Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-09-10
CHAPTER NJ.

November IL - The frigatoOn Orio
Malipietro was a noble craft. well
found and in all respects fit went
with my worthy host TO see her while
she lay In the arsenal whore three
centuries before the fumes OK boiling
pitch had assailed the nostrils or the
immortal F1orentine. A swarm or
workmen were busy about her. and /
the arrangements for the comfort OF /
her two passengers surpassed any /
thing OF the kind I had seen or sup /
posed possible. Two stately cabins
had been specially constructed. one
fore and one aft: they were divided by
a spacious general cabin. and both
richly furnished with all things need
full for comfort. The crew consisted
OF seventeen men; that Is 20 say. or
/ Captain JacOpo Perugia-a fine man
Of sixty or Whereabouts. who had
served SignOr Simona for forty years
and sixteen sailors. The fore cabin
was assigned 20 me. the after cabin
I 10 Signorina Simona and her maid.
In all there was accommodation for a
score OF souls. Signor Simona intro
duced Captain Perugia to me as a
man of whose fdelity and good sea
manship he had had frequent proofs
and assured me that he had voyagcd
SO many times between Venice and
Constantinople that be could safely
navigate the Grecian archipelago with
out a chart; whercat 1 scrutiDized mar
rowly the face and head OF the captain
thus appraised. and was satisfied that
he deserved his masters testimonial
Notwithstanding that its owner
: spared no expense the fitting out OF
, the Orio MalipietrO proceeded slower
Z than 1 could have wished. and three
! weeks passed before she was ready
I FOR sea. And here again l perceived
e the hand OF Signorina Anita. who haC
: divers women AT work making c!Othc
5 which she desired not 10 depart with
% out. hut could not sooner get com
d . pleted. Signor Simona was a shrew
g man. we'll versed in the ways OF nj
e kind. yet In dealing with his daughfe
% he was but as clay in the hands OF IA
q potter. so great Is The blindness Of
fond parent
10 Al last the day came when CAPITAL
o. perugia. reported TO Ssnor simon
70. that his frigatoon lay ready TO 50
e with the first favorable wind. that h'
be- cargo of merchandise was well an
a. safely stored. and all his daughter
10. baggage aboard. IL was then Til
ld Signor Simona ordered the ten ches
ao OF seQuins 90 be placed upon the DO
pee OF my cabin. where I should ha'
ed them constantly in sight ana gave d
N a scaled letter for delivery with q
as chests TO Signor Mario Battista.
NJ COnstantinOple. He commended 7
tut daughter TO my care. and both O
be lives and fortunes TO the protection
u God in a manner so natural and afe
nd / ing that but few persons could ha
on witnessed the scene unmoved AS
av- Anita she wept abundantly. a
'ig- showed either great hhal devotion
nre consummate skill IN acting. And
the wind now serving. the OriO Malipie
IN stood out 10 sea.
MAJ 1t was with strange emotions.
ore unmixed with sadness. that l watcl
his the spires and Companies OF Ven
APP wax DINNER and yet more dim as
and swelling sails OF the Orio Malipie
the bore us sOutheastward along the A
vice attic. and l could not repress thOue
ess, OF all which had happened 20 me 81
her l first set foot in that marvellous {
that so appropriately called the bride
Pa the sea Anita noticed my abSt
that ton. and with the admirable
the which seems to pertain only 10 feI
he Inc natures sought to dispel 1t by
erh- gaging me In conversation.
Your Anita / pitied her greatly. for
r 81 had fixed her affections on one
rml- had determined not to recipro
any them-on 4 man who had nevel
PA0- much as spoken TO her OF love. and
eS1N, I him she had abandoned her
A1eu father tfor whom l am sure she IA
81 real Affection. and had embarked
.ne perilous journsg under circumsta
yhter ~. r,,os, 1su,, o,in, 70 her renuta
nap Had l never suffered such treati
uric. as befcI me at the hands NJ We
auu IN England l should probably
hdo been content with this brave y
Ut 70 Venetian lady for wife. for l d
as ed not she was as faithful as she
eiofs persistent. but my English affair
. sea ranked in my heart, and my
Ia AZ never 10 regard any woman other
scuon as one in whom no faith should b
atrus' was too recently registered 10 be
A. Us ly broken.
Our progress was extremely
Anita 1880, ..x,o~oI ,r,arruntior
1 regretted 1t not. for the month
III June, and the seas on which we
- MOI locked by the most beautiful Lar
lshs' the world. Truly the ancients di
OF 'ne IN calling the Mediterranean 81
.ion 10 was compiiment-not an err