Arizona republican., 1909-05-26

1.-The signore has a servant by the
name Of Giovanni"
"Yes. And what has he done to
warrant this visit?" Hillard spoke less
calmly.
1T is a matter of seven years" y
answered the spokesman. Your ser
want attempted to kill an officer in
Rome. Luigi here, who was then in
terested in the case in Rome, thought
he recognized Giovanni in the street
today. Inquiries led us here
"Ah," Hillard thought quickly. II
am afraid that you have had your
trouble for nothing. Giovanni is now
a citizen of the United States, I'M
der full protection of its laws, do
nestle and foreign. 1t would not be
wise for you to touch him."
The carabinieri stared at each other.
They shrugged.
"Signore, we recognize no foreign
citizenship for our countrymen who,
having committed a crime, return to
the scene of it. We are here to ar
rest him. He will be tried and SEN
fenced. But it is possible that he
may be allowed to return to America,
once he has been proved guilty of
intent to KILL"
Hillard flushed, but he curbed the
rise in his temper. 1t was enough
that the United States was made the
dumping ground Of the criminal courts
of Europe, without having it forced
upon him in this emi-contemptuous
fashion. The carabinIerI saw the eff
fort.
1.-The signore SPEAKS Italian so
well that he will understand that we
have nothing to do with deportation.
Our business is simply to arrest Of
tenders against the state. 1t is to
the state you must look for redress;
and here the state is Indifferent
where the offender goes, so long as
it is far away" The speaker bowed
tremendously.
YES, / understand But l repeat,
my servant is a legal citizen of the
United States, and there. will be
complications if you touch him.
Not for US. That rests between
you and the state. Our orders are
to arrest him"
AT any rate, it looks as though
Giovanni had been fOrewarned of
your visit. And may / ask, what is
the name of the officer Giovanni
attempted to kill?"
1T is not necessary that you should
know"
Hillard accepted the rebuke with
becoming grace.
And now, signore," with the ut
most courtesy, permit us to apollo
gize for this intrusion. We shall wait
IN, HaI IND -;
we shall gladly notify you of the
event"
The two officers bowed and passed
out into the corridor Hillard raised
his hat, and closed the door.
Now what the deuce has all this
powwow been about?" demanded Mer-
rihew; for he had understood nothing
despite his How to Speak Italian in
One Day.
It's that rascal Giovanni"
Did he find his man and cut him
up?"
mo. 1t seems that these cara
binieri have remarkable memories:
the old affair. Poor devil! 1 can't
imagine how they traced him here
But 1 repeatedly warned him about
going abroad in the daylight. Hello
what's this?" going to the table. II
was note addressed to him; and il
was from the fugitive
My Kind Master-The carabinieri
are after me. But rest easy. l was
not born to rot in dungeon. 1 am
going north. AS for my clothes. send
them to Giacamo, the baker. who
lives on the road to FL Deserta. He
will understand. May the Holy Mother
guard you, should we never meet
again.
Hillard passed the note to Merri-
hew.
That's too bad. I've taken a great
fancy to him. 1t seems that the
peasant has no chance on this side
of the water. His child a painted
dancer in Paris, and a price on his
own head, It's hard luck. And the
fellow who caused all this trouble
goes free"
He always goes free, Dan, here OF
elsewhere"
why we'd have lynched him in
America"
That's possible We are such an
impulsive race" ironically. YES, nc
doubt we'd have lynched him; and
these foreigners would have added
another ounce of fact to their belief
that we are still barbarians"
Il hadn't thought of that" Merri-
hew admitted. Till now he had never
cared particularly whether a foreign
er's opinion was favorable or not
No, but when you start for home
you will always thing of it. Our re-
porters demand of the foreigner, bare
ly he. has stepped ashore, what he
thinks of the United States; and then
nearly every one he meets helps to
form the opinion that we are insult
ferably underlined. Ours is not studied
incivility; it is worse than that; il
is downright carelessness."
Il am beginning to see things diff
ferently. When the concierge tips his
hat, l tip mine. Since Giovanni is
gone, suppose we pack up? There's
little to do, as the trunks are as we
left them. But 1 say, how is it that
all there carabinieri we see are SC
tall? The Neapolitan is invariably
short and thick set
They come from the north as
far as Domo d'Ossola; mountaineers
Italy has good policy regarding her
military police. The Neapolitan is
sent north and the Venetian and
Tuscan south, out of reach of fam
lily ties and feuds. Thus, there is
never any tug between duty and
frieudshin The truth iS the italian