Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1910-01-21

and the hundred PINK suu ~uitc
lagos. the Jade and amethyst Of the
islands. the ruined temples, the grim
giant ash heap OF vesuvius.
See that village ON the cliffs to
ward the souths" asked Hillard.
That's sorrento. where | was born.
Sh, Look at Giovanni
Merrihew Hooked at the old Roman,
Tears were running down his checks.
and his gaze streVe Il pierre the dis
lance u the fareff Sabine hills, Italy,
HIlard leaned ever and touched him
on the arm. AID he started
TAKE care, Giovanni
pardon. ] am weak this day, hut
tomorrow shall b. strong. Seven
years, Have Yen not loused for Il
yonrSelf2 has REL yeHr heart gone out
mans thifes a=ress the seas 10 those
cliesF" pointing n sorrento
MANY times. Giovanni But remen-
Der and control Yourself. Presently
the earaEueri viii come on hoard
Yen viii see that al eur luggage goes
promptly ~ the Bristol once we are
through tie customs"
Trust me. Slgnor''
They landed NJ the custom house Mt
. TN the afternoon and passed without
any difficulty.
Hillarl ohtaiaed rooms pleasantly
situated looking out upon the spar
king hay. Giovanni began at once TO
unpaek the trunks. happy enough 10
have something to occupy him TIL aft
er dark. when he determined te ven
ture forth. The dreaded earahinieri
had paid him not the slightest atten.
ton. So far he was "a safe as though
he were In New York.
II was yet so early In the day that
the two Young men sailed forth In
quest Of light adventure Resides.
Merrihew was very eager to find some
Roman and Florence newspapers. The
American Comic Opera company was
somewhere north They found sta.
toned outside the hotel rosy checked
eabbv who answered 10 the name of
fomasse. er Temass. as the Neanaii.
tans generally dron the finals. lie
'arried bright red lap robe and han.
ket. spoke n little English and was
He was rather disappointed however.
when Hillard hargainea with him in
his own tongue. Tamass shook his
fingers under ifliard's nose. and Till
lard returned the compliment. Finally
Tomass compromised on Ira so cen
tesimi GO cents per hour. with 80
eentlsiml DO eentsl as pourhoire
NJ
they went. as If thousand devils
were after them.
by George rasned Merrihew.
elutehine his seat. .'the fool will break
our neeks"'
Tomass grinned and cracked his
whip. He did not understand the
word slowly In his own tongue or in
any other. at least not till he reached
the shops A dozen times on the Via
Roma Merrihew yelled that they
would lose wheel. Hut Tomass
knew the game,
Merrihew had never seen such
shops. Coral. coral wherever the eye
reamed~where did they get 1t all.
and TO whom did they sell IL? Neck
laces, tiaras. rings. brooches, carved and
uncarved-were there women enough
In the world To buy these tbnesi
III | had IA wife, he began
"Welly"
I'D feel devilish sorry for her hus-
band at this moment"
but isn't the color greatf" said I'LL
lard. 1t was good to be In Naples
again.
Il never saw so many kids" Merrl-
hew finally observed. $50 many dirty
ones" he added. "Hered would have
had his work cut out for him here.
Now where can we get some newspa-
pers? ] must know where she Is
AT the bookshop In the piazza they
found the Rome and Florence papers.
Hillard went through them thorough
ly, but nowhere did he see anything
relative to the doings of the Americ
80 RI. -. In
..But there must be some'
the Florence paper. They
playing there yet"
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