CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-09-25
der were great when beheld the name

der were great when beheld the name
ard date, Leonardo da Ninci. 1411.
Talk OF your Cellini vases and your
PaIissy pottery" thought 1. Here is a
treasure which surpasses all of them
together"
Jacopo had now found the key, and
we opened the casket without difh-
Guilty. 1t contained large number Of
precious stones of one kind and an
other and u very goodly quantity OF
golden forms Most OF the latter bore
the face of Cosmo de- Aledici and dates
ranging from 1440 to 1860. They We're
ali rather light in weight. which bore
out the theory had always had OF OH
Cosmo and his system OF banking.
determined 10 touch none Of this money
for my oGl use. but ! gave oser TO
Clan Jacopo . handful. with orders to
lay it out in what might be necessary
to give to 1hr old gentleman sendor
proportionate to his rank.
The trusty old domestic having de
] partel uDon his errand and left me
| with the remains of my distinguished
| forbear | set myself TO musins upon
the almost miraculous experiences
which had that day encountered.
The explanation Of the puzzle was
nearer ut hand than l imagined. Upon
a marble writing leggio which stood
near the head of the bed lay very
yoluIninous manuscript engrossed in
small but distinct handwriting. Pos
sessinG myself OF ii. | found that It
was entitled THE Chronicles Of Firen-
zalino. From the Year 1892 Until the
/ Present Time. Set Down and Com
/ mented Upon Briefly by Sigpor Arnol-
/ 70 de Pazzi" II | was anxious for
/ anything. il was TO know something
about the strange land into which l
had so strangely been introduced. and
I'm this manuscript | beheld the author
I ity which best would enlighten me. l
therefore sat down and perused 1t with
ayidity and in an hour or thereabout
had mastered its contents ! do not
say that read more than tenth Part
of the whole matter which it contained
To do SO would have been impossible
in so short a time. but by reading the
heads OF chapters and glancing hur-
riedly over the less important details
managed TO make myself reasonably
conyersant with the history and APP
pearance Of the country and with the
| customs, peculiarities and occupations
of its people.
Upon the arrival OF Father Sylvester
/ withdrew with Clan Jacopo into the
garden. taking the casket with me, and
there. under the shade of gigantic
olive tree. l put TO the trusty hench'
man such questions as might enlighten
me further upon the subject of this
mysterious mountain and this ancient
and valiant race of men. taking care
at the same time 10 clothe my inquiries
in such carb as 10 awaken no suspicion
in his mind that was not the rea
simon pure Timoteo.
II l will here set down as plainly anc
as briefly as possible the results of m!
examination Of the chronicles and OF
my conference with Clan Jacopo. th'
same being the story Of Firenzalint
and its people or as much OF it as IL il
necessary for You TO know.
From the middle OF the thirteenth Il
the end of the fifteenth century man,
| people were exiled from the srea
and glorious city OF Florence-some fo1
crimes and the most Of them for dif
ferent political reasons Among thes'
were the great family OF PazZi. eNilet
, for completely in the murder Of Giuli
ano de- Medici. and another great fam
ilv. the .Albizzi, exiled by their enem!
Cosmo when he got the upper hand o
. them.
Well. in time. perhaps along towar'
D the middle Of the fifteenth century.
great number OF these eSiles and de
scendants OF exiles. after wandering
, about Italy for many years and tryini
! without avail TO get back into thei
: beloved city. took up their abode upol
!; 4 barren island in the midst of lake
which lay some thirty or forty miles I
. the north of Florence in the very hear
. Of the Apennines Upon this wild an
desolate spot. which nevertheless wa
+, almost within sight of their natiy