Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-24

lion room OF It's numDie ana perSeeuI-
ed inhabitants.
And. despite their persecution of CEN
turtles. Notwithstanding the dirt and
degradation around, here and there the
eye rests on forms such as trod the
streets of Jerusalem in the days of
Israefs glory. In the Ghetto you may
see faces which make you think of
Ruth and Rachel, with Others recalling
the savage beauty of Hagar.
As rule. it is a quiet, peaceful dis
trict-except when disturbed by a row
over some disputed bargain, or razzia
Of the police in search of some depre-
dators. for. besides being the Jews
quarter, it is also the favorite hiding
place of those who have need to be
hidden.
One of these abnormal scenes of ex-
element occurs on a certain day, when
a young girl is seen making down the
Pescheria, pursued by an officer of cara
biniari, with two soldiers assisting
him.
The girl is not a Jewess, but an Ital-
ian, in the dress of the country people.
For all this there are many who rec
ognize, having seen her pass their
doors; some who know enough TO
sympathize with her. and wish to see
her escape frsm her pursuers, some
also knowing who these are, for the face
of Captain Guardiola is too familiar
to the denizens of the Ghetto. 1t is
far from being the first raid Of him
and his myrmidoms into this crowded
quarter.
Though few or none of the old
clothes dealers are acquainted with
the name of the damsel thus chased,
they can see she is beautiful as the
bellies of their own race, and beauty
rarely appeals to sympathy in vain.
Besides, many know that with one of
their own people the Roman girl is in
friendly relations. Enough to enlist
them on her side; and they espouse 1t,
not alone by idle words of pity. but
deeds giving practical aid to the fugi-
tive AS the captain of carabineers and
his men rush after, they find their path
beset by bundles of 'roba vecchia'
suddenly pitched out on the pavement
before the shop doors, or dropped from
windows above, and draping down like
flags in triumphal precision or the
curtains of peep-show.
DISTRACTED by this improvised tap
estry, Captain Guardiola begins to de-
spair of catching the contadina though
but the moment before he felt sure of
her, as though she were in his grasp.
Now she is gaining upon him, and only
at intervals does he get sight of her,
as the wind flouts aside some silken
skirt or scarf-perhaps that worn by
Lucrezia Borgia! Just as he is giving
up he sees her dart into a door. A
shout of joy escapes him; he has, at
length, netted the fleeing bird, and,
bounding on, he dives after, leaving
one of his men to guard the entrance.
His delight is not long-lived, but
over almost soon as inside the shop,
where, instead of meeting the beauti-
full face of Camilla Buonofanti, he is
confronted by countenances sinister,
sullen, and scowling. A host OF angry
Abrahams and scolding Sarahs come
crowding around him, not one of whom
will answer his question. "Where is
the girl?"
In fine, after searching for over an
hour through a. labyrinth, compared
with which the maze of fair Rosamond
were path bristling with finger-posts,
he is compelled to relinquish the pur-
suit, and go back to his quarters down
hearted, as when returning from the
chase Of the balloon.
On the next day, and for several af-
ter, he renews the search with all the
strength of his troop though with like
non-success. 1t proves abortive and he
is at length obliged to abandon 1t. No
where in the Ghetto can Camilla Buon-
ofanti be found!
Whittier can she have gone? How
got out Of it? Where is she now?
Questions that oft afterwards recur to
the captain of carabinieri, and always
with an amount Of chagrin mingling in
his mystification.
1t is a great relief to him when, on
certain day, a messenger arrives post
haste from Tivoli with tidings which
call for the service Of himself and his
soldiers. The country house Of rich
noble-a patrician of bluest blood
has been burglariously entered. and
stripped Of its most valuable effects.
A band of brigands are reported as the
burglars-one so strong in numbers as
to need his whole troop for their pur-
suit.
Every file Of it is ordered out; and,
just at the time when Corvino and mis-
followers are scaling the steps Of