The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-24

nuni,y 10 the Marquis Mazaccra. as o
IN M hssvch born. amenable to no law
MWn3 MWn3 WIZ he not sent promptly 10 the
cIfctric chair. and after 10 dinner audi.
sncee! TO know this H. is necessary II
know hrs, chapter OF Italian history.
AZ; when one Is dropping his copper
lrlpute INTO the dish OF the collector a,
sorrento. he will look 10 his left hand
along the Bag OF Naples ne Will oh
serN" villa built OF ancient Sicilisn mar.
bic clinging like a bit of 'ung-up sea
roam 10 q itte Dronoutory Of the shore
having for background lemon grove
the thick branches supported by a lath
lreIhs, Hike that commonly built FOR
H,nrs. Below Is the sea with its ever
VIDE stone stairway ending I'm the wa
Ter In tho month NJ MAY. and again In
nc month OF October this fragment OF
ond TO thar first fragment by the Eu-
pirates.
When the singing marquis came Into
ms inheritance there remained only this
villa the half acre of lemon grove and
the steps To the sea out of what was
once the finest estate in Sserno. Even
the treasures Of tho villa had, for tho
most part. gone elsewhere I'm exchange
for Ira. that the dissolu,c father of the
marquis might maintain IN the last dav
MS midnight court OF rovels for thc bal
let or the Neapoltan opera. coming M
singing bits OF dissolute songs as though
escaped by some enchantmcnt from the
halls of Mor9ana tho Fav under the sea
Inc old naT,nnis, could not give up his
stairway. host TO these abandoned daugh-
ters Of Thcsnis. Hc gave up. rather Tho
orange groves. the olive presses. the
nymphs Of Della Robbia rather than
these live nymDhs. One night crowned
with a wreath of wiltcd roses, brought
by the first arrivals from their dancing
floor, the old marquis, running forward
10 welcome Lauretts Matteo-the white
devil of Napies-stunbled, and was him
self welcomed by tho master Of all devils
The Young marquis. arriving swiftly
from military school az Milan. found
himself 10 have inherited n corpse. and
littlo else. Every item of his Inheritance
had gone down the stone stairway, eX-
cept this patch Of garden, this house this
dead body Of tho marquis and an ancient
painting Of tho Virgin hanging In It's
heavy frame in the hall. This painting
the old marquis had not dared 10 sell.
having a care for the welfare OF his body
into the bargain. I, was painted from
some round faced Tuscan model of mid
die age and was wholly without beauty
except It's coloring. which was wonder
WAS tho most adored Virgin I'm the south
OF Europe. with a miracle 10 Its credit
beyond thnt OF any Virgin Of the cathe
drals-not a mere strengthening Of legs or
healing Of afflicted infants, but the saw
ing Of thc whole village OF Torrc del
Greco, IT'S meadows, its crops It's Villas,
It's churches. It's gardens. we'll. also.
as It's cripples and It's babies.
The manner Of II was that on q cer-
tain good Tuesday with scarce a rumble
Of warning. Vesuvius began TO pour forth
ashes. sulphurous fumes and lava The
alarmed but pious people OF Tore del
Greco began at once TO carry In process
sion every holy relic TO be found in any
OF the churches but without effect. The
sulphurous cloud remained, the ashes
continued to fall tho black vlscous
streams Of lava drew always little near
or. scarifyinG the meadows like he'll -vom-
II. When the list OF these holy objects
bad been exhausted. certain padre OF
Sorrento ememhcrcd tho Virgin OF the
Marquis Mazaccrs. and went instantly
In a boat To borrow II. II was carried
through tho streets OF Tore del Greco
behind lighted candles. That night the
eruption or Vcsuvius ceased. and the
marquss Virgin WAS ON the Instant ia
nous She was called now the Virgin Of
the Mountain. There was an immediate
clamor for the painting to he set UP In a
cathedral, but the old marquis met this
with II choice selection OF Neapoiitan
oaths She was his Virgin, for all this
nnc stopping Of the lava.
There might have been a stiletto In
tho marquis then. but for the suave
padrc who had firs, thouGht so luckily