The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-12
ARNOLD OF ERESCsA.
The faot of the Romssn N"h IN the
Twelfth G~sssr.-t Passage From
Narssn asavsfords Sew serial
~tuvy cf fh- Aesand Crusade.

Mfr Marion Crawford intimate kssossa4
edge ~ Roman nsa.ofy and tradition has
st0osl him ~ gtsss stead ia wrftspE ~ "a
crmc3sp ais Romance 81 tss second .eEss-
Raas. W. q9sSts tfgs opening passage frosn
CHAPTER XII. m the February Centarg
Gilbert Lodged ~ fhe Sign ~ tna 1&aa-
ases against sks toeer g Smna. - tse
brlsge ~ santa Angelo The tan ass -
old as tbs times ~ CharseUagse. wtsn X
ha6 beef named 81 haGaF ~ Pope leo
rhe had crowned ftn emperor. EUt s'ae
quarter Was al that tlEAs IT, tfss hafEas ~
tke great IHwlsh race of f'ler1ron3. whose
first sntiE-ale. ADacletas. hsd not pe*a
dead for many years ags9 Nho, snsssiEA
they sfili heIa slie castle asa many towers
And festrseses "a Rome. Pc ilof succeed
.d Ia imposing tas antipope Ntc'of t'pIsa
the Roman people, asslIsss tfe VIII %
bernard, 81 C4AifymaS-
Rome lay aI1eg TIE river Ia ihfSse aat :,
llke wreekaae AMI scum shF9wn np on Tie
shore Of w-ntEg sea S-3ula a-ss' nj
Ran kein.fs were h9ss4iies3 together ~
smaky hgfs most - which were hsiaaf
against the outer walls and towers 81 tie
mobiles strangholds~-a miserable popIsa-
ton, living aqEagidtg tu terrible times.
starving while tins mobiles fought with
one another. rising Row and then HE q
vision OF famine and swUfa 50 take back
by force the figas OF life y hseh fores had
almost taken from. sbesn. Gilbert war
aeFsd fhrus.gb the crooked. nHpa$ssd
Streets ia and oHl ~ gi0ofng courts and
over desoiaie Wakts% ard open places. the
bauBsa Of rav snous dogs and homeless
cats that Aspf themselves alive "a ias
ab0iea pieksfuep ST tte o.ty's gar
haEs he weUt armed ard Ef'l~
lowed b bis msn. he saw
that other gent.emen u isAs condition did.
AMI when ne Aneit n a cauEch 80 bear
raaes t. bay "a prayer be q az careful
~ knsasl ~ifA his back ID the wall az -
pillar lest soEss Aaat-bsasIea ~ogsAsssF
should ses . sss9f 10 hss walses-stFinKs or
bis swafd-lsig
AZ has inn too. he lived IL a state 81
armed defense against every ere tneiuslBg
the haea and tha othes guests. aui tae
nesay settlement was a weekly battle be-
tseFu Dunet9U. Nh9 pa-d his masters
scores. ilse little Tuscan Interpreter. ard
scr ciemeate the shnke@psr. sn which tfse
Tuscan hsa fns most uncomfortable posi-
ton, finding himself placed blffer-like hs-
tween the honest man aAd the thief ami
sxpo4sd 70 equally hard hitting from both.
Rome VIA psaof aHsi dirty and q dcn 81
;hifvss nsI4ssisYefs. ard III lnaisfartuYs d9n-
mated alternately ~ Il family OF half
converted Jews. aho tarroSixsd the city
from strong points ~ vantage. and then
en other dage Us tho mot, that followed
Arnold of fiY~ses4 when ir Appeared in
TIE city ana ~aa would have torn dosxH
STONE waliH w.th she;F bars hands ~ ala
neFeaf words. az Ghey anuId have feeei
t9H haroas steeg with naked breast A.
such il'sfsss ten lafG tAclf ia4ks TIE Shoe
make siis inaF, the smith hls nnYsl. fire
tfoasca tgilef hls tensh. to fot1cN tue
northern monk TO tbe capitol. or to sofne
church where ia was Isl speak 50 then
aud after ias meu elnle tss eegaru aud
alter tne semen the ehiIifen. al Jfawa
along by iha tursteri8fIs attraction which
tasy epiA3 n.tgner understand nbr ress.ss.
lhN Ertmalns 81 many feet nfade a siaIl
baNs Is the @9uas az many human \ oss-sss
hl&li ana iow. yhs lassliy fer Armed
S4nste ard Sire Roman reuuh!lc." and
thea sskt'ss op thc song 0f she day. wnssh
MaS hsl,aa ~ liberty in long rtsfor
chant thaf broke INTO a fuAs nj ma ter IN
th1 burden the SORT 0f song the Romans
have always made "a 5lfuea af change.
tas Kind at ballad .hAl goes before tha es.a
fate