The Washington times., 1911-11-04
CHAPTER XIX continued).
rrvAM very glad you are better" sf
said, embarrassed.


said, embarrassed.
Then, as though feeling that
her presence might need some
explanation, she continued:
News came early this morning OF the
assure opening in the lower side OF
Vesuvius and pouring down lava on
Bosco Trecasc. My father went yester-
day afternoon on a business trip to
Tore del Greco and Bosco Trecase. He
had not yet returned. so came In
The brave, sweet voice faltered, then
steadied itself and continued:
II had great trouble finding anybody
who would bring me across the bay for
love or money. At last l met those
fishermcn"-nodding toward the knot OF
thousand IRE l got them to take me TO
Tore del AnnunSiata In their boat and
to help me search Tore del Greco ara
Bosco Trecase. But my father was not
his way back to Naples or to some place
in safety.
"He must" she reiterated, as though
~ the wild hope Of making herself be.
digging trenches to turn the lava stream
from Bosco Trecase whom / came
through. They warned me not to come
farther but ! came; ! was % on my ny
Gregg called to me from the side OF
"Meanin' me-" interpolated Billy. who
| could never quite get used to hearing
| the prefix Of "Mr." as applied to his
"He told me-" went on Doris, looking
at me in a timid, conciliatory fashion,
as though wondering how she had Of
p, had crossed the bay last night to see
vesuvius by moonlight and how you had
climbed the mountain to a mile or so
above Bosco Trecase, when the fissure
struck you on the head and knocked
you senseless. He says II II were not
for the stir derby hat you wore the
| blow must have crushed your skull.
tary CONFUSION and went on more
quickly:
'He himself was stunned by the con-
cussion. When he came to the lava
Trecase and passing within thirty fee,
Of where you lay. At the risk OF his
life he, carried you to the road in the
| hope that some one -
| "Now. did say thing about the risk
OF me life? Did J. now? No, says you,
7 didn't. was scared, an l makes 2
%ss fe,e ser tsi song TSad o Ssas ons
hadn't been for the booze mask that one
OF them dagoes of your'n happened to
be heeled with
Billy, ! broke in, going up to him hin
| ders of his: billy, you dfsreputable old
liar. you can cali me Pete from now
to doomsday. II you want to and never
well" drawled Billy, from where ]
sit ] don't see SO many streaks OF yeller
] In you, II 1t comes TO tnat An now
talk an let's be movin. somewheres
This eruptionin' an showers OF ashea
an all such diversions may be fine fol
DRAWN a crowd to Italy. but no more OF
onto his job. He oughter make sure
the mountain before he turned on MS
fire. I'd sue him II was YOU"
and Doris and he were speaking earn
estiy together. Billy Gregg took ad-
vantage. of the fact 70 draw me me- aside;
teucci chap has made a fierce break this
| time for fair. Mrs. Toornong said !,
was all fake about folks bein' reail.
hurt in these eruptions: and she SPOKE
teucci couldn't know, l s'pose, that yor
an me an bunch of dago felons wa.
holdin a midnight, gabfest underneath
an old shack that lay right In the patf
/ out. AS like as not. he amt even wist
| that the Brotherhood has a pow-wov
joint there at all. So what does he az
| but cut loose his bunch Of pinwheel,
| Just above II, am"
He finished the sentence with a wave
of the hand toward the roadside field
| / looked. and through the lurid haze o.
ashes I could dimly descry a mountain
Gus, smoking mass that glowed dull
| red through the mist.
That bunch of burnin' hot lava,
went on Billy, lis something more'l
fifty foot high. An it's piled up nea
an commojus on the very top Of tina
| same brotherhood shack
Instinctively I started forward in tn,
direction Of the fiery mass.
mo use!" interviewed Billy. and ther,
was a new awe even in his grotesqu,
phraseology; mo use. Pete! Then
that's inside'll stay inside till Judgmen
Day. An" he added. IT figger out tina
they're all inside-Amos Todd an al
of EN-