Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-05-06
rant this visit?" Hillard asked

swered the spokesman. Your servant
attempted to kill an officer in Rome.
Luigi here, who was then interested
in the case in Rome. thought he rec
ognized Giovanni in the street today
Inquiries led us here"
'Ah" Hillard thought quickly. 81
am afraid that you have had your
trouble for nothing. Giovanni is now
a citizen of the United States, under
full protection of its laws, domestic
and foreign. 1t would not be wise for
you to touch him"
The carabinieri stared at each 9TH
er 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 arrest
him. He will be tried and sentenced.
But it is possible that he may be al
lowed 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 semi-contemptuous
fashion. The carabinieri saw the ef-
fort.
The signore speaks Italian so well
that he will understand that we have
nothing to do with the 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 ceremon-
iously
4 Eyes, understand. But repeat, my
servant is legal citizen of the United
States and there will be complications
of you arrest him.
/ mot for u.s. That rests between you
and the state. Our orders are to ar
rest him"
"At any rate, it looks as though Clio
vanni had been forewarned of your
visit And may ask, what is the name
of the officer Giovanni attempted to
kill?"
'It is not necessary that you should
know"
Hillard accepted the rebuke with be
coming grace.
"And now, signore," with the utmost
courtesy permit US to apologize for
{ this intrusion. We shall wait in the
hall and if we find Giovanni we shall
gladly notify you Of the event"
The two officers bowed and passed
out into the corridor. Hillard raised
lis hat and closed the door.
"Now what the deuce has all this
2 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
l .'Did he find his man and cut him
, up?"
4 mo It seems that these carabinier
e have remarkable memories; the ole
q affair. Poor devil can't imagine how
). they traced him here. But repeatedly
t. warned him about going abroad in thu
;, daylight. Hello, what's this?" going t.
e the table. 1t was note addressed t.
v him; and it was from the fugitive.
e My Kind Master-The carabinier
are after me. But rest easy. was no
q born to rot in dungeon. I am goinE
y north. AS for my clothes, send then
S to Giacomo, the baker, who lives OF
(: the road to El Deserta. He will under
q stand. May the Holy Mother guart
you, should we never meet again!
S Hillard passed the note to Merr!
hew.
That's too bad. I've taken a grea
fancy to him. 1t seems that the peas
n ant has no chance on this side of tn
IS water His child painted dancer i
Paris, and price on his own head
% It's hard luck And the fellow VIII
le caused all this trouble goes free"
"He always goes free, Dan. here c
elsewhere
n why we'd have him lynched
America"
or That's possible. We are such an in
10 pulsive race" ironically. Eyes, I
doubt we'd have lynched' him; an
III these foreigners would have adde
another ounce of fact to their beli'
nc that we are still barbarians;."
81 hadn't thought of that Merl
hew admitted. Till now he had nev'
;. cared particularly whether a foreig
"a ,a- er's opinion was favorable or not.
~ -, "No, but when you start for hon
III you will always think of it. Our 7
porters demand of the foreigner, bar
~. ly he has stepped ashore, what
ee thinks of the United States; and thu
es nearly every one he meets helps
form the opinion that we are lnSuHe
y,s ably underbred. Ours is not studi
uy incivility; it is worse, than that; 1t
Nc downright carelessness."
II am beginning to see things
ds ferently. When the concierge tips
So hat, tip mine. Since Giovanni
nw gone, suppose we pack up? Their
m. little to do, as the trunks are as
ha left them. But say, how is it that
nr, these carabinieri we see are SO ia
ed The Neapolitan is invariably sht
of. and thick-set?"
yer They come from the north as
ess as Domo dOssola; mountainee
by Italy has a good policy regarding
Ugh military police. The Neapolitan is 81
rri. north and the Venetian and Tusc
the south, out of reach of family ties a
and feuds. Thus, there is never any
sed between duty and friendship. I
and truth is, the Italian is less inclined
ward duty than friendship. This isl
n ." ton makes the carabinieri the ri
red hand of the army, and no other sold
in Eurone is half So prOInd Of his l