The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-05-01

was of an emerald hue, rejecting a
green light on the irregular roof. and
then they went on to the Blue Grotto.
At the entrance, only three feet high
when the waters are low, they had to
step into smaller boats and lie down on
the bototm till they reached the spa
cious interior which was filed with q
deep blue light reflected from the water
The next day they left the lovely is
land 20 cross TO Sorrento, quaint old
town, whence they drove in carria ges
along a picturesque road TO CaStella-
mare. staying there one night rest
and the following morning going 10
Paesturn, famous for its three Greek
ruins in excellent preservation. Upon
their return to Naples they rested a
few days from their unusual eXertion
and then expected to ascend Nesuvius
but great was their disappointment 10
awake the day planned for their trip
and find it showing, the mountains al
ready well covered with white car
pet. obliging them TO postpone their in
tended excursion. They became ac-
quainted with some young American
ladies and their chaperore and they
had pleasant talks about their beloved
country, which sometimes made Mar
saret himesick and caused her to wish
to see her dear father and mother, mis-
chiveous brothers and sister.
Two or three weeks passed without
any sign of fair weather, and everyone
agreeing that Naples was dull place
when the sun was hidden behind the
clouds. and that they would prefer to
relinquish their plan OF making the
ascent of Vesuvius than remain there
any longer, the concluded TO go TO
Rome.
Margaret eager to begin sightseeing
in the Eternal City nearly as soon as
they were settled in the hotel. and the
first place they visited was st. Peters
Cathedral. She was greatly pleased by
the grandeur of the cathedral; the lofty
dome and the great distance from the
entrance to the opposite end of the
nave. She felt so insignificant in a
building of such enormous proportions,
and she seemed TO herself a mere
dwarf in comparison to the gigantic
statues. She saw the eighty-nine per-
petually burning lamps on the balus-
trade around the flight of steps leading
down to the crypt containing the body
OF st. Peter according to the Catholic
story, back of that the main altar, COW
cred by canopy, supported by four
twisted columns and called Bladder
no." behind the altar the Tribune iucloS-
ing the ancient wooden chair of St.
Peter. his statue the great toe OF which
has been kissed by so many thousand
people. the tombS of the Popes, the one
with the lions in front of il, Canova's
work and the "Pieta," Michael Angelo
masterpiece. Margaret, and also the
rest of the party, thought that they had
seen enough for one day so they went
back TO the pension, intending to spend
many hours in the Cathedral ere they
left Rome to become more thoroughly
acquainted with all of its wonders. y
visit 10 the Rospigliosa Palace to see
Guido RENTS Aurora" fresco on the
of the ceilings, to the Berberini Villa 10
see that painters Beatrice Cenci," to
the Cappuchin Chapter TO see another
OF the same artists pictures, "St. Mich
ael and the Dragon and then down
into the vaults under the church, five
rooms grotesquely decorated on walls
and ceilings with the skulls and bones
Of monks buried there, occupied most
of the succeeding day. One fine after
noon the whole party went TO the Pin
clan Hill, the fashionable promenade OF
Rome. and sat down on benches where
King Hu7nbert and the Queen would be
likely to pass to watch the nobil-
ity in their gorgeous equipages
with their liveried coachmen and
footmen. Margaret was interested
in the cosmopolitan throng, when
suddenly she turned pale. as hand
some dark, broad-shouldered French
man in a carriage. an elderly lady be-
side. mournfully looking about him,
caught sight of her and smiled. She
had almost forgotten the existence OF
Lige d'Astillon and it annoyed her