The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-02-14
CALLED BACK.
A Wen-Told Story Of Continuous
and Absorbing Interest.
by HUGH CONWAY.
CHAPTER XIII.-CoNT1NUED

She had, until she met her future hus-
band, loved her brother above every one
in the world. She had echoed his pa
triotism, sympathized with him in his
schemes, and listened to the wild plots
he was always planning. He was some
years older than she was, and upon her
return to Italy she found him, out
wardly, nothing more than quiet,
Woodworking, ill-paid doctor. She mar
veled at the change from the head
strong, visionary, daring young man
she had left. 1t was not until be was
certain her heart had not forsaken her
country that Ceneri allowed her to see
that under his prosaic exterior luraed
one of the subtlest and ablest minds
of all those engaged in working out the
liberation of Italy. Then all his old sway
came back. She admired, almost wor-
SHIPPED him. She, too, was ready to
make any sacrifice when the time should
came.
What she would have done had she
been called upon, it is impossible to say;
but there is little doubt but her fortune
and her children's fortune would have
been freely spent in the good cause.
As it was she died long before the pear
was ripe, and when she died, such was
her faith in her brother, everything was
left in his hands as sole trustee for her
children. In her last moments the
thought of her husbands decided En-
glish proclivities made her exact a
promise that both the boy and the girl
should be given an English education.
Then she closed her eyes, and the or
phans were left entirely to the trustee S
mercy.
He obeyed her spoken commands to
the letter. Anthony and Pauline were
sent to English schools; but having no
friends in their fathers native land, or
all old friends having been lost sight OF
during their mothers widowhood, the
holidays were spent in Italy. They
grew up almost as much Italian as En-
glish. Ceneri husbanded, invested and
managed their fortune with care and in
a business-like way. / have no doubt,
so far as it went, his honesty was unim.
peachable. .tE ..H.......r..
Then the longed-for moment came
The great blow was to be struck
Ceneri, who had kept himself out of lit
tie abortive plots, felt that now or never
he must do all he could do for his coun
try. He hailed the coming man. He
knew that Garibaldi was to be the
savior of his oppressed land. The frs
rash step had been taken and led tC
success. The time and the man were
at hand. Recruits were flocking by
thousands to the scene of war, but the
cry was "money, money, money!
Money for arms and ammunition
money for stores, food and clothing
money for bribes-money for every
thing! Those who furnished the sinew,
of war would be the real liberators o
the country!
Why should he hesitatep Had hi
sister lived she would have given all til,
fortune she possessed as freely as sh,
would have given her life! Were no
her children half Italian2 Libert,
laughed at such small thing as breacl
of trust.
Except a few thousand pounds, h
ruthlessly realized and sacrificed tn
whole of the children's inheritance. II
poured their thousands and thousand
into the hands held out for them. Tn
large sum was spent where it was mos
wanted, and Ceneri averred that h
freed Italy by the opportune aid. Per
haps he did-who can tell?
Titles and honors were afterward OF
fered him for this great though secre
service 1t makes me think better q
the man that he refused all reward. Hi
conscience may have told him he ha
not robbed himself. Any way, he re
manned plain DR.. Ceneri, and brok
with his old leaders and friends whe
he found that Italy was to be King
dom, nota Republic.
He had kept, said, few thousan
pounds. The boy and the girl wer
growing up, and their uncle though
that even his patriotism permitted hir
to keep back enough to complete the
education and start them in lif,
Pauline was promising to be so beaut
full that he troubled little about her fu
ure. A rich husband would set every
thing right for her. But Anthony-wR
was becoming avid, headstrong youn
fellow-was another affair.
As soon as the youth should reac
mans estate, Ceneri had resolved t
make y clean breast of his defalcatior