The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-01-24
and nodding his head c%onsolingly. "Your
ourls will be cut off and you will not wear

and nodding his head o%onsolinRly. "Your
oarls will be cut of and you will not wear
sottani."
/ can imagine tho CONSERVATION Of poor
action and nor trsmulous "Scusi, scusi,
signor generate" as she dragged her gestic-
ulating, expostulating charge away.
II was after We had left Florence that the
great decision was made that the illustris-
simo signor must go to school. 1t must
small misRivinRs aud with no trivial dis
cussion in family conclave. 1t was not an
insignificant matter and there was always
ons serious point to DO considered. His
papa and mamma, his Qrandmothsrs and
godm others might decide that he should 60
with theirs? What if Illustriasimo Bebe
decided that he would not7 1 oan imagine
how carefully the subject was broached,
how automatically it was dealt with, and
what q s~pecious military air all scholastic
training was given. / should have wished
also, but this, too, was a joyful experience
denied me. I only heard shat somehow
military training skillfully interviewer with
the alphabet and "pot hooks and hanRers''
and never being allowed to %disconnsot them
selves in the illustrissimo's mind, finally
that he required his mamma to 20 to school
with him, and that this very charming and
vsracipus person dutifully accompanied
him daily to the ssat of learning and
learned the alphabet also-but this seems
really too delicious to be true. SO I have al
ways preferred to believe it without in
quiring into it too closely.
At any rate l know that ct this time tho
despissd sottani was east aside with other
unmilitary trivialitics, the boucles blondes
were cropped of. and armed to the teeth
Illustrissimo 6ignor Bsbs won't to school.
He never went without = sword, sometimes
he took also . gun, and a. many -stilettoes
As could be stuck in his belt. It appears
that he regarded the field of letters az a
field of battle only to be entered in full
panoply.
Where is my sword?' he used to say at
nine O'Clock as other children say "Where
il my spelling bookY'
We used to be entertained from time to
time with animated descriptions of his ed
ucational progress. This, il appeared. was
You will be charmed to hear" his mann
ma wrote to his Cara Tulsa, ""that Bebe
brings home always des diplomss do sa-
1T is rather a mystery, but it is no less
true that he gains thom."
We wore oharmed and also rather sur
prisod. For myself, rejecting upon past
anecdotes, / was q littlo inclined to think
that in the case Of the illustri.simo the pen
".kAo AO uAeA VAS nWOAAs !
suggested to Cara Luis that perhaps the
sword induced the pen to insoribe these
noteworthy certificates.
"Bebe gets always his diplomes de ga
gosse." wrote another friend of his family.
I'VE don't quite understand why-as he
stays at home from school whenever he is
inclined to-which is generally"
1t wns at this time that the wonderful
autograph lotter was written, which stands
framed on the little table. / was thinking
then of returning to revisit Florence. and
Cara Luisa' spoke of this in answering the
letter and said that she would take to the
illustrissimo u veritable sailor costume of
'un vero CRpitano Inglese.' From this mo-
ment until we reached Florence every Wis.
itor who entered the house Was greeted at
the door with the ecstatio and excited pro-
clamation that LA Luisa-La 1Iuisa-' was
coming back n WAS bringing iii the Cos
tune Of . real 'Oapitano Ingloss.' LA
Luisn' took it-collar and anchors nd
cords and whistle, gold banded Gap and
outlsss and all. Among all his other uni
forms he had never possessed ono like this.
When she went TO call she asked the SER
want politely for Signor Roberto, and she
WAS sitting alone in the salon when he en-
tered.
He had grown and lost his plumpness, he
wore a little coat and his curls wore
cropped close to his head and his hair was
no longer golden. Blu ho was still as ever
illuatriaaimo Signor Bebe. He approached
her holding out his hand to shake hands in
the proper English atyle, in Difference to
her foreign sojoulns.
Hob do you do2n 10 remarked tri-