Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-30

white house with long vine-covered per-
COLA. and It said Bella Vista" over the
gateway. l had to lean on Browns arm
going in, and the last thing l remember
was kind-faced man hurrying to the door.
The next thing was in big white bed
room, sparsely furnished and daintily neat.
l had tainted and they had sent for a doc
tor. Presently he appeared and after
ward found out that he was quite Gel
ebrity-the Doctor Antonio of Capri. He
said it the sun; hadn't eaten enough
breakfast, and I'd had "heat-stroke =
not half so bad sun-stroke; still, L
ought to rest.
ton, for 1 was falling in love with the
house. and longed to stay in it for days
The room I was in had four windows. each
one looking out on view that stay,a..
home people would give hundreds of dollars
to see; and it opened on to lovely pri-
vate terrace. Brown took message
downstairs to Capri, asking Aunt Mary
to pack up and come to the Bella Vista,
which she did, and we've been here for
two days. 1 was quite we'll in a few hours,
but wouldn't have gone back to more
conventional comforts for anything. Ana
capri and our little house seem as II they
were in the world on top Of the clouds
which Jack discovered when he climbed
his beanstalk up into the sky. Why, the
first morning when 1 walked here, ana
opened my glass door on to the terrace TO
look at the sea, and the umbrella pines,
and the expresses (Which / seem to near,
well as see, like sharp notes In music.
the terrace where they'd been sitting and
sneaked past me through the door into
the room, just like the cows which. sup
pose, the gods kept on Olympus to milk
for their ambrosia And the sunsets, with
Vesuvius set like a great conical anne.
thyst in a blaze of ruby and topaz glory!
1t is something to come to Anacaprl ier;
But at the Bella Vista we would not feed
you on sunsets and clouds milk alone.
The little landlord and landlady cook and
wait on us, and I never tasted daintier
dishes than they create"
There are more things than sunsets and
pines and Expresses to see, too, one taxes
walks all over the island. One goes TO
rival inns where rival beauties dance the
tarantella, and vie in announcements that
Tiberius amused himself by throwing vic
Tins in the sea from the exact site of their
houses. Oh everything is Tiberius here
He is regarded by the peasants as quite a
modern person. whom you may meet IN
a dark night, If you haven't murmured a
prayer before the lovely white virgin in
her illuminated grOtto of rock. Mothers
say to their children, IF you do that,
Tiberius will catch YOU; and the English
colony of Capri quarrel over the gentle
mans character on which there are DIFF
ferences of opinion.
The most beautiful house I ever saw In
my life is set on the brow of the precipice
at Anacapri: 1t is a dream house: or else
it's owner rubbed a lamp. and genie gave
it to him. 1t is long and low and white,
and filled with wonderful treasures which
its possesJor found under the sea-spoil
of Tfberius' Duried>palaces The floors are
paved with mosaic of priceless colored
marble, which Tiberius brought from dis
tant lands for himself; red sphirS which
Tiberius imported from Egypt crouches ON
the marble wall. gazing over the cliffs and
the sea: Tiberius' statues in marble and
bronze line the arched. open-afr cOrr1-
doris. There's nothing else like 1t in the
world in these days, and few men would be
worthy to have 1t and to live there: but l
think. from what hear that the man who
does live there is worthy of Ii all.
You will find rose and spray OF jas
mine in this letter. 1 picked the rose for
you. in the pergola, and our landlady gave
me the jasmine. I wish I could send you
more of the beauty of this magic island.
Your enchanted
MOLLY.
(To be continued tomorrow)