The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-01

tack along the tortuoUs way as though
I determined upon fight should anything
like fair opportunity occur.
"Oh, AntOinette. You should set down
Z that beautiful sentiment for your FerOsis
Society annual address," urged Miss
1 Cornelia with smirk OF mingled dattery
and pride.
The wrath of Emredocles wauders on
. Etna's side, clothed in purple and wear
ing "a Delphic crown, cried Mrs Lap
R lock. clutching at the air Is for a crown f;
. whereupon Miss Coventry echoed
Beautiful beautiful while Cecil and
Janet under cover Of their handkerchiefs,
. said something which sounded like
I bother and relapsed into giggling
aud little Mr.. Laplock tossed both his
hands above him and moaned, 'Oh,
+ Lord"'
There. at Etna's crest, Enceladus,
bound beneath Jupitei's earthly throne,
turning every century or so upon his fiery
I bed. shakes the world with his gOdlike
woe"
oh, Antoinette, Antoinette, DO pre-
/ serve that for the ClawJalkoD Circle. 3"
+ pleaded Miss Coventry, quite overcome
/ with her emotions.
/ Mother" at last entreated Cecil,
/ please don't go on so. The guides are
+ getting frightened at your voice and Ces-
I lures. They might leave is. Besides,
( fear poor papa is almost distracted.
/ Please don't, mother,'
Don worry about the guides. Cecil,
returned Mrs. Lapiock haughtily AS
+ for your father, those not posse ssing mind
are never imperilsd with distraction. He
should not have been allowed 10 come
along An eHicient courier would have
been far tctter
Mr. Laplock gave a sort of soundless.
aspirated "Whoo!3 at this pleasant sally.
moPped his little bald head fee0ly and
lcOEed steadfastly al his dOnkey's droop-
ing mead as the LaplOck Mind resumed:
We say Of that time. Superstition was
/ the mother of Mythology. Let Etna roar;
tidal wave engUf: an hundred
shining cities be swept from the face of
the eartn-'
At this moment the guides came tu1nb-
ling back upon them with every
manifestation Of terror, gesticulating
frienliedly toward the wooded nights
above.
The ladies screamed, the animals hud-
died and punched and whirled together.
apparently conscious of the general
alarm: while Liilibridge Laplock, now
showing the real metal that was ordinar-
lily within him, was seen standing stoiidly
upon his Gonkey's back. poised like de
termined Punch, and fOUrishing re
volyer in each hand,
"Cecil,-Janet, You know Italian
Quick Speak TO the guides Sec if it
II bht o1hAltbts nlJlOEBu 4lIES. Lap
lock, sliding pOnderOusly and tremb-
lingly from her mule TO the stony way be-
Meath
Cecil ana Janet cooked their heads in
an attitude Of category. and began a
series OF wrangiiugs and pauSings, in in
qulry and translation, accompanied, on
the part of the Catanian guides, bv such
writings, cOnto"tions. gestures and gym
nastlcs as they had seldom witnessed in
all their Travelled experience in Latin
lands.
They say" began the young ladies'.
translating the Sicllians' fervenJ speech,
they wiil thrice burn in purgatory if
their oaths are not true.
SAY that in all Sicily there is not such
a hundred thousand times cursed way as
through the Bosco"
say there are no such faithfully emf
nenuy guides as themselves. 80
SAY that may they never be shrived if
lurkeIh not danger granGissimo ahead"
say that men wild and threatening
with movements magnificent of suspicion
lllustrOus prOWl therein the region about
wherein the Case lnglesi most loftily
staudsr'
Nonsense" chirped brave little Lap
lock, cropping quickly upon his donkey
belaboring IL up the rocky way I'm see
for myself"
The guides scowlingly ceased their
clamorings ard Mr.. LaplooS, exchanging
mis- firearms for field glass disappcared.
Re shortly returned with.
Nothing but two crazy students, or
something Of the sort proving around
ana hammering at lava and rocks, It's
trick OF the guides, my dears. TO extort
for imaginary marvellous services.
Ce-il," concluded Mr. Laplock, him
self unconscIously adopting the
OlendCrfer method of expression. tell
the rascals most illustrious we will for a
safe journey herefrom their pockets ca
paCious I'LL with additional scudi there
in"
The guides received the pledge joyously
and after bodily lifting the now timorOus
Mrs. Laplock into her saddle, sprang
nimbly forward.
No incident more serious now inter
rupted the slow progress of the cavalcade
along the insecure bridle-path, beneath
stupenuOus oaks and chestnuts and beside
mountainous rocks of lava. than the I'M
ceaSlng accusations on the part of the
Laplock family Mind that something
dreadful was now certain TO happen and
that Mr.. LaploCk-who, with the young
ladies at Catanla, had begged that the
ascent of Etna be foreCoue-wo man
like, after conveying them all into ire
parable danger, insist that he was in no
way responsible for the consequences
It was quite dark when the Laplock
1amllY arrived al casa lngieSl, the fur
thermost structure built by man upon
Etna's hideous upper hilhts. The
hospice was erected nearly a century ago,
/ by English officers. and is little else than
low commOdiOus hut of lava blocks
containing three apartments.
They found one of these apartments
locked but this was no unusual occur
renee Nor was it a strange thing that
I embers still blaLed in the CHEEKY old fire
place and that remnants of a recent meal
were visible Tourists, making ascent of
Etna, are continually arriving and de-
parting for it is here that nights rest
IS taken before the final reach of dishev-
cled crust is traversed in the silence and
darkness of early morn, il order to wit
ness the magnificent spectacle of sunrise
from the steaming craters very edge.
".
DISTURBANCES.
The Laplocks found the Casa Inglesi a
most welcome hospice after their long
ride in the open air They partool Of
food and wine, wrapped their rugs and
blankets about them, made themselves
exceedingly snug and comfortable upon
the various hunks and benches and were
soon enjoying glorious night rest nearly
l0,000feet above the sea.
There was a bright glow within the
hut and still more welcome aroma of