New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-09

Maoaulay, and Froude, resuming his studles'
The author never misses the comic features Oh
the situation and is quite as ready to make run OF
her own country folks as of the typical BritOn one
meets an odd sample of a Western lady TOURIST
strangely enough, at hotel in Rome, VINO luIIlShoS
an Irresistible temptation to little quieI a,ouso
ment They sat next to each other at the table Ghoe'
and n kind word from the ROod-hearted Marion
,ros the commencement of an eternal friendship
"Onr friendship began through my declaration az
her earnest admiration, OF my belief that the KUN
shaws' as she called thsm offered for our cOnsunnp-
ton were harmless and passably digestlOle ny Tue
Yankee stomach. She was half starved poor ''ils
and after this l cheerfully fulfilled the office OF
faster, drawing my salary twice per diem IN the Io
eral entertainment of her converse with me- one
badbeen threeauarters of the way around the world
with her husband as banker and escort; was great
unon Epvptian donkeys and the domestic entomol-
ogv of SYRIA. and could not lisp one word OF any
dialect excepting that of her native Nalrmoun'
and of her adopted State, which we VIII halne-
iowa. You sight-see 80 slow was her unlhten-
+onaI Alteration on the fifth day OF our acquan-
tanceship. Amt bin to see a church yet new you
answered timdly that I was waiting TO gro"
stronger The churches are so cold IN WINTER tnaV
shall probably put off that part OF my Sightseeing
until Spring. Good gracious! BE you Go'u 10
spcnd the Winter here That is our nope NJ pres
emit, You'll be bored to death You wont see O"-
rome in ten year. if yOu take it so easy we cahor
late to do up Rome under fortnight we've JuS'
finished up the churches Oman average Oh 'hllt
five = dovI But we he'd to work lively. Now we're
at the villers. One on 'em you must See-slcN Oh
we'll faint go very much of it upstairs Inc
heautfullpst furntur ever sec. Glldm ana tay-pls
firm and velvet and picters and treSkies, common aS
dirt rs you may say. The gardings sight TO Oe-
hold You make your husband take you! SET your
foot down. for oncetp what villa-cid you say
The Land! ! don't bother with the outlahdlSh
names But you'll find it easy, Napoleon Bohcy-
mart did somethin' or mother Their oncet. Or his
son. or ncplIcy or some of the family. Any way,
do know never see seech windcr-curtalns any
where. Thick as 2 board Solid satin. No INNS
for fingered em and took a peek at tile wrong slue
TO be positive. We wound up the churches by com
to see the tomb the POpes been buildin OF tor hiu
Golf kind o SQUARE pit, or cellar right in the
middle of the church of What's-hiS-name = santa
Maria NIaggiore chats the Teller! You go
down bv two flights of stun steps. One onto each
side of the cellar. Its all open on top. you
understand. on q level with the ,church-noOr'
and inst vcncered with marble Every color you
can think of. Floor jest the same. Old Pope Grlg-
cory. he Amt buried yet. Lies 'bove-ground III
red marble box. He can't be buried for good tel
Pious. he dies. And he must hev the same spell o
,oti, for thc next one Their must be two pOpes on
the TOP of the ycarth at the same time One i've ana
one dead Thnks-I, when looked inter the cIyp
as they call t-jeSt a-blazin' and a-daZzlln with
red. blue. green. and yellow, and polished like a
new table-knfe bladc,-If this amt vanity and VeX-
alton Pd ruther hev our family lot in the Duryln
Croun to Meeknses Four COrners-(a real nice lou IL
isl With only one stun as yet. "TO my daughter
II - tI,eo naiv IOVa
I could be tucked up, like lady, safe and
srur. Oncet for all and no bones about itP"
The good woman's description of one Of the Pope's
recentions at which she "asslsed" has
certainly never been surpassed by any OF
the letter-writers from " Christian Rome"
He wore a white sl1ull-cap and long white gownd
belted Mt the waist. Real brOadclOth twas. l
thought at first, twas Opery flannel or merno, but
when he was a-talkin' to thcm next me, managed
to plnch fold of it. Twas clOth-high-priced 1t
must "a heen-soft and solid. But after all that's
said and done lie looks like an ole woman and tat
one Kind face he hez, and q sort OF sweet greasy
smile onto it the whole time, He blessed us all
'round and said to the Americans how fond he was
of their country and how he hoped We and our chill
dr,n would come back to the True Fold. 1t didn't
hurt us none to have him say it, you know, as we
he'd fair look at him while one of the blackgOwners
was a-translatin' of it. Their was two sisters OF
charity or ADDRESSES or nuns, or sOmethin' OF that
sort there who dropped fat onto their faces on the
bare floor when he got to them,-and kissed his
Sinner White they was-the slippers. mean
with cold cross worked onto them. He gave us
all his hand to kiss. with the seal-ring held up.
Amt much in the habit of that sort % thing, and 1t
did 20 ngin my stomach a. lcetle. So, TUX his
hand this way'-seizng mine and smacked my
Inns over it without them a-touchin' on it,"
Marion Harland thus wanders on " at her own
sweet will" always making something out of
nothing, furnishing plenty of entertainment. If not
of instruction to the reader, proving herself as
much of an adept in caricaure as in cookery, and
transmitting the pleasant paths of travel into
pleasant book for home.