The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-09-17

he had already begun 10 snow what MS
eyes We're going to Da-his immense soft
black eyes with lashes which promised to b
velvet fringcs And as soon as his hair
began TO show itself it was lovely SILK,
which lay i'm rings one over the other on MS
beautiful llra round head. Then his soft
checks ana = >ln We're OF exquisite round
ness, and each he had a deep dihlple
which came and went as ne laughed.
lie was always being looked at and prais-
ed A "Gpsu Bambin1," the peasant Wo-
men called him. That was what they al
ways said when a child had wonderful
beauty-the idea of supreme chld loVeh-
ness being rounded ON he pictures ana
vlxen. richly dressed figures they saw in
the churches.
But il was the fOresticri who admired hlm
most, and that was why he was so Valuaple'
His family lived near u strange niue oId
city IN the hins which spread out behlnd
one of the fashionable seaside towns ON the
Italian Riviera The strange little old city
which was u relic OF centuries gone by was
one Of the places the rich foreigners made
excursions to see. 1t was a TWO or thfee
hours drive from the fashionable resort
and these gay rich people who seemed 10
do nothing but enjoy themselves, used to
form parties aud drive in carriages UP the
road which wound its way up from the
shore through the olive vineyards and back
into the hills. 1t was their habit to BRING
servants with them and hampers OF wonder
by the servants and spread on white cloths
on the grass in some spot shaded by the
trees. Then they would eat and drink wine
and laugh and afterwards wander about
and explore the old city Of Cerlanl and seem
10 lind the queer houses and the inhabi-
tants and everything about II interesting.
TO the children of Ceriani and its out
elirts these excursion parties were de-
1igbtful festivities. When they heard of
the approach OF one they gathered them
selves together and went forth to search
for its encampment. When they mad found
il they calmly seated themselves III rows
quite near and watched IT as If it were
a kind of theatrical entertain ment to which
they had paid admission. They We're all
accomplished in the art Of begging, and
they knew that the forestieri always had
plenty of small change and would give.
either through good nature or TO avoid
being annoyed. Then they knew from eX-
perience that the Things that were not
eaten were never repacked into the hampers
if there was some one TO ask for them.
SO they kept their places quite cheertully
ana looked on at the festivities and talked
to each other and showed their white teeth,
quite amiably, sure of reaping pleasant
harvest before the carriages drove back
again down the winding road ending at
the sea and SAN Reno and the white many
baIcOnied hotels.
And il was through these excursion par
ties that Picciuo's market value was dis
covered. When he was baby and his
sister Maria, who was his nurse, being
determined not to be left behind by her
comraues, toiled after the rest or the
children with her little burden in her
arms or over her shoulder, il was observed
that the foreStieri always saw the pretty
round black baby head and big, soft dark
eyes before they saw anything else, and
their attention, once attracted by liccino,
very pleasant things were often the re-
suit. The whole party gOt more cakes and
sandwiches and legs Of chickens and backs
of little birds, and when bits of silver
were given to Maria for Piccino, Maria
herself sometimes even had whole francs
given to her because il was she who was
his sister and took care of him. And then
having begun giving, the good-natured ones
among the party of ladies and gentlemen
did not like to quite neglect the other chill
dren and so scattered soldi among them,
so that sometimes they ali returned 10
Ceriani feeling that they had done good
DAVIS work. Their idea Of a good days
work was one when they had not run
after carriages for nothing or had heads
shaken at them when they held out their
hands and called imploringly: "Uno. soldi-
no bella signora-bella signora!" ficcin1
had been born of one Of the class which
in its childhood and often even later never
fails in the belief that the English and
Americans who come to the beautiful
Riviera come there to be begged from or