Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-08-18
knight Grant
By EDNA LYALx

with shilling | shall think OF tax
ing it to myself soon"
Carlo had landed at Nap.es late on
the previous evening, and now, after
! the midday breakfast with the Ritter
household and long talk with his
old friend. was making his way back
to the falazzo Forti in the cool OF the
afternoon. He was in the best 81
spirits and had just been giving En-
rico the account of all that had passed
during the last few weeks.
You still set up for being an egoist
[ see," he replied, with laugh.
well. every man must have bis
! ,seory OF the universe" said Enrieo
with a mischievous side glance at his
friend. "Ah by the bye. you should
shake your fist at that house over
there on the right; 1t belongs to the
Little Sisters of the Poor, and ate up
all your money"
Il should have been glad enough Of
some of it in America" ,Said Carlo,
with smile. However, no doubt
our poor NeapoIitans wanted 1t quite
as badly. Oh. wait! how fast you
walkl Let us stop and see the view
from this terrace just for half a min
ute-dear old Capdi again, how natu-
raj it looks! You would laugh If you
knew how home-sick have been over
in the New World"
Il must make a note of that, said
Enrico. "In my future knight-errantry
iii take good care to keep in italy"
And 80, with laughter and friendly
teasing. they walked through the busy
streets until they came in sigat of the
dingy old palazzo, at the door Of which
hostler was holding a beautiful
cream-colored horse.
Come in and see Anita" said
Carlo; she viii have had her siesta
by this time"
And Enrico. though he detested
Madame Merllno, consented to go in
TO please his friend, and made him
self vely amiable to her while Carlo
opened a telegram which had arrived
for him during his absence.
The message was sent from Pozzuoli
by Captain Britton, and was to this
effect:
We hope you will dine with us TO-,
hight | have ordered a horse to be
sent round for you. Do not fail US
'Nita, should you mind If I went toI
Casa Bella?" ne asked. "The captain
seems to want me over there, for aeI
has even taken tue trouble to send a
horse for me. | will be back. Of
course, tonight"
If that was the horse we saw Tait-
ing outside you will get thel Ia no
time" said Enrico; 1T beats Jour old
Arab
But this Carlo would not allow, and
amid much lively discussion as 70 his
old favorlte, he nodded a farewell to
Nita and GiGi, and ran downstairs,
his Heart beating fast at the prospect
of seeing Francesca again so SOON
Aus wiederseha!" said Engtso, asI
he watched his friend ride away. And
the bright look and gesture in re-
Spouse kept recurring to him as he-i
walked back to his office
What in the world Is that fellow
made OFF" he said to himself He is,
forever upsetting ALI my oaleulationsI
and disturbing my pet theories, He
even seems to have reused up that
heartless, insipid Anita; for the ffEstI
time actually saw a kind of likeness,
between them. One coIld at least tell
that they We're brother and sisssiy
To be once again onl the familiari
road to PoEzuoli made Carlos, heart
glow within HIM Every tree. every
house. seemed like an oli friend: his
eyes noted each slight change wrought
during the three years, of absence
while his mind recalled the past with
little but a tender remembrance, Of
the bygone happiness. AS he drew
near to the grotto of Poaiiipo he in
stinetively slackened His pace a lit-l
tie glaneing up with, eyes full OF glad
recognition at the lovely hillside, |
with It's tangled growth OF birch sndiI
pine and cactus. clustering about the
pace which is supposed to be- thei
tomb of Virgil.
1t was at that moment aitat clSse1
carriage drove quickly past himt bel
would have taken no particular notice
OF it had he not. with his keen aSldll
practiced observation, noslad even !nI
the brief moment of passing the re-
markedly. fine eyes of one of the o@cu.
pants. Where had tha seen them he
fore? Both the eyes and the search
ing glance seemed familiar 10 him aud.
racking his memory, be at leasahI
brought back mental picture o6 al
water.sellers stat. ana of yoang
man of strong and silewy frame, who
had arrested his attention last might
by a certain picturesqueness OF atti-
tude Us he stood watching the crowd,
glass in hand: for an instant they had
looked full at each other and tho pserc-
ing glance OF the stranger had lin
gered in his memory, ana ne had
thought to himself as he passed on
that even in Italy one did not often
encounter such splendid eyes
Entering the lofty archway OF the
grotto, he passed on into the dark tla.
mel. which seemed to him more than
ever like the long nave OF some vast
.,thadral thp HohfS claiming mt in