The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-18
MADE LOVE IN A PRISON
4 Sad Romance In the Life Of Prime
Minister Cfispi.
Resale. the Laundry Girl. Faithful
In Adversely Took to Drink When
Prosperity Came-Cupid's
Franks In Politics.

luc uutu aDout TIC Fotllhntic ioNe III
fairs OF NJ. Crispi, the Italian prime min
lister, z rumors of which crop up
whenever his name Is mentioned, Is fully
told In NJ. T. Narjoux's life Of Crispi. He
was born in 1919 at Riberia, and after hav-
ing taken his deRreetsettlcd as barrister at
Palermo mt the z of %, n marriad the
daughter OF h owner Of the house where
he lodged. Two years later Rosina
Sciarra died, N the young man lived for
some time entirely for his work and for
his country, having become one of the
most ardent and enthusiastic OF the
"Young Italy" party. Before long his zeal
for liberty and equality were rewarded by
expulsion from his country, and he main
tanned himself for some time Mt Marseilles
as q journalist, till the man who had
lived under the sunny skies OF Sicily
could stand tho cold and fogs of the
north no longer, and tried to obtain a
humble position as clerk mt vero Lungo,
a small place not far from Turin. But,
his letter not being couched In sufficient
servile Language, the post was given "a a
more suitable applicant, and Crispi re-
manned nj Turin till, having been accused
OF taking part i'm a revolutionary move-
ment, he was imprisoned i'm the Palais
Madames.
II was in the prison cell of his old palais
that the romantic affair began, which has
cast such n deep shadow over the life of
NJ. Crispi.
One. morning. says NJ. Narjoux, Crispi
looked sadly at the ray of sun which
made vain efforts to creep in between the
iron bars Of his cell, when the door
opened and a pretty girl appeared on the
threshold smilingly Offering her services
to him, says the PaH Mall Gdtette. Her
name was Rosalie Montmasson. She
was in the service of the prison ~laundress,
...l H.. 4. .l- a.. $1,000.
sieurs les prisonnies p~olitiqucs," who
were not clothed by the prison authori-
ties. Rosalie took the prisoners light
bundle of clothes, brought them back,
and seems also To have come when there
was nothing to take or bring back: she
was the niece of the wife Of the turnkey
and had the run of the prison.
Crispi was scarcely "a years old, he was
tall, slender, tolerably good looking. and
resembled i'm no way the Crispi Of the
present day. His long hair fell i'm curls on
his shoulders, his eyes wore an audacious
but tender expression and his smile was
very pleasant. He looked melancholy,
Almost sad, and had. i'm the girls eyes, the
aureole of a martyr and of the eminent
man around his head. And then this fc-
rocious conspirator, this intrepid soldier,
could transform himself ut will into a
fervent lover. Rosalie was before long i'm
love with her handsome client, her illus
trious prisoner, and Crispi returned her
love.
Presently, the police having found no
just cause against the prisoner, he was re-
leased but was expelled, n went To
Malta without any means Of subsistence,
accompanied by the little laundrcss.
Black misery awaited the lovers AT Malta I;
bread and herbs were their only food FOR
many days, till Resale. who was always
loving, devoted and full of courage, found
some work To do, and Crispi, together
with other exilcs, founded a small paper,
la Stabstfa, and once more hurled inilam-
atory articles at his opponents till the
governor Of Malta found IL advisable to
exile him again.
Before leaving Malta Crispi consid-
cred that he had "A duty to fulfill. a duty
of love and gratitude toward Ros-
ale, his faithful companion, whose
devotion had been Interchangeable
He wanted to marry her, tn make her his
legitimate wife: and. IN order to prevent
their impending separation from bccoui-
ing final, To forge "A link which would
secure their reunion. On communicating
thisd desire to his friend and fellow-exile,
Giorgio Tamajo, the latter very calmly
n quietl. tried To convince him that a
union like that intended by Crispi was
almost invariably followed by regrets and
pain. the different education and senti.
ment of the lovers forming al insur,
, mountable barrier to a happy married
nv "'bth NV t,sht VI
il; and, though he was SO poor that
r Rosalie's wedding ring had To he pre-
scented To him he insisted pom making
her his wife; and a Jesuit priest under
: took 10 conduct the ceremony which, "a
' Crispi believed. made Rosalie his Lawful
wife.
Crispi fled To London Rosalie followe,
: shortly, and, under Mazlini's guidance
who was also in London at TIL time thu
work of upsetting Napoleon Ill. and hi,
IL. Al
revolutionists were engaged. was carried
op with the utmost zeal.
y Tho postofiicc was not safe, aud the po
lice were vigilant; consequently Resale
c took the part of the emrnissary charged
q with the transmission of important new,
n or the orders for the various groups oi
4 "loung Italy," and of the communion
Il lions which the refugees in London an,
. Paris had To exchange. Dressed AS c
woman Of the people, Rosalie carried &
o basket without u lid, in which sh,
e kept some very large fish. Or som'
c fat poultry, whose interior however
was stuffed with papers tina
might well have astonished the gallan
police and custom house officials who ex
: amined them. Crispi meanwhile took
post in "A bank, the director al which wa
u a compatriot. and In addition gave Italian
r lessons, but the English climate did no
suit linn, and presently he went to Pari
II as correspondent OF ~ torI1~re FtuHco
Itdien, his political activity never ceas
d ing,
one new development OF political life wa
e rapidly succeeded by another; Crispi wa
" no longer an outcast. but sat, a deputy 10
d Palermo, In the Turin parliament; he be
n came vice president of Tho chamber, an,
!. everywhere in Italy the name of the law
yer, politician and statesman had becom
+, a household word.
u In order to rest from his ardent parlia