morrow, md 50 on nd in!inl'
tum while he Remained In Rome. 1t struck Ill
torcIhly, II not originally, .l,at celebrity nlll
nosUrcty curtauly have their drawbacks.