Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-16
ItaNaK Bsgeafs CIassffsd.

hand Sexa0tly where to find the stree
which leadyx over. the Aventine to thu
gate S. Paolo, through which we must
pass. Wetasked a man the direction. He
pointed nnt,oz and followed 4us to the
street, which was in sight and not five
rods distsnt:- We thanked him, and a.
he looked YXpestapt gaye him. ten. cen
tessimi, jim Rome liberal recompense
for aps4eriag a Question. But the man
was not satisfied and Demanded more.
His manner VS. uncivil, so we walked
On without noticing him further. But
he was MOTTO be disposed Of soseasily
he follpMfd us,rrepeating continually his
'den,aQflf or.l more. throwing the two
soldi contemptuously! in the street as we
looked around to him, an act which GER
tainlycdidtuet increase our inclination to
add TOO our gift. /. The Aventine Hill,
though, haaide the walls and once COW
cred with temples and palaces, is now
almost as devoid of houses as wilder
ness. We were foolish to allow our
selves tesbe followed by so insolent a
fellow into such solitary place. But
we went on, thinking only how annoy
ing twas tofbe SO accompanied. When
we had gone quite out of sight and hear
ing Of any other human beings, between
the high walls of the vineyards on either
side, the fellow picked up his hands full
of not very small stones and emphasized
his demand with gestures not. to be mis-
understood aa What would you have
done in this case? WhatI wanted to do
was to pick up stones too, and fight it
out on the spot with the odds on our
side. My friend, however, said, ssLet
us give the poor wretch something, and
fSo rid Of I'd
by quarrel in which there may be per-
sonal DANGER" The man was accord
inglye pacified with a few soldi more,
Gus ST. Paul, and the enjoyment Of such
beauty mades hope, a more charitable
Christian of me.
The Weeping Beggar I have never
seen, think, except at Naples One
morning. nwe heard from our window,
which locked out upon the Corso Wit
tOrio Ehanuale, the sound of man
'weepi9xs aloud, and, Fastening to learn
what caused it, saw on the opposite side
of the street. where we're no houses,
man sitting in despairing attitude hid
ing his, face with his arm and weeping
bitterly. With a mingled feeling Of
compassion, and distrust, I watched
him, and before very long my compass
sion passed away, and my distrust grew
into q, conviction that the man was a
professional weeper and made money by
it. The few passers-by on this by no
means thrunged street almost all stop
ped to regard the poor sobbing fellow,
occasionally asking him something
which he with difficulty could answer
Tor sebbing, and very often. placing
coin between his outstretched legs; for
he did not ask aims. As soon as the
.giver OF money had passed on, however,
the crying was hushed for an instant,
and the man secured and secreted the
money. In the hour or two which he
remained there think he must have
earned, at least, fifty. cents, not one OF
which he was too afflicted Or blinded by
his tears not to observe as soon as it was |
given him, or too regardless of his inter- |
ests not to put out of sight before other
people passed: Afterward we saw fire.
squently the same man, or some one who
followed the same business, in other |
parts of the city, and, though never dis |
posed to give him anything, we often |
thought his money was hard enough |
earnedx and that he led but miserable
life with the tragedy which he played,
fiction though it were.
But Desides this melancholy sort,
thereis IN Naples class of Jollv Beg
CARS, perhaps the very jolliest people
in The. world They are generally small
boysi on girls, half-nak ed little imps, who
in this sunny climate do not suffer on
that account. They caper around you
rs you walk along, now before,.now be-
hind, turning Ysomersets,y standing, on
their heads, laughing heartily, if they
can win d smile from you by their
pranks, and always with untiring per-
sisteaey approaching you every minute
or two with outstretched hand and a
look of misery assumed at which they
laugh G themselves, !. begging IL. Tor S., %un
while the. steamer is at the wharf yol
lows, who, climbing into the small boats
lying beside the steamer, with the fun
niest of grimaces and gestures, express
to the strangers their wish to- have solid
thrown at them. They motion to you
that if you will be so good as to throw
money Into the water, they will dive for
It. When the band on board strikes up
some favorite national air they all sing
Justify, initiating with their arms the
motions of players on different instru-
ments, and laughing, when they have
finished. so heartily, showing such rows
of btilliant, white teeth that from very
.con.agion the passengers laugh too, as
though everybody had been inhaling
laughing-gas.
Then there are the SGucy Beggars,
and very cowardly too, as such fellows
always fFuswhen one turns upon them.
I was satting, sketch book in hand, in a
pretty shady nook, outside the walls of
the city. Three smutty-faced boys
came and lay upon the grass quite near
me for. several minutes. Then they |
commeaasd! talking in. low tones. but
loud enough for my ear, telling each
other 81, their distress. Neither of them
had . qE .ceuld possibly find, any work to
do. One of them said he went to bed
last night without any supper, and
would probably do the same tonight.
The. other said, Eyes, of course they
must 90 without eating as long as they
yfIny we've without work >, all If which !