The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01
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the priests went up into the temple to
perform the wonderful heather mir
acles, the exchange or bank with COW
cred gallery around an open space, a
bankers residence. a Roman consul $
house, several wine shops with the
immense earthen jars, the bakery with
an oven and large stone mill, the
sumptuous public baths. one of which
still had part of the ceiling left, decor
ated in fine Stuco and the house of
"Glancus," the hero of Bulwer'S novel,
The Last DAYS of Pompeii." The
party stood on an elevted spot and
looked down upon the ruined city,
thinking how powerful the volcano,
nearly two miles away. must have been
TO have caused such destruction with
burning lava and ashes hurled from
such a distance.
One bright, sunshiny morning, Mrs.
Thurston, Mrs. Stanton and Margaret
being fond of the Latin poet Virgil.
climbed some steep mOSS-grOWn steps
to his tomb, q cave, covered with weeds
and small trees on a hillside and con-
tanning only a plain white marble slab,
bearing an inscription 10 him. Near
there is an old grotto or tunnel cut out
of the solid rock and next to i a new
one, through which they walked and
then took a train to Bagnoli, a little
watering place on the Bay of Naples.
There they had a splendid view of Nj
Sida, a little rocky island, opposite, TO
the right, lschia and beyond il another
island, Procida- Margaret liked Moth
ing better than TO gaze at he lovely
scene and would have fingered there
longer If her companions had not warn
ed her that it was time to return to the
hotel. Margaret was so infatuated with
the beautiful Italian climate, the clear,
blue heavens and the balmy air, she
was fully ready to take the excursion
to Capri. and thus have even a better
opportunity of enjoying IL.
The bay was tolerably rough and the
little steamer they boarded rocked con-
s:dera bly, so some of the party did not
like the trip very much. Margaret,
however, was an excellent sailor and
she was sorry TO reach their destina ton
after only four hours ride. To land on
the island the passengers were trans
ferred from the steamer TO row boats
and as soon as they stepped on shore
Their were beSieged by women with dom
keys 10 hire. begging them 10 ride their
beasts up the long, seep ascent Of the
cliffs. Margaret, always rather ven
tureSome, hired a frisky looking dom
KEY that proved 10 be the contrary
and the woman following was obliged
20 urge him on by frequent use of
stick The party went a quaint old
hotel deliberately decorated by some
OF the numerous artists who have stay
ed there. Margaret thought that she
must be IN some tropical land when
she opened the window OF her room
and saw the garden fun OF palm and
orange trees, the latter loaded with
golden fruit They all took a stroll Up
the hill near by, going up a narrow way
between stone walls 10 the Tiberius
Villa, in a ssIni-ruined condition. The
little boy VINO had taken il upon him
self 20 be their guide. pointed out the
stone wall on the edge OF a rrecipice
down which that cruel Roman Emperor
had his enemies Tashed into the depths
beneath. The party was invited into
an adjoining cottage where TWO pretty
peasant girls danced the "Ta-autelle'
70 the mOnotcuous sound OF the tom
BOURNE played by Il wrinkle-i old wo-
man. having a real witch ike appear
snce. Miss Stanton AID Margaret
liked 70 wander OF by ThemssIve
through The TWO villages 81 the island
and see how every foot Of ground was
cultivated: olive trees fiour.Si1eG on
terraces on the hillsides They went
with the other members OF ire party IN
rowboats around one end OF Capri GID
inS through cave where the water