The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-17

day conceal the very interesting relics
lost with Nero o's barge
"1t is marVelouS,' whispered the
count Apparently his faith had been
| won, for his next remark took a new
shape;
''What boon TO history it would be
il those relics could be recovered, Mr..
/ Cortice. -
'.Wcn, why not!" oueried Barton.
easily.
''The lake is deep, and who knows
whore 10 search!' objected Mario.
Z" Proof! Merely question of ex-
pcnsc.' returned Cortce ~ can
guide YOU 10 the exact spot. Why.
signor, the barge lies within few
] hundred yards Of YOUR own gardens,
What would you do-dredge the
hottom?''
''That might do as last resort. but
there Is a better way-get an expert
diver from your government dock
yard
"oh. you Americans. exclaimed
Count Mario And would you really
tho savior of such priceless relics
would give ten of my remaining years
of life
''You We only to say the word, > said
! Cortice and telegraph for a diver with
the necessary equipment this very
night. Cad ] wish we could use n
diving bell I'd 90 down in her my
self. -
Aud so We had stumbled upon an,
other surprising adventure, Before
sleeping that night dispatches aud let
tors were sent to the commaudant NJ
Clvita Nccchia requesting that deep
water diver be instructed to report al
the Villa Nalentan without delay Next
dav we took up our route for Count
t., -. ,I,-,s 'nrtt St.
ishiDg and amusing Us on the way by
his reminiscent comments ancnt the
road and the scenery.
For myself, | saw only one little lion
in the WIZ.
Does not The Italian government
jealously guard all antiquarian inycs.
LEGATIONS and finds of this nature?N
inquired of Mario,
HEccolH hc exclaimed with snap
of his fingers g 'Tis true. and rightly,
but nv position and tho fact that the
estate of Falcntan, bordering on the
| lake. is mine. makes tho necessary per-
mission mere formalitY, But | shall
have 10 account for whatever IS re.
covered
While we were waiting for tho diver
and his gear to arrive, we made use
of the interval 80 embark on the lake.
i'm order that CortIcc might locate the
spot where Nero's barge went down
! The villa didn't interest hint-most
of it, he remarked carclcssly, had
boen bniIt since his day, and anyway
the camp OF the guard Of legionaries
had been some distance away, The
! exact spot he pointed out. II was now
Dan olive orchard, but Count Rocco
vowed he would have il plowcd over
IN search pf relics. military weapons
| and equipment,
Taking II boat, he rowed out snmn
distance from the shore Cur,ice looking
i>astcru and around to get his bearings.
/ We had brought with us at his sugges-
! ton "a big stone, twenty fathoms or
so of stout line, and an empty wino.
kcg, the use of which was shortly TO
! appear.
'You must bear in mind lie said.
/ to us. while scanning the surround
ing5. ''ihat the floating garden was
NOT anchored, hut was towed hithcr
and yon by slaves in eailcys, Consc-
/ quen,ly, we have To allow fairly
| wide radius. but | believe | can strike
I The spot within a hundred yards.
| Now. Hold the boat here. So''
| While he spoke he had knottcd one
end of the Euc TO the stonc-therc
was no anchor ut hapd-and slowly
paid 1t out over the side. The line
ran through MS fingers for fifty or
sixty feet, then stopped. Now the
| keg,' he commanded. around which
we whipped several tdrns Of rope and
cast it adrift.
/ ''Yhere,' said the Young seer, "that