The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-05-31

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q A Weird Tale of a Once (
s. Buried City.
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~ u n TO the lip OF this poor enrthen urn
III ,aned. the secret OF my life to learn,
'sb, lin to lip, it murmured, "While you live.
Drink, for once dead, you never ehall re
"A turn"
"a --Nubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam.
81 ":adronel'
4 "Signor
"Give me your best wine and your
sest chair. I can testify that there
nothing more fatiguing. more parch-
a. 10 the throat than a few hours
TX through Pompeii.
Il Whatever you wish, signor-red OF
s lite wine, Falernian. Caprian, Lacry-
8!e Christi7 My cellar is noted for its
]res. and might compete with the
be cellars Of the ancients.
BAH Why don't you say at once
s3t you even have some Of the old
sSanpeiian wine?"
And why not7"
Doubtless it dates from the times
cicero or Pliny the younger.
F Wines. like books. have their ca
| Per Bacco. padrone. you are eur
81 3ngly familiar with your authors.
E you know how to apply your knowl-
Ee. Perhaps you will next offer me al
3bhora, like those used by Pliny the
e }r on his feet at the time of the ter
|83e Vesuvius eruption. in which he
bis life. -
ahe landlord, a large man, with the
m Of Roman emperor, short, curly
L and triple chin, in heavy folds,
led in knowing way at his guests
.h. He left him, with gesture i'm
pg patience, and his wide shoulders
sSppeared down the dark stairway.
BIT alone, the traveller. Louis B.. a
bg architect about 80 years of age,
A!sH himaelf into seat. depositing
, 4he table the long botanist's case
! Rh he had worn suspended from his
der. Taking out of it very care
I'd one Of those little gray. ashy liz
I which swarm among the Pompeiian
he placed it under q glass.
y 10 little animal. at first benumbed
p confinement. gradually revived.
a having made the circuit of its
uB prison several times it stopped
a ES EA and fSd Its brilliant and piercing
q hpon it's captor.
n young architect, in the semi
m fght Of the room, locked at it alb
10 70 edly. His thoughts had travelled
n Eay from the inn. Once more he
: Fraversihg the avenue of sepul-
!; the fashionable promenade Of an
pm Pompeii. 4 sudden whim while
pa had impelled him to grasp the
IN lizard, just as it was gliding
an an Esh one Of the openings in the side
an tomb Of N@voleia Tyche, when
40 }ack shadows Of the tombs lay
am H on the burning stones.
am { landlord returned, carefully hold
an small amphora OF classic outline,
an aeck WAS wrapped around with
pm And parchment, tied with 'pur-
an am d and stamped with large seal.
pm Up hermetioa;;y eiUso 1t. ,He siyiy
pm r i as lie placed It before8he. trav.
pm EAying:
n pat do you think Of this, eignora'
pm lis took the amphora to examine it.
pm original red hue Of the clay hav-
IN IN own paler with age, bore some
IN lance to the color Of Vesuvian
Bpm md retained. as 1t were, the pal
Iay he sepulcher. In some places its
IA Pee had slightly crumbled, as If
scS E the friction Of centuries.
al sort of admiring respect the
-, 3nan gazed at this resuscitated
ond the past. which had risen from
go }e in the ages. A half effaced
3ion ran in relief across the mid
,u.. fhe jar. Although some letters
npletely disappeared and there
's me abbreviations, ne succeeded
2strncting and deciphering it. SO
read
- H. SpvRfo CONS.
- ANN. DCCCXxXI. A. v. c.
"a. Il CECvBvM. 81
~ II. ooHpeASHS utdut, ,CeluS aH6GE-
gse. That under the consulate of Mar
Dol Arius. the eight hundred and
ortb Efst year Of the Roman era and
20 Of the Christian era-that
ssa ery year Of the dread eruption
8. entombsd Pompeii, vino zoe
On "a wondrons product. sung BY
pm 3et. had been incloasd IN this
0 pm IA z ~, s., ,;S5, ~ =.
. pn H ~ &. y 50 IS . lsss;
: pm Of Cecuha; co.eval with the
9 pm ritusi IS
i an was perhaps mqst noticeable
g g am e., liar ssss the seal. An the sns.s
s s1a pr which on the crashed wax,
9 9 ana Etraced beneath two on tspread
: - gracefnl design, The Greak
issse Foe" (lifs). Ferhapa tribute
mes reviyifying qualities. per:
in,. superstitious emblem.
,sfsH nphorn as,.,a:ss,.1 e. 49, -. 30;
;S eal was sntaet. 4 IS
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