The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-20
ny FASCINATING FRIEND.


ITALY tl-- -ft,ri,.,l hal stas.,,I -,,r al
aims AMI rambling Limb alLl H.; t.-,. like
tsrrp-=, th lsNrr =, Is II T,r.'at in
FInlin-, a. : l,.l,.tt in Of yansa-z. anil
the ru.,ts # a -HarsrI Oh trunk >r,sla-llc
from II tuil;-I.. s,nlI-,ircUllr patch lNvl
ground, "a, al. down I ree;, AMI r,s.t. AKA
dream : Low In. Iittla 10 ,ht ri-l- ~
paeo jutr ~ mo III lG-ll. s,,L Loud .
di,,ln,t ,t'.Il-> Gul PEDESTRIANS vnni-
ing ami so,l-, ou riaauss-e b.tvs-u tia lrtEl-
ontory AM Monte t.,rio, la, sa> far TO .
high to.' ANY sound t. reach mc. TIM, Uas .
MT ~,litary sail on the whoh. rxiSgr>e Il til
Maliterr;n'an. y line II white. ct:rvinS az
rhytiunr' Intervals along /. small patch II
sandy i4st !, showed that there w.ss = gsutl' .
swell u,.,il the sea, hut its surface wa> MI
ror-lise \ lcv,lttr >,.ane there j. net IN tn
worll, ami it NJ, at it, very tas'h
Twas aroused from my alsa.l t."H lA Tia
rattle Of a small storsA hopping t'Nnt'l >t'ti'
track, half path. half stairway. us "hrh /
hal aS,vrlel 1t ha,l b.sn e,tal hN a.f.-''
Of a descending wayfaftr. in UI' a.. ;.~ b.
picked his way slowly DOWN. - !, .,,.c-
nz,,l a milll-as,i German t.a, I -uflo-,l
L. De- his nationality WIN hp! ts~ts Very 49,
siltlo,ls At the roul,tt tath~ II IT, .,lor
for some days past. Ther' Was ua'lHa- NJ
Inarkable III his appearance. hl, ,pe'tarl'd
eyes, squat n,e4, ami >luan' rnfF-d, tri>t
linz heard being simply rlarut, l,'," ot HI
class anil country.
He was just turning th eefnri. aiai M
eyes werr still tixe.l on him, vlnn Naa ,r.u
srio,ls Of another ii-ure within nay till Il
vision. This second conner lgt'i D. lsl,'l tu''
same pathway, hut hail lp,r~ n,d nn ;"n. ga
his passage IL, trsi with suh rNlul,Itn
li.htn.s> ard agility that h hut l.t~>' It r.'>''
by m without my hsln- a~an. ii fl> pu>
,n,r, whil' be- for hi part, brri sl- ttt# h,,l
with n ,flri,tl> Iutcn,tN on TIL tLlk 80 fr'ly.
Of tn. rhlan, upon Whom, al IN, tat" I"
progress, h. must have been ,tlnul- rtit!y.
4 glance showed M" that b. WIS a yutlu.,
man Of slcalcr figure dressed ~ a sat II
,lark-culorvt tweed, Of English eat, AM wear
ing "A h.ht-hroNn wil' aNaS.' hat. Just rs
my eye t.li al,,n !t.u ID. im lg hahi mi" tt'e
inner br,y,S, pocket Il IN, rstf W'l tr,|
from il ,our'thiu., Which, d, Ii WA nov rll
,lst nu,, | cuall MOI 50. NJ tine ,tnI. U,.-
n,ent sonlr small object, probably ,.l,rrl out
If his lo'kct hy mistake, f,lt almost Eoir-
lcssly ON the path at hi, foot Ia his aQlar
emily eager hast" hr drl net n"iu'r his
loss, lalt was ,,'liuy uuN.iri iatln-
what I took 10 Ia hl, par" hhS IN
the path Il was charly nay dlty
to call hi, attention To- it so | Natl, Hi an
interirctian "hi'h have found SERVES its
purpose in ail co.ntri, ne gave ler'rp'-
ihlr start, and booked rmrrl ut mo uStr his
shoulder pointed Ia th' nIi"t b" had
,lrop,nl, ami sid. There" He lnl thrust
back into his pocket the thing, wh1t",cr it
was, which he held IN ht, hlu,l, ami now
turned rount To Whr, ! wa, ruintiuE Nh"
h. sail in In, h,h, my cigarette r.r.. nm
much Obliged To soi," and h stopped and
picked il ul,
Il thodsat i WAS Your pu,Nt >TlI.
II vonIi rather have h,,t ~ purse than
this" hr sail, with n light E,al H.. had
apparently abandoned hi, ~ a'lun uf over.
taking the German, VINO bal maanWhllc
l..ssd nut Of light
"Arr you such TN enthusiastic moEcr,'
asked
al 90 in for tnaiity MT ,pmnti'y," h. To-
piled; "nnl Spanish IN nj A., just gisrn
me some innrmpalaIIr ctgariltu-. IT,
olrr, thu ease ts h u,'rnird IN few steps
whth hrough, him up o. my lttt" plateau.
"lla,r one" he sail, holding it out to me-
with th' most wiunus smil | have ever sen
ON any human ia",
VIZ. about Ia take uiir from the left hand
si,lr 1T t.. ease, Whrn h. tUun 1t away aH1
pr+,ntrA the other 'hle To- ne
"Nn no,' h. said, ";h.,r ilt uu,s arr IN,
common brand Tn roui "p.> M" The
gems"
II am rohhing you" | said, q, tool, one
Not II YOU ar" snr'.'r enough 10 1il'r'j
ntt it. =" h said, Is h. stretched hln~nit on tn.
ground beside mo, AMI produced from little
gold match box Il wax Nc>,a, with Vht.h le
lighted my cigarette and his own
SO graceful was hi, whole personality, 81
easy and charming hir manner, that jill MT
strike mo in the least odd that h" ,Aou!l thus
make friends with m" by the mpGn "vchanga
of half dozen words. | lookod at hlll rs ho
ay resting on his elbows and smoking; lizily.
H. hal thrown his hat or, AMI hi, wavy hair,
longsll AMI ot M opaque charcoal black, fell
over his temples while he shook il back behind
his ears Hi5a could not has" been NOR
than ~. His uru'lt, perfectly pure, but a
trille precise and deliberate, I'll me to take
him for an Englil man brought up ON tho
continent probably i'll Italy, inrthoic was no
French intonaton IA his speech III voice
was rich, lilt not d'ci a light hnIii0a. Ii.
was a brilliant tallier, having raj much and
Travelled enormously for ON 50 tpril-. u
think | have lived ~ ryrt, country IA In
ro,e,' he said, except Eusi1 ~olu. 1pw Il
has never interested me
We lay talking until the pink flush d
evening spread along III heur't. orl in il
Corsica, invisible before. 4rn}"l % body
itself forth from nrhinau',- h;. M i-iani II
phantom peak, ami hfiaui- Then W
rose and in the Itlrty HhrriHl dusk
took our way down nn.n- 'I-pi.. yHrl-au,
through the urang. larl'' 20 Monte Carlo
Nv ac,plnin'anc" with my Fi~ uatin.
Friend lasted it'll NOR, th9u fort "i-l.
hours, but luriu- that tiul' Vs.. "rr'' INSOFAR
able. lie was not at my bot !. '1' 81! tbtrv"u
Ing after our meeting, ll"roladHl him t. du
with me NOR dinner We NroIl'pl into tn
gambling room for an hour, bat neither o
u, played The Gcri"1L was ln-y IL .ll. 70
the roulette tables. ami seemed 70 TO- "ini,h.
considerably
Next morning by a:sin. 80 Dol. w.. irl.n
ami made al .xyur 4r To- Els. Tia -a'lrH
rolfnr-ne-t prr'lnd oui ro'E t.1l' t'rf atoy
the "a. halfway l. tween Nrt,.u nm
Villafranca Ne went by rail ~ ~
little station ON tl' "a -h'r' ah
then alta, -k,i the arIBou- it,,, = Ih
day wa, perfect though rather to9 warm 70
climbing. and Wa hal frequent rt~'~ auuu
the olive tres. with delightfully."- di,cul~n
81. ,,,,.1,. FL. ..,