New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-18

| know, said Anna OrsOld .
dOro in her right is maiden OF cig n r.,e ar
enormous wealth think mamma said she neoea
married because she couldn't ma any Inr W. IN
blood was sufficiently blue. she lives shun up n 49,
her castle ~ much as she possibly can. Ike hef
ancestors OF hundred years ago; IT,. ., .ta,
| Well | don't know as should OBJECT 10 '"d'
| Anna / dare say the life is ;.h
'"'I But Object. I'd rather share hut win
Alberto than poses all Roe ,ra,o d,@ro
"T6at's ali. think Oh. She hates progress
and saws railroads are the invention of Satan; -,
II don't SEQ what excuse You can ever INV"
| Have YOU asked Alberto TO hclp yon? ,,
Ycs: but he refused fatty. No one. he declared
shonld ever he able 10 say that he had uttered ON
word 10 hinder my going. Dear hoo''' '''I'"
That's just like Alberto, / wa, ,hs s,rr noon
| Ermnia's .Lrl voice calling them to theli ho op
| dav Timer interrupted Cordelias phrasr L ,a
TWO sisters roS, and. hand in hand proceeu'"
| toward the house.
II was pretty picture; Alberto leaning over
the LITTLE gasc. his muscular arms reposinG com
fortably upon the topuost bar, ana Ms aun,i;;r,
| loving ta7c fixed upon Anna within she s'ahnlns
| u,th Lrr coarse straw hat in her hand, ana from
time 10 time raising her soft daIN eyes 10 M
The spreading pine overhead huh9 INC 49,
! shadows soft and swaying, down upon IN" loNcrs
| and now aud'again a prying sunbeam woud steal
! in AS if TO peer AZ them. They never noted tnc
! Golden SOY however, wrapped mp We're t'tA III
| fHrmsclycs and each other Nor did they notice
] tbe aIproaching keeps Of Cordclia ana Ola hd'uN'
| She with a basket in her hand, he CARVING one
of those long bamboo canes, th" upper rnI OF which
! il split into sort Of funnel Kept open ny cork
| and sccnred with wirc-thc implement with which.
| in primitive italy, fruit is gathered from '' 'oPS
u We are going to get some fgs for mamma.
said Cordelia, stoppnlg. think there mus, Ut
some ripe by now VI, y" ,r coma m'an oncncd the
! littlc cate and entered The four took their way
across the vineyard over 10 where an ehorhlou>
! Gg-trce raised its leafy head. TIL" warm ar WaS
rcdocnt with the aroma of rosemary. soui herhw99d
| lavendor and - hundred aromatic h'rt~, Whlr
! from limo to time a frShor whir hoat"d MP from
brin with il tlC acrd OlOr oil Dr1ne nc
/ ciqtl, sang merry in. the golden SUNSHINE, IN
the idle swish of waters upon IL" sands madr ls,li
| hoard M intervals Three young voice, RAM out
! clearly however 10 which BattlStaS bass wa
! now ana again ADDED They were all - happy
all was 80 beautiful and bright around, 'hr sfn-
shine of heart and heaven had pn' 7" lliSM. Io'
The moment even Amt Orsoas menacing' lma"%
Under the ie-,re" they. all sat down. 'hr @,ndi'
upon = npt. yellow stone, thc two men upon fhc lcu
! roughly hord soil in frolr, Rattlsta moplcd away
7 AZ his old bald head with red cotton nan , 'Wi
chief that sm' strongly OF N'aic tooaW2, -Nm'I,o
! drew ont couple Of cigars and iuinblcd III lH
! numerous pocket for the nctdfu matchhoN; rue
girl, famed themselves, and at time also me
| tvo mon with their wid'lrimmed hats.
| Nov. Erttsta. said Cordclia. we want Non
70 tell MS Ill you know about Aunt orSola ana
Rocco dOro. o, 49, ro., o,oo4..
lint ,h,nt Sienora M.rchesa-wen. don't know
! what | can tell you. scarcely ever saw i''i |.
speak 10. and if had to tell you all that me rSt
mpcd 70 saw about her why. we should sii her" I'll
Heres cigar to help it, said Alberto. hand
| ing him one.
| Tho old mans dark eyes flashed with delight "a
! he took il and lit il with quSto tha' wa ',A '
ant to'sec cigar. and especially g".u "i'
like that rare treat \ hrarw3Id pip" III"
doubtful tobacco were his ordinary Soiacc'
| What us"l they say a.,
"Oh. a thousand thnss-cach stranger than tho
other"
Who can tell now? It is 50 long. IG 9i. a23
And them every one had something "'"rIT"',
They oven declared she was sorcerc'7 ana h'l
/ made compact with ,.,,
-1mt that's mpoSSi hl" yod Know i"n doh
mean 10 say you believe that ,"
Il cant tell replied Eittiata; hc,l"y" anI
don't believe. She has bad name al d'o"""'
anyhow. in spite of her money
What with her pride, her cats and her
Her geology. The pciur, Of great t!G E,i it
hangs in the big hail. and instead OF lr4i' II "i.
fnlI of them. And her ladyShip stands h"foF' !,
for hour they Iay T IHriv" '2 m@ana hat
she is bound 10 worship before II for certain tii'
cvcrv dav. | myself saw her tler" once ines 'aN
She speaks 10 the princes and dukes, ana once s'
was Seen CRYING bcfor" them. II that's not sor-
cory. don't know what is: She calls 1t geology
! "U. G " Ba,ts,a. If you had ever dared
look. you woull have seen our namc-mainina :
at cast-thcrc also.
And the cats ," interrupted Amt. 49, H.,
She used to have oislt of them They dnncd
and .upl~d with her ana they an hiu nam nan, ,..
We'll they N least must he dead ana goh"
lono aro Why. it's years and ycars--
Dead Gone, You think 50; ;.oil dhc' re ll! n"
were no more real eats than We are.
What are they. then ~
The spirits Of the dukes and princes palntr1
unon thc Tree Their. were beasts painted there,
too: but beasts such "a none OF ,'' ever saw
monstcrs-onc woman with the TAI OF n'' ia
sure. concluded Ba'tista. rising and plckn2 up
his cane. and nothing will ever take the brIcl
nnt Of me. Aud you Miss Anna, YOU lust take
old Tista'3 advice and keep away from I''''
dOro rs far as ever You can; ,
Alberto could have Rugged him for tho7' words
The long. tiresome journey came TO an end a.
last. and Anna found herself safely deposited at
the Ivrca station. The town, once famous III
Italian history can still boast of many RECORDS ol
,nrhnlent leudal times Nowadays. however, ~
j. noted for nothing in PARTICULAR save us car
nival. which is still held with much ga1d ana an
thc panoply and gear of dead centuries, issuing
from the frowning old walls. gives no weak ld'a
Of galants OF days gone by throngIng 10 tonfla-
The Piedmontnsc are certainly the Enali'h ol
Italy. and going step further, the P"oph, "i ,ne
Caucvcoato and MoncrratJ may De nKrncu 10 lc
Scotch They are hardy, pngnacions. hcry, lena
cious ana conservative 10 the bacNDohc
The nobility of thee two districts - among ne
unrest and hest in the land; and of TIN, mobility
. Orsoa Marchcsn della Rocca dOro considered hcr-
self the eliminating point
To certain extent her pr~t"nsloNs hdu p".h
allowed, for the famy-noH reduced I, her stately
self and two penniless arandnicces whom EODohV
knew ANYTHING abont-had certainly, in DAYS gone
, hy been the first among all. Nobody conld deny
, flat Nobody did deny it. But as time went on
Orsola della RoccA soc lndcd herself entirely rom
world which she declared 10 D" turning upside
down. and buried herself amid her bonndlc-s
forests and broad lands, hugging her peculiar
, IDEAS more and more tcnaclousy, CROWNS NOR"
and more reserved, and thus yearly wldenlng the
/. ,,ulf between herself and the rest OF manlllnd.
She gave money freely when asked by her chap
lain 10 do 50: bat unaccOmpanlcd y any outward
J sirl of sympathy: thus, 10 III" worthy, al least,
: deriving the gilt of half It's value
. ! t.L Indvou1rI I,Iipltta seemed a