The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-03-13

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Andre Castaigne
ss7fn. furnishes a number
1e& OF striking illustra-
lions II Is the first
Of three papers on
Rome. st. Peters.
aud the Vatican. which these artists
IN words and pigments will contribute
to the magazine. Mr. Crawford says:
There is plan Of tho place in every
guido-book with description written
TO be read while running. And yet.
without much definite knowledge
little Latin and less Greek" perhaps
many men and women. the guide
book In their hands forgotten for one
moment, have leaned upon a block OF
marble with half-closed. musing eyes.
and breath drawn 20 slow that II Is al
most quiet. held In day-dream wonder.
and they have seen rise a vision OF past
things and beings. even In the broad
afternoon sunshine. out OF stones that
remember Ccsar's footsteps. and from
walls that have echoed with Antony's
speech. There they troop mp the Sacred
Way the shock headed. wool-drapod,
bcak-nosed Romans; there they stand
together In groups at the corner OF
I Suturns temple. there the hnlf-nakcd
| plcbclan children Chamber upon the
| podcstals OF the columns to watch the
crowd. ana double the mems deep tones
with treble OF childish chatter: there
/ the noble boy. with his borderod toga,
/ hlH keen young face. and longing back
ward look. IL hurried home out Of the
/ throng by the tall household slave. who
carries his school-tahlets and Is re-
sponsiblc for his safety.
\ consul goes by. twelve lictors
marching with him black.browcd,
square awod. relentless mon, with
their rods and axes Then two closed
litters are carried past by big, black,
/ oily fellows. beside whom walk freed
men aud Greek slaves, and three or
four bccurled and bc-sccntod parasites,
the shadows Of the great men In the
| littorB Under their very feet the little
streot-boya play their game Of pitching
at tiny pyramids Of dried lupins-be-
cause they have no fllberts, and lupins
arc almost M good; and as the dandl-
/ fed hnnger-on OF Moccnas. Htraining his
ear for the sound OF his patrons voice
/ from within the litter. hecdlossly
brushes the little yellow beans under
his sandal. the particular small boy
whose stake IL smashed clenchcB his
flst. and with flashing eyes curses the
dandy's dead TO the fourth generation
of ascondants. and he and his compan-
ions turn and scatter like mice as one
OF the biggest slaves threatenlngly
raises his hand.
Absurd details rise In the dream. An
oid cronc IL selling roasted chestnuts
In the shadow OF the temple OF Castor
and Pollux; n tlpsy soldier Is Keeling
to his quarters with his helmet stuck
on wrong side foremost; q knot Of Jew
ish money changers. with long curls
aud high caps. are talking eagerly In
| Hebrew, and clutching the little bags
they hide In the sleeves OF their yellow
Eastern gowns: a bright-eyed. skinny
woman OF the people boxes her daugh-
ter's ears for having smiled AZ one OF
the rich mems parasites, and the girl,
already crying. still looks after the
fashionable good-for-nothlng under her
mothers upraised arm.
All about stretches the vast hum
ming city OF low-bu houses covering
the short. steep hills and filling all the
hollows between; the seothlng Suburb
lies northeastward; the yellow river n
beyond the few buildings OF the west
southwark rise the enchanted villas Of
tho Cesara: due cast Is the Esqulline OF
evil fame redeemed and planted with
trccg and boautlhed by Mecenas, but
hnurted even to-day, say modern Ro-
mans, by the grim ghosts Of murderera
and thieves who there died bloody
deaths OF qulyering torture. All around,
as the sun sinks and the cool shadow
quench the hot light on the payements.
the eyer-lncreasing crowds Of men-al-
| WAYS more men than women move
onward, half unconsclously and out OF
Unborn habit. to the Forum, the center
OF the empire. the middle OF the world,
the bolllng-point OF the whole oarth's
rlches and strength and life.
Then, as the traveller muses. out his
short blsathlng-space. the vision grows
confused, and Romo's huge ghosts go
stalking, riding. changing. raving
through the surging -throng-
Caesar. Brutus, Pompey, Catlline, Ciee-
10. Callgula, Vitelius, Hadrlan-and close
upon them. Gauls and Goths and Huns,
and all barbarlans. TN the dream Is q
Kaleidoscope Of school-learned names
that have suddenly taken shadows OF
great faces out OF Rome's shadow store
house. and gorgeous arms and stream
ing draperles. and all at once the sight
seer shivers as the sun goes down. and
passes his hand over his eyes. and
shakes himself, and goes away rather
hastily. lest he should take the foyer
and turn ghost himself,