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

H. III 20 !he virgin went back Into
thing no other Virgin ever did
There is this virtue In a miracle that
one does not have to repeat IT. like a
clown Trick, 70 keep ones reputation
shlning. The Virgin NJ the Mountain
continued the patron % Tore del Greo
twice a year. IN May and in October. tho
painting was borrowed or the marquis
ana carried In procession through Torre
deI Greco, with a thousand wax candles
a. greet chanting OF hymns. a festival %
/ the harvest, a mighty drinking of white
Wlnc. and with the village lighted that
! night BY myriad OF lille glass pots
esch holding red candle burning In the
10 so excellent a patron. because II one
/ iookcd at The matter rightly was not
mat FIRST miracle continuously effective?
! lhere was Tore del Greo unconsumed. !.
Virgin at his back,
IL was MAY and but seven DAYS before
ne festival OF Tore del Greco. when the
old Noluptuary OF Sorrento Jared forth
SO awiltly with guest nc had not in
, Nlted, The new marquis Nps sarceiy
warm In bis bare house and the old
cold in his before the procession OF
| boats, each with it's comfortable priest
! came 10 the stone steps and bore away
The Virgin OF the Mountain TO her semi
| annual worshIpng. II was the common
blue -skied, sunny-aired day OF festival,
with every detail Of the usual ceremony.
ana, unhappily. further detail added
by the Fstes. or: moro likely. tho noun
! chose that morning to ascend Nesuvus.
! Passing through Tore del Greo. he was
met by the procession Of the Virgin. and
! his driver was ordered by the priests
! TO pull up by The roadside until the holy
ceremony WAS ended. The tourist. stand
! ing IN on his carriage seat. observed
! That tho procession was not likely to pass
within any reasonable time. and AS the
! ceremony was In no wise holy to him
fact which he stated clearly enough in
| hu
! Ike The old marquis. an eye 10 the well
! fare Of his soul, whereupon the tourist,
not caring a whit for his soul. caught
up the lines and drove Into the process
sion.
crowd Of women with their hair
! streaming down their backs were pass
| ing AT that moment. These promptly
seized the horses, cut the traces OF the
! harness, pulled the Inch pins out of the
! aNlcs, and lrundied the carriage into
/ the gutter. They then In variety OF
ways. explained to the tourist the esteem
In which they held him He. likewise.
gave his Views no less plcturesquely
! finally declaring that he would buy tho
| eonfounded Virgin as soon as he got down
| from Ncsuvius. and hang her up In a
| Carnegie library-a threat at that mo-
I mcnt lost on the un Englshed peasants
| OF Tore del Greco. but otherwise an cH
preston fated, like an oracle. 1t was not
lost, however. on The guide who sat be-
side him. but accurately rememoered and
accurately repeated In reply TO innu-
founded Virgin" "A Carnegie library"
words unintelilghle: but not unintelli-
gib!e the word "buy''-the very infant
| But the Virgin OF the Mountain To
what depths of sacrilege would not these
rich western savases descend. Buy.
breast, milk on his mouth or the holy
dish in which Joseph OF Arimathca caugh,
the blood Of the Savior!
One docs not know what hand the long
/ hstsn n,H MOI In
any rate, the following morning the
American called on tho new marquis and
asked him TO name price for his pic
ture The voung man declined The
American offered "a thousand Ira. then
ten. nnaIly twenty. The marquis still de-
clined and the American in disgust re-
turned TO Naples. The young marquis
locked up his house and went to the inn
at Sorrento for his dinner. This hostelry
| is maintained by the pleesantest thief In
| Italy over his wine tho marquis had
the incident Of tho procession related with
endless comment; so many ScstculatinS
witnesses came forward to be heard that
tho marquis was compelled 10 remain inc
night under the roof Of this plcasantest
thief When he returned al sunrise and
opened the door OF the villa with It's Iron
key he found the Virgin OF the Noun
tain vanished; the canvas mad becn Gu.
out OF the frame.
The man. overwhelmed with this tre-
mendous disaster. sat down on oenCh
in MS hall. covered his face with his
hands and abandoned himself TO despair.
forgotful of the open door and the sun
now shining through Il. He was aroused
bv a voice offering him tho salutation or
the morning and the bencdlction OF God
lie looked up TO see the padre OF Sor'
rento standing in the door. The old man
| had come carly. tramping down lne
mountain through tho wet lemon groves,
10 warn tho young marquis asains, lhat
DEVILS threat OF the American and 10
bring peace 10 his house
The Young marquis took one OF his
! hands from over his face and pointed
/ to the empty frame hanging on the wall;
! Tho padre. following his finger. Sroaued
! backed slowly on, Of the door Then.
! iiyid ouivcring his teeth rattlins like
| castancts he cursed the new MARQUIS
MaSaccra with hdeous' eNeoHatins
e''iTF Thou who hmast sold Ike Judas. not
| Christ but the Mother OF Christ
The hoy icaped up like one pFoded
no, no padre" he cried. II have not
sold IL. il Was stolen, See, II was cut
from the frame. have not sold ~.
The old man pointed a lons' SHAKING
! finger over the threshold. ..,n 49,.
Thou art a iiar. he sad az ~ nSe tHy
about his legs shook the dust from his
feet and went swiftly down the steps
! The bov instantly saw the hell storm
padre sot bacK 10 his people with the
| news The whole village OF Tore de
Greco nOUlG empty lNrNN w bi~ ''f'',
stairway he would be bound weighted
with rfl stone and dropped into ther
, Mediterranean. No dcnials would aEal
him against the onathcma OF this terri
bic old man. fired with revenge Tor an
Insult hcapcd on the Mother Of God.
lie Gn,bcred quickly what he e9nld g
| carry tied up in A cloth and fled 10 Ma.
| nIes \ steamer was just going out OF
the harbor FOR America lie vent
aboard took his place in the steeTase
! with tho emigrants and came 10 New
| York Here he repaired directly 70 nose
! In authority over the phantom klnsdom
OF Italy and laid tho entire matter before ore
old one, he was the Marquis Mszac-
era and person Of peculiar distinction
| Moreover here his story was heleyed.
| There was precedent enough. More man
Tone time hcnorcd painting OF the saints.
! treasure of the mothcr-land. had been
spirited into America after catching ihe
eve OF some fshulously rich barbarian
tourist There were men In Nsples Nho
could be got TO DO anything for
! handful of Ira, even the work OF lscs
riot PesIdcs tho boy came In The steer
age with scarcely clothes TO his back,
! n bs had sold the picture he would hare
gold twenty thousand iiru Was some