The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-08-14

WN the DrOtnersheSpet-
Nm ii. While we were
~ awaiting them, Fer
rsri entered in evening dress, with the
conscious air of handsome man who
knows he is looking his best readily
admitted his charm Of manner; had /
not myself been subjugated and fasci-
mated by It in the old happy, foolish
days? He was enthusiastically greeted
and welcomed back to Naples By all the
gentlemen assembled, many OF whom
were his own particular friends. They
embraced him in the impressionable
style common TO Italians. with the ex-
ceptIon of the stately Duca di Marina,
who merely bowed courtsously.
and injured If certain families OF dis
tinction whom he named had yet arrived
in Rome for the winter season.
Farrari was engaged In replying to
these questions with his usual graceful
ease and fuencv, when a note was
brought to me marked "Imme-
date" 1t contained a profuse and
elegantly worded apology from
Carlo Rsspetti, who regretted deep
ly that an unforeseen matter of bust
ness would prevent himself and his
brother from having the inestimable
honour and delight Of dining with me
that evening. / thereupon rang my bell
as a sign that the dinner need no longer
be delayed; and, turning TO those assem-
bled, announced to them the unavoid-
able absence of two Of the party.
"a pity Francesca could not have
come" said Captain Freccia, twirling
the ends of his long moustaohios. "He
loves good wine, and, better still, good
company"
"Caro Capitanor' broke in the musical
voice of the Marchese Gualdro, "you
know that our Francesca goes nowhere
without bis beloved Carlo. Carlo cannot
come,-altrol Francesca will not. Would
that all men were such brothers,
"If they WERE" laughed Luciano Sal
ustri, rising from the piano where he
had been playing softly to himself, "half
che world would be thrown out of en-
ployment You, for instance" turning
20 the Marquis D'Avenceurt, would
scarce know what to do with your
time
The Marquis smiled and waved his
hand with deprecatory gesture, that
hand, by the bye, was remarkably small
and dellcately formed,-it looked almost
fragile. Yet the strength and supple
ness of D'Avencourt's wrist was reputed
to be prodigious by those who had seen
him handle the sword, whether in play
or grim earnest.
at is an impossible dream" he said in
reply to the remarks of Gualdro and Sal
ustri, "that idea of all men fraternisIng
together in one common pig-stye of
equality. Look at the difference Of
castel Birth, breeding, and education
make OF man that high-mettled, sensi-
tive animal known as gentleman, and
not all the socialistic theories in the
world can force him down on the same
level with the rough boor, whose fat
nose and coarse features announce him
as plebeian even before one hears the
tone of his voice. We cannot help these
things. l do not think we would help
them even if we could"
"You are quite right" said Ferrari.
sYon cannot put race-horses to draw the
plough. / have always imagined that
the first quarrel-the Cain and Abel af-
fair,-must have occurred through some
difference of caste as well as jealousy
for instance, perhaps Abel was a negro
and Cain q white man, or vice versa;
which would account for the antipathy
existing between the races to- this day."
The Duke di Marina coughed stately
cough, and shrugged his shoulders.
''That first quarrel" he said, las re-
lated In the bible, was exceedingly vul-
gar, 1t must have been kind of prize
fight &c n'etait pas fin."
Gualdro laughed delightedly.
$50 like you, Marina!" he exclaimed,
''to say that sympathize with your sem
timents! Fancy the butcher Abel piling
up his reeking carcasses and setting them
on fire, while on the other side stood
Cain the green grocer frizzling his cab
bages, turnips, carrot, and other vege-
table matter! What spectacle! The
gods of Olympus would have sickened at
It'll However, the Jewish deity,
or rather, the well fed
priest who represented him, showed
his good taste in the matter; / myself
prefer the smell of roast meat to the
rather disagreeable odour of scorching
vegetables
We laughed,-and at that moment the
door was thrown open, and the head