The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-12-25
Hsllsr Dsesass Classl1s1.

NndinG ourselves, or rssher losing our.
1lves. among the narrow crooked
800 between The Capitol HIN and The
Tfhe,. and not knowing, with map In
I'D, exactly where 70 find the street
VhjcA leads over the Aventine to the
- s. Psolo, through which We must
-. 10 ssked . man the direction. He
so;nted .oat, sud followed - 70 the |
sxeet, Which WAs u dghg nd not Ave
rods distant. We thanked him. and as
g looked expectant, gave him ton cen.
0pssimi, in Rome . liberal recompense
Or answering . question. But the man
vas mt satisfied and demanded more.
His manner Vas uncivil, 90 We walked
on without noticing him furthsr. Bat
Se VAS not to be disposed Of 20 easily;
b followed %, repeating continually his
demand for more, throwing the two
soldi contemporary 10 tho street - We
looked around to him, On act which Ger
tainly did not increase our inclination to
add 10 our gift. The Aventins Hill,
though inside Ne walls and once Gov
cred with temples and palaces, Is now
almost a. devoid Of houses a. . wilder
ness. Wo,were foolish TO allow our
selves 70 followed BY 30 lnsolent q
fellow istQsach solitary place. But
~ went a ! thinking only bow annoy
in9 il wss>0 be 30 accompanied. When
we had ss1e quite out Of sight and hear
ing Of aay OtheF hu0an benl4 hstween
tie high va1S Z tn yinsJeto son cher y!
aide, ths lellDv lictll up bic halGi full
Of not veryI inal( tones And emphasized
his demand With gatares hot p be mis-
understood What would you have
done in this case? What wanted TO DO
was tn pick up stones too, and hght 1t
out on the spot with the odds on our
s;de. Div lrisnd, however, said, ''Lst
us give lis poor wretch something, and
be Rid 81 him, and not spoil our Sunday
by a quarrel in which there may be per-
soual danger" The man was sccord-
ingiy paci6ed with, > few solG more,
and we went 1n4lans Ne saw giori-
aus St. Paul, and the enjoyment OF such
beauty made, hope. more charitable
Christian of me.
The Weeping Bgg,s ! nave never
sen, think, except at Naples. One
morning we heard from our window,
vhirh looked out upon the Corso Wit
torio Emanuals, the sound OF . man
weeping aloud, and, fastening to learn
what caused it, saw on the opposite side
Of the street. where we're no houses, a
maa sitting IN adSspairipg attitude bid
iny his face uNh ls arm And weepine
bitterly. With q mingled feeling OF
compassion and distrush i WATCHED
him, and before very long my compass
SION pasted away 'aal my disunst grew
into conviction that the man wa. q
profes ,ional veSpSr!Aad. haaele laoneS BY
Il. The few ,passers.by on this by no
means tfrODSed street almost all stop
ped tn regard the poor sObbing fellow,
occasionally psAiscl hinr0 somStfhag
which he with difficulty copld answer
1br sobbing, aid xsfy 0ieeR placing q
coin between his outstretched. legs; fOr
lhs did not ssk alps, A, s9on, as the be
xiver II hloney ksd passed On, however,
Tie crying was hushed for an instant,
and the man secured sod secYeted the
.money. In the hour q two which he
remained there l think he must have
earned, at leasss fly RuDs agt enes q
which he was ,t60 Aali1ta oe biAded BY
ii. tears not to observe as soon ~ II WA
given him, or too regardless Of htsintet
oaGs not To put out OF sight before ethel
psDple passed. Aiterward, 10 ssw fr0
quently the same man, or some one VIII
Allowed tho same business, In othe
parts Of the city, and, though never dis
posed to give him anything, We ofte!
thought his money was hard encnG'
earned, and that he led but miserable
HE with the tragedy which hs played
lstiou though Il were.
hut bssidss this melancholy sort
tAere is In Naples y class Of JOLLY Beg
Ssss, perhaps the very iollicst peopl
u the world. They are generally small
boys or girls bAlf.dAke little inps, vi
In this sunny Climate do not suffer 0!
that account. They caper around 20
@ you walk along, now bsfofA non ~
hind, turning somsrsets, standing d
'eAsir heads, slsaghin1 heartily, u The
can win q smilo from goa b. the
psamks, and alsVays WieA untiriag PEI
sisAescy approaching tcu every rhinat
~ two with outstfetehetl hsnd and
1sk Of misery assumed at which the
lsgh themselves, begging for ~
splA." II you @ 70 Capri from Naples
While Ne slsamer Il Is lhe wharf 70
yin see . a|ly epgRI ess little e
Mig Sssia5 W E9s|aes. 1i,hshd ID
sssst Of grimaces and gestures, EXPIRE.
- the strangers their wish 70 have sol,
Or i wv ~ ' s;'i 3 sssa . as
0oney into Tie water, they will dive K
L When The bAad % board stEikss q
SINE favorit1 Adt II ola
laAily, imit ~ d (hsir - Il
UoiiOns OiAp I'D ~ AiaerJht NIstr'
1ents. and laughing, when thsy ha,
!: :;; s';;;t st r.
1oatsgioa 10 passsaGers laugh too,
thoogh everybody hsd besa inhalil
e.. :';s:.a4 Daal.., I,..
ed very eowsrdly Too, - such iello,
e1ways ass wAea one turns upon thss
1vss sisual. sksDet. b>ok iashAad, \
Igslty shady nook, outside The walls
- city. Three smutty.iaced DO!
~n0s and ~ hp1alt ~ esa0 qniss nsl
- TOR ssvegl minutes. Thea tn
sDomencsd talkiag IL low tosss, b.
- enough ~ ~ aAsg1o11nR oal
e1Asr 0l their lhtesA Neither q ~
~, a. could pe,glhly I'D, nv work
q. One a tkemaefd 10 Weet 70 b
~ aigAt without aay supper, ..
Ss:s &C 30 s:,S s.
0nA aJushsE M Albns- 4 q,