Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1913-01-10
Ole
MiIler'S Ghost
A Story Of GaribaIdi and the
One Thousand
By F. A. mitchell

century was accomplished by the unit
ed efforts of three different leaders
who, strange to say, were not at all II
accord, and in the case of two Of then
there was great ~antagonism. These
three men were Victor Emmanuel
king Of Sardinia; Count Cavour, his
prime minister, and General Garibaldi
The king acted as a rallying head for
the italian people, Cavour's splendid
diplomacy prevented the interference
Of foreign powers, and Garibaldi struck
the blow.
When Garibaldi, at the head Of 1000
volunteers, landed on the Sicillan shore
to support the revolution I'm that island
and advanced eastward he fought a
battle in which he was victorious, and
the supporters of his enemy, the king
OF Naples, commonly called Bomba, re-
treated to Palermo, where the kings
main army was located, protected by
a feet CT war vessels in the harbor.
During this fight, when Garibaldi
was advancing. an Italian soldier, Giu-
seppe Guardet, was captured by Bonn
ba's troops. This Guardet was as much
Of a genius in a small strategic way
as was his general in leading armies.
Guardet was sent forward with other
prisoners in the direction Of Palermo
that they might not be retaken by
their advancing comrades. But In any
event soldiers In retreat do not make
the best of guards, and Guardet, who
had been wounded, pretending that
be could not keep up with his captors,
Jagged behind and when he saw that
he was unobserved by those hurrying
on ahead Of him sank down behind
some bushes.
If the prisoner had been In the rear
Instead Of In advance OF the retreat
ing army he would have needed only
to wait for Garlbaldi to come up. Is
1t was, he must conceal himself I'LL
the main body and rear guard Of the
royal troops had passed on. AS soon
as he ceased to hear the confused
sounds Of the guard ahead Of him he
sprang up, Notwithstanding his wound.
which. was not in a vital part, and ran
as fast as his legs could carry him into
a WOO beside the road on which he
had been marching. Sicily is a noun
famous country, and he was on a slope
at the foot of mountains, a stream run
ming through 1t down to the plains be-
low. Following this stream he came
to a water mill.
Guardet found the mill deserted ex-
cept for a donkey hitched to a post, on
whose back were several bags of -four
evidently intended for delivery. In.
side grain and dour were in bags aud
in heaps.
The fugitive, seeing that he Ha
found a good hiding place, threw him
self down on the bags of -four to rest
and, being exhausted, fell asleep. He
was soon awakened by voices and,
starting, ran up a pair of stairs to the
upper part of the mill. where he found
a large heap OF -four. The voices came
nearer till he could hear them directly
below. Guardet Durrowed into the
hour, leaving only a breathing space
for his nose at the back part Of the
pile, where It would not likely be
The corners were cbatter3ng
below, and the hider soon learned that
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been missed almost as soon as he had
iropped behind, and these men had
been sent back for him. Noticing that
the mill was a good hiding place, they
searched it. When they came up the
Guardet withdrew even his nose
under the flour and held his breath.
They did not think Of looking for a
nan In Enah n nlga anl n.n-I-A -
satisfaction Of hearing them go
away.
AS soon as he was free to come out
rom his hiding place he did so, white
rs the -four that had shielded him.
ioing into a little room where the
miller kept his accounts, he found a
fragment of looking glass fastened TO
he wall and by 1t saw that his face
vas Ike that of a corpse. Wiping
he -four from his forehead with his
land, which was covered with blood
rom his wound, he left a smudge Of
Hood ~coagulated with -four. Then the
dea Of playing the part OF a ghost, II
necessary to effect his escape, occurred
o him, and he dabbed himself here
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ak he found beside the miller's ac-
cunt books blackened the sockets of
lis eyes.
Surveying his image in the mirror,
g lost ali fear Of capture, for, know
well the superstition Of Italians, he
sure he could easily put to flight a
vhole army of them.
The sun was now low behind the
fountains, and Guardet concluded to
ally forth with a view to working his
ray backward to rejoln his comrades.
Ieaving the mill. be saw the donkey
Ill patiently standing tied to the post,
nd 1t occurred to him that there was
o need for him to walk when be could
, we'll ride, To helghten the ghostly
feet he emptied the bags Of -four over
Is steed, with the exception OF one
ag, which he left in its place for a
lddle. Then, mounting, he guided the
beast down to the road.
he hesitnted. n he rode to-
ard Gadbaldi's army and failed ,