New-York tribune., 1909-01-10

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restaurant; these merely shrugged their .bo,,
ders and returned to their coffee and roll. -.
morning papers My new acqualntanc. b.v,.s
to 20 with me to see the sights" which r.or.-.
1 readily granted. as had planned a raI< :.
the old Appian Way and VISIT to sas c.,,
combs for the morning.
"Jim" Dagley's spirits were high. H.s MA.
though heavier, eager as thar OF s,.,
boy on his way to the circus. As We stoos =
the brow of the Capitoiine HiII overIookiux-,s-
Forum. the Sacred Way and the Coliseu-u-ss..
vast array Of ruins eloquent OF the maxnisc.,.
days Of the Cesars-"Jim" exclaimed:
"whew! They must have had rip-ro,r,..
fire here Them wuz Gurus kinds Of hYd,-s-
wuzn't they7 Purity nigh all made outer pFu,--
Now amt IT guar ne added as he potnt.S =
the Arch OF Titus. "that that ther gateway ~.
left unscorched. when all round vuz h,,--.
clean up?'
We passed through the Arch of Constsuf,,.
out OF the city. and along the road that has k.,,
green the memory Of Appius cIaudius, the y,.-,
old Roman senator who thundered In sv,-v
speech he made that Rorne's great rival. c,-.
thage must be destroyed Here in place, =.
old pavement was intact. The crumblfnx ,,-,..
that skirted the way had ceased in rnanv :,
stances TO honor the dead, for their Names Wa.
gone; but they stood monuments OF r,,.
civilization and the mutabiIity OF tina AZ
was struggling with such reflections. au,-
DagIey was all the while giving me a d.saH.s
account OF his and Buck Isley's bar hf,4 =.
the headwaters Of the Missouri. Finally ~ -.
third milestone I halted and suggested tina, ~,
return.
"why. ST. amt ye soin' out TO that pac. y.
wuz speakin' NV this mornin'?"
This is what 1 came to see. Jim. hi, "a
road
Holy smoke exclaimed jim view. 20,
roads better'n this in Montanny II ye cleaned
up the rubbish along 1t 1t I'D be purity tolerab,,
decent It's jist like Il wuz back there az thar
drN. By cracky. they're shiftIess set-thess
feriers'
Upon our way hack we turned IN to s-. n.
catacombs The sleek, well fed monk who can.
forth to guide US eyed Jim Dagley susvir-
iousIy as though he felt "Jim's" pockets nigbr
be full of six-shooters dynamite. As we be-
gan the descent Jim halted and exclaimed
rather vociferouslv
eye don't ketch yer Uncle Jim goin' down into
that hole BY creckey. he's had his I'll w mine.
I wanx to tell ye.''
After much persuasion he accompanied "a
but took little interest in the trials Of the early
Christians
They wuz blame fools Why didn't the whole
shebang leave these diggins an go TO America"
was Ids observation
Tie monk feeling that expiration hope
less, offered none. but continued his exposition
Of the many symbols this pious people left be-
hind.
In the next few days Jim" and I ver. TO-
sether very little. 1 was studying sculpture II
the Vatican Museum, and Jim seeing on our
first visit the mutilated condition OF most ..
the statues concluded ne would rather see some
thing more up TO date. Every evening he regalei
me with his experiences in course OF the day IN
his v9anderings about town
One evening, about ten days after our. first
meeting. he was very enthusiastic That day he
had met a native OF the city who could speak
English This fellow had told MIN marvellous
stories about The Pope. and we hadn't seen hin:
Let's go an see I'm tomorrow. ST. broke out
jim in the midst of his account
1 tried TO explain that 1t was impossible. that
he could be seen only on rare occasions; but in
vain. for heard Jim" rnuttering:
by craczey, TT see i'm II it's the last thing
Jim Dasley does
xas surprised rot finding him in The
restaura the next evening at the usual hour.
About 10 O'Clock went, around % his roem be
had not returned As i passed through tns
street, next morning I noticed little groups
here and ttrere ia earnest conversation and gss-
ticuIatins wildly. There was a perfect buzz 9f
excitement rs l entered the restaurant Pck-
ing I'd the paper read on the first page. AT
teIltat or ,he Poue TIE account ran as To-
Tows:
Last evening al S:;}o O'CLOCK then the Pope's
apartments were thrown open to receive SONS
distinguished visitors hggre stSle from
hiding place IN tie court OF St Damascus and
rushed past the qua ds into the reception hat
He hurried from rooT,l 10 room as = seeking tS
Pope Fn a moment he was arrested and rapidly
driven across the city TO police headquarters
As the officers in charge were passing through
VIA NazionaIe they found the street blocked
by an immense crowd In front OF the Palas''
Colonna. A fire in the palace had drawn this
throrg. The fremen had Just paced tai
ladder against the front o. the palace. but wers
ordered 70 go at once to the rear. where the
flames were already bursting forth. At tns
moment woman appeared al a window n m
upper story. extending her hands in agony to ms
multitude aud begging for help In ar instAnt
the prisoner. who had not been handcurea.
broke away from the officers. They rrsnea
after him. but before they reached him ne vas
rapidly mounting the ladder They halted. over
with establishment In q little Wnhe 7"
occurred to them that the fugitive had Gun
ninEly devised this means OF escape As an
officer began 10 mount the ladder the prisons
appeared at the window with a woman u AS
arms 1t was evident that she had swooned ?.
had been overcome with smoke The cro"a
stood breathless as this seemingly awkward n@'
carefully balanced his burden and started do"'
the ladder. Cheer upon cheer greeted his s1'
descent Those near by thunders,rue~
however, as they saw the police hurry an
away. It Is not known at this writing wno '"0
prisoner is. though he is evidently a toreisns
He Is OF rather Unkempt appearances