The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-18

who picked MP the constable in his arms
and carried him outside. Before he could
return lawyer had come to my rescue
going on my bond for $4,000.
The words. mat is the mani" (ecce
homo) brought balm to my soul when
L reflected on my wretchedness in the
days that followed. Another had suffered
more cruelty than /. yet he was brave
and had strength to endure all torments.
| was vilIified, but God gave me strength
to defend myself to stand erect dnder
the weight of my burden l know the
day is not far of when I shall sE Sc al
before the civilized world acquitted of
the creul charges that have been heaped
upon ne. 1 will have crushed those who
thought to be my executioners
My advent into Chicago was not pro-
pitious- Neither my manager nor his
agent, whom he paid large sum for
the purpose, met me at the railroad sta
ton. This made it possible for me to
realize more deeply the kindness OF one
whom I had not seen seen since July. 1891
1t also brought home TO my heart the
tragedy of my loneliness. The friend
who met me was Carlos Marchetti. All,
the great. great difference between my
position az the time / last saw his kind
face and my meeting with him in Chi
cage. He acted as my guide in the big
noisy railroad station. looked after my
baggage and escorted Nine. Mascagni
and myself to a carriage.
Ny poor wife was in affliction. with d
hot cinder in her eye. Il was a small
thing, but it caused her and me more
grief for the moment than all my trou-
bles- Marchetti began his career of in
innate service at that moment. He deft-
" extracted the particle of coal gust
from Nine. Mascagnii inhamed eye. and
for the first time received our Thank
YOU How many OF these rewards he
has since received. 1 cannot dare 10 es-
innate. They have been his only re-
ward, however.
The difference between my last meet
ing with this man and my meeting with
him in Chicago was so great that | will
relate the circumstances Of it here. In
July. 1891. Sig. Narchetti staged my
'Cavalleria Rusticanna" at Spezia. Italy
1t was the first time my opera had been
presented in that part OF the country.
There were ten performances, all meet
ing with the grandest and most tri-
umphant successes.
l came from Livorno 10 be present at
the last three performances. At that
time / was on the top OF my first great
wave of triumph. Fortune smiled on me
The pIaudits of multltudes were mine.
Marchetti shared in my success. When
| left Spezia I said goodby to him, ex-
pecting to see him again in a month, or
at longest, a year. At that time he was
only one of thousands of friends. The
next time my eyes looked on his kind
face he was the first real friend | had
known for months. Later l met others,
but at first, on my arrival in Chicago in
the midst of my darkest hour Mar
chetti was the only one whom / could
trust
The Italian Consult at Chicago, Count
Rozwadowski and Salvatore Tomasso,
a musician. reinforced the efforts OF my
grand Marchetti Later l met many
others. but il was not only my own
countrymen who Were presented TO me.
began TO find Americans. who rejoiced
TO call me friend. loved them. In
regarded as nard-heated. industrious men
and women. who have little time and no
desire to indulge in the amenities. the
deds of love toward each other the ele-
vate the life OF mankind above the life
of brutes. Thi sappellation that they
have acquired among you. my country
men, is not theirs of truth. They rush
through their days duties. only that they
may enjoy more the Injuries of conpan-
ionship and rest in the evening. They
are energetic in all they undertake. but
with we'll reasoned motives they are whSt
1 would call scientific sensuansts.
In my third week in Chicago | was
a guest of musical club. whose MEM
bers are all Americans. / looked around
the tables in the eyes of the hundred
present We're fixed on ME inadmiration
and esteem. I received a small taste of
that homage that I had been promised
on Italy. l made warm friends that
evening friends who / am assured Will
remember me after 1 have returned to
my life in Italy l played for them, and
they returned the compliment by singing
Coz me. We were as close together as
brothers. They showered proise upon my
music. and shouted that I was a warm
hearted. kind and obIiging guest Yes.
my evenings endowment was a surprise
to met was unexpected. In spite OF
my persecution, perhaps because Of it.
they were sympathetic and affectionate.
Because others had been unkind. they
would be kind. They proved TO me that
Americans are not hard hearted but
on the contrary :hs:r hearts are filed
with the warmth Of the sun-ye-. in
many ways they are ike my own peo-
pie. 1 love them.
American women are charming and
sympathetic. I cannot tell the social
condition of women By their dress or
conversation. l find many who are in
telligent and well dressed work for their
living. One of the most beautiful I saw
was stationed at the ladies entrance 10
a hotel. l thought she was the proprie-
tors daughter. I discovered she was a
sort Of governess. I like New York and
Chicago women better than Boston They
are warmer and more sympathetic.
The most cruelty unhappy hours that
/ passed in America were those in Bos-
ton IT was then that I realized tor the
first time that the knowledge l had %
men could serve ne little II this new
country. realized then for the first time
how hopeless was the case OF a man
who was wise in the laws OF his native
land and ignorant OF the simplest formu-
lac Of foreign country I realized then
FOR the first time that men can know
that another i innocent OF wrons tlcinS