The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-12-02
CHAPTER ri.


n the way up to Rome Tillar,
and his pupil had a second
class compartment all t,
~ themselves. The train was 4;
last one. for the day Of slow travc.
mas passed in Italy. and the cry Of
speed Is heard over the land.
Ihere was chang" of cars at Rome
ana WaiJ OF two hours.
After luncheon Merrthcw secretly
bought two boxes Of cigars TO carry
along. The: were good cigars and cost
him $l' I>e covered them with some
"s'SI"ieI" ana a' ,.'1 cation succeed
Gu uS SUM ''SyInt'4"'" III SiIpplng
'heIii iI'o one o. MS cases. lfilIald
"ou'' nave 'er'uf"d h'm Oh ms eA-
,i'' "~"n'e' ana inns was a Sood way
~ "''lu IT, huI Sumo hours ialer he
""> S"'nE IT, De yer! H"r'! mat N"
nao not ., made a ronn4ant Of his guide
IS 'ne! were p"'rdIhS IN" tram they
e i".n,eu '"o Sent'''"'h getting INTO the
~"'u ,oiiil''''liiir"' "i Tue carriage
nunlPH' our irIeiu WIN the scar
iu ii,ii"iu' we 40 not seem ahle to
9haht nm.
me IL snake MN lie goes
e"ii'H' 'lie gram somehow. Merrl
n" swung l''o the compartments i
"'-.i WHY 'i'e H"h"i"roS dropped
ann
or some good reason. They are a
I pan an" Il ""I i'IeHd forward
"ileiiueu ''.tiii IT must nave beeh some
ms us 0u'H'ie tue Pa'e 81 forgiveness.
e u' Hlio''lu lINe 10 Know where old
u ann H. HISS hiHi'
oo' ueN H. SdIu MeTflheW, with
- rviVSe ;! nlP"'hF'
&c n' '1"'" H'"it'u
w monte Nari"' '"Iu' gold little
=, 'ouhu Pi'''S VI S"i". MeFrlheW run
IA 'tu hiH ""iiuS l'Ne ihiSer'
0nS. Ii"iu 10 Se' anu heaNE 10 holu'
'sL4 iiiii'Iu' suppose lh3t you
-. nav H!>'e'h aIte"uH WORKED out
-! VI course Shlh win II | suck to
+ IT.
~, UT 'he money iaStS. Bury your
= system. MY boy. IL VIII 90 you NJ
Idlf-'oH' IIuS' ~ luck only Monte car
oh per >lHe graveyard 81 systems.
'u1 niaHoe my system IS the one.
91u can e teII I'LL have tried it
Us soon the tralh began TO lift into the
-1io''ll '"iilS' Tue peautiul ApennlneS.
by Ihe ullIe 'heE arrived IN Gen"a,
i"'N AZ hiShl' DOM compared faVoTablY
WIN Tue coaierS III the harDor or M
pies
Early the next morning the adven-
turers set out for Monte CarIo-more
tunnels; compartment filed with
women and children. But the beauty
OF the Riviera was compensation.
Nentimiglia. or Fintimile. has sin
lister sound in the ears of the Traveller
II perchance he be It man fond Of his
TOBACCO. The train drew in. dozen
steps more ana one was virtually in
france But there is generally a slight
hltch before one takes the aforesaid
Steps-the French customs. A porter
popped his head into the window.
Eight minutes for examination of
luggage he cried.
Come, Dan. cried Hillard; lively if
we want good seats when we come
out. We change trains
AFTER a short SkirmiSh they located
their belongings. They would have to
be patient.
among the inspectors at NentimiGlia
IS small. wiZened Frenchman with
race as cold ana impaSsive as the sand
hioWn SPHINX. lie possesses. among
other accomplishments. nose pecul
lar less for IFS shape than for its smell
lie can smell out tobacco as witch
doctor III Iululand smells out devil
rate directed this individual toward
the Americans. Hiiiard knew him of
old, and he never forSetS face, this
wzened little man.
Monsieur has nothing to declare?'