Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-04-12
Brett in this manner.

| Perhaps exclaimed the Darr1s-
ter, your few words will come more
easily II you wet your whistle"
well. must admit that Italian
wine
lis not equal to Scotch; or Is 1t
Irish7".
Irish. sir. II you please"
Mr.. Holden's utterance having
been cleared Of cinders, he made
fresh start.
. las | was saying, gentlemen.
kept an observant eye on G. ella and
| his companions, and at the same
time occupied myself in the fashion
ing OF certain little models with
which to Illustrate my subsequent
remarks"
He produced a map Of Naples,
which he carefully smoothed out on
the table. pressing the creases with
HIS fingers unfit Brett itched to
tweak his long nose.
The man was evidently r Belfast
Irishman. and the barrister forced
himself to find amusement In specu
lating how such an individual came
TO speak Italian huently. Specula-
tion on this abstruse problem, how
ever. yielded to keen interest in Mr..
Holden's proceedings.
On the face OF the map he located
a number Of small wooden carvings,
which were really very ingenious.
They represented churches, an hotel,
a mansion. three ordinary houses,
rambling building Ike a public In
stitution, and nondescript struc-
ture difficult to classify.
IL find" said Mr.. Holden, when
the miseen-sCene was quite to his
liking, that good map, and few
realistic models Of the principal
buildings dealt with in my discourse.
give lucidity and conference
otherwise foreign to the narrative"
Even Winter became FESTIVE under
this style OF address. Brett caught
his eye, and moved by common i'm
pulse, they lessened the whisky
mark in a decanter of Antiquary.
ALLOW me 10 remark" interpo-
lated Brett. that your kilograms
were admirably terse and to the
point
Thank you. sir Many eminent
Judges have mplimented me on my
manner of giving evidence. And now
to business. arrived at the railway
station here" ttouching the monde
script huilding), and took room
in the Villa Nouve here" The laid a
finger on the mansion), (which, as
you see Is quite close TO the Hotel de
Londres here" "a flourish over the
hotcD, "at which, az / expected, Mr.
Capella took up his abode Accord
ing to your instructions obtained
competent assistant. a native Of
Naples, and we both awaited Mr. Ca
pellas arrival. He reached Naples
at 80 am. the day following my
advent at night, and after hrea kfast
drove straight 10 tho Reclusorio. or
Asylum for the Poor. situated here"
Che Indicated the institution. CLOSE
10 the Botanical Gardens Mr.. Ca
pela arranged with the authorities
to withdraw from the poorhouse an
elderly woman named Maria Bres-
ciano. It subsequently transpired
that she was a nurse employed bv a
certain English gentleman named
Frazer Beechcroft who became en-
tangled with a beautiful italian girl
named Margarta di Orvieto some
twenty eight years ago"
Mr.. Holden paid not the remOtest
attention TO the looks OF amazement
exchanged between Brett and Win
ter. He merely paused to take breath
and peer benignantly at the map
following lines thereon with the IN
dex finger OF his right hand.
ut appears further" he resumed
that the Englishman and the Sig
norma di Orvieto could not marry, on
account of some foolish religious
scruples held by the young lady, bat
they entertained a very violent pas
sion for each other, met clandes-
timely. and & female child was horn
/ whose baptism is registered, under
the name Of Margarita di Orvieto, in
the church of La Scutillo here" tHe
tapped a tiny spired edifce on the
edge Of the map
1.-THE two we're living there ir
great secrecy. as they were in feal
Of their lives, not alone from the
young lady's relatives. but from hel
discarded lover, the Marchese di Ca
l pella, father Of the present Mr.
Giovanni Capella. who has dropped
his title In England. The old woman
Maria Bresciano, attended the sig
] norma and her child, but unfortun
stely the mother died, and her deatf
> is registered both by the civil au
: thorlties in the Minadoi section here
Oifting a small house bodily off thu
. map. "and by the ecclesiastical
here" The touched another spire.)
THE affair created some stir II
the Naples OF that day. but Beech
croft's suffering, the calm darini
with which, after the girls death. h
j., dened those who had vowed ven
q geance on him. and the generall
passionate nature OF the attach
II ment between the two, created mucl
public sympathy for him. ANON
others who were attracted to hin
were Mr.. and Mrs. Somers. an,
r their daughter. then resident in Ma
J. pies. Oddly enough, Beechcroft di
o not content himself with securin
efficient care for his child, bu
u brought the infant to the Hotel d
! Londres---you note the coincidenc
y where It was nurtured under hi