The sun., 1893-03-09

/ was still in a difficult position.
| There was the train half q minute be-
hind us which, had we kept our time,
would have been four minutes In front
OF us. | came on to the same rails,
and could hear Its dull rumble rush
ing on toward us fast. If stopped
there was no light to warn them. ]
must go on, for the Sienna train did
not stop at Empoh.
put on more fuel, and after some
slight scalding from turning on the
wrong taps, had the pleasure of seeing
the water-gauge filling up. Still /
could not go on long; the risk was
awful. I tried In vain to write on a
leaf of my notebook, and after search
ing in the tool-box, wrote on the iron
lid of the tank with piece of chalk,
"Stop everything behind me. The
train viii not be stopped till three red
lights are ranged In line on the
ground. Telegraph forward" And
then, as we few through the Empoli
station, / threw 1t ON the platform.
On we went; the same dull thunder be-
hind warning me that dare not stop.
We passed through another station
white lights of another station in the
distance. The sound behind had al
most ceased, and in a few moments
more saw the line of three red lamps
low down on the ground. pulled
back the handle, and after an ineffect-
ual effort to pull up at the station,
brought up the train about a hundred
yards beyond Ponteder.a
The porters and police of the station
came up and put the train back, and
then came the explanation.
The guard had been found dead on
the rails, just beyond Empoli, and the
telegraph set to work to stop the train.
He must have found out the failure Of
his scheme, and in trying to reach the
engine, have fallen on the rails.
The driver was only stupefed, and
the stoker fortunately only danger
ously, not fatally, wounded.
Another driver was found, and the
train was to go on.
The count had listened most atten-
lively to my statements, and then,
taking my grimed hand in his, led me
to his mother
Madam, my mother, you have from
this day one other son; this, my moth
er, is my brother"
The countess literally fell ON my neck
and kissed me in the sight of them all;
and speaking in italian said
Julian, he is my son; he has saved
my life; and more, he has saved your
life. My son, / will not say much; (;
what is your name"
Guy Westwood."
"Gl1y, my child, my son, am your
mother; you shall love me-"
''Yes, my mother: he Is my brother,
I am his. He is English, too; I like
English. He has done we'll Blanche
shall be his sister,"
During the whole of this time both
mother and son were embracing me
and kissing my cheeks after the i'm
pulsive manner of their passionate ma
lures, the indulgence Of which appears
so strange to our cold blood.
The train was delayed, for my
wounds and bruises to be dressed, and
/ then entered their carriage and went
to Leghorn with them.
Arrived there, I was about to say
Farewell"
What farewell, now? No; you
must see Blanche, your sister. You
will sleep to my hotel; I shall not let
you go. Who is she that in your great
book says, Where you go, will goY
That is my spirit. You must not leave
me till-till you are as happy as I am. !"
He kept me, introduced me to
Blanche, and persuaded me to write
for leave to stay another two months,
when he would return to England with
me, Little by little he made me talk
about Alice, till he knew all my story.
''Ah! that is it; you shall be unhappy
because you want $500 every year, and
l have not so much as that. I am q
patriot to get rid of my money. So it
is that you will not take money. You
have saved my life, and-you will not
take money; but shall hake you take
money, my friend, English Guy; you
shall have as thus" And he handed
me my appointment as secretary to one
of the largest railways in Italy. "Now
you shall take money; now you will
not go to your fogland to work like
slave; you shall take the money That
is not all. am one of the practice
patriots-no, the practical patriots-of
Italy. They come to me with their
conspiracies to join, their secret socie-
ties to adhere to, but do not. / am
directors of ever so many railways; I
make fresh directions every day, /
Soy " tAOSS WIlO LdIh IO me OF pOuLlCS,
How many shares will you take in
this or in thatY / am printer of books;
/ am builder of museums; I have great
share In docks, and I say to these, Tt
Is this that I am doing that is wanted
This is not conspiracy; it is not plot;
it is not society with riODons; but it is
what Italy, my country wants. 1 grow
poor; Italy grows rich. I am not wise
in these things; they cheat me, because
I am an enthusiast Now, Guy, my
brother, you are wise; you are deep;
long in the head; in short, you are
English! You shall be my guardian in
these things-you shall save me from
the cheat, and you shall work hard as
you like for all the money you shall
take of me. Come, my Guy, Is it SOP"
Need say that it was so. The count
and his Blanche made their honeymoon
tour to England. They spent Christ
mas day with Alice and myself at Mr.,
Morton's, and when they left, Alice
and left with them for our new home
in Florence.