The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-14

assumed the titA of Tribune had
cleared the roads leading te Rome of
ibanditti, had established courts of law
and filled the market place with
trade
Rome looked up from her ashes
and took heart again. h mobiles
made peace with the Tribune, and
the fame OF RienZi spread TO the con
fines OF the earth, bringing TO Rome
h ambassadors of many nations.
Finally the Colonna and. the Ors nj re-
turned to the city and SWoFe allie
glance 10 the new governm emf. The
lesser mobiles followed their example.
| There was no question now the mar
rage of RienZi and Nina di Raselii.
Cola and the Bishop OF Orvietto were
joint protectors CT the "Buons- Stato":
but RienZi was in realty the whole
power, and the family Of Nina felt it
an honor to be allied to one 50 il
ilustrious. Even the Colonna began
marriage of the young Adrian and
Irene Rienzi-
Rienzi and his wife had taken up
their residence in the Palace Of the
Capitol, where the lived in truly
regal style At first the ostentaton
of the Tribune pleased the people
was he not one Of themselves who
was thus showing to The naughty
barons that a piebeian could be as
gorgeous and stately as the Co1onnas
or the Orsini? But gradually as the
novelty of the thing began to wear
lgrumbie at the state Of Rienzi
looked with envy upon his sunlptu-
business AS for the mobiles. they and
their wives attended the court of the
Tribune and, While among themselves
they may have INDUCED III many
sarcastic filings at the m~agnihcence Of
the plebe-a an. openly they were defer
entail. In act, those among them
who were not obsessed by their pride
of birth were sincerely glad tina,
Rome had been redeemed. In fact,
while Riezni was making headway
with the patrieians he lost ground
with the plebefans.
One day there came TO the palace
Of the Capitol an aged woman whose
bearing and attire was that Of one
of gentle God. Dame Ursula. she
called herself. and demanded audience
of the Tribune's wife. She had with
her a boy in his earlv .'teens'-a fair
and comely boy with q bold, frank
look and an ~undaunted carriage which
made him appear older than he was
Dame Ursula, not uraccustomed o.
yore TO the luxurious state OF Italian
and French principalities. seemed
reused into urpriSe at the hal
crowded with reuiiners in cost.
iiveries. the marble and gilded col
umns wrethed with flowers and the
; gorgeous banners wrought with the
blended arms of the Roman repub.
lie and the Papal See, which blazeC
aioft and around.
} ed throughout the whole retinue anc
an officer. attired in q suit of Grim
son and gold, led the way across {
hall to a broad staircase OF white
, marble along the center Of which
were laid those rich Oriental carpets
which ar the HaN when FI1ShaS wRr.
strewn on the floors Of English mon
archs, were ommon accessories K
: the luxury of Italian palaces. "Philil
, Of Ealois is not housed like this man.
{ nnuttered Ursula as she passed from
one splendid room to another unit
at length she was in the presenc.
Of the L-ady Mira. The apartne en-
Of the wife of the Tribune was ons
a that mocks description. 1t seems &c
= TO be a cabinet of all the gems OF The
world. 1t was not SO much the COS
:. nor the luxury that made the char
acter of the chamber; it was a Ger
tain and almost sublirnt
+ phantasy, SO that it seemed rather ths
+ tabled retreat of an q
whose word the geniI ransacked tn.
earth and fairies arrange the pro
: adtce than the grosser splendor q
$ an earthly queen.
And Nina seemed the natural sriri
of the place, SO wonderfully did he
\ beauty, etated now as 1t was with con
! tented love. gratifed vanity, exuitan
! ihope and achieved ambition. Sh,
seemed forth the brightest vision tina
ever foated before the eyes Of TaSss
when he wrought into one in1morta
shape the glory of the enchantress ant
: 1.-THE allurements of the woman
.1ady,'' said Ursula, my bus nes-
] here is brief. By a series Of events
with the recital of which / will no
:; weary Sou. this boy fell to my charge
: have reared him as became a youth
q Eof gentle blood. For on both side
is he noble, though al orphan. moth
: lerIess and siTelesS Oppressed b,
wears. I desire to make my peace witt
beaye1. Like the rest of Rome, thi
bov has already learned ENTHUSIASM
+ for the Tribune and devotion to tn
ITr;b,ne's bride Will you You admi