The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-25
VILE TALE oF In IrALIAN coNvIcr.
NiccoIO Cenninis Home Coming A.
ter an imprisonment of 26 Years.
From Longmans Magazine.

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HuliA'" nature ana gaming lISl@HI "-"
the manners and custom of the Italian
1,7asantr,- agreed al once and remarked
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"'e pti%"" hh6Ht nave "9Soe''''" ''ii9
reso ution with a recent purchase OF mo-
sales and Roman pearls but as 10 good
ever rest,lls c-,v, l,-;ns. enar, A. q friepd's
,.-r,sn~s ma ~ ,,oirt NJ ,al-i7,p Mar
carers spasr,r,jtc eoar,r,ios serfoflsiv md
~ ttt- iretanc. reeis,.d rnvs.if to the
disoo~,eorf Win what GOOD srac. 7 might.
w b,,toI +birl-aross tberaf,ra and
Marg2r.r divided responsibilities bv leav-
mo M. ~, ,yrestIs ,.ir, The bsopa.,5 while
81. str,llad down fine tlat4arrn Deerjna
into one carriage after another. with the
,bi,,,+ of CHOOSING the most interesting
faliov, r.eeoosers Sucb ar least was my
charitable conclusion. butit would appear
,bat her own comfort was an even moe
POWERFUL motive for she passed by par
lies or r,srrv laughing peasauts and
reached tbc very end of the train before
she hsckoneJ me with an air of triumph.
"Here we are fine very thing, Two
window seals. and only one companion;
sl,cb a nice clean manl'
toi3ed M. laden with possessions, ana
immediately upon my appearance 'the
lie or,er another from my hand, swing
them onward with easy strength. and pack
Them in The rail overhead. ] was struck
nv mis- quiet. deferenual manner, and
when we subsi{ed into our respective cor
uers looked al him with interest to see
what sort Of companioh fate had given to
as for The Ions night tourney
saw a Observation-Disclosures contadno,
dressed in blue bonespuu with a wildly
whit. shin above which his sunburned
face appeared even browner than ever.
his hair was gray. his features grave and
worn and nut him down as Go years of
oge or even a little older. We were agree
ably Immersed bv the mans personality,
which was more than could be said Of his
attitude toward ourselves, for his assist
ance had been given i'm mechinical fash
ion. ana the moment that We We're seated
he resumed that steady stare out of the
window which had been Interrupted by
Aoir aDDearance. He seemed more inclined
IN silence than the majority of his fellow
countr,-nen. but MARGARET was bound TO
make some preteuse of carving out her
purposa so She couehed gently TO attract
attention. and remarked in her very best
Italian that il was a beautiful evening.
II was a common place observation. but
we were startled bv the intensity of the
renlv.
"Ab IT is indeed a beautiful EVENING"
cried the stranger and the emphasis with
which he smoke proved that the words
had no common significance in his mind
though fine evenings are by no means of
rare occurrence in italy in the month Of
May. As he spoke he turned reluctantly
from the window. and we looked into his
face with a shock of surprise The fea-
lures were stamped with the impress of a
great sorrow but it was the eyes that
held us spell-bound-brown eyes. liquid
and beautiful as only Italian eyes can be
but with an expression of such infinite
pathos as words cannot describe His
glance wandered from Margaret to my
self and dwelt upon us with the wistfnl
appeal of an animal in pain longing for
sympathy, trembling lest its confidence
might be misplaced, while we sat silent
conscious TO the bottom of our souls of
the gulf which yawned between this man
ana ourselves-we. with our pretty trials
and aunoyances. worrying over imaginary
wees. and vastly troubled because. for
sooth. The trick did not always fan to
our share: he. sci apart in some desert Of
experience. branded by suffering of which
We could not even understand the mean
ing We felt our hearts 90 out in a wave
Of sympathy. and made up our minds
there and then, to DO al that was in our
power TO cheer the poor fellow during the
hours which we were to spend together
I'VE are starting ON a long Journey"
Margaret explained as a preliminary; "al
the way to Sicily. We shall be two nights
IN the train I suppose You are not going
so far?p
mot quite; I am for Rosino, a village IN
the north OF Caiabria. shall arrive about
10 o'c.ock tomorrow morning. II is nv
native place. The signora has been in ca
Iabria perhaps. If she is fond OF travel?"
NO. / have never been so far south We
have been staying in Naples. and I am
enchanted with the bay. Could ANYTHING
DC more beautiful than Naples on A moon
light night?"
1T Is more beautiful IN CaIabria " he
said simply. Then his eve rested on The
bunch of flowers which she had mined
into her belt. There are flowers like
those growing near NV ola home onl,,
larger. used to gather them when 7 was
a bow
Then I think we ougbt IN sbaro +boso
now said Margaret nrettilv senarsti,,e,
few blossoms IA che enol,o GA l,as5i.s,