The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-02

q those stairs, she gays forth her prophecy with
."Tbsyy shalt III be free. oh. Rome, thou
neck 70 imperial pride and pritstiy, craft;
from Nero down to Pic Mono The days OF thine
oppression are over, Gone from thy %enfran-
cohorts, and the more odious drone OF meddling
m tSeps st,ll , And X, net I r. I fSiaTs sn1 ;hs Iwet
French soldiers; and there still toiled the slow
priests, vending their tedi9u. way up to the
dane view ofthe mst,erIa view not regarded
by Mrs. Talboys in her ecstacy. 20, Italia"
i n sS SSp rigSis md It a,xi. HS1Is' s 99S ~ AMI Yin ,Tdly yahsip
thy glory; A people shall arise around
world than thy Sclpios, thy. Gracchi, or
thy Caesars. Not in torrents OF, blood
new trlumphs be stained, But mind shall dom
mate over matter; and doomed. together. with
lists, and police spies, ignorance and prejudice
shall be driven from thy smiling terraces. And
Of the fairest region OF Europe. Hither shall
flock the artisans Of the, world, crowding into
wealth., beauty, and innocence shall meet In thy
There will be a considerable change before
rThers shsll be E r considerable % ,Ssn chang a she he
read ! why have the fields Of Magenta and Sol.
ferino beer, piled with the corpses Of dying
hVioVoI WY heNo thu- "oNtis WI VIZ uIhNl
might be united and Rome. Immortal Here.
say that It shall Be 50; and thou, Maokinnon,
who nearest me, knowest that my words are
There was not then In Rome-I may almost say
there was not n i%tslyLan EnElishmsn or an
for which Italy was and Is still contending; as
also there Is hardly one who does not now re-
ant; but, pevestheiess, It was almost I'm.
possible To sympathize with Mrs, Talboys. As
Mackinnon said. she fey SO high that there was
-" Well, said he, Brown and the rest Of
them are down below. Shall we go and join
o. his troubles, We were led on to this heart;
seen their mother, insisted, on going to her
'.And. what is she like, Mrs. Talboysr"
We'll, EDUCATION has done more for
s sG@' those 81 US from thar whose fSr G mafals; and and s shSI.
ments we might thankfully draw
are not such as custom has made agreeable to
us. You. I know, can und erstand that | have
seen her, and feel sure that she is pure in heart
herself, and Is not self-sacrince the surest guar
sntee for true nobility OF charac,err Would
Mrs. Mackinnon object to my bringing them to-
,Mackinnon was obliged to declare that he
very close in q their friendship. She still came to
frsshed herself at the fountains Of his literary
rills; but her special prophecies from hsnceitOrth
happened that O'Brien now became her chief
ally. do not rememher that she troubled her
will With % tReir m r%"sinsT ~ and 1 'a an f inslIned " to link *
f},iI. sl.,o4 ma q inc Rs1w Tsonf +: ; shs f g, L m ,Go
Mrs. Talboys and O'Brien. now became strictly
sonhdentiai. and she would enlarge by the half
her.
I'm tell you what, Fanny, Mackinnon said
we were all together-"we shall have u row in
the house II we don't take care. o'Brien will be
Nonsense, said Mrs. Msckinnon. You are
always thinking that somebody is going to make
shes old enough to be his mother" said
What does that matter to an ITishman ?,
saId MSeEiRnon; "Bs;,dss: ! doubt II there mere Is S
There must be more than that" said my
Ubff: ,m mId1 ,h Tsi by = !; ne II; . ! know " and l am not
would %ass no aiiIsrspss," sala ,Mss:
selves bound TO make love 70 a woman
under certain circumstances. let the age of the
and Il H she ss ssmp ls %Riay; With him Is m s%ih ofts sRsi
he will mistake the matter and go down on his
s saiS. sdd Eeu night hin to Pqt 10 h liz SR his guard he
Indeed; shall do no such thing said she:
there could be no softer creature than Mrs.
Mackinnon, but It seemed to me that her tender.
ness never extended itself In the direction OF
Mrs. Talboys.
just at this time, toward the end, that is,
eb N tombs w;hi ws lie %adG along a p't she '23pppiissins
Way, beyond that most BEAUTIFUL Of all
sspaichrss; the tomb Of cesiIi" Mstslla, II
this road for a couple Of miles beyond the walls
OF the CITY, enjoying The most lovely view which
toward TiySIi sPd Paisstrins; q ali the .n::
world OF tombs, thoughts and almost memories
greatest force. The grandeur OF Rome is best
seen and understood from beneath the walls
OF the '-ss Sacred Way io'SS but It's history iHS S'f and
a a1Sdi more SsSSS Clearly Ror rs.ll RslPH oas here 20 t among @i IN;
tomos' where the eyes rest upon the mountains
Here We look out at the same Tiyoli and the
same PIsneste. glittsring in the sunshine, EN-
dear 70 them; and the blue mountains have not
crumbled away into ruins. Within Rome itself
Our party consisted OF some dozen or fifteen
persons, and. as a hamper with luncheon in II
the tomb Of Cecilia Msielia' the eSpsdition
had In It something OF tho nature OF
With V u.' and Ida is,HSs Oh o'Birien also s0u wa:
there. The hamper had been prepared in Mrs.
MacklnnOn's room, under the Immediate eye OF
Mackinnon himself, and they therefore were
regarded as the dominant spirits Of the party.
My wife was leagued with Mrs. Mackinnon, as
was usually the case; and there seemed to be a
general opinion among those who were closely
In confidence together that something would
happen In the O'Rrien-T albOys matter. The two
had been inseparable on the previous evening,
for Mrs. Talboys had been urging on the young
rishman her counsels, respecting his domestic
troubles. Sir Cresswell Cresswell. she had told
him.. was mis- refuge. "Why should his soul sub
NIT 70 bonds which the world had now declared
to DO intolerable2 Divorce was not now the
privilege OF the dissoluts rich. Spirits which
were incompati6le need no longer he COMPELLED
to fret beneath the same couples" In short she
had recommended him TO go to England and get
rid of his wife. as she would. with a little en-
couragment, have any man 10 get
rid Of anything. | am sure that, had she been
~skilfully brought on 10 the subject. she might
have been induced to pronounce q verdict
against such ~ligatures for the body as coats,
waistcoats, and trousers. Her aspirations for
freedom ignored all bounds. and. In theory.
there were no barriers which she was not win
ing 20 demolish.
O'Rrien "a Wa all now haOan IN see had