Arizona republican., 1909-06-25

, sight. He knew that the stars and
! bars was a flag of temporary en-
! durance. All that portion of his
wealth which remained in the South
| he readily sacrificed with his blood.
| His real wealth was in foreign secur-
| tiles mines, oils, steel, steamships.
| When the war terminated, the prince
prevailed upon my father to return
with him to tia Y. Italy was not
new to my father, and as he loved
the country and spoke the language,
I he finally consented. He saw the
| shadow of reconstruction and dreaded
I it; and there were no ties of blood
! to hold him in the States. Italy itself
was in turmoil. ii Re GalantuomO,
that Piedmontese hunter VittOrio
Emanuele. wished to liberate Venice
from the grasp of Austria, to wrest
temporal power from the Vatican,
and to send the French troops back
to France. Well, he accomplished
all these things, and both my father
and the prince were with him up to
the time he entered the Quirinal. At
ter victory, peace. My father invest
ed in villas and palaces, added to his
fortune through real estate in Rome,
lived in Florence a little while, and
settled down to end his days in the
Venetian palace on the Grand canal
He and the prince met daily at
Florian's and planned futures or
dreamed over the noisy past
Then my father, still young, re-
member, fell in love with the daugh-
ter of a Venetian noble. II was a
happy union. Shortly after the prince
Il. I H.,
ception of my father, the most low
able man | ever knew. Brave, kind
ly, impetuous honorable, witty and
wise; it does not seem possible that
such a father should have such
son. Though he covered it up with
all the rare tact of a man of the
world, his marital ties were not
happy like my fathers.
There came Il great day; young
prince was born, and the rough king
stood as his godfather. Later l
added my feeble protest, at the cost
of my mothers life. These domestic
histories: how far more vital to the
welfare of nations than the flaming
pages of war and politics. AS | grew
up l became my fathers constant
companion; we were always out of
doors. By and by he sent me to
America to school; for he still loved
his country and was not that fault
finding scold. the eXpatriate. And l
may as well add that your defense
of America pleased me as few things
have in these later years. l returned
from America to enter a convent of
Rome. From there l went to Milan
and studied music under the masters.
My father believed in letting youth
choose what it would. Music. What
should | have done without it in the
dark hours?
one fatal day the old prince and
my father put their heads together
and determined that this great friend
ship of theirs should be perpetuated:
the young prince should marry the
young signorina. When will parents
learn not to NEEDLE with the destinies
of their children? So they proceeded
to make the alliance an absolute GER
tainty. They drew up the strangest
of wills. Both men were in full con-
troll of their properties; there was no
entailed estate such as one finds in
England. They could do as they
pleased: and this was before Italy
had passed the law requiring that no
art treasures should be sold or trans |
ported. Fortunately for me, my
mothers property was considerable.
Ito be Continued.)