The Globe-republican., 1902-09-11

recommend MuttereIIf highly He
knows all about Sardinia from Gag ia
ri TO Sassari, and is brave and in
teIligent-'' .
The fact that he knew all about sar-
DINA made Muttere1lo a valuable man
in my eyes at occe-
Very well,' 1 said Il thank you
Sfgnor Branderi, for your Kindness
And NuttereIIi will have no cause to
regret his faithful attention to my in
terests''
Muttereln bowed again
when viii the sigror start2" he
asked
las soon as possibility the frs
steamer" replied.
Which is tomorrow I viii ar,
range everything said Mutterelli. II
viii go now and engage our passage"
Thus 1t was that as I stood on the
deck of the steamer moving into Gag
liari, Muttere1li stood by my side On
the voyage from Genoa 1 had asked
1nIumerab1e questions about Sardinia
and if my questions related more to
persons and politics than to mouf1on
and other game, Mutterelh did not
show any surprise, but answered all
my inquiries with a directHess and
promptness which charmed me, and
proved that Signor Branderi's esti-
mate of my guides knowledge of the
island was not too high. But while 1
asked questions, 1 said nothing about
the real object of my visit L pre-
ferred to withhold that knowledge
until we were actually upon the
island which was to be the scene of
action.
What is that building, Mutterelli ?''
asked, pointing to two high steeples
about halfway up the hill.
THAT is the cathedral signor'' he
replied 1T was built during the four
teenth century,
"And that?'' L continued. directing
his attention to a broad, white build
ing with many windows, which stood
facing the bay.
THAT is the university. signor.', he
replied 1T is a fine institution 1t
has the departments of theology, law
medicine and philosophy. 1t has thtr-
ty professors and about four hundred
Students
'-And the castle on the hill top,
MuttereIli?'
THAT is the Preffettura signor It
was once the castle of the King of
Sardinia, but now it is the legal resi-
dence of the prefetto and the head
quarters of the army of Sardinia and
of the police"
One after another of the imposing
buildings 1 pointed out to him, and
was answered in this prompt and eff
cient manner Mutterelli was a jewel
among guides. There was no gainsay-
ing that
At last we reached the dock
Mutterelh assumed entire charge of
our debarkation, and we were soon in
carriage, rumb1ing along the quay
toward the best hotel of Cagliari
where 1 had requested Muttereli to
procure comfortable quarters. 1 had
cautiously, if by accident given
my guide to understand that close
observation of my wishes would be
well repaid, and that I was willing
to pay literally. AS customers of that
kind come rarely to Sardinia it can
be well understood that had the best
that Cagliari could produce and Nut
tereli could procure.
The Grand Hotel (Hotel Grande)
stood on a prominent corner of Gag
liari, with one narrow, crooked street
running past it from north to south
and another equally narrow and more
crooked street passing east ard west
AS my Willingness to pay was we'll
known by Muttere1li, 1 had the best
that the hotel could afford.
MutterelI had skillfully concealed
all curiosity about my trip. He had
rot asked a single question But
now, having arrived at our hotel one
thing puzzled him. 1 had brought no
guns.
You must have good guns to shoot
the mOuflon, signor,'' he said, when he
had asked me if 1 had any. Most all
hunters bring their rifles with them
But 1 can obtain some good ones
here 1t is just IS WE'LL
Go be continued.)