OUT WITH GARI BALDI

A S T OR Y OF

THE L I BE R A T I O N OF I TA LY

G . A HE N T Y
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Au th or of The L i on of St S
M ark " N o urre n d er " " “
S t G eorg e for E n gland
Un d e r W e llm gton s C o m m an d & c
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WI TH E I GH T I LL US TR A TI ON S B Y W . R A I NE Y, R 1 .

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BL A CK I E S ON m n, 5 0 OL D A
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G LAS G OW A N D DUBL N

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 P R E FAC E

The invasion of the Kingdom of the Two Si ili by Gari c es

baldi with a force of but a thousand irreg lar troops is oneu

of the most romantic episodes ever recorded in milit ry a

h istory. In many respec ts it rivals the conquest of M exico

by Corte z The latter won not by the greater bravery of
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his troops but by their immense superiority in weapons

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and defensive armour U pon the contrary Garibaldi s force

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were ill armed and practically withou t artillery and were

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oppo ed by an army of a hundred and twen ty thousand

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men carrying the best weapons of the time and posses ing ,
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numerous and powerful artillery In bo th cases the i

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vad ers were supported by a portion of the population who

had been reduced to a state of servitude and who joined ,

them against their oppressors There is another point of

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resemblance between these remarkable expeditions inas ,

much as the leaders i both were treated with the grosses t

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ingratitude by the monarchs for whom they had gained such

large acquisitions of territory For the leading inciden ts i
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the campaign I have relied chie fl y upon Garibaldi s Auto ’

biography and the personal narrative of the campaign by

Captain Forbes R N , .

G A H ENTY . .

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A W T NGAI I T HE ATT C K
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A D E S PER TE A DE F EN CE

T R O U LE S
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A S U DD EN S UMMON S

ON T HE W AY

T HE V I LL S P N O L
A I A

T H E EX PE D T O N S L S
I I AI

PA LER O M

H D AR GHT NG
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W TH B
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A H R D O U S PE D T O N
AZ A EX I I

AN A U SC D EMB A

AC R OSS T HE ST R T S AI

A DIS CO ER V Y

T HE AD C E V AN GG O F R OM RE I

NA PLE S
T HE B TT LE O F T HE
A O L T U RN O V

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F R NK ENG GE D N T O U GH F GHT W T H T HE O FF C ER
A A I A I I I

W H O HEL D T HE FL G A 1 ”
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H IS SS L N T FELL C K N D D S PPE RE D
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THE H NGE S O F T HE DOO R WERE RO KEN O FF
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IN HER E C TE EN T S HE FELL O N HER KNEE S
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MAP S H OW NG PO S T O N O F T HE OPP OS NG FO R CE S
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C HA PTE R I .

AWA I TI N G THE A A TT CK .

N April 2 9 th 184 9 two men were seated in a room

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who e open w indows com m nded a Vie w down the

s a

Tiber A ound f confused proar ro e from the city

. s O u s .

I am afraid L eonard the elder f the two men said

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that the cri i i at hand The new that the French
s s s . s

are landing to —day at Ci i t Vecchi a is omi no s indeed

V a u .

It is true that O d i t has sent a mes age saying that

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no s

the fl ag he has hoisted is that of peace and order The .

people will not believe that he comes as an enemy ; b t u ,

for my part I have no doubt of it

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Nor have I the other replied

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It was bad enough .
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that we had Austria against us S ardinia powerle s and ,

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all the princelings of Italy hostil e ; but that France ,

having proclaimed herself a republic hould w interfere ,

S no

to crush us and to p t the Pope back upon his throne

u

i nothing short of monstrous

s I feared that it would be .

so but M azzini had so much faith in hi influence wi th

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members of the French Assembly that he has buoyed

up the hopes of the populace and even now the people ,

generally believe that the French come friends as .

12 OU T W ITH G A R I B A L D I .

It is doubtle s the influence of their w pre ident s ne s ,

Napoleon that h turned the scale ag in t

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the other as a s us,
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s id gloomily
a I do not pp se that he care about
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su o s

the Pope one y or the other b t it i his intere t to w a ,

u s s

po e h i champion By doing he will gain the good

s as s . so

opinion of Austria f Naples and the ducal ruler of ,

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the It li n tate E ven Pr ia prote tant as she i

a a s s . us s ,
s s,

wo ld view with sati faction the s ppression of a r i ing

u s u s

like ours for her throne well nigh tottered in la t year

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explo ion R us ia too which perhap m ore than any

s . s , , s

other power h rea on to fear a pop l r ri ing would feel

as s u a s ,

gr tef l to Napoleon for undertaking to cr h free thought

a u us

in R om e It i evident th t the Fre ch Pre ident move is

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a politic one D y think that we h ll fight Leonard

. o ou S a ,

I fancy so I have no belief in M azzini co r ge

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s u a ,

pre ident tho gh he m y be Garibaldi i the pop lar

s u a . s u

hero and I know him well enough to be s re that if he

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has but a handful f men to back him he wil l fight til l O

the end \V had the dds . heavily ag in t

e when O as a s us

we ere m d i arm at R i with but the S i d

w co ra es u
n- s o, us e an

a merchantman with three or fo r g n again t the whole u u s s

Braz ili an navy or when with the Italian volunteers two, , ,

h nd ed trong we sever l ti m e withstood the a sault f

u r s ,
a s s O

five time our number Y will s we shall fight ; but . ou see

there can be no q estion what the end must be W u . e

m y rep l e O d i t attack ; but France could send any

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a u s u no s

a m o nt of reinforcements to hi m while we have no friend

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to go to It is well that your w i fe M riel and the boy

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were ent 3 a month since to Leghorn where if we

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escape from W hat must happen here we can join them ,

an d take hip for E ngland s .

I am sorry that you should be involved in thi ffai s a r,

L eona d
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I am sorry the other said In the fir t place

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after bei g here more than ten years I have co m e to hate

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the tyranny and oppression I don t say f the Pope him elf ,
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but f his underli ngs as m ch as you do In the second

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place I would fight by the ide of Garibaldi in almo t

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any q arrel I do not agree with him in his love for

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republic but he has infected me with his hatred of

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tyrants and his burning patriotism He is a gl i m . or o u s an

and after having been h i co m rade I may almost say his s ,

brother in adventures hard hips and battles for two

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years it would be strange indeed if I hesitated to join

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him in h i crusad e to rid Italy f her tyrants I am a

s O .

soldier and I own to a fondness for fighting when convinced

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that the cau e is a just one I know your pinions on s . O

the s bject ; but I s ppose y do not propose to fight

u u ou

your elf ? s

I do indeed Leonard I do t say that I should be

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a match for a tro g and active man in a bo t wi th s n u

sword tho gh of co rse I learned the use of the r pier

s, u u a

when a tudent but at fifty I can at least use a musket

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as well as younger man and if R ome fights I fight with

a .
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her Ah here comes Garibaldi "

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The door pened and a man entered whose appear O , ,

ance even had he not been dres ed in a red sh i rt blue

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trousers of rough cloth and a soft broad brim m ed wide , ,

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awake would have been remarked wherever he went

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Of middle height he was exceptionally wide acros the ,

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sho lders and deep in the che t ; he wore h i hair and

u s s

beard long — both were of a golden yellow giving a ,

remarkably leonine look to his face ; his eye were s

bl e d the general expre ion f his face when not

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an ss O ,

angered plea ant and good tempered altho gh m rked

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w as s -
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al o b y re ol tion and firmne

s A t that time h i name
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4 OUT WI TH G A R I B ALD I .

was comparatively little known in E urope although the ,

extraordinary bravery and enterprise that he had shown

at R i and M onte Video had marked him as a leader
o

Of guerilla warfare po sessing many characteristics that ,

s

recalled the exploit of Lord Cochrane It was only when s .

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after his servi ces had been declined by C rlo Alberto K ing a ,

Of S ardinia he was wi th a f w hundred followers mak i ng

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his way to aid in the defence of Ve i ce again t the Austrians n s ,

that on hearing that R ome had risen he hurried to aid

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the movement and on his arrival there was greeted w ith

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enthusiasm by th populace who had been in formed by e ,

M azzini of his exploits .

You have heard the news ? he said he ent red as e .

Yes ; we were just talking it over Leonard Percival ,

said and concl de I s pp se you do that the Fre ch

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as u o ,
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come as enemies .
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There can be no doubt abo t it my friend Gari baldi u , ,

said . If they had said that they came as enemies I

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might have doubted them ; but after the evasive an wer s

their general gave to the dep tation M azzini sent them u

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this morning I have no question whatever that they will

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attack us to morrow -
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And you will fight ?
Of co r e W shall beat them I think ; in the end
u s . e ,

R ome must fall but our resistance wil l not have been in
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vai n The stand we hall make against tyr nny will touch
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every heart thro ghout Italy It wil l how that ground u . S ,

do w n as the people have been for centurie the ld fire s, O

of the R omans is not extinct This will be but the .

beginni ng W hen it is seen that the de pot cannot

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mai tain their authority save by the aid of foreign

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powers there will be revolt after revolt until Italy is free

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There were some grand lines you once told me as we sat

 AWA ITIN G T HE A TT AC K . 15

round a camp fire Percival that exactly express my , ,

thoughts .
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I know what you mean the E nglishman said They

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were Byron ’
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d m b ttl c b g
F or fre e o
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s a e on e e un,

B q th d b y b l di g i r t’
e ue a ee n s e o s on ,

Th gh b ffl d ft i v ”
ou a e o , s e er w on .

They are splendid and true Garibaldi said th i ,

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en us

asti lly ca S shall it be with us This i

. o fir t . s ou r s

battle —w cannot hope to win it ; but our g ns w ill tell

e u

Italy and E rope that w have awoke at last that after

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being slaves so long that we had come to be looked upon

as a people content to be ruled by despots we are still ,

men and that havi g once begun the fight for freedom
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we will maintain it until freedom is won .

And now what are your plans for to morrow ?

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As soon as the French are seen approaching the city

the church bells will ring and th alarm be beaten in the e

streets The word has been passed ro nd that ll are to

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assemble instantly The troops that have been organised

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will fi st pour out ; th rest wil l follow with such arms

r e

as they have W shall simply rush upo the French

. e n .

In such a fight there is no need for man euvring ; and it o

is well that it i so for there the French would be our

s ,

superiors W shall simply attack and drive them back

. e .

W m y take it for granted that being boastful creatures

e a
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and believing th at they have but to show themselves and

we shall l y down our arms and implore their m ercy they
a ,

wil l be wholl y taken by surprise and di concerted by our s

o nslaught Can you re ommend anything better my c ,

friend ?
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N W ith such a force as yours newly raised and
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wholly nu ed to di cipline it is probable that at the fir t

u s s , s

engagement and with the advantage of surpri e they

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will as y say drive back the French ; but you will

, ou ,

h ve to adopt different tactics afterw rd s to stand on the

a a :

defen ive d prevent their en tering the ci ty long as

s an as

po sible and to defend every street and lane as the S pani rd

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a s

did at S ar go a They may take the city t last b t

a ss . a ,
u

at terrible a co t of blood that we m y be ure that

so s a s

when you rise again the French people will not allow
another expedition to be undertaken for a ca e in which us

they have no concern and which would entail such heavy ,

s acrifice s .
”

W ill y h ve a eparate command Perc val ? You

ou a s ,
i

have but to choo e one and it i your s ,

s s .

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I will fight b y your side the E glishman aid ,
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briefly I know that I shall get my full share of the

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work then .

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And you profe sor ? ,
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I shall go out with the re t The students have s .

elected me th eir captain and I sh ll of co rse lead them ,

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It is a simple matter I see the ene my i front and I . n ,

go at them E ven I a man of peace ll my life under

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s tand that I hall have with me at lea t a dozen of my

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colle gues and if I am hot they can direct our boy

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well I can as .
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Good " Garibaldi said If I thought that you co ld
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keep the tudents in h nd and then d ash into the thick of

s a ,

it if you our men wavering anywhere I should y do

se e , sa

so ; but I know th t it would be impo ible They will long a ss .

to be in the front rank and to t an example to other se s

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and I h ll feel confident that W herever they may be

s a
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there wi ll b no faltering Yo r chief diffic lty will be

e . u u

i
n re traini ng their ardo r \V ell my friends I have
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( M 6 76 )
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many thing to arrange mu t be going You will find

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SO s .

me i my q arter at nine o clock this evening Percival

n u s
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Th e fliO and the heads f the various quarter of the

c e rs O s

town are to meet me there at that hour to arran ge ,

where the assembling pl ce are to be when the alarm -

a s

i given and the street through which they m st move

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s u

when we see at which point the French are going to

att ck
a us .
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I will co m e do n w ith him the professor said w I , .
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will end word to my colleagues where to meet me an hour

s

later th t I can inform them of the arrangements

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so a .
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A d w ith a nod G ribaldi who had been unanimou ly

n a , s

elected gener l of the R om n forces strolled aw y

a a ,
a .

Leonard Percival h d been a c pt in i the Briti h a a a n s

ar my b t having become tired f garri on life d ring

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u O s u

the long peace h d old out in 1837 and ailed for,

a s , s

S outh America where there were alway opportunitie

, s s

for a man of action to di tingui h him elf He took part s s s .

in th tr ggle of R i Grande for ep r tion from Br zil

e s u o s a a a .

Here he fir t made the acquaintance of Garibaldi and

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shared with him in the many peri lous adventures and

desperate fight f that war Beco m ing di gu ted with
s O . s s

the f ctions and intrig es that were rampant at R i

a u o,

he left the ervice of the little rep blic and returned to

s u

E ngland .

He was the second son of a wealthy E ngli h gentleman s ,

who had viewed with much di approval h i leaving the s s

army and undert ki g the life f a oldier of fort ne a n O s u

when there no occa ion for his doing w as he h d s s o, as a

an allowance ampl y su fficient for him to live pon H i u . s

father w not m ch rpri ed when after st ying for

as u su s
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a a.

month at home Leon rd told him th t having a ta t for

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a a ,
s e

art he had made p h i mind to dopt it a profes ion

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( M 6 75 ) B
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and should go out to R ome to study Thi s seemed t . o

him better th n wandering about the world fighting in

a

q rrels in which he had no concern and he had no valid

ua ,

reply to his when the latter said s on ,

You father you cannot xpect me to pend my life

see , ,
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in absolute lazine I m t be doing someth ing The ss . us .

li fe of a club lounger i the last I hould choo e I have s s s .

no li king for a country life— if I had I would go out

to Au tralia or Canada and settle ; but I k ow that in
s n

a few months I hould be ho m e gain for I could not s a ,

stand a life of olit de If you can sugge t anything s u . s

better I hall be ready as far as possible to be guided

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by yo r wi hes u s .
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You may as well have yo r own way Leon rd I

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suppose it will come to that in the end and therefore ,

y oum y well do it first as last and at any rate a few

a as ,

months in R ome w il l be a change for you and I hall ,

s

not be expecting by every po t a co m m unication saying s

that y have been killed

ou .
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S Captain Perciv l went to R ome witho t y idea

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of tayi ng there more than a year H i plans however

s . s , ,

were changed when he met and fell in love with M uriel ,

the onl y chil d of Profes or Forli a man of lmo t E uropean s ,

a s

rep tation for hi learni ng and attainment H i wooing

u s s . s

h d been an uneventf l one

a His inco m e was amply u .

su ffi cien t in the professor eyes to keep his daughter in

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comfort and moreover the ma ter nder whom Leonard

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was st dyi g gave an excellent acco nt of hi ability and

u n u s

i dustry and in 184 2 the marri ge took place Previous

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t this L eonard had bt ined h i father s consent to his

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intended marriage although not h i pproval ,

s a .

“
I consider that it is one more piece of folly he ,

w rote There was no reason in the world why you

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 A WAITI N G T HE A TT A C K . 19

should not have settled at home and made a good marriage .

I had specially hoped that this wo ld have been the case u ,

as Tom still remains a bachelor However there are .

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some redeeming points in the matter I have thro gh a .

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u

friend who is a member of the Athen eum learned that

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Professor Forli s name is well known and that he is ’

con idered one of the most learned men in Italy In the

s .

n ext place the youn g lady s mother is as you have told

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me an E nglishwoman f good family and her daughter is

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therefore o l y half an Italian From your description of

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her allowing for the us al exaggeration in such cases she

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takes after her mother and might p anywhere as of ,

ass

unmixed E ngli h blood so I m y hope that I hall not have

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a s

black haired swarthy little grandchildren running about

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I hall add a couple f hundred a year to yo r allowance

s O u ,

as I lw y intended to do when you married

a a s .
”

A year later Captain Percival brought his wife home

to E ngland and stayed there for some time ; and here
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a

s on was born who w h i t d Frank after hi grand

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father W hatever bjec tions the latter might at fir t

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have felt to h i son s m rriage they were altogether s

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re m oved by th i visit neither in appearance nor in peech

s S

did his wife betr y her foreign origin for her mo ther h d
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always conver ed with her in E nglish and she spoke it

s ,

witho t the slightest accent S h was w twenty w

u . e no ,
as

stri kingly hand ome and very gracef l in her movements

s ,
u .

He would gladly have kept her and his son with him but
w hen they had co ented to her marri ge her parents ns a ,

had barg ined t h at she hould at any rate spend a la ge

a s , ,
r

portion of her ti m e with them as they had no other ,

children M oreover her husband was now devoted to art

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and altho gh he h d only be n working for two years

u a e ,

h i pictures were already beginning to attract ttention

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Mr Percival was therefore obliged to content himself

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with the promi e that they wo ld come over every year s u

for at least fo r months The arrangement however was u .

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no t carried t for a few months after their ret rn to

ou , ,
u

It ly M Perciv l died s dde ly H i death made no

a ,
r . a u n . s

di ff erence pec niarily to his son he h d ettled upon

u ,
as a s

him a sum fficient to prod ce an income equ l to that

su u a

which he had before been allowed His elder brother .

c me out ye r later and stayed for a few weeks with

a a a ,

him .

“
You m st end thi little chap over to E ngland to
u s s

be ed cated Leon rd he had aid if y will per i t

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ou s s

in ticki g in thi rot ten old city I don t uppo e I h ll

s n s .
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ever marry ; and if not of co r e some day he wi ll come ,

u s

in for the property .

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B t w h y on earth houldn t you marry Tom ? You

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know what a trouble it was to father that you did our

not do — i t w a real griev nce to h im

so as a .
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W ell I should re ll y have been glad to oblige him ;

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b t omehow or other I never saw any girl whom I

u s

e rne tly de i ed to make my wife or as I ppose you

a s s r , ,
su

wo ld c ll it fell in love with I very m ch prefer knock

u a , . u

ing about in my y cht or tr velling to ettling dow a ,

a ,
s n .

Of cour e I alwa y pent a month or two twice a year

s s s , ,

at my father d was in town three months in the

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sea on — that i to y when I did not get ick of it

s s sa ,
s .

Then I ei ther went up the M editerranean or to the W est

I die or knocked bout round E ngland for three or four
n s, a

m onth and fini hed the year with a run up the Nile
s, s ,

or t to I di
ou Chin Now I feel even le s inclined
n a
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or a . s

to marry than I d id before for if I did it would imply , ,

s

mean eight mon th in the year down in the country and s ,

four in London Of course if I ever do f ll i l ove—a d .

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 A WA ITI N G T HE A TT AC K . 21

at forty it i hardly likely shall m ar y ; I don t bind

s —
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myself in y w y to remai single An yho I am glad

an a n . w ,

that y are married and that when I go there will

ou , , ,

be another Frank Percival who we m t hope will be ,

us

of a more settled di spo ition than either of to reign s us,

in the ld placeO .
”

S thing had gone on quietly ntil i

O s 184 8 the revo u ,
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l ti
u on in P ris follo ed b y an pheav l all ov r
a w as w u a e

E urope The a cent of Piu I X to the papal chair was

. s s .

hailed by the liberal party in Ital y the commencement as

of a era He
new accredited and not nj tly with
. w as ,
u us ,

liberal vie w and it w believed th t he wo ld i t d

s, as a u n ro uce

reforms into the P pal S tate d act a centre

a s, an as

round which p triots could rally U nfort nately the

a . u ,

party of reform in Italy divided i to two cl s ; w as n as e s

of one of the the M r q ui d A gli se the leading a s

’
ze o w as

spirit ; he was a moderate reformer and looked to a union ,

Of I taly under a constit tional monarch Carlo Alberto u .

,

the Ki ng of S ardinia seemed to him the only m who ,

an

could a ume th t po i tion and for year d A gli had

ss a s ,
s
’
ze O

worked quietly to this end .

A more violent spi it however wo king with r w as r as

much zeal and energy in another direction M azzini . w as

an extreme republic n of the narrowe t kind ; h was a s e

in co m munication wi th men of the s m e type in F ance a r ,

and had formed secret ocietie all over I t l y He and s s a .

tho e with him were anxio to obtai th countenance

s us n e

and pre tige which a Pope of advanc d l ib eral opinion

s e s

wo ld give to their party and Pius I X

u received , . w as

wi t h enth iastic c lamation by th rep blican p rty

us a c s e u a

O f R ome B t liberally inclined as he

. u ,
he hrank w as , s

from com m itting him elf wholly to the reformers He s .

w asa eak man ; and lthough his vanity

w gra tified a w as
22 O UT W ITH G A RI B A LD I .

by h i reception and altho gh he had incerely desired

s ,
u S

to introduce broad reforms he he itated when called pon ,

s u

to carry those reform into action The K ing of S ardinia s .

had been pu hed forward by the M azzini n until he

s a s,

compromi ed himself and made advance to the Pope

s ,
s ,

when in 184 7 A tri violated the Papal territories at Fer

us a

rara B t the Pope hesitated H i army

. u lre dy near . s w as a a

the frontier ; b t he decl red that he had no intention

u a

of m aki g war and de ired onl y to protect h i territory

n ,
s s .

The news of the movement had reached M onte Video ;

and Garibal d i believing that the Pope would ta d forth
,
s n

as the champion for the freedom f I t ly wrote off ering O a , ,

h i service
s d tho e of his followers th
s an greater part s ,
e

of whom were Italians who had been exiled for their

political pinion No an wer was received from h i m ;
O s . s

an d G rib ldi took the matter into his own hand

a a and s,

with eighty fi Italians sailed for E urope O arriving

-
ve . n

at Alicante he le rned that a revol tion h d broken t a u a ou

i
n P ri that C rlo Alb rto had given h i people a
a s, a e s

constit tion that Lo mba dy and Ve ice had ri en that

u ,
r n s ,

the M il nese had driven the A tri n t of the ci ty

a us a s ou ,

that there were in r ec t ion in Vienna and Berlin that su r s ,

T c ny and R om e were sen d ing tho nd of vol nteer

us a usa s u s

to fight in the nation l c u e and th t even Ferdinand a a s ,

a

of Naple h d promi ed his p ople a consti t tion Gari

s a s e u .

b ldi w
a navoid bly detained for so m e time at Nice h i
as u a ,
s

native town and before he w ble to move a ch ange had

,
as a

set in .

The Lo m bard and Veneti ns had both q rrelled m ong

s a ua a

themselve M azzini p rty were tr ggling again t those

s .
’
s a s u s

who would have m de C rlo Alber to K ing of Italy a a .

The Pied monte e after brilli nt cce es at fir t were

s ,
a su ss s ,

obliged to retreat The R m an vol nteer had been forced . o u s

 A WA IT N G I THE ATT AC K . 23

to c pitulate Garibaldi went to see the king and o ff er

a .
,

to act with his vol nteers in his ervice ; but his applica
u s

tion was slighted and th i thre him into the hand of

,
s w s

the revolutionary party It w a grievous mistake on . as

the part of the king ; but the latter co ld not forget th t u a

Garibaldi had been a rebel again t him nor could Garibaldi s ,

forget that it was the king who had sentenced him to

dea th and had ent him into exi le He therefore h rried
s . u

to M ila where he w received with enth ias m The

n, as us .

king moved to the aid of M ilan against which the ,

Au trians were advancing ; but in that city the party of

s

M azzini predominant and they refu ed to open the

w as ,
s

gates to him ; and earl y in A g st the king came to u u

terms with the Au trian and M ilan surrendered s s, .

For a time Garibaldi follo w ing alone maintained th ’

s e

war Carryi g on a g erilla w rfare b with fifteen

. n u a ,
e,

hundred m w surro nded b y five tho and Austrians

en , as u us ,

but be e ffected a marvello retreat and retired into us ,

S itzerland
w He e he was taken ill and w forced to
. r
,
as

re t for some months He then went to Genoa The

s . .

extraordinary kill and bravery which h h d shown d ring

s e a u

the campaign induced the K ing of Sardinia to off er him

the rank of general in h i ar m y that being th grade th t
a

s ,
e a

he had held in M onte Video B t Garibaldi r fu ed . u e s ,

and wi th two hundred and fifty vol nteer started for u s

V e ice hich w besieged by the Au trian O hearing

n ,
w as s s . n ,

however of the ri i g in R ome and the flight of the Pope

,
s n

—who had w b n d oned h i liberal profession and

no a a s s,

had thrown himself into the hands of A tria— G ribaldi us a

changed h i co r e and h i rank being wolle as he

s u s ,
s s s n

marched along he arrived at H m at the head of fifteen

,
o e

hundred men Here he met his comrade in the struggle

.

at R i d M onte Video
o an .
24 OUT W ITH G A R I B A L D I .

u ing h i i year re idence in R ome Capt in Percival

D r s s x s
’
s a

h d imbi b ed th t hatred f the Au trians and detestation

a a O s

of the de poti m under which the Italian S tate gro ned

s s s s a ,

that was felt by all with whom he came in contact h i ,

s

f ther i law Profe sor Forli being one of the leader

a -
h -
,
s ,
s

of the liber l party in R ome His wi fe too w an

a .
, ,
as

enthusia t in the ca e and altho gh he felt no ymp thy

s us u s a

whatever with M azzini and the revol tionary p rty he u a ,

w as ,even before the arrival of Garibaldi resolved to take ,

up arm sho ld R ome be attacked The pre ence of

s u . s

G ribaldi till f rther con firmed this resol tion ; but

a s u u as

so on he heard that a F ench expedi tion h d t il

as r a se sa ,

he had insi ted th t h i wife and child hould leave the

s a s s

city for b b y no mean hared the general belief th t

,
e s s a

the French we e co ming as allies Her mother a com r . e

p i d her to L eghorn for the profe or was as a xio s

an e ,
ss n u

as Percival that hi wife and daughter should be in a s

place of afety s .

They were mo t reluctan t to go and only yielded when s ,

,

S ignor Forli and C ptai Percival declared that their a n

presence in R om e wo ld ha m per their move m ent and u s

render it impo ible for the m to make their e cape if ss s

the city ho ld be taken which both fo e w would be

S u ,
r sa

the ca e They pro m i ed that w hen they found all w

s . s as

lo t they wo ld le ve the city and join them at L eghorn

s u a .

M adame Forli w to t ke her maiden na me ag in ; and as a a

as t E ngli h l die st ying at an hotel at Leghorn

wo s a s a

they would b s fe from annoyance even i f a French

e a

or Austrian army marched through the to n The w .

profe sor poke E ngli h w ell and once out of the city
s s s
,

h e and Leon rd wo ld be able to pass as t E ngli h

a u wo s

to rist travelling from Naple to Florence

u s s .

Had the Pope so ght ref ge in C pua or M alta events u u a

,
 A WA ITI N G T HE A TT A C K . 25

might have taken a very di fferent turn ; b t he threw u

hi m elf into the h nd of the K i g of Naples and went

s a s n ,

the length of prono ncing him to be a model monarch u ,

a pattern to the re t of E rope and this at a time s u ,

when the di clos res that had been made re pecting the
s u s

horrible dungeons into which all Neapolitan s spected of s u

entertaining liberal views were thro w n were filling E rope ,

u

with horror .

Th i change of front extingui hed t hope of tho e

s s he s s

who h d imagined th t the Pope would beco m e the centre

a a

of liberal tho ght in I t l y rendered the people of the

u a ,

papal dominion de pera te and va tly increa ed the party

s s ,
s s

of M azzini and th extre m e republic n O Febru ry 9 th

e a s . n a

a constituent as embl y held in R ome and the re public

s w as ,

was proclai m ed Garib ldi w appointed to defend the

. a as

frontier Volunteer poured in from all part of Italy

. s s ,

and as the K ing of Sardini had g in t ken up arm a a a a s,

a force moving for w ard to pport him when the

w as su ,

news ca m e of h i defeat t N ovara followed b y hi bdica

s a ,
s a

tion and the ucce ion of Victor E m man el to the throne

s ss u .

Au t i a Naple and S pain were now eager to crush the

s r ,
s,

revolution in R ome ; b t the re ol tion of the R om s u s u an

was unshaken and they still hoped to b able to m intain

,
e a

themselves with as they expected the aid of France

, , .

The terrible blow that had been inflicted on finding that

the French were coming as enemie in te d of friend s, s a as s,

did not hake their deter m ination altho gh it

S now ,
u w as

with a courage of despair r the than of hope that they a r

prepared for the con flict R ome mu t fall ; but at least . s

it woul d prove it elf worthy of i t b st tr dition and

s s e a s,

set an example that ould not be lo t upon the people w s s

of Italy Anything they felt would be better th n the

.
, ,
a

reign of a pope i close alliance with the tyrant of Naples

n
26 OUT W ITH G A RI B A LD I .

and the evening after the French landi g saw R ome n

tranquil and grimly determi ned D o btle many of tho e . u ss s

who were re olved to fight till th last were b

s d p e u o ve u

wi th the h p that in any ca e they would be able to m ake

O e s

their e cape when the action was over R ome covered a

s .

great extent of gro nd and the French army was not of u ,

sufficient strength to form a cordon round it .

Captain Percival had a fortnight before ent hi fini hed , ,

s s s

and unfini hed canva e and all his mo t val able b

s s s s u e

longing down to Civita Vecchi and had hipped them

s a, s

for E ngl nd He kne w the reckle d tr ction carried

a . ss es u

ou t by an army af t r a succe f l as ult d that pos ibly

e ss u sa ,
an s ,

if it c m to street to str et fighting a con ider ble

a e e ,
s a

portio of the city might be b nt The profe or h d

n ur . ss a

si m ilarly ent way his very valuable collection of coins

s a ,

books and m nu cript

,
At nine o clock they went
a s s .
’

down to the m an ion th t Garibaldi occupied A long

s a .

di cu ion took place and ro t were decided pon for

s ss ,
u es u

th vario contingents to follo when th larm w

e us w e a as

given New had been bro ght in from time to time

. s u

d ring the d y to the move m ent of the French and

u a as s ,

the poin t at which they wo ld probably a sault was u s

therefore now kno n It would be either at the Porta

w .

Cavalleggieri or at the Porta S Pancrazio an .

Captain Percival and the profe or returned to the ss

form er house where the profes or had taken up h i

’
s , s s

re idence ince h i wife had gone to Leghorn and t

s s s ,
sa

t lking until a late ho r They were rou ed early the

a u . s

next morning by the ri g ing of the great bell of the n s

cathed ral hich ere joined al m o t immediately by tho e

,
w w s s

of all the other ch rches in the city C ptain Percivalu . a

had l in down fully dres ed and pringing to h i feet

a s ,
s s ,

he buckled on a sword pl ced a brace of pistol in h i ,

a s s
 AWA ITIN G T HE A TT AC K . 27

belt and then ran down to the Porta S Pancra zio

,
an ,

where as he knew Garibaldi would take p his post

, ,
U .

The g neral indeed had not slept at all but fearful

e , , , ,

that th French might attempt an assault under cover f

e o

darkne s kept watch round th western wall along which

s ,
e ,

he had posted the men he could mo t depend upon E ven s .

before the E ngli hman joined Garibaldi the roar of th s e

gu s on the wall told that the F ench were already

n r

advancing .

It is like ld ti m es comrade Garibaldi aid with a

“
O , ,
s ,

s tro g grip of h i hand only it i on a larger cale

n s ,
“
s s

than we were accu tomed to i S o th America O d i t s n u . u no

i begi ning with a blunder for he i making for the

s n ,
-
s

Porta Cavalleggieri hich i fl nked by the walls of the ,

w s a

Vatican He is over fid t d I do not i m agine that

.
-
con en ,
an

he expect an yth i ng like a serio re i tance I think

s us s s . we

s hall certainl y beat him back there and that then he ,

will attack here W il l y go to the other gate ? All

us . ou

my old co m rade k ow y and indeed all the volunteer s n ou , , ,

s,

as you h ave a si ted to drill the m s s .

”

O d i t indeed had believed that the force of regular

u no , ,

troop he had with him would ea il y bru h a ide the

s s s s

r sis tance of a half m ed m b

e -
ar o .

Captain Percival h r ied aw y The volunteer were u r a . s

already g thered on the Wall a d in every street the s, an

townspeople were hurrying t armed with weapons of all ou ,

ki d O the O f and at the window f the ho se women

n s . n r O s s O u s

were cl tered thickl y waving their handkerchief and

us ,
s

sc rves d sho ting word of enco rage m ent and ppla se

a ,
an u s u a u

to the men To the ro r of c nnon w . w added the a a as no

rattle of musketry W hen he reached the g te he found . a

a he vy col mn of vol nteers drawn p there while h

a u u u ,
e

hind them was den e crowd of excited citizen Fro m a s s .

28 OUT W ITH G AR I BA L D I .

the wall he w the French advancing ; the leading sa

regiment was b t a f w h nd ed yard away They were

u e u r s .

moving teadily forward apparentl y h eedles of the cannon

s ,
s

that th ndered u their flank and face The musketry

On .

they co ld afford to de pi e for they were beyond the

u s s ,

dista ce at hich y cc rate hooting was possible ;

n w an a u s

and indeed the firing

,
of the wilde t de cription as
,
w as s s ,

comparatively few of the men had ever h andled a g un

u ntil a few week previou ly Capt in Perciv l went p s s . a a u

to the officer who was in co mm and and w ith whom he ,

w as well acquainted Altho gh the m ssive wall still . u a s

stood the gate had long ince di ppeared th ir places

,
s s sa ,
e

b i g occ pied simply b y barriers where the duty on

e n u
,

provisions and goods co mi ng into the city w collected as .

The men are clamouring to be let out he said

“
,
”
.

W ha t do y think Captain Percival ?

ou ,
”

I ho ld let them go oon They

s u f ll of dash and s . a re u

enth sia m at pre ent and would fight f better on the

u s s ,
ar

Off ensive than they wo ld if they kept tationary u a re s .

I should keep them in hand till the French w ithi a re n

seventy or eighty yards of the g te By that ti me they a .

will be a swering the fire from the wall

n d even s, an

tho e in the front line who e m sk et are till loaded

s s, s u s s ,

will only have ti m e f one hot b fore men are upon or s e o ur

the m I hould pl ce three

. s fo r hundred of you a or u r

steadie t men on the w ll here so that if the ortie i

s a ,
s s

repul ed they can cover the retreat by their fire

s ,
.
”

“
I think that i good advice the other said s\Vill ,
”
.

y ou co m e down with me and tell them th t they sh ll ,

a a

go b t that they mu t not move till I give the orde

,
u s r,

and that no man i to fi until he i within ten yard s s re s

of the enemy line ’

s .
”

It was di fii lt to make their voices heard above the crack

cu
 A WA ITI N G T HE A TTAC K . 29

of mu ketry and the shouts of the excited crowd however

s ,

their words were passed from man to man d so back ,

an

among the people behind N w that they knew that . o

they were to have their y and that the critical move wa ,

ment was at hand th houting abated and a stern , e s ,

look of determination settled on their f ce Leonard a s .

Percival joined a group of officers who were at the head

of the vol nteers and the o fficer in command resumed
u ,

hi place on the w ll
s it was all i m portant that if the
a ,
as -
,

sortie were rep l ed h hould le d his men down and

u s ,
e s a

Oppose the entrance of the enem y ntil the retiring force u

had rallied .

It w not long before a roll of m k try broke out

as us e ,

showing that the a sailants were now returning the fire s

Of the Garibaldi ns on the wall It gr w louder and

a . e

louder ; and then when the head of the French column

,

was ome eighty yard away the officer on the wall gave
s s ,

the ord er d the volunteers followed by the citizens

,
an

poured out with a mighty hout The Fre ch halted for S . n

a moment in surprise not having dreamt that the de ,

fenders f the town would venture upon sallyi g t

o n ou

to attack the m Then there was a scattered fi of

. re

musketry ; b t m t of the barrels were already empty

u os ,

and few of the balls took effect W ithout replying .

,

the volunteers rushed forward pening out they ,

O as

ran to something like order \Vhen within ten yards .

f the French bayonets every man delivered his fire

‘

o ,

and then hurled hi m elf pon th broken r nks The s u e a .

str ggle w a short one The weight d imp t o ity

u as . an e u s

of the attack s ppor ted it was by a urging crowd

,
u as s

of excited citizen irresistible and the regiment broke

s , w as ,

and fled h tily to the shelter of the troops following

as

it leavi g the ground strewn with de d and wounded

,
n a .
30 OUT WI TH G AR I B ALD I .

Then the bugles at the gate rang out the order to the
ex lting crowd to reti re The officers threw themselve
u . s

in front of the men and with great difficulty checked

,

the pursuit and ca d them to w ithdraw to their

,
u se

origi al position beh ind the wall

n .
 C H APTE R II .

A DES E A E DE E E
P R T F NC .

FT E Ra short halt the French having formed , re - ,

changed their cour e and m rched along parallel s a

to the forti fications C ptain Percival h d on ret rn . a a ,

u

i g from the sortie joi ed the o fficer on the wall and

n ,
n ,

watched alternately the move ments of the French and the

scene in the city This was one of wi ld excitement .

the men cheering and shouting sh king each other by ,

a

the h nd placing th i h t on their b yonet and

a ,
e r ~
a s a s,

waving them in an w er to the wild appl e of the s au s

wo m en on the hou etop S ome however were not content

s s .
, ,

at being called back in te d of bei g allowed to complet,

s a n e

what they con idered their parti l Victory ; forgetting that

s a

they w o ld have been met i a very di fferent manner

u n

b y the troop in upport who would have been prepared

s s ,

for the attack and wo ld have re erved their fire until u s

the la t m oment A soon it bec me evident that the

s . s as a

French intended to m ke their next move against the g te a a

of S Pancrazio the greater portion of the volunteers

an ,

marched in that direction C ptain Percival accompanyi g ,

a n

the m .

“
You have done well so far Garib ldi aid as he a s ,

joined them Now it will be

. t rn and we shall
“
ou r u ,

have tougher work than y h d for they will be prepared ou a ,

.

I ppo e your los was not heavy

su s s
32 OUT W ITH G A R I B A LD I .

Very trifling indeed there were but three dead brought

in and there were ome ten or twelve wounded
,
s .
”

It was ju t the ort of action to raise the pirits of the

s s S

men d they are all in the humo r for figh ting I shall
,
an u .

therefore lead them out here B t we cannot h p to . u O e

succeed with a ru h as y did— they will be prep red for

s ou a

us thi time ; th best men wo ld be k illed before we

s e u

reached them and the mass behind but few f whom

, , o

have guns would be impl y massacred

,
s .

The volunteers who had undergone a ro gh sort of ,

u

drill were assembled before the French had concl ded

,
u

their preparations for an as ault Garibaldi appointed s .

Captain Percival to take charge of th gate having with e ,

him two hu dred of the volun teer behind whom were the
n s,

armed citizen Th se clamoured to go out as before ; but

s . e

Garibaldi rai ed h i h nd for silence and then told them

s s a ,

that he would not lead them to a eles ma sacre again t us s s s

an ar m y of well armed oldiers -

s .

Your duty he aid i to re m ain here If we have

“
,
s ,
“
s .

to fall back you will pen to let us pa W hall be ready

,
O ss . e s

to do our hare when nece ary ; but the defence of the

s ss

gate will be for a while entr ted to you If the enemy us .

force an entr nce f ll upon them you would upon wi ld

a ,
a as

bea t ; their di cipline and their arms would be of no

s s s

gre t adv t ge in a h nd to hand fight E ach man mu t

a an a a - -
. s

fight as he wo l d were he protecting hi family from a

u s

band f wolve —hatchet and pike m st meet m sket d

o s u u an

bayonet tho e who have knives must dive among the

,
s

throng and them fearle ly It i a great charge that

use ss . s

we ntru t to you we go out to figh t you wi ll guard the

e s

city d all you hold dear

an .
”

A loud cheer howed that he had struck the right chord

s ,

and the mob drew back as he led out ome five thousand s
 A DES P ERA T E DE F E N C E . 33

vol nteer The e advanced to within mu ket shot of the

u s . s s -

enemy and th en cattering took shelter behind houses

,
s ,

an d cottages walls and ruin The French canno opened

,
s . n

fire as th movement w going on These were an wered

e as . s

by the g ns on the wall

u d as the French advanced a s, an

murderous fire w pened by their hidden foes The as O .

battle r ged for sever l hour S ometime the French

a a s . s

advanced clo e p to the po ition he d by the G ribaldians

s u s
l
a ,

but as soon as they did so they were expos d al o to the ,

e s

fire from the men on the walls ; and in pite f C ptai S o a n

Percival s efforts gro ps of men made their y down

’

,
u wa

the road and joined the firing line lying d own until ,

the moment ho ld come when they could spring like wild

s u

cats pon the French

u .

Once or twice when the a ailant pre ed b ack the ,

ss s ss

Garibaldians in spite of their e ffort they found them el e s, s v s

pres ntly oppo ed by a crowd that seemed to leap f o m

e s r

the groun d and who wi th wild shout ru hed pon them

, ,
s, s u

so f rio sly that they recoiled al most panic tr ck before

u u -
s u

so naccustomed an enemy M were pulled down and

u . en ,

as Garibaldi h d gi en strict orders that F ench oldier

a v no r s

should be killed except when fighting the e were carried ,

s

back triu mphantly into th city At last General O di t e . u no ,

seeing that his troops were m aking no progre and ss ,

that even if they could force tl i y into the city they

,
e r w a ,

would su ffer ter ibly i street figh ti g with uch as ail nt

r n -
n s s a s,

gave the order for hi men to retire This they did s .

s ullenly while a roar f tri mphant ho ting ro e from

, O u s u s

the volunteer the men on the wall and the crowd that
s, s,

covered every house and v ntage ground fro m which a -

,
a

view of wh t p ing out ide co ld be btained

a w as as s s u O .

The Itali n lo w onl y about a h ndred men killed

a ss as u

and wounded wh ere the French lo t three hundred

,
as s

( M 6 75 ) C
34 OU T W ITH G AR I BAL D I .

kill ed and wounded and five hund ed prisoners S r . O un

prepared was the French general for such a resistance ,

th t he had to undergo the h umiliation f sending in to

a O

Garibaldi to ask h i m to upply him with surgeons to dress

s

the wou ds of the French soldiers D ring the fighting

n . u

the French arti llery had done far more inj ry to works of u

art in R ome than they had inflicted pon the defenders u ,

as the artillery played principally upon the do m e of

S t Peter s and the Vatican both of w hi ch buildings were
’
.
,

much damaged .

The joy caused in R ome by this ictory prodigious v w as .

Fires blazed th t ight on ll the hill every house was

a n a s,

illuminated the people thronged the streets shouting and

, ,

cheering They had indeed m ch to be proud of five

.
, ,
u :

thousand almo t ndrilled volunteers had defeated seven

s u

tho a d of the best troops of France

us n .

The French retired at once to Palo on the road to ,

Civita Vecchia Garibaldi gave hi troops a few ho r rest

. s u s
’
,

and the moved out to attack the French and took up

n ,

a most advantageous position H i troops were flushed . s

with V ictory while the French were cowed and d ispiri ted ;
,

and he w on the point of attacking w hen G eneral O di t

as ,
u no

sent a me enger to treat for an armistice and as a

ss ,
.

proof of h i incerity ffered to give up U g B si a

s s O o as ,

prie t who had remained by the ide of a wo nded

s s u

man when the G ribaldians had for a moment reti red

a .

Garibaldi would peremptorily have refu ed the request s ,

for he was confi d ent that he should defeat and capture

the whole of the French M azzini however with h i two .
, ,
s

a sociates in the tri mvirate still cl ng to the hope that

s u ,
u

the French would aid them and determined to accept ,

the armi stice feari ng that were the whole French army
,

destroyed the national feeling would be so embittered

,
UP AN D D OW N T HE R OO M LK
I E A C AG M) L N
IO
 A DES P ER A T E DE F E N C E 35

that there would no longer be any hope whatever of n a

al liance Garibaldi prote ted declari g that the armi tice

. s ,
n s

would but enable the French re inforcements to arrive .

M azzini however persisted in the deci ion and actually

, ,
s ,
re

leased the five h ndred prisoner in exchange for the priest

u s .

The folly of this violent democrat sealed the fate of

R o me Had Garibaldi been permitted to carry out his
.

plans the French army would have been destroyed or

,

made prisoners to a man and the enth siasm that such ,

u

a glorious Victory wo ld have excited throughout all Italy u

would have arou ed the whole pop lation to burst their

s u

bonds Furious at thi act of folly Gari b aldi and h i

.

. s , s

troops —entered R om He was greeted with enthusiasm

re e .

b y the people b t di liking ch ovations he slippe d away

,
u s su ,

with Captain Perciv l to the l tter s hou e Profes or a a

’
s . s

Forli had t ken no part in the fighting o t ide the w lls

a u s a ,

b t stationing him elf with the troop that m nned them

u s s a ,

had kept up a Vigoro s fire whenever the enemy were u

within gunshot After the repulse of the econd attack

. s

he h d returned home
a .

The stupidity of these people is incredible Garibaldi , ,

who h d scarcely poken a word since he had turned

a s

back toward R ome burst out waving a ide th chair

s , ,
s e

that the profes or ff ered hi m d w lking p and down

s O ,
an a u

the room like a c ged lion W held the French in

a .
“
e

the palms of our hand and they have allowed them to s,

escape A fortnight and we shall have three time the i r

.
,
s

nu m b r to f ce and you know what the re ult wil l be

e a , s .

I regard the cause as lo t thrown away by M azzini — s ,

a

man who has never taken p rt in a battle who kept a ,

him elf shut up in the capital when the fighting was

s

going on a man of the tongue and not f action I t is

, O .

too disgusting I am a republican ; but if a republi c

.
36 OUT W ITH G A R I B A L D I .

is to be in the hands of men like these they will drive ,

m eto become a monarchist again Carlo Alberto was .

w eak but he was t least a man ; he staked his th rone

,
a

for the ca e and when it lo t retired M a z zini stakes

us ,
w as s ,
.

n othing for he has a safe conduct ; if he lo es he will set

,
-
s ,

to to intrigue again careless who may fall or what m y , a

come to Italy if h i own wild ideas cannot prevail ; he

,
s

desires a republic b t it i a republic that he h imself ,

u s

shall manipulate W ell if it mu t be it must I am no .

,
s , .

state man b t imply a fighting man I h ll fight till

s
,
u S . s a

the la t ; d the failure m t re t upon th head of him

s an us s e

who has bro ght it abo t u u .

”

It i a bad b ine
“
sCaptain Percival said quietly us ss,
”
.

I thoro ghly agree with y G ribaldi in all you say ;

u ou , a ,

b t u you know of ld I am not much given to words

as o , .

I began thi thi g and hall go through with it I think

s n ,
S .
,

as you do the ca e i lost ; but every blo we strike ill

,
us s w w

find an echo in Italy and h rvest will grow from the ,

a a

seed s ome d y A to M azzini d hi two comp nion

s a . S an s a s,

I am not urpri ed W hen you stir p muddy water

s s . u ,

the cum will t fir t ri e to the top S it was in the

s a s s . O

first throes of the French R evol tion so it i here ; the u ,

s

mob orators the chemer come to power and there they

,
s s, ,

rem in until overthrown by men of he rt and ctio

a a a n.

After R obe pierre d M arat came N poleon a gre t man

s an a ,
a

w ho m I cknowl d ge I dmire heartily enemy t h o gh he

a e a ,
u

w of E ngl nd ; after M azzini Italy m y fi d h great

as a a n er

men I know y do t like Cavour ; I admire him

. ou no

immen ely He i obliged to be pr d ent and cautious

s . s u

now but when the time come h will be regarded as th s e e

champion of free Italy ; and from what I have he rd of a

hi m the yo ,
g K ing Victor E mmanuel will be a so ereign
un v

worthy of him .
”
 A DES P ERA T E DE F E N C E . 37

I hope it may prove so Garibaldi said shortly ; at ,

“

present the prospect does not eem to me a fair one s .

And you professor ? ,

”

I hall carry t my plan and when R ome falls as

“
s ou s , ,

fall it doubtle will I shall if I e cape join my wife at

ss , ,
s ,

Leghorn and go and establish myself in E ngl nd

,
I have a .

friend and correspondent there and I have my son i l w

s s ,
-
n- a ,

who has pro mi ed me a home Here I could not stay— I s .

am a marked man ; and the d y that the Pope enter a s

in tri mph I should be con igned to a dungeon under

u s

S t Angelo
. .

There hould be no diffic lty in e caping Garibaldi

S u s ,
”

said W ith fifteen mile of wall it would need fifty

.
“
s

thou and men to surround them and the French will want
s

all their trength at the point where they att ck us

s a .
”

It w evident that some time m t elap e before there

as us s

w ould be any change in the ituation at R ome M azzini s .

was ending de patche to L d R ollin d the French

s s s e ru an

A embly imploring the m to abstain fro m interference

ss ,

th t wo ld lead to the de tr ction of the R oman R epublic

a u s u

and until the e could be acted upon or on the other hand

s , , ,

fresh troops arrived from France matters would be at a ,

standstill In the meantime d nger threatened from

.
,
a

another quarter ; for th K ing of Naple preparing e s w as

to move with ten thou and men to rein tate th Pope s s e .

This force with twenty piec s of cannon h d advanced

,
e ,
a

as far Albano Three da y fte the battle Gari b ldi

as . s a r ,
a

told Captain Percival that he about to tart th t w as s a

evening with fo r tho s nd men to me t the Ne politan u u a e a

army and a ked him to accompany him

,
s .

The troop will not be w rned till an ho r before we

“
s a u

set out It is import nt th t no whi per h ll reach the

. a a s s a

enemy to our intention or trength

as s s .
”
38 OUT w i T H G A R I B A LD I .

I shall be glad to go with y the E ngli shman said o u, .

After the way your men fought against the French I ,

have no doubt that they i ll make short work of the w

Neapolitans however great the odd against them Bomba

,
s .

i h ted by hi own s bjects ; and it is hardl y lik ely that

s a s u

they will fight with any zeal in his cause They are very .

different foes from the French .

Accordi ngly at eight o clock on the evening f M y 4 th

,
’
O a ,

C ptain Percival mounted and joined Garibaldi and his

a

staff and they rode to Tivoli halting amo g the ruin of

, ,
n s

Adrian s Villa ’
.

The next morning scouts were sent ff towards Albano O ,

and ret rned in the evening with the news that the
u

Neapolitan were still there and showed no igns of any

s ,
s

intention to advance the news of the defeat of the French ,

having no doubt greatly q enched K ing Ferdi nand s

, ,
u
’

ardour .

O the 8th the Garibaldians moved to Palestrina and

n ,

the general de p tched a body of men to d rive back the

s a

scattered parties of Neapolitans who were r iding the a

country Thi was done w ith little loss the Neapolitans

. s ,

in all cases retiring hastily whe appro ched G ribaldi n a . a

had information th t evening that orders had been given a

for the main body of the enem y to ad ance and attack him v

on the follo w ing day The inform tion proved correct ; . a

and before noon the Neapolitan force s en approach w as e

i g seven tho and strong

n ,
G ibaldi had no cannon
us . ar

with him having set t in the lighte t m rching order

,
ou s a .

He distrib ted a portion of h i force

u kirmishers s as s ,

keeping the re t in hand for th d ecisive mo m ent The

s e .

Neapolitan artillery pened fire and the main body O ,

advanced in good order ; b t soon as heavy fire w u as a as

O pened by the sk irmishers much confusion was observed ,

 A D ES P ER AT E DE F E N C E . 39

in their ranks T other parties were at once sent out ;

. wo

and these taking every advantage of co er soon joined in

,
v ,

the fray ope ing a galling fire upon each flank

,
n .

S everal ti m es the Neapolitans attempted to advance ,

u rged on by their o fficers ; but the ki rmishing line in S

their front trength ned from the re erves w henever

w as s e s

they did so until the whole f the Garibaldians w ith the

,
O ,

exception of a thousand of the stea di est troops were ,

engaged and an inces ant fire was maintained again t

,
s s

the heavy ranks of the ene m y whose artil lery produced ,

but little effect again t their almost unseen foes For s .

three hours the conflict continued ; then as the Gari ,

b ldi
a an reserve advanced the confusion among the enem y ,

reached a point at w hi ch it could no longer be con

trolled and Ferdinand s army fled li ke a flock of sheep
,
’
.

G aribaldi and his taff h d expo ed themselves recklessl y s a s

during the fight riding about among their troop ,

s, en

c ou ragi g them and warning them not to be carried away

n ,

by their impetuo ity into making an attack until the s ,

enemy were thoro ghly haken and the orders is ued for u S s

a general charge .

A hea y fire was maintained upon the taff by the

v s

Neapolitans ; and it seemed to them tha t Garibaldi had

a charmed life for altho gh several of th staff fell he
,
u e ,

continued to ride up and down as if altogether oblivio s u

of the rain of bullets He did not however escape .

, ,
un

scathed being wounded both i the hand and foot The

, n .

fugitives did not halt until they had cro ed the fron tier ss

into Neapolitan territory The Garibaldian remai ed for . s n

two or three days at Pale trina ; and seeing th t the s a

Neapolitan howed no igns of an intention to advance

s s s

again ret rned b y a rapid march to R ome

,
u .

M a z z i ni e ff orts had been to some extent succe sful The

’
s s .
4 0 OU T WITH G A R I B A LD I
French A embly declared that for France to aid in p
ss su

pre ing people determined to obtai their freedom was

ss a n

altogether in contradict ion with the condition on which the

republic had been in tituted and sent M de Lesseps as s , .

an e voy to R m Napoleon however

n o eof opinion
.
, ,
w as

that the rever e to the French arm mu t be wiped t

s s s ou ,

and on his own authori ty de pa tched large reinforcements s

to O d i t u no .

To the indignation of Garibaldi friend and of the ’

s s

greater part of the populatio of R ome it found on n ,

w as ,

th e return of the force to the capit l that i pite of a , ,

n s

the brilliant s cce e that had been gained M azzini

u ss s ,

and the demagog e had s per eded him i h i command

u s u s n s ,

and h d appointed Colonel R o elli over h i head This

a s s .

step w the re lt of their jealou y of the popular ity

as su s

that Garibaldi had gained H i friend ad i ed h i m t . s s v s no

to s b m it to extraordin ry a light ; but the general

u SO a S

Si m ply replied that a que tion of thi kind had never s s

troubled him and that h was read y to serve even as

,
e ,

a commo oldier under y one who would give him

n s ,
an

a chance of fighting the enemy of h i co ntry O the s u . n

14 th the Ne politan army ag in dvanced

a d occupied a a an

P l t l
a es r n aand the R oman army w t thou and trong ,
no en s s ,

marched t on the l 6 th Garibaldi with two tho and

ou .
,
us

men moved in advance Altho gh R o elli

,
nominally . u s w as

in command of the ar my he was consciou of Garibaldi s ,

s
’

greater abilitie and deferred on all point to the pinion

s, ,
s, O

of the m who w regarded by all as being till their

an as s

Co m mander i chief -
n- .

W hen within two mil e of Velletri Garibaldi m t a s e

strong colu m n of Neapoli tans ; the e however after but s , ,

a light resist nc took to fl ight and sh t the m selve

s a e,
,
u s

up i the town G rib ldi ent back for r inforcem ents

n . a a s e ,
 A DES P ER A T E DE F E N C E 4 1

b ut none arrived until too late in the d y for the attack a

to be made ; d in the morning it w found that an as

the ene my had ev c ted the place the ol di er being a ua ,

s s

so cowed by their per titiou f ar of G ribaldi that su s s e a

the o fficer i vain attempted to r lly them and they fled

s n a ,

in a di orderly mob The panic reached the other portio

s . n

of the ar m y and before morning the whole had again

,

cro ed the frontier Garib ldi at the head of h i divi ion

ss . a ,
s s ,

followed them p ; and receiving a thority to carry the

u u

war into the ene m y country was m arching upon Naple ’

s ,
s,

when he rec lled in all h te to aid in the defence

w as a as

of R ome O d i t having given otice in spite of a treaty

,
u no n ,

agreed upon bet een M de Le ep on the p rt of the w . ss s, a

French A se mbly d M azzini

s that he wo ld attack ,
an ,
u

R o m e on M onday J e 4 th ,
un .

O di t u ho e er guilty of
no w as, t of gro tre chery
w v ,
a n ac ss a ,

for relying pon h i inti m tion the ity

,
u l lled in to s a ,
C w as u

a sen e of ec rity that no att ck wo ld be made ntil

s s u a u u

the d y na m ed where b fore d ybre k on the 3 d

a ,
as e a a r

hi troop stole
s
p and took po e ion of the b ildings
s u ss ss u

j ust o t ide the gate of S Pancr zio and before the

u s an a , ,

R oman troop co ld a emble c ptu ed the Port M olle

s u ss ,
a r a ,

after a de perate resi t nce by f men who had gathered

s s a a ew

together on the alar m being given The firing w the . as

fi t intimation th t R ome receive d of the tre chero s

rs a a u

m n euvre of O d i t
a o Ag in th church bells peal d t
u no . a e e ou ,

and the pop l ce rush d to defend thei wall G rib ldi

u a e r s . a a

felt th t the occ p tion b y the e my f two gre t villa

a u a ne O a s,

a short di t nce from the w ll wo ld en ble them to

s a a ,
u a

place their b tterie i ch clo e proxi m i ty to the S

a s n su s an

P ncrazio g te that it w nece ry t ll haz rd to

a a as s sa a a a s

recapture th m ; and with h i br ve L mbard vol nteer

e
,
s a o u s,

he s llied t and attacked th French de peratel y

a ou e s .
42 OUT W ITH G A RIB A LD I
All day long the fight continued both parties being ,

strongly reinforced from time to time ; but in fighting of

this kind the discipline of the French soldiers and the ,

m ilitary knowle d ge of their officers gave them a great ,

advantage over the Italians who fo gh t with desperate ,

u

bravery but witho t that order and community of effort

,
u

essential in such a str ggle In vain did G aribaldi u .

and Colonel M edici the best of his fficers expose them

,
O ,

selves recklessly i their endeavours to get their men to

n

attack in military order and to concentrate their efforts

at the given point ; in vain did the soldiers how a S

contempt for death beyond ll prai e W hen night fell a s .

the French still held po ses ion of the outposts they had s s

gained and the Italians fell back w ithin the wall s

, .

That night Garibaldi held a council of war at which ,

Captain Percival was present The latter and Colonel .

M edici were trongly of pinion that a renewal of th

s O e

fighting of that d y w ould be disastrous The loss had

a .

already been very great and it had been proved that , ,

however valiantly they fought the volunteers were unable ,

to wre t the strong positions held by a superior force of

s

well di ciplined men ; for the French army now numbered

-
s

forty thou and while that f the defenders w but twelve

s ,
O as

thousand and of these more than half had joined withi

,
n

the la t three week A erie of such failures as those

s s . s s

they had encountered would very q ickly break the u

spirit of the yo ng troop and would but precipit te the

u s, a

end The e pinions prevailed and it was decided that

. s O ,

for th pre ent they should remain on the defensive

e s ,

mai ntaining a heavy cannonade from the walls and ,

making occasional sorties to hara s the besiegers I the s . n

meantime the bridge across the Tiber should be destroyed

, ,

and if possible mines sh uld be driven to blo w up the

, ,
o
 A DES P ER A T E DE F E N C E 4 3

batteries that would be erected by the French under cover

of the position they held s .

These tactics were followed out The French engaged .

upon the erection of the batteries were harassed by a

continuous cannonade S orties were freq ently made but . u ,

these were ere long abandoned ; the loss uffered on s

each occ sion being so hea y that the troops no longer

a v

fo ght with the courage and enthusiasm that had so

u

animated them during the first day s fighting The t ’

. a

tempt to blow up the bridge across the river by means

of a barge loaded with explo ive f iled and none of s s a ,

the defenders po ses ed the knowledge that would have

s s

enabled them to blo w in the centres of the arches The .

mines were e q all y nsuccessful uthe French counter u ,

as

mined and by letting in th water formed a treamlet

,
e s

that ran in to the Tiber filled the Itali n work and ,

a s,

compelled the defenders to de i t from their labo rs s s u .

Neverthele the progress of the iege w hindered ; and

ss , s as

altho gh it was cer t in that the city if unaided mu t

u a , ,
s

f ll ere long M azzini still clung to the hope that the

a ,

treaty made by Le seps and carried by him to Paris would

s

be recognised This last hope was cru hed b y the arrival

. s

of a French e voy with the d eclaration that the French

n

Government di avowed any participation in the Convention

s

signed by M de L es ep . s s .

E ven G ribaldi w admitted that further resistance

a no

would onl y bring di aster upon the city and cause an s ,

ab ol tely usele s lo s of life M azzini and his two

s u s s .

coll gue per i ted in their re olution to defend the town

ea s s s s

to the l t even if the French laid it in a he and they

as ,
s s,

even repro ched G rib l d i with cowardice O the

a a a . n

night of the 2 l st the French gained po e ion of the ss ss

San Pancrazio ga te having drive a pa ge up to it ,

n ss a
4 4 OU T W ITH G A R I B A L D I
unnoticed by the defenders They at once seized the wall .

and captured t ba tions after a de perate defence by

wo s , s

Garibaldi They then planted cannon upon the e and

. s

began to bombard the city Twelve g ns were a l o . u s

plan ted in a breach that had b en effec ted in th w all e e ,

and terrible havoc w made among the villas and as

palaces in the western part of the city .

R oselli propo ed that the whole defending force should

s

join in an attack on the French batteries ; b t to that u

Garibaldi wo ld not consent on the grounds th t these

u ,
a

could t be carried witho t im m en e lo and that

no u s s s, ,

even if captured they could t be held against the force

,
no

the French wo ld bring p to ret ke them Gradually

u u a .

the as ailants pushed their way forward e coun tering a

s ,
n

determined re i tance at the capt re of the Villa S

s s lli u a vo re .

O the evening of the 2 7th

n fe w er than fo r hundred no u

of its defenders fell by bayonet wound howing how s, S

de per tely they had conte ted every foot of the dvance
s a s a .

O n the m orning of the 30 th three heavy columns of

French advanced imultaneo ly and carried the barri
s us ,

cades the R o m ans had erected G ribaldi with the most . a ,

determined of h i men flung hi m elf upo the enemy ;

s ,
s n

and for a ti m e the desperation ith which they fo ght w u

arrested the advance B t it was a l t effort and . u as ,

Garib ldi sent to M azzini to y that f rther re istance

a sa u s

was impossible .

He w su m moned before the triumvirate and there

as ,

stated that unle s they were resolved to make R ome a

, s

second S ar go a therea ss pos ible co e but to

,
w as no s u rs

surrender In the end the triumvira te re igned i s ing a

. s ,
s u

proclamation that the republic g ve p a defence whi ch a u

h d become impossible
a The a embl y the appointed . ss n

G ribaldi as dictator and he pene d negotiation with

a
,
O s
 A DE S P ER A T E DE F E N C E 4 5

the French S enthusi stic were the citi z ens t a t i

. o a h , n

spit of the disasters that had befallen them many

e ,

were still in favour of erecting barricades in every street

and defendi g every hou e The majority however
n s .
, ,
ac

quiesced in Garibaldi deci ion that f rther resistanc ’

s s u e

wo ld be a cri me ince it would only entail immense loss

u ,
s

of life and the de truction of the city For three d ays s .

negotiation w ere carried on and then G ribaldi wit h

s ,
a ,

fo r thousand men left the city and marched for Tuscany

u , ,

while the French occupied R ome B t in Tusc ny the . u a

patriots met with b t a poor reception for the people u , ,

tho gh favo rable dared t receive them The French

u u ,
no .

had followed in hot pursuit ; th Austrians in T c ny e us a

were on the look ut for them ; and at last exh u t d o ,

a s e

and tarving they took ref ge in the little republic of

s , u

S an M arino Here they were kindly received ; but an

.

Austri n army a advancing and the authorities of the

w as ,

rep blic were constrained to petition th t the Garibaldi n

u a a s,

now reduced to but fift en hundred men hould be llowed e ,

s a

to capitulate and th t they them elve hould t b

,
a s s s no e

p ni hed for havi g given them ref ge

u s n u .

The e term s were gr nted but th Archdu k e in isted

s a , e s

u pon Garib ldi himself urrendering The general h w

a s .
,
o

ever effected h i e cape with h i wife d twelve followers

,
s s s an
,

embarking on board a fi hi g boat and they reached s n -

,

the mouth of the Po ; the rest of the band were permitted

b y the Au trians to ret rn to their home
s Garibaldi u s.
,

a lone wi th h i dying wife w ab le to conce l hi m self

, s ,
as a

among ome bushes e r the river ; h i companion

s n a s s

were ll taken b y the A tri ns and hot Nine other

a us a s .

boats lad n with h i follower could not get ff before

, e s s, o

th e pur uing Austrian arrived ; and a heavy fire being

s s

d irected upon them they were forced to su render ,

r .
46 OU T W ITH G A R I B ALD I
Garibaldi s faithful wife who had been his companion
’

thro ghout ll his trials died a f w days later The

u a ,
e .

A strian pur uit was so hot that he was forced to leave

u s

her body ; and after many danger he reached Genoa s, .

He was not allowed to remai in S ardinia ; and from n

thence took hip to Liverpool and there embarked for

s ,

New York .

Fort nately for C ptain Percival he and Profe sor Forli

u a ,
s

had when on June 2 7th Garibaldi himself recognised

,

that all further re istance was useles determi ned to s s,

leave the city W hen he stated his deci ion to Garibaldi

. s ,

the latter warmly approved .

“
You have done all that could be done co m rade h , ,
e

said ; it would be wor e than folly for y t remain

“
s ou o

her and throw away your life W o ld that all my

e, . u

countrymen had fo ght as nobly for freedom as you have

u

done for a cau e that is not your "

,
s s
”

“
I have a right to consider it so havi g made R ome ,
n

my ho m e for years and being married to the d ughter ,

a

of a R oman However we may again fight side by side

.
, ,

for assuredly this will not be the la t time th t an attempt s a

will be made to drive out the despots ; and I feel sure

that Italy will yet be free I tru t that you do not . s

mean to stay here until it i too late to retire You s .

mu t remember th t your life i of the greatest v l e to

s a s a u

the ca se and that it is your duty above all things to

u , , ,

preserve it for your co ntry u .

”

I mean to do so Garibaldi said As soon as all see

,
”
.

th t f rther re istance is sele s I shall leave R ome If

a u s u s ,
.

I find th t any spark of life yet remains in the movement

a
,

I shall try to fan it into flame ; if not I shall again ,

cross the Atlantic until my country calls for me .

That g Captain Percival and the professor left

e ve n I n
 A DES P ER A T E DE F E N C E 47

the town There was no di fli lty in doi ng so as the whole

. cu ,

French forc e was concentrated at th point of attack e .

The professor had exchanged his ordinary clothes for some

of his companion s and their appearance was that of two
’
,

E ngli h to ri ts when in the morning they entered Ostia

s u s , ,

at the mouth of the Tiber by the road lea di ng from Alb no

,
a .

As m any fugitives from R ome h d during the past month a , ,

embarked from the little port and it was no unus al ,

u

thing for E nglish tourists to find their way dow there n ,

they had no di ff c lty in chartering a fi h i g craft to take

i u s n -

the m to Leghorn it being agreed that they should h

-

, e

landed a mile or tw fro m the town so that they could

o ,

walk into it without attracting any attention as they ,

would assuredly be asked for pa ports were th ey to land ss

at the port .

The voyage was altogether unattended by incident ;

and on landi ng they made a deto r and entered the town u

from the we t sauntering quietly alo g

s , if they had n ,
as

merely b en tak in g a walk in the country Ten minutes

e .

later they entered the lodging that Madame Forli had

taken after staying for a few day at an hotel Great
,
s .

indee d was the joy which their arrival excited The two .

ladies had been su ffering terrible anxiety since the fighting

began at R ome and especi lly since it was known that
, a

the French had btained po e sion of one of the gates

O ss s ,

and that a fierce struggle was going on They were .

sure their husbands would ke p their promi e to leave e s

the city when the situatio beca m e de perate ; b t it n s u

was too likel y that Captain Percival might have fallen ,

for it certain that he would be in the thick f the

w as O

fighting by the ide of G aribal d i It was then wi th

S .
, ,

ra pturous delight that they were greeted and it w ,

as

found that both were unh rmed a .

4 8 OUT WITH G A R I B A L D I
It was at once decided to tart by a steamer that s

wo ld leave the next day Both the ladi es po e ed

u . ss ss

pas ports M riel th t which h d been made out for her

s : u a a

husband and her el f on their ret rn from their visit to

s u

E ngla d ; while her mother had one which the profe or

n ss

h d obt ined for both of them when the troubles first

a a

beg n and he fore aw th t it w probable he might

a ,
s a as

have to le ve the country Therefore no difficulty was

a .

experienced on this score ; and when the party went on

board the nex t day the document were t m ped without s s a

any questions being a ked Not the least delighted among s .

them to q it Leghorn w Frank who was w four year

u as ,
no s

old He h d found it d ll indeed in their quiet lodging

. a u

a t Leghorn and mi s ed his f ther greatly and his grand

,
s a ,

fa ther al o for the profe or was almost as fond of the

s ,
ss

child i t parent as s s .

There were b t f w passenger beside them elves for

u e s s s ,

in the di turbed tate of It ly d ind ed f all E urope

s s a , an ,
e ,
O ,

th re were ery few E ngli h touri ts in 184 8 ; and even

e v s s

tho e who permanently resided in It ly had for the most

s a

p rt left The passenger therefore were with the ex

a . s, , ,

ce pti of the two l d and Captain Percival all Italians

on a IeS
, ,

who were like Signor Forli leaving becau e they feared

, ,
s

that the liberal opinions th y h d ventured to express e a

when it seemed that with the accessio of a liberal ponti ff n

to the pa pal chair better ti m es were daw ing fe Italy n r

would bring them into trouble w it was b t too evide t no u n

that the reign of despoti m w more firmly e tabli hed s as s s

than ever .

The steamer touched at Genoa and here the gre ter ,

a

portion of her pa enger left a m ong them Profe or ss s ,

ss

F li party They took train to M il n where they

or
’
s . a ,

stopped for few day cro sed the Alps by the St Gothard
a s, s .
’
s
 A DES P ERA T E DE F E N C E 4 9

Pa spent a fortnight in S witzerland and then journeyed

ss, ,

through Bale down the R hine to Cologne and thence to

, ,

E ngland They were i no hurry for time was no

. n ,

object to any of them they were well s pplied with,

as u

money ; and after the exciteme t d tro ble of the n an u

la t few month the quiet and absence of all ca se for

s s, u

unea ine was very pleasant to them O their ar ival at

s ss . n r

Tom Percival s town re idence in C dog n Place d new

’
s a a sa s

a w aited them Only a fortnight before his yacht had

.
,

been run do n at sea and he and the greater part of the

w ,

crew had perished .

( u 6 75 )
 C HAPT E R III .

TR O U BL ES .

HE death of Tom Percival naturally m ade a great

di ff erence to his brother s position He w now a ’
. as

large land owner with a fine place in the country and

-
,

a ho se in town The next nine years of hi life were

u . s

unmarked by any partic l r incident S ignor Forli and u a .

his wife were permanently establ ished in Cadogan Place .

The professor had never been accustomed to a country

life and in L ondon he was able to ind lge in all his
,
u

former pur uits He had lways laid b y a certain amount

s . a

of his income and co ld have lived in some comfort in

,
u

L ondon as until the tro ble began he h d received in

,
u s a ,

addition to his mode t salary as a profe sor the rents of s s ,

a property he posses ed near Naple of which place he s s,

was a native B t neither Captain Percival n h i wife

. u or s

would hear of h i etting up an establi hment of his own

s s s .

“
W hall not be up in town above three months of
e S

the ye r at th o tside the former said ; and of cour e

a e u ,
“
s

M uriel will always want to have you with us for that

time for I know very well th t you w i ll seldom
,
a

tear yo rself fro m yo r work and come down and stay

u u

w ith us in the co ntr y It will be far better for us

u .

that the house hall be always u ed instead of being

s s ,

left for nine months in the year to caretakers You .

c an fit up the library with ca es for yo r coins and s u

 T R OU BLE S . 51

manuscripts You have already made the acquaintance

.

of many of the scienti fic and learned men you formerly

corre ponded with and will soon get a very pleasant
s ,

society of your own It will be better in ll re pect . a s s .

Y can shut up the roo m s you don t use whil e the

ou
’

s ervants who m I keep to look after the house must

in any case be told to consider y as their master ; ou

and you can if you choose get a co ple of Italian

, ,
u

servants as yo r own pecial domestics And so after

u S .
”
,

much argument it was settled and for some years things

, ,

went on to the satisfaction of ll a .

W hen ten years old Frank was sent to a preparatory

school for Harro w and three years later to the great ,

s chool it elf J t at thi time the profe sor deter

s . us s s

mined to p y a vi it to Italy S ince the fall of R ome

a s .

everything had gone on quietl y there ; and although

per ons su pected of li beral idea had been seized and
s s s

thrown into prison without any public inquiry he con ,

s id d that now that he had been settled in E ngland

e re

for year and had become a nat rali ed Briti h s bject

s, u s s u ,

he co ld without y ri k go over to make an effort to

u an s

obtain a rever al of the confi c tion of his property in

s s a

the Neapolitan territory Before starting he had called .

u pon the fficial repre entative of the Neapoli tan govern

O s

ment and had been a ured by him that his passport

,
ss

as a Briti h s bject would be re pected and that if he

.

s u s ,

refrained fro m taking any part in politics h could tr vel e a

in K ing Ferdinand s territorie witho t any fe r f h i ’

s u a O s

move m ent being in any w y interfered with

s a .

U p to this time Captain Percival and his wife had

been trongly again t the propo ed vi it b t after the
s s s s ,
u

professor had received thi fficial assurance they believed s O

with him that he co ld i perfect afe ty ndertake the u n s u

52 OUT W ITH G A R I B A LD I .

journey He wrote on hi arrival at Naples stating that

. s ,

he had soon as he landed called pon one of the

,
as ,
u

mini sters and reported to hi m the assurance that the

,

envoy i London had given him d had been told that

n ,
an
,

while expressing no opinion upon the probability of his

obtaining a reversal of the confi cation of his estate there s ,

could be no objection whatever to h i endeavouring to do s

so but that he did not think the government would

,

authori e his establishing hi m self permanently in the

s

kingdom as his well known political pinions would

,
-
O

naturally render him bnoxious He had given h i O . s

ass rance that he had no intention whatever of remaini ng

u

beyond the time necess ry for the purpose for which he a

had come ; that he had now perm anently ettled in s

E ngland and had only come over for the purpose that
,

he had specified ; and that on no account would he hold

any political d iscus ions with uch personal friend as he
s s s

had in Italy or give any expression whatever of h i own

,
s

Views He wrote that as h had said be fore starting

.
,
e ,

he did not intend to call upon any of his former acquaint

anc es ,as if he did it might bring them into discredit
,
s o,

with the government .

No other letter was received from him After waiting .

for three weeks C ptain Percival wrote to the p oprietor

,
a r

of the hotel from which the previou letter was dated s ,

asking if he w still there and if not if he was aware

as , ,

of his present address The answer was received in due .

time saying that Professor Forli had gone out one morning
, ,

a w eek after h i arrival with the intention he believed

s , , ,

of vi iting h i former estate b t that he had not returned

s s ,
u .

T wod later a person had arrived bearing a letter fro m

ays

him saying that he had changed his plans and sho ld not
,
u

return to Naples and requesting that h i luggage and all

,
s
 T R OU BLES . 53

person l effect should be handed ove to the bearer who

a s r
,

would discharge the amount owing for his bil l He had .

complied with the reque t and had since received s ,

no

communication from Professor Forli Captain Percival .

went at once to call pon the mini ter for foreign affairs u s ,

stated the whole circumstances to h i m d the a rance ,

an ss u

that the profe sor had received from the Ne politan envoy
s a

before st rting and said that he felt s re th t in spite

a ,
u a ,

of h i a surance and the protection of his pa sport as

s s s

a B iti h ubject his father i l w h d been seized and

r s s ,
-
n- a a

thrown in to prison .

“
If that is the case a erious wrong h been com ,
s as

m i tt d e th mini ter said

,
B t we cannot a
e me that s . u ss u

witho t ome proof He may have been eized by ome

u s . s s

brigand who by a ru e have obt ined po e sion of his

s, s a ss s

effect pos ibly the per on now in po e ion of the e tate

s s s ss ss s ,

fearing that h might be ou ted fro m it has t ke these

e s ,
a n

means for s ppres ing a claimant who might be d gerous

u s an .

Ho w ever what you have told me i fli i t f me to

,
s su c en or

commence action by making a complaint to the Ne politan ,

a

government that a British bject d ly furni hed with a su ,

u s

pas port i mi ing and requesting that mea re shall

s ,
s ss ,
su s

at once be taken to a cert in what h become of him s a as .

Corre pondence went on for three or fo r m onth the

s u s,

Neapolitan govern m ent prote ting that they had made s

i q irie in every d irection b t h d ob t ained no clue

n u s ,
u a

w hatever to Profe or Forl i mo ements fro m the time ’

as ss s v

when he lef t h i hotel and di clai ming y knowl dge s ,

s an e

whateve of him It r now Jan ary 185 8 and Lord . w as u ,

Pal mer ton who s th n prime mini ter took the

,
w as e s ,
e as e

u
p warml y and C ptain P rcival h d everal interviews
,
a e a s

with hi m .

“
I q ite gree with y i the mini ter aid t hat
u a o u , S r, s s ,
“
54 OUT W ITH G A R I B AL D I .

he is probably in a Neapolitan dungeon ; b t at present u

we have no ab olute proof of it ; if we had I should

s

summon Ferdinand to release him nder a threat of war u .

“
I am q ite ready to go out sir to make personal
u , ,

inquiries ; and if you could btain for me an order to O

v isit the various jail and fortresses in the Neapolitans

territories I m y succeed in findi g him

,
a n .

I will obtain for you s ch an order Lord Palmerston u ,

”

said decidedly If they ref e m y reque t I shall be

.
“
us s ,

forced to the concl sion that they are af aid of yo r finding

u r u

him there — not that I think it i likel y you wi ll do s so .

Indeed I regard it as certain that he wou ld be removed from

any pri on before you arrived there or if still there that
s , ,

his dungeon wo ld not be hown to y At the same time

u s ou .
,

you would be doing good work Already there have been .

some terrible d isclosure as to the tate of the Neapolitan

s s

prisons These however have chiefly been made by men

.
, ,

who have been confined there and have been denounced ,

as c l mnies by the Neapolitan government ; b t coming

a u u

from y armed with the authority of

ou , foreign office our ,

they could t but make a profo nd i m pre ion They

no u ss .

might force the authoritie to ameliorate the pre ent state s s

of thing d would certainly enli t the sym pathy of the

s , an s

Briti h public with the ca e with which Profe or Forli

s us ss

was associated and for which I am aware you yourself

,

fought .
”

A fortnight later Captain Percival w again sent for as

b y the foreign minister .

“
Here the latter said is a royal order from the
,
”
,
“

K ing of Naple for you to View any or all the prisons

s

in his d omi ions witho t let or h indr nce in order to

n u a ,

a ure yo rself that Professor Forli is not an inmate of

ss u

any of them .
”
 T R OU B L E S . 55

Two days later Captain Percival started O arriving . n

at Naple he fir t called pon the Neapolitan minister who

s, s u ,

expre ed himself wi t h so m e indignation on the fact that

ss

the assurance of the government that they knew nothing of

Profe or Forli s di appearance had been doubted ; but
ss
’
s

stated that they w ere ready to ffer him any facility i O n

his search Before co mm encing thi Captain Percival

. s,

went t to the profe or estate near Capua and saw the

ou ss
’
s , ,

proprietor h a ured hi m th at he h d neither seen nor

,
w o ss a

heard any thing f i t late owner ; and although h i as e O s s s r

tion wo ld have weighed but little if uns pported Cap tain

s u u ,

Percival inve tig tions in the town and of everal persons

’
s s a s

upon the e tate all tended to how that the profe or had
s S ss

not been seen th re H i appe r nce was familiar to m any e . s a a ,

and he could hardly have vi ited the place witho t being s u

recognised Capt in Percival went to several of Signor

. a see

Forli old friend pon whom he wo ld almo t certainly

’
s s, u u s

ha v e called before going to the e tate and from whom s , ,

indeed he wo ld h ve received far more infor m ation as

,
u a

t i t condition than he would have

o s btained by direct O

appli c tion to a m who co ld t b t have regarded h i m

a an u no u

with ho tility ; none of them however had heard of his

s , ,

ret rn to Italy
u .

After topping two or three day there he ret rned to

s s ,
u

Naples and began h i in p ction of the pri on The s s e s s .

R o yal order being pre ented he w everywhere received s ,

as

co rteou ly allowed to inspect them fro m the lowe t

u s ,
s

dungeon to the attics under the roof and l o to hold

s s, a s

conver ations with the pri oner He had no ide that

s s s . a

h w ould act all y find the profe sor ; his great hope was
e u s

th t h ho ld l arn fro m pri oners th t h had b en

a e s u e s a e e

confined there thi wo ld enable the Briti h govern

,
as s u s

ment to demand his in tant release Terrible as had s .

56 OU T W ITH G A R I B A LD I .

been the de criptions he had heard of the treatment of the

s

prisoners and the tate of the j il they f ll far hort s a s, e s

of the reality ; and he t only sent d etailed reports to no

the government but al o to Th Ti m which publi hed,

s e es , s

them in f ll They were copied into every paper in the

u .

ki gdom and created a general feeling of indignation

n ,

and di gu t s s .

Faili g t obtain the smallest information as to the

n o

profe or at Naple C pt in Percival then went down

ss s, a a

to S alerno and left there with the intention of vi iting

,
s

the prison in Cal bri and at R ggi and afterward

s a a e e ,
s

Of cro ing into S icily and tr ying the g ols there

ss Four a .

day f ter he left S alerno the ervant he h d engaged

s a ,
s a

in Naples ret rn d to the town with the ne s that u e w

the carriage h d been attacked by brigan d and that

a s,

hi s ma ter who al ays carried a brace of pi tols

s ,
w s
,

had ff ered a de perate re i ta ce but had been killed

O s s s n , .

The hor e had been taken t of th carriage d they

s s ou e ,
an

and C ptain Percival l gg ge had bee c rried ff to

a
’
s u a n a O

the hill He him elf h d b een llowed to return The

s . s a a .

Governor of S alerno at once ent the man to Naples ; s

the new o fficiall y com m unicated to the B iti h envoy

s w as r s ,

who telegraphed at once to London A me age was . ss

ret rned aying th t an o ffici l com m unication would

u ,
s a a

be addres ed to the government and in the meantime

s ,

he was to end do n one of the o fficer of the e m bassy

s w s

to i q i into the whole matter He w to req e t

n u i e . as u s

the Ne politan government to furnish an e cort fro m

a s

S aler o andn al o to de m nd that step hould be

,
w as s a s s

take to pur e d bring the brigand to j tice

n su an s us .

The ecretary f the legation had no di fficulty in

s o

obtaining th order for an escort ; and taking with him

e

the er ant who had bro ght the new proceeded to

s v u s,
 T R OU BLE S . 57

the place where the a ffair had occurred The c rriage . a

was found overthrown by the roadside There were two .

or three b llet holes in it ; there was a dark patch i

u -
eV

d tly cau ed by blood in the ro d close b y ;

en s d a f a an ew

yards aw y w a blood tained cap which the servant

a as s ,

recognised as being that of Captain Percival Following .

up a track which led ff the main road from here they O ,

came pon so m e fragme ts of letters among them one on

u n ,

which were the word Yo r loving wife M uriel For s,

“
u , .
”

two or three day the hills on e ch side of the track s a

were searched but no ign whatever was found of C ptain

,
S a

Percival s body In the meantime a strong force of cara

’
.
,

b i i i searched the mo ntains and three we k after the

n er u ,
e s

return to N ple of the e rch p rty from the leg tion came
a s s a a a ,

the new that they had urprised d killed notorio s

s s an a u

brigand leader with three of h i followers d had taken s ,

an

pri oner a fo rth Thi man

s u ent to N ple and
. s w as s a s,

there q e tioned by a j dici l ffi cial i th presence of

u s u a O n e

the ecretary of the leg tion

s a .

He ackno le d ged th t h h d b n one of the party

w a e a ee ,

con isting of th i leader and seven follower who h d

s e r s, a

attacked the E nglish m an carri ge They had not ’

s a .

intended to kill h i m but to c rry h i m ff for ran om ;,

a o s

he however resi ted

, de per tely that h was hot
,
s so s a e s .

Altho gh very serio ly wo ded they had carried him

u us un ,

p to the mo nt in believing that he ould recover

‘

u u a s
,
w ,

and that they migh t till make m oney t of h i m The s ou .

m anhim elf had been ent d own to S alerno to certain

s s as

whether the a thoriti were taking y teps to hun t

u es an s

down hi c pt rers A oon he le rned th t a trong

s a u . s s as a a s

force of car binieri had been ordered out in p r ui t he h d

a u s ,
a

ret rned to th hut occ pied by h i chief I l found that

u e u s . e

d ring h i ab ence the pri oner had died He had neve

u s s s . r
58 OU T WI TH G A R I B AL D I .

asked where he had been buried for it was a matter that ,

did not concern him The contents of the portmanteau .

had been divided amo g the party ; he was him elf w n s no

wearing the boots and one of the shirts f the dead m O an .

That was all he knew .

The captain of the carabinieri te tified that he h d s a

found an E ngli h portmantea d many articles some

s u an ,

of which bore the initials L P pon them ; there was “

. .
”
u

a brace of hand ome pistol of E ngli h m ke which were

s s s a ,

u sed b y the chief of the brigands in the fight ; and in

a cupboard m ong other thing w the ro y l order
a s as a

for Captain Pe ci l to vi it h i majesty prison A

r va s s
’
s s.

diligent se rch h d been made in the neighbourhood of

a a

the h t b t th grave of the E ngli h gentleman had t

u ,
u e s no

been di covered In d ti m e the brigand was placed

s . ue

on trial and W sentenced to i m prisonment for life ; and

,
as

so the matter ended save for the tw widowed women ,

o

and Frank .

It had been a heavy blow indeed for the lad who ,

w aspassion tely att ched to his father and had l o

a a ,
a s

loved the profe or who h d al y been extremely

ss ,
a wa s

fond of him He w at home for E ter when the

. as as

terrible news arrived Neither his mother nor grand .

mother expressed doubt that his father h d beena a

mur d ered ; and when the news of the confe sion f s O

one f the band and the di covery of C ptain Percival

O s a
’
s

belonging in the h t of th b igands arrived they gave

s u e r ,

u
p ll hope of ever seeing him again
a .

M adame Forli however while not doubting that Captain

, ,

Percival had been killed believed that the Neapolitan ,

government were at the bottom f the matter I k ow o .

“
n

what the methods of the Neapolitan are h said ; and s ,

"
S e
“

the sensation caused by L eonard s letters to the papers ’

 T R OU B L E s . 59

here may have decided them to put an end by any method

to further revelations and they m y very well have em ,
a

ployed these brigands to carry t their pu po e E very ou r s .

one knows th t in many cases the e m are in alli nce

a s en a

with the officer of the police ; and the latter are

s

well paid to w ink at their doing and even to f rni h s, u s

them with information of the persons w orth robbing and ,

to put them on their g rd when occa ionally happen ua ,

as s s,

a raid i made by the c rabinieri in the mou tain A

s a n s .

capture is hardly ever effected ; a d while there i little n s

chance of a poli tic l pri oner once h t p in their du geons

a s s u u n

making his e cape notorio brigands freq ently succeed in

s ,
us u

doing so Nobody dare to pe k of their picions ; b t

. s s a su s u

there be littl do bt that the pri o o ffici l are bribed

can e u s n a s

to connive t their e cape knowing well eno gh that the

a s ,
u

government will not tro ble over the m tte wh le on the u a r

,
i

other h nd the e c pe f a politic l pri oner brings di grace

a s a O a s s

and p ni h ment pon all the pri on fficials

u s u s O .
”

I cannot think— I will not think mot h er M riel so , ,

u

exclaimed ; for were it so the sam e tre t m ent might be

“
,
a

given to him that h we ha e no do b t befal len my as , v u ,

father A tho and time better that Leo rd ho ld have

. us s na s u

been killed th n that he ho ld drag t his exi tence

,
a s u ou s

in s ch utter misery that which he h d escribed as

u as as

being th lot of pri oners in the d ngeon of Bomba The

e s u s .

brigand may have been t on by their govern m ent That

s se .

is po ible — I can believe that iniq ito govern m ent to

ss u us

be guilty of n ything— b t whether Leo rd w attacked

a u na as

m erely for pl nder or for ran o m or by the co nivance

u ,
s ,
n

of the gover ment I can ot d will not do bt th t he is

n ,
n an u a

dead ; the story of one of the band can le ve no doubt a

of thi and it i confirmed by hi servant who

s, s hi m s ,
saw

fall Never try to sh ke my co fidence in that mother

. a n , .
60 OU T W ITH G A R I B A LD I .

It w almo t more than I could bear to think of my

as s

father as confined in one of tho e dungeons ; if I thought s

for a moment that Leonard could be there too I believe ,

that I hould lo e m y reason

S s .
”

Fr nk ret rned to chool after the hort holidays His

a u s s .

m other tho ght that it would be better so

u the routine ,
as

of work and play wo ld give him little time for moping u

ove his lo s He worked harder than h had ever done

r s . e

at chool before ; but

s btained leave ff cricket and spent O o ,

his ti m e out of chool i long walk w ith one or other

s n s

of hi ch ms After the summer holiday he was himself

s u .

again He . q ieter than he had been and held aloof

w as u ,

fro m fun and mischi ef b t joined in the port igorously ,

u S s v ,

and regained the ground he had lost and cam e to be ,

regarded likely some day to be one of the representatives

as

of the school .

W hen it seemed that the search f the body of or

Captain Perciv l had f iled M Percival wrote to the

a a , rs .

secretary of the legation in Naple saying that h would s, s e

be glad if her husband courier wo ld come over to see ’

s u

her .

I natur lly wi h to kno w h aid as m ch I

“
a s ,
s e s ,
“
u as

can of th last movement of my h sband from the only

e s u

per on w h
s with him and I would willingly bear the
o w as

expense of h i journey both ways and pay him fifty

s s ,

po nds I did t receive y let ter fro m my h sb nd

u . no an u a

d ring the fortnight preceding his death and w nt to

u ,
ar

lear as much as po ible abo t him

n ss u .
”

The ecretary receiving the le t ter ent th note to the

s ,
on ,
s e

chief of the police in whose charge the m had b ,

an een

w hile the investig tions were proceeding ; an answer wasa

returned saying tha t the man Beppo P i i w not now a r ac n as

in h i charge but tha t perhaps he could find h i m in the

s ,
 T R OU BLES . 61

course of a few hours and would on doing send h i m to , ,

s o,

the legation at once .

In tead of seei g the man him elf however the fli

s n s , , o c er

went to the director of the secret police As thi affair . s

has been in your depart m ent rather than in mine ignor ,

S ,

I thought it best to bring you this note I have just receiv d e

from the British legation before taking any steps in the

matter .
”

The o ffi ial read the note t h rough

c You have done .
“

quite right he said The a ff ir has been a very trouble

,
”
. a

some one and now that it h practically come to an end

,
as ,

it would t do to take any fal e step in the matter You

no s .

shall hear fro m me in th co r e of the day e u s .

”

He sat thinki ng deepl y for some minutes after the other

had left h i m then he touched bell ,
a .

L uigi he said when a m entered go and fetch “

”
, ,
an ,

Beppo P i i ; if he i not in find where h has gone and

ar a c n s ,
e

follow him .
”

Half an hour later the co rier entered W hen before u .

the court he h d been dres ed in the f hion affect d by

a s as e

h i class ;
s w he was in dark noquiet clothes and might , ,

have been t ken for advocate or notary a an .

Beppo he ai d I thought that we had fini hed with

,
”
s ,
s

that trou blesome a ffair of the E nglishman ; but there is

again occasion for your service in the same direction Here s .

i letter from the secretary of the British legation saying

s a

that he wishe to see you for that the S ignora Percival

s ,

has written to h i m to say that she is nxious to lear more a n

of the l t day of her hu band and i willing to pay your

as s s
,
s

expen es to E ngland and to give you fifty pound for your

s s

s ervice if you would be willi g to go to her for few day

s, n a s .

I regard thi as a fortunate circu m tance The wom n

s s . a
’
s

husband d h father have been constant ene m ie f

an er s o
62 OU T W ITH G A R I B AL D I .

the ki ngdom Percival was a bo om friend of Garibal di ;

. s

her father was l o his friend though not to the sa m e a s ,

degree E ver since they e tabli hed themselves in E ngl nd

. s s a

his fami ly who are unfortunately rich have befriended

, ,

Italian exil es .

Forli w acquainted w ith all his compatriots in

‘
as

L ondon who like himself were m

,
of education and
, ,
en

po ition and had escaped from justice In that house

s , .

any plot that was on foot especially if G aribaldi was ,

a leading spirit in it wo ld certainly be known No ,

u .

doubt the loss of her h sband wi ll m ke thi woman u a s

more inveterate against us than ever I have ften . O

wi shed that I co ld e tabli h an agent in her ho e to u s s us ,

keep me infor m ed of what was going on there , who vi ited s

it whether any meetings and con ultation were held there

,
s s
,

from whom they received letters and the purport of ,

them but I have never before seen my way to it The

, .

woman Forli i herself E n gli h and consequentl y since

s s ,

her h band death no Itali n servant have been kept

us
’
s a s

in the house This letter give me the opport nity I h ve

. s u a

de i ed I wi h you to go to the Briti h legation and to

s r . s s ,

expre s yo r w il lingne s to accept the ffer that i made

s u s O s ,

and if possible to obtain a situation in the ho e us .

You co ld represent that you were anxi ous to obtain

u

a place of any kind in E ngland for that owing to , ,

the part that y have taken in the search for Percival s ou

’

body— earch which brought about the death of the

a s

brigand R apini and the breaking p of h i band —your u s

life was no longer afe there fro m the ve geance of his s n

a ociate You can say that before you becam e a courier

ss s.

you ere in the service of several noble fami li es— f cour e

w o s

you will be provided with excellent testimonial — and as s

it w you zeal in her late husband behalf that had

as r
’
s
 T R OU BLE S . 63

brought y into this strait it is quite possible that she

ou ,

may ffer you a post in the household You can declare

O .

that you do not de ire hi gh wages but imply a shelter s ,

s .

You wil l of cou se report yourself on arriving in London

,
r ,

to the head of secret agents there and will act

ou r ,

generally under his directions I need not say that you .

will be well paid .

”

I will gladly accept the mission ignor for to say ,

S , ,

the truth I am not without some apprehensions such as

,

you suggest I have changed my appearance a good deal

.

still I cannot flatter myself that I could not be detected

,

by any one on the earch for me and I do think that s ,

some of R apini s band knowi g th t I w with the ’

,
n a as

carabinieri may have vowed venge nce on me ; and

,
a ,
as

you k ow ignor a m so threatened cannot calculate

n ,
S ,
an

on a very long life .

”

That is so Beppo Then we may consider the matter

, .

settled If y cannot succeed in obt ining a position i

. ou a n

the hou e of thi f mi ly I hall instr c t my agent in

s s a ,
s u

London to utili e yo r services there at y rate for the

s u ,
an

next ix months After that time you may return witho t

s . u

much risk for when it is found that you h ve di ppe red

,
a sa a

from all your former h unt the e rch for you is not a s, s a

likely to l t long At any rate you might

as well .
,
as

mention to tho e who have known you as a co rier s u ,

t hat y intend to e t bli h yo r lf either i P ris or

ou s a s u se n a

Berlin For y speak both French and G er m an as

. as ou

well as E ngli h th t wo ld in any ca e be the co r e that

s
,
a u s u s

a prudent man would adopt after being mixed p in ,

u an

a ff air that ended badl y for the brig nd \V ell in the a s .

,

first place y h d bett r go t once to the legation and

,
ou a e a

accept their terms Co m e here t eleven o clock to morrow

. a
’
-
,

and I will give you further instructions .

”
64 OU T W ITH G AR I B A LD I .

Thus i t happened that when Frank came home next

time from school he was surprised at having the door ,

opened to him by a grave looking servant in plain clothes -

,

who said in E ngli h with a very light foreign accent s ,

S

“
The Signora Percival is in the drawing roo m sir I will -
,

see to your baggage and settle with the cabman .

“
W ho m have y got hold of w mother ? he said ou ne ,
”
,

a fter the first greeting an Italian ? Isn t h a fearfully ’

e

respectable looki ng man ? Looks like a clergyman got up

-

as a valet .

He was your dear father s courier Frank I sent for ’

, .

him to come over here I w ished to learn all about ,

as

your father s la t days The poor fellow was in fear of his

’
s .

l ife owi g to the evidence that he had given again t the

,
n s

b rigands W il liam had given me notice that he was going

.

to leave only the d y before ; and Beppo had served a as

in everal oble familie who had given h i m plendid te ti

s n s, s s

monial and was afr id to ret rn t Italy I w very

s, a u o ,
as

glad to take h im in W illiam place e pecially he only ’

s ,
s as

asked the same wages I p id before I congratulate a .

my elf on the cha ge for he i quite the bea ideal of a

s n ,
s u- .

servant — very q iet in the hou e ready to do anythingu s , ,

gets on well with the other servant and i able to talk s, s

in their w language to any of his co ntrymen who come

o n u

here either visitor or as exile in need of as i tance

,
as s s s s .

He h indeed saved me more than once fro m impostors

as , ,

he has listened to their stories and having been a courier , ,

and knowing every town in It ly on q estioning them he a ,

u

fou d out that their whole story w a lie

n as .
”

That is all right mother ; if you like hi m that is every , ,

th i ng I own that I li ked W illiam ; I am sorry that he

.

h asgone I hall be some time getting cc sto m ed to this

. S a u

chap for he certainl y is fearfully grave and re pectable

,
s ,
 C HA PTE R IV .

A S DDE
U N S UMM ONSu '

aturday earl y in M arch 186 0 Frank

NE S , , ,
n ow

ixteen year of g on star t ing for the football

S s a e,

ground w told th t the hou e ma ter wi hed to see

,
as a s -
s s

him and he at once went into his study

,
.

P rcival I have received a note from yo r mother

“
e ,
u ,

a king me to let you t till M onday morning Sh y

s ou . e sa s

that h p rticularly w nt to
s e a y and will b gl d a s see ou, e a

if you will tart at once Of course I will do ; you

s . so

had better catch the next tr in if you can a , .

\V h t i the world a the mater want to see me in

n c an

su ch a hurry for ? Fr nk id to hi m self in a r ther ”

a sa a

di contented tone he left the m ter tudy I t i a

s as as
’
s s .
“
s

frightful nui nce mi ing th m atch thi fternoon " I

sa ss e s a

do t know what H wtrey will y h n I tell hi m th t

n
’
a sa w e a

I cannot play Ah h re h i . e e s .
”

\V h t i p Pe cival ?
a s u ,
r

I am wf lly orry to say th t I hav j t received

a u s a e us a

mes ge fro m m y m ter calling me p t town at once I

sa a u o .

have no id a what it i bo t ; b t it m t be so m ething

e s a u u us

p r tic l r for I told her when I wrote to her last th t

a u a , a

thi s w asgoing to be the to ghe t ma tch of th e on ; till u s e s as s ,

of co r e I m t go
u s us .
”

I th t Perciv l It i terrible nui nce y are

se e a ,
a . s a sa ou

cert inly the third be t in the hou e d

a I hall h ve s s ,
an no w s a

( 34 6 75 ) E
 66 our W T H GAR BAL D I I I .

to put Fincham in I suppo e and I am afraid that will ,

s ,

mean the loss of the match .

”

He is as strong as I am Hawtrey , .

Yes ; he is strong enough and heavy enough but he is ,

desperately low However I mu t make the be t of him

s .
,
s s .
”

Frank h rried upstairs and in ten minutes came down

u ,

again dressed He ran the greater part of the way

, .

to the station and just caught the up trai Th dis

, n . e

appointme t over the football match was forgotten w

n no .

Thinking it over he had come to the conclusion that either

,

his mother or grandmo ther must have been taken serio ly us

ill It could hardly be his mother for it was she who

.
,

had written still she migh t have managed to do that even, ,

if she had met with some sort of accident if it was not too ,

serious If t h it must be the ignora he generally

. no s e, S ,
as

called her and as he was very fond of her he felt that

, ,

her lo s would be a heavy one indeed His anxi ety

s .

increased he neared London ; and soon as the train

as as

stopped at E uston he jumped out seized the first hansom , ,

and told the cabm n to drive fast to C dogan Place He a a .

leaped t handed his fare to the cabman ran up the

ou , ,

steps and k ocked at the door

,
n .

“
Is every one well Beppo ? he asked breathle sly as ,
”
s ,

the ser ant opened it

v .

“
Yes sir the footman replied in his usual calm and
, ,
”
,

eve voice
n .

“
Thank God for that " he excl imed W here i my ”
a .
“
s

mother
In the dining room sir with the signora -
, , .

Frank ran up tairs M other you have given me quite

s .
,

a fright he aid ,
From your me ge I thought that
”
s .
“
s sa

some one m ust have been suddenly taken ill or you would ,

never have sent for me when you knew that we played in

 A S U DD EN S U MM ON S . 67

the final ties for the house champion hip to d y I have s -

a .

been worrying horribly all the way p to town u .

“
I forgot all about your match Frank hi mother , ,
”
s

said . I have had a letter that put it out of my head

enti ely r .

“
A letter mother 2 ,

Yes Frank ; from yo r hero G ribaldi

,
u ,
a .

W hat is it about mother 2 Frank exclaimed excitedly , ,

for he had heard so much of the It lian patriot from his a

father and of their doings together in S outh America and

,

the iege of R ome that his admiration for him was

s ,

unbounded .

S it dow Frank and I il l tell you all about i t The

n, ,
w .

letter was addre ed to your de r father Garibaldi being

ss a .
,

in Caprer probably has but little ne of wha t is pa ing

a, ws ss

at N ples He h d he rd of my father s dis ppearance but

a . a a
’
a ,

w asapparently in ignorance of what has happened ince s .

”

S h took out the letter and read

e

MY F I
D E AR C O ADE
MR AN D R END ,

W hen I last wrote to y

“ ‘
it was to condole ou

w ith you on the disappe rance of tha t true patriot and a

my good friend Profe or Forli I hope that long ere,

ss .

this he has bee re tored to you ; but if as I fear h

n s , , e

has f llen i to the clutches of the ra cally governme t of

a n s n

N ples I m afraid that y wil l never hear of h i m agai

a ,
a ou n .

S ever l ti m es when you have w itten to me you have

a ,
r ,

told me that you were prepared to join me when I ag in a

r i ed the flag of Italian i dependence though

a s held n ,
y ou

aloof when Fr nce joined again t Au tri You did

a us s s a .

rightly for we were b trayed by the French we were

, e as

at R o m e and m y birthplace Nice h be n handed

, , ,
as e

over t them Y al o said that you would help with

o . ou s us
68 I
o ur W T H G AR BALD I I .

money ; and as you know money is one of

,
chief , ou r

requisites The time has come I am convi ced that

. . n

the population of the Neapolitan territories are now

reduced to such a state of despair by the tyranny of their
government that they will be ready to b il us as deliverers a .

M y plan is thi I am sure a thousand or so of the

s :

men who fought with me in the Alps will fl ock to my

standard and with these I intend to effect a landing in
,

S ic i ly If I capture Palermo and M essina I think I can rely

.

upon being joined by small number of men there and no ,

by volunteers from all parts of Italy ; five thousand men

in all will be su f cient I think— t any rate that number
fi ,
a ,

collected I shall cross to the mainland and march upon

,

Naples You may think that the adventure is a de perate

. s

one but that is by no means my opinion ; you kno w how

,

e asily we defeated the Neapolitan tr ps in 184 8 I 00 .

believe that we hall do so still m ore easily now for

s ,

certainly very many f them must share in the general o

hatred of the tyrant Come dear friend and join us ; .

, ,

the meeting pl e i called the Villa S pinola which is

-
ac s ,

a few mile from Genoa s .

“
I do not anticip te any gre t interference from
‘
a a

Cavour he will with the h re and hunt with the

ru n a

b oun d as your proverb has it He dare not top us ;

s, . s

for I am convinced th t such is the st te of public opinion

a a

in Italy that it might cost his m a ter h i crown were

,
s s

he to do so O the other h nd he wo ld be obliged to

. n a ,
u

assume attitude of hostility or he would incur the

an ,

anger of Austria of the Papacy and po sibly of France ;

, ,
s

therefore I think that he will remain eutral although n ,

profe sing to do all in his power to prevent our movi ng

s .

I am promi ed ome as ist nce in money but I am sure

s s s a ,

that this will fall short of the needs \V must buy arms . e
 A S U D D EN s ummon s . 69

not only for ourselve but to arm tho e who join us ; we s, s

must charter or b y steamers to carry to S icily Once u us .

there I regard the rest as certain Come to me with

,
.

empty hand and y will receive the heartie t welco m e

s, ou s

as my dear friend and co m rade ; but if y can aid ou us

also with money not only I b t all Italy will be gratef l

, ,
u ,
u

to y I know that you need

ou . ind cement for your no u ,

heart i wholly with us and all the more so from this

s ,

disappearance of madame s fathe do btle s the work of ’

r, u s

the tyrants Need I say that our fir t tep in eve y to n

. s s r w

and fortre s we capt re will be to relea e all political

s u s

prisoners confined there — d it m y be th t among these an a a

we will find Professor Forli Turr will b with me Baron . e ,

S tocco of C l bria Bixio and T k y ; and M adame

a a , ,
uc or

Garroli has written to tell me that she place her three s

sons at my di po al in th place of thei brave brother

s s e r
,

and will m oreover upply me wi th money to the ut mo t

, ,
s s

of her power Co m e then dear friend id me with your

.
, , ,
a

arm and co n l and let again fight side b y side in

u se ,
us

the cause of liberty .

’

Frank le pt to h i feet You will let me go in my

a s .
“

father s place mother will you t ? M an y of tho e who

’

, ,
no s

will follo w G ribaldi will be no older than my elf and

a s ,

probably not half trong ; none can hate the tyranny so s

of Naple m ore than I do It i the ca se for which my

s . s u

f ther and grandfather fo ght ; and we

a have greater u n ow

wrongs than they h d to ave ge a n .

”

That i what I tho ght you wo ld y Fr nk h i

“
s u u sa ,
a ,
s

mother said adly T i hard indeed to pa t with a

s .
“ ’
s r s on

a fter having lo t father and hu band ; b t m y f ther

s s u a

w asan I talian patriot my hu band fo ght f I t al y ; i ,

s u or n

giving you p I give p my ll ; y t I will not y

u u a e sa

y ounay S fierce is the indign tion in E ngl nd at the

. o a a
70 our W T H GAR BAL D I I I .

horrors of the tyrant prisons that I doubt not many s

’

E ngli h will when they hear of Garib ldi s landing in

’
s ,
a

S icily go out to join him ; and if they are ready i

,
n

the cau e only of h m anity to ri k thei r lives s rely we

s u s ,
u

cannot grudge you in the cause not only of humanity ,

but f the land of our birth

'

”
o .

I feel ure that father wo ld have taken me had he

s u ,

been here Frank s id earne tly

"
,
a s .

I believe he wo ld Frank I k now that he shared

“
u , .

to the full my father h tred of the de pot who grind ’

s a s s

Italy under their heel ; and be ide the feeling that s s

animated him one cannot but cheri h the hope that my ,

s

father m y still be found alive in one of tho e ghastly

a s

prisons Of course my mother d I have t lked the

. an a

matter over W both lament that your stu di es should

. e

be interr pted ; but it can be for a few month only and

u s ,

prob bly you will be able to ret rn to Harrow when the

a u

school meets gain after the long holiday — that in fact

a -H
so , ,

you will only lo e three months or s so .

”

“
That makes no odd one y or another mother s w a , .

In any case I am not likely to be a shini g light i the

,
n n

way of learning .
”

“
No — I suppo e not Frank ; and with a fine estate s ,

awaiting you there is no occasion th t you should be,

a ,

though of course you will go thro gh Oxf ord or Cambridge u .

However we need not think of that now

, .
”

And w ill you be sending him any money mother 2 ,

Certainly Yo r f ther put b y a certain m every

. u a su

year in order that he might a ist Garibaldi when the ss

latter again rai ed the flag of freedom in Italy— cause s a

w hich was sacred in his eye At the time he left s .

E gland this fund amounted to

n ,
and as he never
knew when the summons from Garibaldi might arrive ,
 A S U DDEN S U MM ON S . 71

be transferred it to my name so that he need not come ,

back to E ngland should a rising occ r b fore h i return

,
u e s .

S y
o will not go empty handed
ou -
.
”

“
That will be a splendid gift mother I suppo e I , . s

shall not go back to school before I start 2

No Frank S ince you are to go on this expedition the
,
.
,

sooner you start the better I shall write to yo r head . u

master and tell him that I am mo t reluctantly obliged

,
s

to take y aw y from school for a few month ; but that

ou a s

it is a m tter of the greate t importance and that I hope

a s ,

he will retain yo r name on the books and permit y u ou

to return when you come back to E ngland .

“
If he won t mother it will not matter very much
’
, , .

Of course I sho ld like to go back again but if they won t

’
u

let me I hall only have to go to a coach for a year

,
s

or two .

That is of little consequence his mother agreed ; ,

and perhaps after going through uch an exciting time

,
s
,

you will not yo rself care about retur ing to school u n

again You mu t not look upon thi matter as a mere

. s s

adventure Frank ; it i a very very perilou enter

,
s ,
s

pri e i whi ch your life will be risked daily W ere we

s ,
n .

d ifferently ituat d I should not have dreamt of allowing

s e ,

you to go out ; but we have identified oursel es with v

the cause of freedom in Italy Your grandfather 1 t . 0s

everything— his home his country and maybe his life ; , ,

and your father living as he did in R ome and married to

, ,

the daugh ter of an Italian felt as burning a h atred for ,

the oppression he w everywhere round him as did the sa

Italian themselves ; perhaps more so for being accustomed

s ,

to the freedom E ngl ishmen enjoy these things appeare d ,

to h im a good deal more mon trous than they did to s

tho e who had been u ed to them all their live He

s s s .
72 OUT W T H G AR BALD I I I .

risked death a score of times in the d efence of R ome ;

and he finally lost hi life whi le endeavouring to di cover s s

whether my father was a pri oner in one of the tyrants s

’

dungeons Thu although in all other respects an

. s,

E ngli h boy — s Italian onl y thro gh your grandfather

or u

— you have been constantly hearing of It ly and its a

wrongs and on that point feel

,
keenl y and trongly as s

as the son of an Italian patriot wo ld do I consider that u .

it i a holy war in which y are abo t to take part

s ou u

a war that if s cce f l will pen the door of dungeons

,
u ss u ,
O s

in which tho sand a m ong whom may be my father

u s, ,

are lingering out their liv s for no other ca e than that e us

they d red to think and will free a noble people who have
a ,

for centuries been under the yoke of foreigner Therefore s .

,

as , if this country were in danger I hould not ba lk your ,

s u

desi e to enter the ar m y so now I say to you join Garibaldi ;

r , ,

and even should you be taken from me I h ll at least ,

s a

have the consolation of feeling that it in a noble w as

cause you fell and that I sent you knowing that my

, ,

happine as well yo r life hu g pon the i ue I

ss as u n u ss .

want you to view the m atter then my boy not in the light , ,

of an exciting adventure but in the pirit in w hich the ,

s

Cr der went t to free the Holy S epulchre in which

usa s ou ,

th Huguenots of France fought and died for their religion

e .

“
I will try to do mother Frank aid gravel y at “
so, ,
”
s

an
y rate if the ca e ,
good enough for m y father
usand w as

grandfather to ri k their live for it i good eno gh for

s s ,
s u

me B t y kno w mother he went on in a changed

. u ou , ,
”
,

voice you can t p t an old head on to yo ng shoulders ;

,
“ ’
u u

and tho gh I hall try to regard it

u y
s say I am as ou ,

afraid that I han t be able to help enjoying it as a

s
’

splendid advent re u .
”

H i mother smiled faintly

s I suppose that is boy .
“
 A S U D D EN S U MM ON S . 73

nature At any rate I am ure that you will do your

.
,
s

duty and there is certainly no occa ion for your doing

,
s

it with a sad face and bear in mind alway Frank th t s, ,

a

you are going t not much to fight to search ev ry ou so ,

as e

prison and fortre that m y be capt red to q estion every ss a u ,

u

pri oner whether he h heard or known any one an wering

s as s

the d scription of yo r grandfather —

e and her u ,
or or

lip qui vered and her voice broke ,

.

O moth r 2 — and he tood urpri ed

r, M e Perciv l s s s as rs . a

burst suddenly into tears d the signor rising from her ,

an a,

seat went ha tily to her d put her m ro nd her

,
s ,
an ar u

neck It was a minute or t before M Percival took

. wo rs .

her hand from her face and went s ,

on ,

I was going to y F ank or of your f ther sa ,

r ,
a .

Frank tarted as if he had been ddenly truck

s My
,
su s .

father he repe ted in a low tone

,
”
D you think a ,
.
“
o ,

mother —do you think it pos ible I t h o ght th re s ? u e w as

no d oubt to how he killed as w as .

I have ever let myself d oubt M Percival went

n ,
”
rs .

on W henever the thought h co m e into my mind during

. as

the pa t two year I have resol tely put it a ide It would

s s u s .

have been an agon y more than I could bear to think it

possible that he could be live and lingeri g in a d g on a n un e

beyond human aid Never have I poken on the ubject . s s ,

except to my mother when h fir t gge t d the po ibility ; ,

s e s su s e ss

b t now th t there i a chance of the prison door being

u a s s

o pe ed I m y let m y elf not hope — i t

n ,
h rdly be that
a s can a

b t pray that in God mercy I m y yet him gain ’

u s a s ee a .

And h ag in broke do n ltogethe

as s e Frank with
a w a r, ,
a

sudden cry thre hi m elf on h i kne be i d e h

,
d w s s es s e r, an

b ried hi face in hi arm on her lap h i hole fig re

u s s s ,
s w u

shaken by deep ob s s .

M Percival rs the fir t to recover her co m posure

. w as s ,
74 ou r I
W T H GAR BALD I I .

and gently troked his hair saying s You must not ,

:
“

permit yourself to hope my boy ; you must shut that ,

out fro m your mind as I have done thinking of it only ,

as a vague a very v gue and distant po ibility

,
a ss .
”

“
B t how mother could it be ? he a ked presently ”
u , ,
s ,

raising h i head D i d we not hear all about his being

s .
“

killed how Beppo saw him shot and how one of the
, ,

band testified that he was dead and buried ?

“
S it seemed to me Frank when my mother first
o , ,

pointed out to m that all thi might be false and that e s ,

j st as the government of Naples declared they were b

u a so

l t ly ignorant as to yo r grandfather di appearance ’

u e u s s

when it appeared to us a certainty that it was d to thei r ue

own act so they would not he itate a mome t to get rid of

,
s n

your father whose letters as to the tate of their prisons

,
s

were exciting an inten e feeling against them in every free s

country S h said it would be easy for them to bribe or

. e

threaten his servant into telling any tale they thought fit

he or some other agent might have informed the banditti
tha t a rich E gli hman would be pa sing along the road
n s s

at a certain ti m e and that the government would be ,

ready to p y for hi capt re and delivery to them The

a s u .

prisoner taken may have been promised a large sum

to repeat the story of the E glishman having d ied and n

been buried It was all possible and tho gh I was

.
,
u

determined not to think of h i m a prisoner my mother as , ,

who knew more of these things than I did and how matters ,

like this were man ged in It ly tho ght that it was so a a ,

u .

till to my mind there were and still are reasons again t , ,

s

hope for surely the Neapolitan govern m ent would have

,

preferred that the brigands ho ld kill him rather than s u ,

that they them elve hould have the trouble of keepings s s

him in pri on s .
”
 A S U D DE N S U MM ON S . 75

Possibly they would have preferred that S ignora Forli ,

said speaking for the fir t time

,
They knew that he was s .

an E ngli hman and do btle s learned that he carried

s ,
u s

loaded pi tols and may have reckoned confidently upon

s ,

his re isting and being killed and may have been dis
s ,

appointed because the brigands hoping for a large ran om ,

s ,

carried him off wo nded u .

B t even then M Percival said they co ld have

“ ”
u ,
rs .
,
u

sent p their agent to the brigands and paid them to

u s

fini h thei work

s r .
”

“
Y pos ibly that is wh t they did do ; b t tho gh I
es , s a u u

have never poken to y on the s bject since y told me

s ou u ou

not to I have tho ght it over many and many ti me

, d u s , an

it see m to me that they wo ld carcel y do

s for they u s s o,

might th s p t them elve into the power of the e bandi ts

u u s s s .

Any one of the band might make h i way to N ple go s a s,

to the Briti h legation and nder the pro m i e of a large

s ,
u s

sum of money and p otection denounce the whole plot It r .

seem to me more likely that they would send

s agent an

to the chief brigand and p y h i m a sum of money to ,

a

deliver the captive up to men who wo ld meet hi m at u

a certain place It is probable that the chief wo ld on. u ,

some excu e or other get rid of all his band but two
s ,

or three hand over the prisoner and share the money

, ,

only with tho e with him and when the others returned
s , ,

tell them that th pri oner had died d th t they had e s an a

buried him Then the carabini eri would

. every effort use

to kill those who were in th ecret and being in earne t e s ,

s

for once they probably did kill the chi f and tho e
,
e s

with him .

“
Probably the m who gave his evidence was not an

one of the party at all b t ome pri oner ch rg d wi th ,

u s s a e a

minor o ffence who was pro mi ed h i liberty the price

,
s s as
76 o ur w rrH GAR BALD I I .

of telling the tory that he was taught If Leonard had

s .

been killed and b ried they stated his grave must

u ,
as ,

surely have been found— the earth must till have been s

f e h ; and indeed nothing is more unlikely than that

r s , ,

the brig nd should have taken any extraordinary trouble

a s

to hide the body as they could not have anticipated that

,

any vigorous e rch would be made for it For the e

s a . s

reasons I have all alo g believed that Leonard did not n

come to his end as was suppo ed He may have been s .

killed af terwards by those into who e hands he was s

delivered ; but even this does not seem likely for one of ,

them m ight betray th secret for a large reward He e .

may have died in a d ngeon so m ny thousands have u ,

as a

done ; but I believe firmly that he di d t as reported no , ,

die in the brig nd b t I have never since poken on

a s
’
u . s

the subject to your mother Frank for I agreed with wh t , ,

a

she said that it wo ld be better to think of him as

,
u

dead than in a d ngeon from which as was sho n i u , ,

w n

the ca e of yo r grandf ther there w no chance of

s u a ,
as

l i g him
r t e as n Now however if Garib ldi is suc es ful
.
, ,
a c s ,

as every pri on will be searched and every political pri o er

s ,
s n

freed there i a prospect that if he is s till alive he m y

,
s , ,
a

be re tored to us
s .

Frank with the n t ral hope of yo th at o ce adopted

,
a u u ,
n

the signora s vie ; b t h i mother ltho gh she ad m itted

’
w u s ,
a u

tha t it might po ibly be tr e s till insi ted that h w ould

ss u ,
s s e

not permit herself to hope .

It may be th t God in H i mercy will end him a s s

back to me ; but tho gh I shall pr y night and day ,

u a

that He will do it will be almo t without hope that

so , s

my prayer will be granted were I to hope it would ,

-
,

be like l ing h i m ag in if h were not fo nd N w

os a e u . o

let talk of o ther matter The ooner you start the

us s . s
 A S U D DE N S U MM ON S . 77

better Frank ; you will not have many preparations to

,

make The Garibal di an outfit is a simple one— red

.
a

shirt trousers of any colour but generally blue a pair

, , ,

of gaiters and one of thick serviceable boots a wide , ,

awake or in fact any sort of cap with perhap a red

, , ,
s

feather a well made blanket wound up and strapped over

,
-

one shoulder like a scarf a red ash for th wai t a ,

s e s ,

cloak or great coat strapped up and worn like a knap ack

- s ,

and a pare shirt and a pair of trousers are all the o tfit
S u

that you require You had better take a good rifle wi th

.

you and f course a pair of pi tols All th clothes y

,
o s . e ou

can buy out there and also a sword for no doubt Garibaldi
, ,

will put you on his staff .

”

In that ca e I sh ll not want the rifle mother

s a ,
.

No and if you do you can b y one there In a town u .

like Genoa there are sure to be shop where E ngli h s s

ri fl es can be bo gh t and you might have d ifli lty in

u ,
cu

pas ing one through th customs — l ggage is rigorously

s e u

examined on the frontier and at the port A brace of s .

pistol however would be nat ral enough as any E ngli h

s, ,
u ,
s

traveller might take them for prot ction against brig nd e a s

if he intended to go at all out of beaten tracks As to .

the money I shall go to the bank on M onday and reque t

, ,
s

them to give me bills on ome firm in Genoa or Turin s .

Garibaldi will find no d i fficulty in getting them c hed as .

I should y that your be t course will be to go through

sa s

Paris and as far as the rail way is made then on by ,

diligen e over M ont O i to Turin and after th t by

c en s ,
a

railw y to Genoa In that way you will get there in

a .

three or four d y whereas it would take you a fortnight

a s,

by sea .
”

Then it seem to me mother that there i nothing s , ,

s

at all for me to get before I t rt except a brace of s a ,

78 I
our W T H GAR BAL D I I .

pistol ; but of cour e I must have my clothes up from

s s

Harro w .

I wil l writ for them at once Frank It would be better

e ,
.

that y should not go down— y wo ld find it di fficult

ou ou u

to answer q estions p t to you as to why you are leaving ;

u u

and of course this enterpr i e of Garibaldi must be kept a s

profound secret O cannot be too pr d ent in a case l ike

. ne u

this for if a whisper got abroad th Italian government

,
e

wo ld be compelled to stop him

u .
”

“
You will not see Beppo here when y come back ou ,

M rs Percival aid to Frank on M onday eveni g

. s I gave n .
“

him notice this afternoon .

“
W hat for mother ? Anyhow I am not orry for I
, ,
s ,

have never liked him .

“
I know that you have not Frank and I begin to , ,

think that you were right My maid said to me this .

morni g that though h did not like to speak against

n ,
s e

a fellow servant she thought it right to tell me that

-
,

when I m out of the ho e and before I get p of a

a us u

morning he is often in the drawing room and dining -

room in neither of which he has any busi ess ; d that

,
n an

when she went p ye terday evening— you know that u s

she is a very q iet walker — h came upon h i m stan d ing

u s e

outside the dra w ing room door when we were chatting -

together and h tho ght tho gh of thi h was not q i te

,
s e u ,
u s s e u

sure that he h d hi ear at the keyhole He knocked

,
a s .

and ca m e in the in tant he saw her as if he had only s ,

that moment arrived there ; b t she had caught sight u

of him before he saw her and was certain that he was ,

listening .

Of course she might have been mi staken but thi nking

,

it over it see m s to me that she

,
probably right for w as ,

once or twice since he h been here it has struck me as ,

 A S U DD E N s ummon s . 79

that the papers in my cabinet were not in preci ely s

the same order as I had left them You know that I .

am ery methodical about such matter ; still I might

v s ,

each time when I took them out have omitted to

, ,

return them in exactl y the same ord er as before though ,

I do not think it likely that I could have done so .

However I thought nothing of it at the time ; but

,

now that I hear that he has been spying about the

rooms and liste i ng at the door I cannot but connect
n ,

the two things together and it may be that the man ,

has been acting as agent for the Neapolitan govern

an

m ent .You know when we were talking the matter over

,

on S aturday my mother suggested that it was possible

,

tha t the courier h d been in league with the briga ds

a n .

Possibly he may l o be an agent of the government ;

a s

and there was so grea a stir made t that time that I

t a

cannot regard it as i m pos ible knowing how she and I s ,

are heart and soul with the Italian patriots that he ,

was sent over to watch us .

I think it not only possible but probable

“
S ignora ,

Forli put in I kno . that in Italy the police have

“
w

spies in every hou ehold where they suspect the owner

s

of holding libera l opinions ; and knowing that our house

was frequented by so many exi les they may have ,

very well placed this man h I regret w tha t at ere . no

the time this man came over at your mother s request ’

,

we l i tened to h i plausible tale and took him into our

s s

service b t I had not at that time any strong picions

,
u s us

that the attack on your father a preconcerted one w as ,

and I sho ld hardly have men tioned the idea to your

u

mother had it occurred to me However it is of no .

,
us e

thinking over that now the great point i to con ider s s

h w it will affect your plan

”
o .
80 o ur W T H GAR BAL D I I I .

In what way signora Fra k a ked in surprise and ,

n s

M rs .Percival added I don t what y mean mother ,

“ ’
se e ou , .

“
I mean thi dear if this m i a py you may be
s, : an s s ,

quite ure that he h had fal e keys made by which he

s as s ,

c an open your cabinet your drawers and your writing d esk , ,

- .

It is quite probable that he know Garibaldi s handwriting s

’
,

for knowing that the general was a great friend of your

,

father he wo ld almo t cert inly be f r ished with a

,
u s a u n

specimen of i t ; and if that the case we may take it ,

w as ,

for granted th t wherever you put any letter from G ri

a a

baldi he would get at it and read it Th t in its lf can

,
. a e

do comparatively little harm for r mours of the general ,

u
’
s

propo ed expedition s alre dy current B t he wil l k o a re a . u n w

that immedi tely on receipt of that letter you ent for

,
a ,
s

Frank D o btles there are other Neapolitan pie over

. u s s s

here and every movement you have made ince will in

,
s ,

that case have been w tched and you will h ve been seen to
,
a ,
a

go to the bank to day It i not likely that they would k o

-
. s n w

how much we h ve drawn out for your conver ation wasa ,

s

with the man ger in his private room ; but knowing your
a

devotion t G ribaldi c u e they might well ppo e that

o a
’
s a s ,
su s

the amount wo ld be a consider ble one W h ve m d e

u a . e a a

no ecr t of the fact th t Frank will t rt th d y after

s e a s a e a

to morrow to tr vel in Italy for time ; d he ill g e

-
a a an w u ss

th t Frank i the bearer of thi money to Garib ldi

a s s a

pos ibly it ee m that he li tened t the door he m y

s ,
as s s s a s
,
a

even have he rd y tell Frank how much y were going

a ou ou

to send Yesterd y evening we were t lking over how

. a a

the bill had b t be concealed and he m y have heard

s es
,
a

that al o ; if he di d y m y be pretty sure th t they will

s ,
ou a a

never reach G rib ldi unless our plans f their conceal

a a , or

m ent changed ”
ar e .

“
You frighten me mother ,
.
 A S U DD E N s u mmon s . 81

I don t k now that there is a ythi g to b frightened

’
n n e

about the signora said

,
I do not for a moment suppo e . s

that he contemplates any actual attack upon Frank

tho gh he will I am convinced try to get the money
u , ,

partly no do bt for its own sake partly because i t lo s

,
u , , s s

would be a serious blow to Garibaldi After the d i p . sa

pe aran ceof his grandfather and the commotion there was ,

over the death or di appearance of his father an attack

s ,

upon Frank would appear to be a sequel of these a ff airs ,

and would cause such general indi gnation that the ministry
would take the matter up in earnest and the resul t would ,

be far more d i sastrous for the government of Naples than

could be caused by any amount of money reachi g n

Garibaldi whom they must regard an adventurer who

,
as

could give them some tro ble b t who could not hope u ,
u

for succe s Therefore I do not think that there is any

s .
,

danger whatever of per onal injury to Frank ; but I do s

think there is g ave fear that the money will be stolen

r

on the way If our s spicion are well founded as to

. u s

Beppo no doubt two or three of the e gents will travel

,
s a

with him If he stops to sleep at an hotel his room

.
,

would be entered and his coat carried off ; he may be

chloroformed when in a train and searched from head to
foot ; his baggage may be stolen on the way but that ,

would only be the case if they do not find the bills on h i s

per on where we agreed la t night to hide them

s er s .
”

I dare not let him go M Percival said in a trembling

“ ”
,
rs .
,

voice .

“
W h y mother ,
Frank said almost indignantly you
, ,
“

don t ppo e now that I am warned I hall be fool

’
su s , ,
s

enough to let these fellows get the best of me ? I will

carry a loaded pistol in each pocket ; I will not sleep
in an hotel from the ti m e I start till I have han d ed the
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82 o ur W I T H G AR BALD I I .

bills to Garib ldi and will take c re alway to get into a

a ,
a s

carri ge with ever l other pa senger If I h dn t had

a s a s s . a
’

f ir warning I dare say I ho ld have been robbed ; but

a ,
s u

I h ve no fear whatever on the subject now that we have

a

a s spicion of what may occ r B t if y think it would

u u . u ou

be a fer I do not
s w hy y
,
co ld not send th bil l by s ee ou u e s

po t to an hotel at Genoa
s .

S ignora For li hook her head Th at would not do s .

“
,

s h said
e You do not know what these Neapolitan
.
“

spies are capable of If they find that you have not the .

money with y they wo ld follo w you to your hotel at

ou , u

Genoa bribe the concierge there to hand over y letter

,
an

that came addressed to you or teal it fro m the rac k ,

s

where it wo ld be placed while his attention was turned

u ,

elsewhere However I have an ld friend at Genoa

.
,
o ,

the Counte of M g lfi ; we excha ge letters two or

ss on o e re n

three times a year Sh i of course a patriot I will . e s, ,

.
,

i f your mother agrees with me enclo e the bills in an ,

s

envelope addres ed to y p t that in another with a s ou , u

letter s ying that y will call t her hou e when you

a ou a s

arrive at Genoa and re q est her to hand the letter to ,

u

you I w ill y that it vitally concern the cau e and

. sa s s ,

beg her to pl ce it nder lock and key in ome afe a u s s

receptacle until you arrive .

”

That i an excellent idea mother M Percival s id

“
s , ,
rs . a ,

and would ee m to meet the di fli lty s cu .

”

Frank rose from his eat quietly tepped noisele ly s ,

s ss

t othe door and s ddenly threw it open To his s rpri e

,
u . u s

m mother m id w sitting in a chair again t it knitting

’
s s a as s , .

It i all right H nnah he aid

s h started to ,
a ,
”
s ,
as s e

her feet I did not know you were there I thought

.
“
.

that fellow might be listening agai n and he closed the ,

”

door .
 A S U DD E N s ummon s . 83

I asked her to sit there this evening Fran k M , ,

rs .

Percival said I knew that we sho ld be talking this

.
“
u

matter over and thought it better to take the precaution

,

to en ure our not being overheard

s .
”

Quite righ t mother ; I am glad you did Then

“
,
s o.

you th i nk that that plan will answer ? ”

“
Yes I think so ; but y mu t be s re and take care
,
ou s u

of yo rself j st as if you had the money abo t y

u ,
u u ou .
”

That I will mother y can rely pon that ,

ou u .
”

And above all S ignora Forli said you m st beware ,

”
,
“
u ,

when you go to the Counte for the money that y take ss ,

ou

every po sible precaution Call in the daytime go in a

s .
,

carriage and d ive traight from her pl ce to the Villa

r s a

S pinola better still go fir t to Garibaldi tell him where ,

s ,

the money i and k him to send three of h i officers

s
,
as s

to yo r hotel on the followi ng morning Then take a

u .

carri ge drive to the Countess s and take it to the

a ,
’

gener l with fo r of y in the carriage They wo l d not

a u ou . u

d are to attack you in broad d ylight

”
a .

“
That is an excellent plan M P rcival aid in a ,
”
rs . e s ,

tone of great reli ef Cert inly if they do manage to .

“
a ,

search him on the way and find that he h not got the ,
as

bill upon him they will watc h him clo ely t Genoa
s , s a ,

where no doubt they will get the a i tance of so m e of

, ,
ss s

Franci co s agents There are sure to be plenty of them

s
’
.

in Genoa at present ; but however many of them there

m y be they wo ld not venture to attack in d aylight
a ,
u

fo r men driving along what is no doubt a freq ented

u u

re ad more e pecially as they would know that three of

,
s

the m were Garibaldi men which is much as to say ’

s ,
as

de perate fellow and who would no doubt like yourself

s s, , , ,

be armed with pi tol s s .

”

“
W had better t ke one more precaution
e S ignora a ,
84 o ur W I T H G AR BAL D I I .

Forli said It is beli ved that you are going t tart

.
“
e o s

on Thur day morning Your p cking can be done in fi

s . a ve

min te ; and I think that it wo ld be a good plan for

u s u

you to have everything ready to night and end M ary -

,
s

out for a hansom to morrow morni g that you could -

n ,
so ,

when it comes up to the door go straight down get into , ,

it and drive to th station I don t say that they might

,
e .
’

not be prepared for any udden cha ge of plans ; but s n o ur

at lea t it wo ld give y a chance of getting a tart of

s u ou s

them that they can never recover — t any rate not ntil a ,
u

you get to Pari s .

”

How could they catch me there ? Frank id sa .

Franci co agents here might telegraph to his gents

’
s s a

in Pari and they might be on the look t for you

s, -
ou

when you arrived and take the matter up You were , .

going i d Calais L t me look at the Brad h w

v . e s a .
”

Y she sai d after examining its page ; the train

es ,
”
,
s
“

for the tidal boat leaves at the same time the D over as

train If when y get into the cab y

.
y out loud ou ,
ou sa ,

‘
Victoria that Beppo m y hear i t y can then when
,
so a ,
ou ,

once on yo r way tell the c bman to take you to Charing

u ,
a

Cro ssIn that way if there i y one on the look out

.
,
s an -

w hen the Cal is train come in they will be thrown alto

a s ,

gether ff the scent o .

”

It em ridic lo all the e precaution Frank said

“
se s u u s, s s, ,

wi th a la gh u .

M y dear no precautions are ridiculous wh en you nave

,

Franci co s agent to deal with Now I will write my

s
’
s .
,

letter to the Counte at once that she may get it ss ,

so

before yo r arrival there You will of course go out and

u .
, ,

post it yourself .
”
 CHAPTER V

ON T HE W AY .

FTER posting the letter Frank made s vera l small , e

p rchases and w more than an hour away O

u ,
as . n

h i ret rn he saw a cab standing at the door

s u As he .

approached Beppo came out with a portmanteau handed

, ,

it up to the d river jumped in and was driven off

, , .

oS Beppo has gone mother he said as he joined her

, , ,

in the drawing room -

.

Y
es . He came in directly you had left He said that .

his feelings had b en outraged by a servant being placed

e

at the door He could not say why she was there b t

.
,
u

thought it seemed if he was doubted He could t but

as . no

entertain a suspicion that she was placed there to prevent

an y one liste ing at the keyhole ; after such an in ult as
n s

that he could not remain y longer in the house I said an .

that he was at liberty to le ve insta tly as his wages had a n ,

been paid only three day ago He made no reply but s .

,

bowed and left M ary came up and told me ten min tes
. u

la ter that he had brought his portmanteau down left it ,

in the hall and go e out h s pposed to fetch a cab

,
n ,
s e u ,
.

I heard the vehicle d ive p j t now and the front r u us ,

door closed half a minute ago .

”

S ignora Forli came into the room as h was peaking s e s .

M ary tell me that Beppo h gone It i a comfort th t

s as . s a

he is out of the ho se \Vhen you once begin to usp ct

u .
s e
86 our W I T H G AR BALD I I .

a man the sooner he i away the better At the same

,
s .

time Frank there can be no doubt th at hi going will

, ,
s

not increa e yo r chance of re ching Genoa without being

s u s a

s earched I sho ld y that he had made up h i mi nd to

. u sa s

leave before y did and he was glad that the fact of M ary
ou ,

being at the door gave him a pretex t for his sudden departure .

In the first place he could conduct the affair better than ,

any one el e could do he knows your face and figure

s ,
as

so well Then too he would naturall y wi h to g t the

.
, ,
s e

credit of the matter him elf after being long eng ged s ,
so a

in it Of cour e you m y well carry out the plan we

. s ,
a as

arranged to start in the morning ; but you may feel b

,
a so

l t ly certain that whatever you may do you will not

u e , ,

throw him off your track He m st know now that he . u

is s spected of being a Ne politan agent and that you will

u a ,

very likely change your route and your time of starting .

“
I regard it as certain that the hou e will be watched s

night and day beginning from to morrow morni ng an ,

-
,

hour or before the trains leave There will be a vehicle

so .

with a fast hor e clo e at hand po ibl y two so that one s s ,

ss ,

will follow yo r cab and the other drive at once to ome

u , s

place where Beppo i waiting As likely as not he wil l s .

go i a Cal is If y go that way so much the better ;

v a . ou ,

i f not he will only have to post him elf at the station at

, s

Paris It i li kely enough that during the last day or

. s

two he has had one or two men hanging about here to

watch you going in d out and so to get to know you an ,

well and will have one at each of the railway station

, s .

He may al o h ve written to th agents in Pari to have

s a e s

a look t k ept for y there

-
ou ou .

B t how co ld they know me ?

u u

He wo ld de cribe you closely eno gh for that ; pos

u s u

s ib ly he m y have sent them over a photograph

a .
 ON T H E W AY .

Frank got up and went to a side table on which a ,

framed photograph that had been taken when he was at

home at Christmas usually stood You are right he ,
.
“
,
”

said ; it has gone Then he opened an album

“
The . .
“

one here has gone too mother Are there any more of , , .

them about ? ”

There is one in my bedroom you know where it hangs

“
.

It was there thi morning s .

”

That has gone too mother he said when he returned

“
, , , ,

to the room .

S you see M uriel I was right The one from

o , , .

th alb m may have been taken ye terday and a dozen

e u s ,

copies made of it ; so that even i f you give them the

.

slip here Frank you w ill be recognised as soon as you

, ,

re ch Pari
a s .
”

W ell mother it is of no use bothering any more

“
, ,

about it I have only to travel in carriages with o ther

.

people and they c nnot molest me ; at worst they can

,
a

b t search m
u and they will find nothing They cannot
e, .

even feel sure that I have nything on me ; for now a

that Beppo knows he is suspected of listen i ng at doors ,

he will con ider it pos ible that we may have changed

s s

our plans abo t where we shall hide the money It is

u .

not as if they wanted to put me out of the way you ,

know you and the signora agreed that that is certainly

the la t thing they wo ld do becau e there wo ld be a
s u ,
s u

tremendo s row about it and they wo ld gain no d

u ,
u a van

t ge by it ; I ho ld not worry any further mother I

a so s u ,
.

do not think there i the lighte t occasion for unea iness s s s s .

I will ju t go b y Calai s I h d intended and b y the s, as a ,

train I had fixed on ; that in it lf will hake B pp se s e

’
o s

belief that I h ve th money wi th me for h would think

a e ,
e

that if I had it I hould nat rally try ome other way s u s .

”
 88 o ur W I T H G AR BALD I I .

At any rate M Percival said you s h all not ,

rs .
,
“

go by the line that we had intended You would be .

obliged to travel by diligence from D ole to G enev a,

thence to Cha m bery and again b y the same method over ,

the Alp to S u a You shall go straight from Pari to

s s . s

M arseille ; boats go from there every two or three days

s

to Genoa .
”

Very well mother ; I don t care which it is Certainly

,
’
.

there are far fewer ch a ges by that line ; and to make n

your mind e y I w ill promise you that at Marseille

as , s,

if I have to stop there a ni ght I will keep my bedroom ,

door locked and shove something heavy against it in that

,

way I can t be caught asleep ’

.
”

“
W ell I shall certainly feel more comfortable my dear
, ,

boy than I should if you were going over the Alp Of

,
s .

course the d ili gence stops sometimes and the people get out
, ,

and there would be many opportunities for your being

s uddenl y seized and gagged and carried ff o .
”

“
They would have to be very udden about it Frank s
,

la ghed I do think mother that you have been building

u .
“
, ,

mo ntain out of molehill Beppo may not be a spy

u s s.
,

after all ; he may have heard you talki g of this ten n

thous nd pound and the temptation of trying to get it

a s,

may be too much for him He will know now that I shall .

be on my g ard and that even if I have the money on my

u , ,

person hi chance of getting it is m all indeed I believe

,
s s .

that y and the signora have talked the m tter over till
ou a

you have frightened yo r elves and built up a wonderful u s ,

story ba ed only on the fact that M ary thought that she

,
s

caught Beppo li tening at the door s .

”

How abo t the photographs ? M Percival a ked

u rs . s .

Po ibly he has a hidden a ffection for me Frank

ss
,
”

laughed and h taken the e as mement s of hi tay here

,
“
as s o s s .
 on T H E W AY . 89

W ell don t say anything more about it mother ; I am not

,
’
,

in the lea t nervous and with a brace of loaded pistol

s , s

in my pocket and the fair warning that I have had I ,

do not think I need be afraid of two or three of these

mi erable Neapolitan spies
s .
”

Accordingly Frank started by the morning mail

, ,
as

they had arranged The carriage was full to D over ; .

and at Calais he waited on the platform unti l he saw

an E nglish gentleman with t ladies enter a comp rtment wo a ,

and in this he took a vacant corner seat O h i arrival . n s

at Paris he drove acro at once to the termin s of the ss u

railway to M arseilles breakfasted there and sat in the , ,

waiting room reading till the door on to the platform

-

opened and an fli i l shouted Pa engers for M elun

, o c a ,
“
ss ,

S ens D ijon M acon Lyon and M arseille There w a ”

, s, s . as
, ,

general movement among those in the waiting room Frank -

.

found that there was no fear of his being in a compartment

by him elf for only one carriage door
s ,
opened t a w as a

time and not until the comp rtment was full was th next
,
a e

u nlocked He waited until he saw hi opportunity and

. s ,

was the first to enter and secure a corner seat In a short .

time it filled up .

He had slept mo t of the way between C lai and Pari s a s s,

feeling absolutely certain th t he would not be interfered a

with i a c rri ge w ith three E ngli h fellow pa se ger

n a a s -
s n s .

It was twelve o clock now and h would not arrive at ’

,
e

M ar eille until seven the next morning and he wondered

s s ,

where all h i fellow pa engers w h ere packed as closely

s -
ss ,
o w

as possible were going for altho gh he did not wi h to be

, ,
u s

alone it was not a pleasant pro pect t be for eighteen ho rs

,
s o u

wedged in tightly that he could carcely move Then he

so s .

wondered whether any of the men who might be following

were al o in the trai n He had quite co m e to the conclu ion
s .
s
90 OUT W I T H G AR BALD I I .

that his mother and grandmother had frightened them

selves m o t unnecessarily ; but he admitted that this was
s

natural enough after the losse they had had At D ijon

,
s .

several pa sengers got out but others took their places ;

s ,

and so the jo rney contin ed throughout the day Th

u u . e

carriage was generally full though once or twice there ,

were for a time but five be ides himself He read most s .

of th way for altho gh he spoke Italian as fluently

e ,
u

as E gli h he could not converse in French W hen

n s ,
.

tired of reading he had several time dozed ff to sleep s o ,

though he had determined that he would ke p awake e

all night .

At ten o clock in the evening the train arrived at Lyons

’
.

Here there was a stop of t enty min tes and he got out w u ,

and ate a hearty m eal and drank two or three cups of ,

strong coffee He was not surprised to find on ret rning to

.
,
u

his carriage tha t all the passengers with two exceptions had
,

left it The e had got in at M acon and were evidently

. s ,

men of good circ m stances and intim te with each other ;

u a

he h d no su picions whatever of them for it was certain

a s ,

that men who had any intention of attacking him would

appear as strangers to e ch other At Vienne both left a .

the carriage Fr nk w not sorry to see them do so

. a as .

“
If there are really fellows watching me h said to ,
e

himself the ooner they how them elves and get it

,
“
s s s

over the better ; it is a nuisance to keep on expecting

something to take pl ce when as likely as not nothi g willa n

happen at all He examined h i pistols They were

.
”
s .

lo ded but not capped and he w p t c ps on the

a , no u a

nip ple and replaced them in his pocket

s, .

Ju t before they h d l ft Vienne a man had come to

s a e

the window as if intending to enter but fter glancing in ,

a

for a moment had gone to an other carriage .

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l
Il s A S S A I LA N T F E LL BAC K AN D D I S A P PE A R I‘Z I )
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“
That is rather queer Frank thought As I am ,
.
“

alone here there was plenty of room for hi m Perhaps

,
.

he h d m a d e a mistake in the carriage At any rate

a .
,

they won t catch me napping ’

.

The strong coffee that he had taken at Lyons had

’

sharpened h i faculties and he never felt more awake

s ,

than he did after leaving Vienne He sat with his eye . s

apparently closed as if a leep with a warm g w apped ,

s ,
ru r

ro nd hi legs An hour later he saw a face appear at

u s .

the opposite window At first it was but for an instant ; .

a f w econds later it appeared again and watched him

e s

steadily ; then the man moved along to the d oor and

another joined him Frank ithout moving cocked th pi tol . w e s

i his right hand pocket

n d took a firm hold of the butt
-
,
an

wi th his finger on the trigger The door pened noiselessly . O ,

and the econd man thrust in an arm holding a pi t l ;

s s o

so it remained for half a minute Frank was convinced .

that there was no intention of hooting if it co ld be s u

avoided and remained perfectly still ; then the m was

,
ar

withdra n and another man holding a knife in one hand

w , ,

and a roll of omething in the other enter d In a s ,

e .

moment Frank s right arm fl w up and his pistol cracked

’
e

out his a ailant fell back and disappeared through the

: ss

open door Frank spr ng to his feet as he fired and

. a ,

stood with his pistol levelled towards the wi ndow where ,

the head of the second man had di appeared as h i s s

comrade fell b ckw rds a a .

“
He know I have the best of him now Frank s
,

m uttered to him elf ; I don t think that he will have s

“ ’

another t y r .

Advancing cautiou ly he pulled the door to lowered s , ,

the window and p tting a hand out without expo ing his
,
u s

head turned the h an dle and then drew p the wi dow

, ,
u n
92 o ur W I T H GAR BALD I I .

ag in His fo t struck against something h backed

a . o as e

to hi seat in the corner As he still kept h i eyes fixed

s . s

on the window he paid no attention to this for a m inute

,

or two then he became con cious of a faint odour s .

I expect that i chloroform or ether or something s

of that sort he said b lowered the window next to

, ,
as e

him ; and then still keeping an eye on the door oppo ite
,
s ,

moved a step forward and picked p a large handkerchief u ,

steeped in a liquid of ome sort or other He was s .

about to open the window and throw it t when an ou ,

idea struck him .

I had better keep it he said

“
there may be a ,
:
“

be tly row over the bu ine s and this handkerchief may

as s s ,

be useful in confirming my story .

”

He therefore put it p on the rack lowered the w indo w u ,

a few inche and did the same to the one opposite to it

s, .

Then wrapping the handkerchief up in two or three

newspapers he h d bought by the way to prevent thea ,

liquid from evaporati g he t down in hi corner again n ,

sa s .

He felt confident that the attack would not be renewed ,

now he w fo nd to be on the w tch and armed It

as u a .

was prob ble that the two men were alone and the one
a ,

remaining would hardly venture single handed to take any -

step whatever again t one who w certai n to continue

s s as

to be vigilant He had no doubt that he had killed the

.

man h fired at and that even if the wo nd had not

e , ,
u

been in tantly fatal he woul d have been killed by his fall

s ,

from the train .

It ee m s horrid he muttered to have shot a man ;

s , ,
“

but it w ju t much his life or mine as it would

as s as

have been in battle I hope no one heard the shot fired .

.

I expect that mo t of the pas engers were a leep ; ands s s

if y one did hear it he might suppose that a door

an ,
 on T H E W AY . 93

had come open or h d been opened b y a guard and had ,

a ,

been slammed to Of course the man s body will be found .

,
’

on the line in the morning and I expect there will be ,

some fuss over it ; but I hope we shall all be out of the

train and scattered through the town before any inquiries
are set on foot If they traced it to me I might be kept
.
,

at M arseilles for weeks Of course I should be ll right .

,
a

b t the delay would be a frightful n i ance

u There i one u s . s

thi g the g ard looked at my ticket j st before the

n ,
-
u u

train tarted from the la t station and would kno th t

s s ,
w a

I was alone in the carriage .

”

In a few min tes the speed of the train began to slacken

u .

He knew that the next station Valence He closed w as .

his eye and listened s the train topped As oon as as s . s

it did he heard a voice from the nex t c rriage houting

so, a s

for the guard Then he heard an animated conversation

.
,

of which he was ble to gather the i m port a .

The sound of a gun the guard aid

“
Nonsen e ; ,
”
s .
“
s

you must have been dreaming

I am sure I was not a voice aid indignantly
“
It ,
”
s .
“

seemed to me as if it was in the next carri ge a .

The guard came to Frank s window Ah bah " he ’

.
,
”

s id There i only one pas enger there an E ngli hman

a . s s ,
s .

He w alone when we left Vienne and he is so nd

as ,
u

asleep now .
”

Perhaps he is dead .

It w po sible and therefore the g ard opened the

as s ,
u

door .Are you leep monsieur as ,

Fr nk opened his eye

a M y ticket ? he asked dro ily s .
“ ”
ws .

W h y I showed it you at Vienne

, .

P rdon mon ie r the g ard aid

a ,
I am orry s u ,
”
u s . s

that I disturbed you It was a mi take and he clo ed . s ,

s

the door and said angrily to the man who had called him
,
94 OUT W T H GAR BAL D I I I .

It is I said You have been asleep and I have woke

as .

the E ngli h gentleman up for nothing

s .
”

A min te l ter the train moved on again

u a .

S f o good Frank said

ar so I hould think that
,
”
.
“
s

I am all righ t now W h ll be in at even and it wi ll

. e s a s ,

not be daylight til l h lf pa t six ; and as I fancy that a -

s

we must have been about midway between Vienne and

V ll a when that fellow fell t it i not likely that
e n ce ou ,
s

h i body will be found for so m e ti m e

s They are sure to .

have cho en so m e point a good w y from any station to

s a

get t of their own carriage and come to mine E ven

ou .

when they fi d him they are not likely to make out

n ,

that he h been hot for some ti m e afterward I hit

as s s.

him in the body omewhere near the heart I fancy ; I did

,
s ,

not feel re of hitting hi m if I fired at his head for the

su ,

carri ge a haki ng abo t a good deal It w il l probably

w as s u .

be tho ght at first th t he h either fallen or jumped

u a as

out of h i carriage I s ppo e when he i found

s . u s ,
s ,

he will be carried to the ne re t tation d put i a s s ,

an n

so m e here till a doctor and some f nctionaries com and

w u e,

an inquiry is held ; and he prob bl y has been b dly as a a

cut about the head d face his death will be put an ,

down to th t ca e at fir t Indeed the fact that he

a us s .
,

w as hot m y not be found t till they prep re him

s a ou a

for b rial I s ppo e they will t ke ff h i clothes then

u . u s a o s ,

as they will w nt to keep them for his identification if any

a ,

inqui ie hould ever be m de about him At any r te

r s s a . a ,

I may hope to have got fairly away from M arseilles before

the matter i taken up by the police and even then the
s ,

evidence of the g ard that I w alone will prevent any

u as

s picion falling especially on me

us .

He had no inclination for leep and although he felt s ,

certain that he would not a g in be di sturbed b main a e

 on THE W AY . 95

tai n e da vigil ant watch upon both w indows until a ,

few minutes after the appoi nted time the trai n arrived ,

at M ar eilles Having only the mall portmanteau he

s . s

carried with him he was not detained more than two ,

or three minute there took a fi and d ove to the

s ,
acr e r

H et l de M ar eilles which his Bradshaw told h i m was

e s ,

clo e to the stea m boat fli

s After going up tairs and o ce s . s

h vi g a wash he went down again caref lly locking the

a n , ,
u

door after him and putting the key in his pocket He .

then had some coffee and roll and while taki ng these s, ,

obtained from the waiter a ti m e table of the depart res -

u

of the arious steamers from the port and found to his

v , ,

great ati faction that one of the R b tti ves el would

s s ,
u a no s s

leave for Genoa at twelve o clock ’

.

A soon as the teamboat o ffices were open he e gaged

s s n

a berth w alked abo t M arseilles for an hour ret rned at

,
u ,
u

ten to the hotel took a hearty lunch and then drove down
, ,

to the port O questioning the teward he fo nd that

. n s u

there were not many pas engers going and with a tip of s ,

fi ve francs secured a c bin to hi m elf having done thi he a s s,

went on deck again and watched the pa engers arrivi ng ss .

They were principally Itali n ; b t among them he could a s u

not recognise the face of the agent who had levelled a pistol
at him Both men had indeed worn black han dkerchief
.
, ,
s

tied across their face belo their eyes and coveri g s w n

their chin and the broad brimmed hats they w kep t

s, -
e re

thei r for he d and eyes in sh adow ; and although he

e a s

watched h i fellow pas ngers wi th the f int hope of d i

s -
se a s

covering by som e evil expr s ion on his face h i l t night e s s as

’
s

a ailant he had real belief that he ho ld even under

ss ,
no s u ,

the most favourable circ m tances recogni e him aga i n u s ,

s .

Two or three of the men be rd and eemed to w e re a s, s

belong to the ailor cla probabl y men who h d l nded

s ss a a
96 our W I T H G AR BAL D I I .

from a French ship af ter perhaps a distant voyage and , ,

were now returning home He w no more of these . sa ,

as they t once went for w ard There were only eig h t

a .

o ther passengers i the saloon ; seven of these were n

Italians of whom three were evidently friends Two of the

, .

other had Frank gathered from their talk j t returned

s , ,
us

from Brazil ; the sixth w an old man and the seventh as ,

a traveller for a firm of silk or velvet manufacturers in

G noa
e The three friends talked gaily on all sorts of
.

subjects ; but nothing that Frank gathered either from ,

their conver ation on deck or at dinner gave any clue

s ,

as to their occupation They had evidently met at .

M arseilles for the first time fter being separated for a

a con iderable period — h d been in E ngl nd one at

s on e a a ,

Pari and one at Bordeaux ; their ages were from twenty

s,

three to twenty ix Their names were as he learned from -

s .
,

thei r talk M fli S arto and R ubini Before the steamer

,
a o, ,
.

had left the port half an hour one of them eeing that , ,
s

Frank was alone aid to h i m he pa ed in broken ,

s as ss ,

E nglish ,

“
It i warmer d p lea anter here monsie r than
s an s ,
u ,

it is in London .
”

It i indeed Frank replied in Italian ; i t

“
s , ,
w as

mi erable e ther there when I left the day before

s w a ,

ye terday
s .

“
P B ” the young m
er said with a laugh I
a cc o . an , ,
“

took you to be E nglish Allow m to co gratulate you . e n

on your admir ble imitation of a

I am E ngli h signer —that is I was born of E nglish s , ,

parent b t I first w light in R ome and my grandfather

s u sa ,

was an Italian .

This broke the ice and they chatted together pleasantly , .

W are going to Ge oa And you

e n .
 on T H E W AY 97

I also am goi ng to Genoa and perhap — for he had ,

s

b y thi time q uite come to a conclu ion on the s bject

s s u

on the same errand yo rselves as u .

”

The others looked at him in some little surprise and ,

then glanced at one a other That thi yo ng E ngli hman n . s u s

should be going upon uch an expedition as t h at upon s

which they were bo nd eemed to be t of the question u ,

s ou .

You mean on pleas re i g ? one of them said after u ,

s ner ,

a pau e s .

“
If excitement i plea ure which no doubt it i — yes s s ,
s .

I am going to visit an old friend of my father ; he is ’

s

living a little y out of the town at the Villa S pinol

wa a .
”

The other gave im ltaneo s exclamation of surprise

s a s u u .

That is eno gh i g the one called R ubini id u ,

s n e r,
”
sa ,

holdi g out his hand ; we are comrades Though how

n
“
.

a young E n gli h gentleman should come to be of our s

party I cannot y,
sa .
”

The other hook hand warmly with Frank ; and

s s s as

he then replied ,

“
No doubt you are surpri ed My father fought side s .

by side with the man I m now going to in the iege a see, s

of R ome al o did m y gr ndfather and both have since

,
so s a

paid b y their live for their love of Italy M y name is s .

Percival .

“
The son of the C ptain Percival who murde ed a w as r

while e rching in Naple for Signor Forli ? one of them

s a s

excl imed
a .

The same S gentlemen you can perhap understand

. o, ,
s

w h y I am going to the Villa S pinola and h y young as ,

w ,

I am I am e ger to take p rt in thi b ine as you

,
as a a s us ss

your elves can be

s .

Y indeed ; your father n me i hono red mong

es ,
’
s a s u a

u s as one of our gener l s friend d companion in S outh a

’
s an s
98 OUT W I TH I
GAR BAL D I .

A m eric and as one f his comrade at R ome still more

a, O s ,

perhap for h i fearle s expo ure of the horrors of the

s, s s s

tyrant d ngeons However it were be t that W hould

s
’
u .
,
s e s

sa y no more on the ubject at present It is certain that s .

the gener l pre ence at Genoa is causing unea ines both

a
’
s s s s

at R ome and Naples R mours that he intends to carry . u

ou t so m e daring enterpri e have appeared in newspapers s ,

and no doubt Neapolitan spie are alre dy watching his s a

movements and it m y be there are some on board this

,
a

sh ip O great fe r is that Victor E m man el s govern

. ur a u
’

ment m y interfere to top it ; b t we doubt whether

a s u

he will venture to do — publi c opinion will be too so

strong for him .

”

N one can overhear us ju t at present

“
O Frank said s , .

Certainly the Neapolitan spies are active M y mother s .

’

ho e is freq ented by many leading exile ; and we have

us u s

rea on to believe that it h been watched by a spy for

s as

some time p t I know that I have been followed underas .

,

the idea perhap that I m carrying i m portant p pers or

, s, a a

docu m ents from the general friends there An attempt ’

s .

was made la t night to enter the carriage i which I s ,

n

w as alone by two men one of whom ,

armed with a ,
w as

pi tol and the other h d a h andkerchief soaked with

s ,
a

chloroform Fort n tely I was on my guard d shot

. u a , ,
an

the fellow who w entering with the handkerchief ; he as

fell backw rd t of the carriage ; I heard noth i ng

a s ou

more f the other one d for a ght I know h may

O ,
an u e

be on board now .
”

“
You did well indeed " S arto said warmly I was ” “

in the next carriage to you I did not hear the sound of .

your pi tol hot— I was f st a leep but we were all woke

s -
s a s

p by a fellow pa senger who declared he heard a gun shot

-
u s -
.

W hen we reached Valence he called the guard who said ,

 o n T HE W AY . 99

that he must have been dreaming for there was only ,

a young E ngli hm n in the next carriage and he knew

s a ,

that when it left the last station he was alone W hen .

th train went on we all ab sed the fellow soundly for

e u

waking us with his ridiculo s fancies ; but it eems that u s

he was right after all Y y there was another . ou sa .

W h t became of him ?
a

I saw othi g more of him He may be on board for

n n .
,

aught I know for they had black handkerchie fs tied over

,

their faces up to the eyes and as their hats were p lled ,

u

well down I should not know h i m if I saw him

, .

W ell you have str ck the first blow in the war

“
,
u ,

and I regard it as a good omen ; but you m st be careful u

to night for if the fellow i on b d h is likely to make

-
,
s o ar
’

another attempt ; and thi time I should y he would s ,

sa ,

begin by stabbing y Are you in a cabin by yo rself

ou . u

“ ”
Ye s .

Then one of us will sit up by turns You mu t have . s

h d a bad night indee d whil e we slept w ithout waking

a , ,

except when I was aroused by that fellow maki g s ch n u

a row .

Oh I could not think of that

,

It must be done R ubini said earnestly However ,

”
.
“
,

I will lay the mattre s of the spare bed of yo r cabin s u

ag inst the door and lie down on it— that will do j st

a ,
u as

well It will be i m possible then to open the door and if

.

any one tries to do so I shall be on my feet in a moment , .

I shall sleep just as well like that as in my berth I .

have slept in much more uncomfortable places and m ,

a

sure to do so again before thi b ine s is over s us s .

“
Thank you very m ch I will not ref e so kind u . us

an offer for I doubt greatly whether I coul d keep awake

,

to night
-
.
10 0 O UT I
W T H G AR BALD I I .

Now let say no more about it for we m y

us ,
a

be quite ure that the man i still on your track and

s s ,

there m y be other Ne polit n gents on board we

a a a a .

c nnot be too careful It m y be that old man who was

a . a

sitting facing at the table it may be that little fello w

us ,

wh looks like th agent of a com mercial house and it

o e ,

m y be one of the two men who say they come from

a

S o th Americ ; there i no telling

u B t at any rate
a s . u ,

let us drop the s bj ct altogether W have id nothi g u e . e sa n

at pre ent th t even a spy could l y hold f beyond the

s a a o ,

fact th t y are going to the Vill S pinola which mea s

a ou a ,
n

to Garibaldi .
”

They did not go up on deck again after dinner but sat ,

ch tti g in the s loon until ni e clock when Frank

a n a n O
’
,

said that he co ld keep his eyes open longer Aft r

u no . e

allowing him time to get into his berth R ubini came ,

in took ff his coat and wai tcoat p lled the mattre s and
,
o s ,
u s

bedding from the other b nk and l y down on it with u ,

a

h i head close to the d oor

s .

W ill y take one of my pi tol R ubini for by this

ou s s,

time they called each other imply by their surname s s .

No th nk you if the co ndrel trie t open the door

,
a s u s o

an d fin d s that h canno t do you may be re that e so, su

he will move ff t once He has been ta ght that youO a . u

are ha dy with yo r weapons

n u .

Frank was leeping o ndly when he was woke by s s u

B bi i
u harp challe ge W h goes there ?
n
’
s s It was n ,
“
o
”

pitch d ark and he abo t to le p from hi bunk

,
w as u a s ,

when R bini aid u s ,

It is getting up By the time I got thi bed

no us e . s

away d opened the door th fellow would be at the

an ,
e

other end of the boat W m y well lie quiet He . e a as .

is t likely to try gain ; and indeed I should not care

no a , ,
 on T HE W AY 10 1

abo t going outside the door for it i pitch dark and

u ,
s ,

he might at the present moment h cro ching outside i e u n

readine to stab you as you came out However he

ss .
,

is more likely to be gone now for direc tly he heard us ,

ta lking he would kno w that his game was up He ”

.

struck a match It i j t two o clock he said ; we

.
“
s us
’

may as well have fo r ho rs more sleep u u

’
.

In a few minutes Frank w sound a leep again d as s ,

an

w hen he awoke it was day light Looking at the watch .

,

he found that it was seven clock S even o clock O

’
.
“ ’
,

R ubini " he said

”
.

The Italian sat up and stretched h i arm and yawned s s .

I have had capital night However it is time to

a _ .
,

get up ; we mu t turn t at once W can t be far

s ou . e
’

from Genoa now ; we are d there at eight o clock so we ue

’

shall j ust have comfortable time for a wash and a cup of

co ffee before going a hore s .
”

Frank dre ed hastily and then ran up on deck

ss , ,

where he stood admirin g the plendid coa t and the town S s ,

of Genoa climbing up the hill with its churches campa , ,

niles and its suburbs embedded in foliage They were

, .

just entering the port when M a th o came up to him .

Coffee is ready he said You had better come down

, .

and take it while it is hot W sh ll have the custom . e a

house fficers ff before we land so there is no hurry

O o , .
”

After making a meal on co ffee with an ab ndance of u

milk rolls and butter Frank w ent up again He then

, ,
.
,

at the advice of R bini drew the charges of his pi tol

u ,
s s

and placed them in his portmanteau .

W mu t go a hore in a boat S arto said

e s s I have ,
”
.
“

ju t heard the capt in say that the wharve are f ll

s a s so u

that he may not be able to take th vessel along ide for e s

a couple of hours .
10 2 OU T W I T H G AR BALD I I .

Are you going any w here in particular when you

land ? Frank asked
”
.

W all belong to Ge oa and have friends here W h y

e n ,
.

do you k ? as
”

Co ld you spare me an hour of your ti me to day ? I

“
u -

should not ask you b t it is r ther i m portant ,

u a .
”

Certainly ; we are ll at your ervice R ubini aid

“
a s ,
”
s

in ome p ri e At what hou shall we meet y and

s su r s .
“
r ou ,

where
I am going to the Hotel E uropa Any ti m e will s it
“
. u

me so that it i co ple of ho rs before d k I wi ll

,
s a u u us .

tell you what it i when you meet me ; it i better not s s

to speak of it here .
”

The yo ng men cons lted together

u W will go to our u .
“
e

friend R bini aid take our thing there and pend

s, u s ,
“
s s

an hour and will call upon you if convenient at eleven

, , ,

o clock
’
.
”

Thank y ; and y will see when I have explained

“
ou ou ,

m y re o for tro bling y that I have not done so

as n u ou , .

wantonly .
”

They landed at th step of the cu tom Have you e s s .

“

an ythi g to declare ? the fli i l ked Frank after h i

n
”
o c a as ,
s

pa port had been examined and tamped

ss s .

I have nothing but thi small portmanteau which

“
s ,

contains only clothe and a brace of pistol I suppose s s .

on e land with them on payment of duty

can .

Certainly monsieur but why should an E nglish man

“
,

want the m ? ”

I intend to make a walking tour through Italy

“

Speaking before in E ngli h ; and there are parts of

as s
“

the co ntry where after d rk I ho ld feel more com

u ,
a ,
s u

f t b l for having them in my pockets

or a e .

You are strange people y E nglishmen the o fficer

“
,
ou
,
 on T HE W AY . 10 3

said ; but after all you are t far wrong though it

“
, ,
no ,

seems to me that it wo ld be wi er to give up what you

u s

carry about you than to make a how of re istance which

s s

would end in getting yo r throat cut He glanced at

u .

the pistol named the amount of d ty chargeable ; and

s, u

when thi was paid Frank nodded to hi companions

s ,
s ,

who were being much mor e rigorou ly examined took one

s ,

of the vehicles standing outside the custom hou e and -

s ,

drove to the Hotel E uropa .

 CHAPTE R VI .

THE VI LLA S P N OLA I

FT E R taking a room and seeing h i portmanteau s

carried p there Frank went out for an hour and

u ,

looked at the shop in the principal treet ; then he returned

s s

to the hotel and stood at the entrance until hi three

,
s

friend arrived He had again loaded h i pi tol and placed

s . s s s

the m in h i pocket and had engaged an open vehi cle that

s ,

was w standing at the door

no .

“
L t us tart at once he said gentlemen if you w ill “
”
e s , ,

take your places with me I will explain the matter to ,

you as we drive along .

”

They took their eat s s .

D rive to the S trada de Li he aid to the vo u r n o , s

coachman I will tell y the hou e when we get there

“
ou s .

Now my friends he went on

,
the carriage tarted
, ,
as s ,

“
I ill explain what m y ee m ing lar to you My
w a s s u .

mother h ent out a letter which contained I may say

as s , ,

a con ider ble m to be u ed b y the gene l for the

s a su s ra

purpo e of this expedition It had been intended that I

s s .

should bring it but when we di covered that there was a s

spy in the house and that cabinet had been ransacked

,
our s

and our conversation overheard it thought almo t ,

w as s

certain that an attem pt wo ld be made to rob me of the u

letter on the w y Finally after m ch di c ion it was

a .
,
u s u ss ,

agreed to end the letter by po t to the care of the Countess

s s
 T HE VI L LA I
S P N OL A . 105

of M g lfi who i an ld friend of S ignora Forli my

on o e re , s O ,

grandmother she was convinced that I hould be watched s

fro m the moment I landed and advised me not to go to ,

see the countess until I could take three of Garibaldi s ’

follo ers with me and that af ter accompanying me to h

w ,
er

house they should drive with me to the V illa S pinola

,
.

Now you will understand why I have a ked you to give s

up a portion of your first day to come to aid me .

”

I think yo r friend were very right in giving you

u s

the advice Percival After the tw attempts tha t have

, . o

been made— I will not say to kill you — but to earch y s ou

and your l gg ge it i certain that Franci co s agents must

u a ,
s s
’

have obtained informatio that you were carrying money n ,

and perhaps document of i m portance and that they would s ,

not take their eyes ff y until ei ther they h d gained

o ou a

thei object or di covered th t you had handed the parcel

r s a

over to the general I have no doubt that they are .

follo w ing you now in some vehicle or other .

O arrival t the villa of the Counte of M g lfl

n a ss on o e re ,

Frank sent in his card and on this being take in was ,

n ,

at once invited to enter The count ss was a lady of about . e

the ame age as S ignora Forli

s .

“
I am glad to see you Signor Perciv l h said I ,
a ,
s e .

have received the letter from M adame Forli with i t s

enclosure .
”

I have bro ght you another note fro m her madame la

u ,

contessa he id pre enting it

,
”
sa a proof of my identi ty ;
,
s ,
“
as

for the matter i of importance y m y well uppo e

s ,
as ou \
a s s
,

from the m nner in which thi letter w ent to y

a s as s ou,

in tead of b y the po t direct to me

s s .
”

“
S I pposed ig
o su S ignora Forli aid that it
,
s ne r . s

concerned the good of the cau e ; and the manner in s

which she begged me to lock it p at once on my u

 10 6 OUT W T H GAR BAL D I I I .

receiving it w fli i t to show that it either con

,
as su c en

tained m oney for the c u e or secrets t hat the agents a s

of the f of freedom would be glad to discover The

e es .

mere fact that h gave no particular convinced me s e s

that she con idered it be t that I should be in the

s s

d ark so th t sho ld the letter fall into other hands

,
a ,
u ,

I could y tr l y that I h d t expected i t arrival

sa u a no s ,

and kne w nothing whatever of the matter to which it

related .
”

It contains draft for a co siderable sum of money

“
s n ,

signora for the ,

of Garib ldi The g neral being
use a . e
,

ignorant of my father s death had written to him asking ’

, ,

him to joi him and rec lling h i pro mise to a i t with

n ,
a s ss s

money M y father unfort nately co ld no longer give

.
,
u ,
u

per onal service b t he had for year put by a certain

s ,
u as s

portion of his income for this p rpo e my mother had it u s

,

in her power to send thi mo ey It was intended that s n .

I ho ld bring it ; but we fo nd that all

s u doings u o ur

were watched and that therefore there,

con ider , ,
w as s

able danger f my being followed and robbed pon the

o u

w y ; and S ignora Forli then s gge ted that she should

a u s

send it direct to y possibly a letter addres ed to ou , as s

me here mig ht fall into the hands of the Neapolitan

agent s .
”

“
It was a very good plan the countess aid A d ,
s .
“
n

have you been molested on the way ? ”

“
Attempt have been made on two occasions —once in
s

the train on m y w y to M ar eilles and once on board a s ,

the steamer coming here .

”

“
Y m t be careful even w ig
ou us If you no , s ne r . a re

watched as closely it would seem y may be robbed as ,

ou

before y can hand thi letter over to the general There

ou s .

is nothi ng at which the e men will hesitate in order to carry s

 T HE V I LL A S P N OLA I . 10 7

out thei r instructions You might be arrested in the streets

.

by two or three men disguised as policemen and carried ,

away and confined in some lonely place ; you might be

accu ed of a thef t and given in charge on some trumped
s

u
p accusation in order that y o r l ggage and every
,
u u

article belonging to you migh t be thoro ghly searched u ,

before you co ld prove your enti e innocence I can

u r .

quite unders tand that whe you first started the ,

n ,

object was si m ply to search for any paper y migh t s ou

be carrying and if this could be done without violence

,

it would be fi t d altho gh if murder was

so e ec e ,
u ,
n e ce s

sary they wo ld not have he itated at it ; and even

,
u s

now gue ing as they will that you have come here
,
ss ,

directly y have landed to obtain some important

ou ,

document they wo ld if they could find an pportunity

,
u ,
O ,

do anything to obtain it before y can deliver it to ,

ou

Gari b ldi a .
”

“
I quite feel that signora and have three yo ng , ,
u

Gari b aldian flfl waiting in a carriage below for me

O c e rs ,

and they will drive with me to the Villa S pinola .

”

“
That will make you p rfectly safe and she then e ,
”

ro e from her eat pened a secret drawer in an

s s ,
O

antique cabinet and handed him the letter N w .

“
o ,

S ignor Percival she said thi has been a vi it of

, ,
“
s s

busine but I hope that when you have this ch arge ff

ss , O

your mind you will as the grand on of my old frie d ,

s n

Signora Forli co m e often to see me while y

,
are here ou .

I am always at home in the evening and it will be ,

a great pleasure to me t hear more of her than h o s e

tell me in her letter

s s .
”

Thanking the counte s for her invitation and aying s ,

s

that he sho ld certainly avail him elf of it he went

u s ,

down and again took his place in the carriage .

 10 8 OUT W I TH GAR BALDI I .

Have you found all as you wi hed ? S arto a ked s

”
s .

Yes I have the letter in my pocket .

That i good new K nowing wh t the e secret agents

s s . a s

are able to accomplish I did not feel at all ure that ,

s

they might not in some way have learned how the money
was to be sent and have m naged to intercept the letter
,
a .
”

H ving given instr ction to the driver where to go they

a u s ,

chatted as they drove along of the propo ed expedition s .

None of
“
kno yet R ubini said whether it is
us w ,
”
,
“

against the Papal S tates or Naples W all received the . e

telegram we had for ome time been hoping for with s ,

the imple word Come However it matters t a

s .
”
,
no

bit to us whether we first free the Pope s dominions or ’

Franci co s
’
s .
”

W ill you go in with me to see Garibaldi ?

N ; we have already received orders that until we
0 ,

are called upon it i be t that we should remain quietl y

,
s s

with our familie W ere a l rge number of persons to s . a

pay visit to him the authorities would know that the

s ,

time w close at hand when he intended to start on

as

an expedition of ome kind The mere fact that we s .

have come here to tay for a time with our friends i s s

n tural enough ; b t we may be s re that everything

a u u

th t p ses at the illa is clo ely watched It is known

a as v s .
,

I have no d o bt that an expedition i intended and

u ,
s ,

Cavour may wait to p even t it from tarting until the r s ,

las t moment ; therefore I should say that it i important s

that no one should know on what d ate Garibaldi intends to

s il until the ho r act ally arrive H w we are to get
a u u s . o

ships to carry how many are going and h w we are

us , ,
o

to obtain arms are matter that don t concern , W s

’
us . e

a re quite content to wait until word comes to us B at ,

e

such a place at such an hour , .

’
 T HE VI LL A S P N OLA I . 10 9

I would give something to know which among the

men we are p ssing are those who have been on your
a

track S arto remarked

,
”
It would be uch a atisfaction .
“
s s

to laugh in their faces and to shout Have you had a ,

‘

pleasant journey ? or W congratulate you or something ,

e ,
’

of that sort .
”

They feel sore enough without that M fl said ,

”
a io .

They are unscrupulou Villains ; but to do them j stice s u ,

they are shrewd ones and work their harde t for their ,
s

employers and it is not very often that they fail ; and

,

you have a right to congrat l te yourself that for once u a

they have been foiled It is certainl y a feather in your .

cap Percival that you and your friends have succeeded

, ,

in outwitting them .

They had now left the city and were driving along the
coast road toward the Villa S pinola There were only s .

a few people on the road .

You see it i well that we came in force S arto

“
,
s ,

remarked ; for had you been alone the carriage might

“
,

very well have been stopped and yo r elf seized and ,

u s

carried ff without there being y one to notice the

o ,
an

a fl i
’
a r I have no doubt that even now there i a
. s

party omewhere behind a wall or a hedge in waiting

s ,

for you ; they would probably be ent here oon s as s as

y oulanded and wo ld not be rec lled

,
until y left u a ,
as , ou

the house of the countes ll hope that y would drive s, a ou

along this road alone wo ld not be at an end u .

”

W hall c ll and see you thi evening and we ll hope

e s a s , a

that you will home as yo r own w hile y u se ou r s u ou a re

stayi g here R ubini id

n W can introd ce you to
,
sa .
“
e u

numbers of our friend all of way of thinking and s, ou r ,

will do our be t to m ke yo r tay t Genoa plea ant

s a u s a as s

as po sible It may be ome tim e befor ll i re dy for

s . s e a s a
110 OU T W T H GAR BAL D I I I .

a start and until that i the case you wi ll have nothing

,
s

to do and certainly Garibaldi wil l not w nt vi itor a s s .

”

I shall be plea ed indeed to avail m yself of your ki nd

s

ness Fra k said

,
It will be a great pleasure to me
n .
“

to see something of Italian society d I should find time ,

an

ha g very heavy on my hand at the hotel where there

n s ,

are I kno w very few vi itors staying at pre ent

, ,
s s .
”

“
That is the villa R ubini said pointing to a large ,
”
,

hou e surro nded by a high wall

s u .

W ill you take my vehicle b ck ? a

No ; we h all walk I sho ld advi e you to keep the

s . u s

carriage however long y may stay here These fellows

,
ou .

will be very ore t finding they have failed after all

s a ,

the tro ble they have taken in the matter I don t y

u .
’
sa

that they will be watching for you ; but if they hould s

come acro you in a lonely pot I think it i very

ss s , s

probable that they would not hesitate to get eve with n

you with the stab of a knife between your shoulders .

”

Alighting Fr nk rang at the bell His friend stood

,
a . s

chatting with him until a man after looking through a ,

gri ll in the gate ca me out ; and then feeling that their

, ,

mission was s fely accomplished they started for their

a ,

walk back in high spirit s .

“
I do not kno w whether the general is in at pre ent s ,

sig n e r, the man aid as Frank was about to enter s , .

M y I ask yo r busines ?
a u s

“
If you wi ll take t hi s card to him I am s re that ,
u

he wi ll see me .

In three minutes the gates were pened Frank entered O .

on foot and would have left the carriage outside ; but the
,

porter aid s ,

It had better come in ig carriages standing t ,

s ne r a

a gate attract attention .

”
 T HE VI
LLA I
S P N OLA . 111

Gar baldi was eated in a room with two men who

i s ,

were as Frank af terwards learned Bixio and Crispi

, , .

G ribaldi had risen from his eat and was looking i

a s n

q i i gly at the d oor as the lad entered

u r n .

“
W elcome S ignor Percival "Y have come doubtless
, ou , ,

on the part of my dear friend your father Has h not . e

come with you ? I tr st that h is but delayed u e .

“
I come on the part of my mother general Frank ,

replied I lo t my father more than a year ago

.
“
s .

And I had not heard of it " the general exclaimed ”

.

Alas "ala "for my friend and comrade ; this is indeed

s

a heavy blo w to me I looked forward so much to seeing .

him Oh how m any friend have I lost i the p st two

.
,
s n a

years And so your mother has sent you to me

Sh b de m give y this letter general ”
e a e ou , .

The letter w not long one M Percival brieflyas a . rs .

told how her h band had set out to endeavour to find

us

where Profe sor Forli was impri oned how he had been
s s ,

attacked and killed by brigands and how she knowing , ,

what her h sband s wishes wo ld have been had sent her

u
’
u ,

s on . He is young she aid but not so young as many ,

”
s ,

of those who have fo ght under y He is as eager u ou .

a nd enthusiastic in the cau e of Italian liberty as was s

his father h ing as you may well suppo e learned

,
av ,
s
,

the tale from my husband and my elf d m y father s ,

an

and mother As you will see he pe ks Italian as well

.
,
s a

as E ngli h and I pray you for the sake of my h sband

s , ,
u ,

to take h i m on your taff ; or if that cannot be he s , ,

will houlder a m sket and march w ith y

s He does not
u ou .

come empty handed M y husband has for years l id b y

-
. a

a certain amount to be used in the good cau e when the s

time came He will tell y where it is to be obtained

. ou ,

and how I wi h you success with ll m y heart and if

. s a ,
112 OU T W I TH G AR BALD I I .

the prayers of two widowed women will avail aught y , ou

w ill have them d ily It i my only son I give you a . s ,

and a wido w ca not give more The money is from my n .

husband ; the boy is from me .

”

Garibaldi s eye filled wit h tears as he read the letter

’
s .

Your mother is a noble woman i deed " H w could n o

she be otherwi e as the da ghter f Forli and the wife

s ,
u O

of my br ve comrade ? S rely you will be mo t welcome

a u s

to me young m — welcome if y came only as your

,
an ou

mother gift to Italy ’

s .
”

Frank pened the envelope which w directed to

O ,
as

him elf and took out five lip of thin paper

s ,
s s .

“
These are bill general b id handing them to s, ,
”
e sa ,

him .They are dr wn upon a bank at Genoa and are

“
a ,

e c h for two thou and pounds

a s .
”

Franc you m t mea rely ? Garibaldi said

s, us n, su
”
.

N general they are E nglish pound

O, s .

E xclamation of rprise and gratification broke from

s su

G aribaldi and h i two companion s s .

“
Thi i a royal gift " the form r cried
s s M y brave ”
e .
“

comrade i not here to help us ; b t he has sent

s a u us

wonderful proof of h i love for the ca e It i oble s us . s n

it is s perb "This will indeed be aid to us he went on

u , ,

holding t his two hand to Frank

ou W strong in s . e a re

men ,
are stro g in brave heart but money is scarce
we n s,

wi th tho gh many have given all that they po se

us, u I s ss .

know l d how you E glish object to be embraced were

,
a ,
n ,
-

it t for that I would take you to my heart ; but a ha d

no , n

clasp will y as much sa .

”

The two officers were almost much excited as Garibaldi as

himself for this gift would remove one of the bstacle that
, O s

lay in their way By means of a subscription contributed

.

in small a m o nts by patriot all over Italy for the

u s
 T HE VI LLA S P N OL A I
purchase of arms twelve thousand good muskets had been
,

bought and stored at M ilan together with ammunition ,

.

W hen a few days before Frank s arrival Crispi with some

,
’
, ,

other of Garibaldi s offi cer had gone to fetch them they

’
s, ,

found that Cavour had placed a guard of royal tr

over the magazine with orders that nothing whatever ,

to be taken out Heavy though the blo had been. w ,

Garibaldian agents were already at work buying

b t w ith no hope of collecting more than sufficient for
‘
u

the comparatively small force that would sail for S icily .

E ven this addition of f nds would not avail to supply u

that deficiency as it was very d ifficult for the general s

,
’

agents closely watched as they now were to purchase

, ,

milit ry weapons
a .

F some time the conversation turned entirely pon

or u

the steps to be taken now that the war chest had been ,
-

so unexpectedly replenished Then Garibaldi p t aside the . u

papers on which he h d been taking notes and said a , ,

E no gh for the time S ignor Percival

u I shall of , .
,

course w rite myself to your good mother expres ing my

, ,
s

heartfelt th nks and telling her that if success attend us

a , s ,

sh can be happy in the knowledge that it will be largely

e

d ueto her You will naturally yourself write home and

.
, ,

tell her w hat joy her gif t occa ioned how much it added s ,

to our hope and relieved us of our diffic lties Tell

s u .

her that I have appointed you as a lieutenant on my

sta ff and that I shall trust you as I trusted your noble
,

father .
”

I thank you greatly ge eral ; I hope to prove my elf ,

n s

worthy of your confidence .

”

And now sir will y advi e me

“
,
to your w
, ou s as o n

movements
I have p t p at the Hotel E ropa
“
u u u .

( m 6 75 )
114 O UT W I TH G AR BALDI I .

At present it will be best for you to stay there W

“
. e

are anxio s that there ho ld be no appearance of y

u s u an

gathering here and my friends will not as e m ble until

,
s

all the prep arations are completed How did you com . e

over here ? ”

I drove General the carriage is w iting for me

,
a .

Then it m t wait for awhile ; or better til l it can

us ,
s ,

c ry my two friend here to the town where they have

ar s ,

m ch to do In fut re it will be be t for you to walk

u . u s

over ; ti b t a hort di t nc and I kno w that y

’
s u s s a e, ou

E ngli h are good walker

s Of co rse the authorities s . u ,

know th t I am here ; there i no concealment abou t

a s

that As long as they do not see y ign of prepar tions

. an s s a

for a move m ent they will leave me lone As probably ,

a .

yo r prolonged t y at the hotel may excite c rio ity it is

u s a u s ,

well that you hould vi it the galleries and palace and

s s s,

take exc r ions in the neighbo rhoodu s It may be as u .

well too that you sho ld mention c s lly at the t bl

, ,
u a ua a e

l l é t th t you kno me as yo r father a gre t

’
c t e a w ,
u w as a

friend of mi ne when we were together in S o th America u ,

which will cco nt f yo r paying vi it here fre q ently

a u or u s s u .

W kno e that we are being clo ely look d after by

w s e

government pies and mu t therefore omit no p s ,

s r e c au

tion Now I wi h y to t ke l nch with me I have

. s ou a u ,
as

m an y questions to k y I had heard of cour e of as ou .

,
s ,

S ignor Forli being m i in and of th correspondence b ss g

0 ,
e e

tween yo r government d th t of N ples on the ubject

u an a a s .
”

Frank went t and told the d iver that he hould ou r s

not be returning for so m e time b t that two gentle m en ,

u

wo ld go b ck in the carriage in a few min te

u a As I u s .
“

took the carri ge from the hot l the hire will of co rse
a e , ,
u ,

b ch rged in my bill ; but here are a couple of francs for

e a

your elf s .
”
 T HE V I LLA S P N OLA I 115

In two or three minutes the Italian fli came out o ce rs ,

and thanki ng Frank for the accommodation drove away , ,

while the lad himself entered the Vi ll re - a .

The meal i ready Garibaldi Said when he entered

“
s ,
”
,

the room where he had left him It is very ple nt . asa

to me to turn my thought for once from the subject of s

my expedition .
”

The meal was a very imple one tho gh the general s ,

u

had ordered one or two extra di hes in honour of hi s s

g et
u s .

Now he said when they had sat down and the

“
,
”
, ,

servant had retired tell me first of all about the loss ,

“

of my dear friend .
”

Fr nk related the tory of his father going t to earch

a s ou s

for S ignor Forli and how he had been captured and killed
,

by brig nds A the gener l listened his kindl y face grew

a . s a ,

stern and hard but he did not pe k until Frank brought

,
s a

the t le to a end an .

C p tt " he exclaimed
“
os e he may have been killed
o ,
“

by brigand b t I do bt not the Neapolit n government

s, u u a

were at the bottom of it I wo ld wager any money . u

‘

that they hired the men of the mountains to di m se

barrass them of one who was exposing the horrible ecret s s

of their pri on And y y that hi s body could not

s . ou sa s

be fo nd W the search made for it imply by the

u . as s

carabinieri ?
It was made by them sir but the ecretary of our
“
, ,
s

legation accom panied them and wrote that ltho gh he , ,

a u

h d himself earched everywhere in the neighbo hood

a s ur

of the hut he could find no traces wh tever of a ne ly

, a w

made grave I may y that S ignora Forli till b li ve

. sa s e e s

th t my f ther was not killed but w like her h band

a a ,
as , us ,

c rried ff to ome d geon

a o s un .
”
116 OU T W T H GAR BALD I I I .

It is pos ible the general aid tho gh I would t

s ,
s ,
u no

encourage y to hope ; the ways of these people are

ou so

dark that there i no fathoming them S ince h i grave

s . s

could not be found I reg rd it as certain that he was not

,
a

buried there f r his c ptor wo ld not have tro bled to

,
o a s u u

carry h i body far but wo ld have dug a hole clo e by

s ,
u s

and thrown the earth over the body ; and in that ca e s ,

when the band returned one or the other of the men who ,

did the work would mo t likely have careles ly pointed s s

to the spot and said There lies the E ngli h m an B t

, ,
‘
s .
’
u

though I beli eve that he did not die there he might have ,

di ed el ewhere His wound were evidently very severe

s . s ,

and they may have proved fatal aft r he was carried ff e o

by those who took him way from the brig nd ; if they a a s

were not fat l he may have been murdered afterward

a ,
s .
”

S ignora Forli thought general that it w more , ,

as

probable that he had been taken to one of the pri on s s,

and that ju t as they h nted dow the brigands in order

,
s u n

that none of these ho ld h ve power to betray them s u a ,

so they might have p referred p tting him in prison to u

having him m rdered becau e in the l tter case the

u ,
s a

men employed might go to the Briti h leg tion and accept s a

a l rge m for betraying the ecret

a su s .
”

“
It may have been the general s i d ; and if we s o, a
“

succeed perhaps you will find both yo r father and

, u

gr ndf ther B t do t cheri h f lse hopes E ven if both

a a . u no s a .

were once in the Neapolit n d ngeon they may before a u s,

thi have succu m bed to their treatment there You

s .

have mo rned them as dead ; do not buoy yo r elf up

u u s

w ith hope for if you did so the chances are all in favour
, ,

of yo r ffering a terrible di sappointment

u su .
”

Th t i j st what my mother impres ed upon me

a s u s ,

general S h said that from the fir t she h d never allowed

. e s a
 T HE VI LLA S P N OL A I . 117

herself to think of my father as in pri on ; and it was not s

until she received your letter and tho ght that at last there ,
u

was really a chance that the in m o t cell f all the pr isons s s O

wo ld be pened h wo ld admit a pos ibility of my father

u O ,
s e u s

still being alive .

”

At least h and you will have the con olation th t

,
s e s a

if you do not find tho e de r to y you will have aided s a ou ,

in restoring fathers and h band to hundreds of other us s

grieving wive mothers d child en s, ,

an r .

“
M y I ask how l rge a force y
a are likely to take a ou

over with you general ,

“
If the government h d re m ained ne tral and not a u

interfered wi th me we co ld have fo nd men for the ,

u u

twelve thou and mu ket they have eized ; as it is we

s s s s ,

have been obliged to write letters to all part of Italy s ,

t ppi g the vol ntee

s e n who were p ep ring to joinu rs r a us .

S ome of the e letter will do btle s f ll into the hand

s s u s a s

of the a thoritie and we have therefore worded them

u s, so

that it may be s ppo ed th t the expedition has been u s a

a ltogether given p A thous nd men i the utmo t that u . a s s

we can hope to emb rk ecretly The e will be ll picked a s . s a

men and gall nt fellows who fo ght nder me in the

a u u

Alp or men who have like m y elf been for year living
s, ,
s ,
s

as exile The e thou and I h ve cho en very one ; they

s . s s a s ,
e

will die fighting and will never t rn their back to an ,

u

enem y W ould that I h d them ll afely l nded in Sicily

. a a s a ,

an d had urmo nted ll the di ffic ltie

s u d d ng r that a u s an a e s

are cau ed by the ho tility of the government which

s s
-

will however be gl d enough to take advantage of our

, ,
a

work .

My mother tho ght th t you would prob bly for m the u a a

Neapolitan S t te if you con q ered the m into a republic

a s, u ,
.

That w my dre m when I w fighting at R ome

“
as a as
118 OU T W T H GAR BALD I I I .

but I see now that it is impo ible I am for a republic ss .

on principle but I must take w hat I can get I cannot

,
.

conceal from myself that m y experience of M azzini and

other enthu iasts is that they are not practical they
s ,

commit terrible blunders and the matter ends in a ,

dictatorship as has twice been the ca e in France

,
s .

M azzini wo ld sacrifice the practical to gain hi ideal

u I s .

care nothing for theory— J want to see Italy free ; and thi s

can only be done under Victor E m m anuel He is pop lar . u

and e ergetic Hi father uffered for his devotion to the

n . s s

cau e of freedom The is a stronger man ; but t present

s . s on a

he i forced by Cavour and the other tempori ers who

s s

surround him to curb his own impetuosity .

I don t like Cavour— h gave p my birthplace Nice

’
e u , ,

to France ; but at the same time I re pect his great

, ,
s

ability and am sure that as soon he feels the pp

,
as O or

tun ity has come he will grasp it and the king will not
, ,

he itate to ccept the po essions th t I hope to gain

s a ss a

for him \Vith V ictor E mman el K ing f Northern and

. u O

S outhern Italy the re t i si m ple Then Italy can afford

,
s s .

to wait it pport nity for drivi ng the Au trians from

s O u s

Venezia and becom ing for th fir t time ince the days

, ,
e s s

of the R oman a united kingdom W hen I hoi t my

s, . s

b nner in S icily it will be as a soldi er of Victor E mmanuel

a , ,

K ing f Italy O .

Frank was plea ed to hear th i His father tho gh s s .

,
u

an advanced libe al in matters connected wi th Italy r

,

was a strong con ervative at home ; and Frank h d s a

t rally imbibed hi ideas which were that the people

na u s ,

of a con tit tional mon rchy like that under which he

s u a ,

lived were in every resp ct freer and better governed than

,
e

under any rep blic till more so than they co ld be

u ,
s u

under a republic constituted according to the theories of

 T HE VI LLA S P N OLA I . 119

M azzini or those of the auth ors of the first and second

French revolutions .

By the way you must have found it a terrible ,

re

sponsibil ity carrying so much money with y ou .

”

“
I did not carry it general The bills were with the ,
.
,

letter to you sent by po t to the care of the Countes

,
s s

of M g lfi who w a friend of S ignora Forli

on o e re , as .
”

“
That was hazardous too the general s id shak ing , ,
”
a ,

h i head
s To trust ten thousand pound to the post w
. s as

a terrible ri k s .
”

“
It w th best way that we could think of general
as e
,
.

The courier who was with my father when he was killed

came over to see my mother at her req e t as she wished u s ,

to hear every detail about my f ther s la t days He a

’
s .

profes ed a great fear of ret ning to Italy as having

s ur , ,

given evidence gainst the brigand he would be a marked

a s,

man .
”

“
There is no doubt that is G ribaldi put in Hi s o, a . s

life wo ld not have been worth day s purcha e The e

u a
’
s . s

sco ndrels have their agents in every to w n men who keep

u ,

them informed as to per on tr velling whom it wo ld s s a ,

u

be wor th while to capture and of any mo ements of the ,

v

carabinieri in their direction .

”

M y mother therefore took him into her ervice Frank

, ,
s ,
”

we t on ; but t days before I tarted h d i covered

n
“
wo s ,
s e s

that he had been acting a py had be n opening her as s ,

e

de k examining her letter and li tening at the door S h

s , s, s . e

and S ignora Forli h d no do bt whatever that he h d m de a u a a

him elf acq ainted with the contents of yo r let ter and
s u u ,

believed that I w going to carry thi money t y as s o ou .

”

“
The Villain Garibaldi excl i m d bringing h i
s a e ,
s

clenched hand down pon the t ble it i j t wh t u a :

“
s us a

they wo ld do I kno that man y of my friend enjoyed

u . w s
12 0 OUT I
W T H G AR BALD I I .

your father ho pitality ; and no d o bt it would be a

’
s s u

marked house and the secret police of Francisco would

,

keep an eye over what was being done there and would , ,

if po ible get one of their agents into it This man

ss , .
,

who had no doubt acted as a spy over your father

when he in Italy wo ld be naturally chosen for the
w as ,
u

w ork and his tory and pretence of fear erved admirablys s

to get h i m installed there If he had learned that you .

were about to start to bring me ten thousand pound and s,

perh p paper of importance it wo ld have been nothi g

a s s ,
u n

short of a mi racle had you arrived s fely with them a .

”

That was what Signora Forli and my mother thought ,

sir They were afraid to send the letter di ected to me

. r

at the hotel where I was to stop the m would ,

as an

do b tle telegraph to agents t at Genoa and they

u ss ou ,

wo ld get pos es ion of it ; so inste d of doing so they

u s s a ,

enclo ed it in a letter to the co nte s I po ted it

s u s . s

my elf and there

s ,
therefore no chance of the l tter w as e

being lo t except by p re accident

s ,
u .

B t if the py did not know that you had sent the

u s

letter ff by po t it would render your journey no les

o s , s

hazardou than if y h d taken it with y

s ou a ou .
”

My mother and the S ignora were both convi nced that

“

an attempt wo ld be made to e rch me and my baggage u s a

on the way b t they did not think that they would try
,
u

to t ke my life ; for after what h d happened to my

a a

g andfather and father the e wo ld be no q estion that

r ,
r u u

my murder w the work of Neapolitan agent and a as s,

storm of i dignation would th be c u ed n us a s .

”

Garibaldi nodded No dou b t they were right and if the .

,

sco ndrel co ld have got po se sion of what you carried

u s u s s

without i jury to y they would have done so B t they

n ou . u

would have stuck at nothing in order to carry out their

 T HE VI LLA S P N OLA I .
12 1

object ; and had you caught them while they were engaged
in searching your clothes or baggage they woul d not have ,

hesitated to their knive I cannot now nderstand h w

use s . u o

you have co m e thro gh without their having meddled wi th

u

you It might have been done when you were asleep in

.

an hotel or they might have d ugged y in a railw y

, r ou a

carri ge or in your cabin on board the steamer coming

a ,

here The ecret police of Naple i the only well organised

. s s s -

department in the kingdom They have agents in London .

,

Paris and other cities and from the moment you left
, ,

your mother house you mu t have been watched Are

’
s s .

you s re that although you may not know it you have not
u , ,

been earched ?
s

“
I am q ite re sir W were so certain I hould
u su , . e s

be watched that I made no attempt to get ff secretly but O ,

started by th train I had intended to travel by I

e .

did not top a night at an hotel all the way and

s ,

made a point of getting i nto railway carriage that s

contained other passe ger It happened however th t n s .

, ,
a

at Vienne the la t of tho e with me alighted It was s s .

one o clock in the morning when we left the station

’

and I felt ure that if an attemp t was made it would

s ,

be before we topped especially a m looked into

s ,
as an

the carriage just before we were tarting and then s ,

went away I had a loaded pistol in each pocket d

. an

a rug over me and I sat in the corner pretendi g to

,
n

be a leep An ho r l ter a man came and looked in ;

s . u a

another joined him The door w partly pened d . as O ,

an

an arm with an extended pi tol point d at m but I f lt s e e, e

perfectly sure that he had no intention of firing unle I ss

woke .

“
H lf a minute later h i comrad entered the c rri ge
a s e a a .

He h d open knife in one h nd and cloth in th other ;

a an a ,
a e
12 2 OU T W I T H G AR BALD I I .

but as he came in I shot him ; he fell back through the

carriage door W hether in doing . he knocked his so

comrade down or not I cannot say ; but at any rate , , ,

I w no more of him The man whom I shot had

sa .

dropped what he held in h i hand on to the floor It s .

was as I had expected— handkerchief soaked with a ,

chloroform It was seven when I arrived at M ar eille

. s s.

Fort natel y a teamer left at twelve W hen I went

u ,
s .

on board I made the acquaintance of three yo ng men u

,

who were I g essed on the same errand

,
u my elf ; ,
as s

their name were R bini S arto and M ffi W soon

s u , ,
a o . e

became very friendly and I fo nd that my conjectures ,

u

were correct Thi being I told them what had

. s so,

happened ; and as there w no one be ide myself in as s s

my cabin R bini mo t kindly laid a mattre across the

,
u s ss

door d lept there As I had not had a wink of leep

an s . s

the night before and only dozed a little the one before
,

that I ho ld have had gre t di fficulty in keeping awake

,
s u a .

In the cour e of the night ome one did attempt to open

s s

the door ; b t h was unable to do so on account of the

u e

m ttre pl ced there and we he rd no more of him I

a ss a ,
a .

a ked these gentlemen to come to the Ho tel E uropa at

s

eleven for I ,
really afr id to co m e along the road here
w as a

b y m y elf They drove with me to the ho e of the countess

s . us ,

and then here so th t I was well g arded ,

a u .

I know them all well Garibaldi aid R ubini is a ,

”
s .
“

lie tenant in the Genoese comp n y of my c cci tori ; the

u a a a

other are in hi company You have done w ll indeed

s s . e
,

my friend ; it needed co rage to start on uch a jo rney u s u

,

kno w ing that Franci co police were on your track You s

’
s .

h ve a right to feel pro d that your Vigilance and q ick e s

a u u n s

defeated their atte m pt It i well th t you met R bini . s a u

and h i friend ; for as the spie would know di ectly

s s s r
 T HE VI LLA S P N OLA I . 12 3

you entered the palazzo f the countess that you had O

gone there for some pecial purpose probably to obtain s ,

documents sent to her I do bt whether you would have ,

u

been able to come s fely alone even if the road h d been a ,

a

fairly well thronged .

”

I should not have gone to the countess s u l ess I

“ ’
n

had an escort general M y intention was to come to you

,
.

in the fir t place and ask that three f yo r officers might

s ,
O u

accompany me to get the letter ; but of co rse after ,

u ,

having found friends who would act my escort there as ,

was no occa ion to do so I uppo e there is no fear of

s . s s

my being further annoyed ? ”

I ho ld think not G ribaldi said ; now they know

s u ,
a

that your mis ion has been carried out you will cease
s ,

to be of intere t to them B t at the s me time it s . u a ,

would be well to be c tio s If the fellow you hot au u . s

was the leader of those charged to prevent the s pplie u s

and letter coming to me we may con ider that there is ,

s

an end of the affair His death will give a step to some .

one and they will owe you no ill will If however the
,
.
, ,

other man w the chief of the party he wo ld doubtle

as ,
u ss

owe you a grudge He i sure to be blamed for having . s

been thu ba ffled by a lad ; wherea had he ucceede d

s s s ,

he would have received the approval of his uperiors I s .

think therefore if I were y I ho ld abstai from

, ,
ou , s u n

going out after nightf ll nle s with a companion or a ,

u s ,

if you do so keep in the gre t thoro ghfare and avoid

,
a u s

q iet treet Th t habit of carryi ng a lo ded pi tol in

u s s . a a s

yo r pocket h proved a al able one

u d I sho ld
as v u ,
an u

advi e y to contin e it long

s ou
y here If u so as ou a re .

you R bini tell him that I th nk h i m for the

see u ,
id a a

he d hi friend r nde ed y
an s He d th other have s e r ou . an e s

all been in tructed not to come here ntil they receive

s u a
12 4 OUT W I TH I
G AR BALD I .

com munication that the tim e for ction h arrived M y a as .

follower end me their addresse

s s s on they reach s as o as

Genoa that I
,
so s mmon them when they are needed
ca n u .

It would never do for numbers f men to pre ent them elves O s s

here The thoritie know perfectly well that I am

. au s

intending to make an expedition to Sicily ; but as long as

the y see no signs of activity and their pies tell the m ,
s

that only om e half dozen of m y friend frequent this

s -
s

V ill they m y be content to ab t in fro m interference

a, a s a

with me ; ind ed I do not think that in any c e they

e
,
as

w ould ventu e t p event my ailing unl s they receive

r o r s ,
es

u gent remon tr nces from Austria or France W ere

r s a .

such remon trance made they wo ld now be able to

s s ,
u

reply that far they

,
solearn I am remaining as can ,

here q ietly and am only V i ited by a f w private

u ,
s e

friend s .
”
 CHAPTE R VII .

THE E X P E D T ON II S AI L S .

AN K pent a plea ant three week s in Geno The

R S s a .

three young men did all in their power to make the

ti m e pass agreeably to him they introduced him to their :

familie and friend ; one or the other of them alw ys

s s a

a ccompanied him to the theatre or oper or much a, ,

as

more freq ently happened to gathering at their own

u ,
s

ho se or at tho e of acq aint nces M an y of the e were

u s s u a . s ,

like themselve m e m ber of the Genoe e corp ; and both

s, s s s

as a relative of two m who had sacrificed their lives en

in the ca e of freedom d e pecially for the aid th t

us ,
an s a

h i mother h d sent to G ribaldi to enable him to carry

s a a

out his pl he w eve y where mo t warmly received

an s , as r s .

He himself h d not told even his three friend the mount

a ,
s, a

that his mother had contrib ted ; but Garib ldi m u a

’
s co

panions had mentioned it to other and it soon became s,

known to all interested in the expedition .

T w ice week Frank drove out to Q rto M tter

a ua . a s

had been teadily progre ing A thou d rifle b t of

s ss . s an s, u

a very inferior kind had been obtained fro m F rini d

, a ,
an

a few hundred of a better cla h d been bough t The e ss a . s

latter were for the of Garibaldi s own band while th

use
’

,
e

other wo ld be di tributed mong s ch S icilians might

s u s a u as

join him on hi l nding The e wo ld for the mo t p rt

s a . s u s a

come rmed a large number of g n and store of

,
as s u s s
12 6 o ur W T H GAR BAL D I I I .

ammuni tion h d been accumulated in the island for use

a

in the futile ins rrection a few months previo sly

u u .

O M y 5 th all w
n ready Frank paid his hotel bill
a as .
,

left his tr n k to be placed in the store room u til

u -
n

he sho ld send or return for it and with a b ndle in

u ,
u ,

which h i word was wr pped up in his bl nket clo k

s s a a ,
a ,

and a light waterproof sheet and with a b g containing ,

a

his red hirts and other sm ll belongi gs together with

s a n ,

h i pistol
s d good s ppl y of amm nitio drove to the
s an a u u n,

Villa S pinola O the previo d y he h d ent on there

. n us a a s

a addle and bridle va lise d hol ters The horse were

s ,
an s . s

to be bo ght in Sicily O t ide all seemed

u q iet as . u s as u

u ual but once within the gate there w a gr t change

s ,
s as ea .

A score of gentle m en were trolling in li ttle groups in s

the garden t lking excitedly ; the e were almost all new

,
a s

arrivals and con eq ently nknown to Frank who p ed

,
s u u ,
as s

on into the hou e where G ribaldi the o fficers of hi sta ff

s a ,
s ,

and other principal officers were engaged in d i c ssing the s u

final arr ngements M o t of the st ff were known to h im

a . s a ,

as they h d been there for so m e d y He joined three or

a a s .

fo r of the younger m who w re itting m oki ng in a

u en, e s s

room on the gro nd floor while the co ncil being held

u u w as .

“
S at l t the d y has arrived lie ten n t one of
o as a ,
u a ,
”

them aid s I think everything a g r well for

. I am u u s us .

convinced that the government do not mean to i nterfere

with but are adopting the policy of shutting their eyes
u s, .

Of cour e they will di avow us b t they will not dare to

s ,
s ,
u

stop usThey m st know what i going on there are too

. u s

many people in the secret for it not to have leaked out .

I don t know whether you noticed it b t I co ld see when

’
,
u u ,

I was in the city thi morning that there w a general s , as

excitement people met and talked earnestly ; every str nger a ,

and there are a good man y there to day is watched -

,
 T HE E X PE II
D T ON S AI LS . 12 7

eagerly You see there is no ship of war in the port

.
, ,

which there certainly would have been had they intended ,

to stop us .
”

I shall be very glad when we are well at

“
Frank sea,

s aid tho gh I agree with you that it is not likely we

,
“
u

s hall be interfered with .

”

They ch tted for pw rds of an hour and the co ncil

a u a ,
u

broke up A list was handed round ppointing the bo t

.
,
a a s

to which the vario s o fficers were told ff ; and Fr nk u o a

found that he to go in the third that left the hore

w as s ,

together w ith Orsi i commander of the econd company n ,

s ,

and Turr the fir t i d d mp of the g ne l The

,
s a e- e-c a e ra .

ho r pas ed lowly No regular me ls were erved but

u s s s . a s ,

food was pl ced on long t ble and each co ld go in

a a a ,
u

an d take refre h m ent as he plea ed The comer

s s s . new -
s,

and indeed all the o fficer with the exception of t or s, w o

three of G rib ldi mo t tr ted frien d were till in

a a
’
s s us s, s

ignor nce as to h they were to obt in ves el to t ke

a ow a s s a

them to M es in and Fr nk who w behind the cene s a, a ,

as s s,

li tened with ome amu e m ent to the wild conject res

s s s u

that they hazarded He knew that the matter had been .

privately arranged with the owner of th R b tti lin s e u a no e

of tea m er that the L m b d

s d Pi m t
s both of o ar o an e on e ,

w h ich were in the harbo r hould be eized b y the u ,

s s

Garibaldian They were w r m adherent of the n tion l

s . a s a a

cau e b t could not of co r e appe r openly in the matter

s ,
u ,
u s ,
a .

They had alre dy been paid the m agreed on for y a su an

da m age or injury that might h ppen to the ve el while a ss s

openly they wo ld be ble to prote t lo dly ag in t the u a s u a s

seiz re of their hip and like the govern m ent profe

u s s, , ,
ss

entire ig orance of what was going on Only a few h nd

n .
a s

would be left on bo rd The e were to o ff er a feigned a . s

re istance but were to m ke no noi e

s ,
a s .
12 8 our I
W T H GAR BAL D I I .

Among Garibaldi s followers were several engineers w h

’
,
o

were to take com m and of and assi t in the engine room s -

s .

In order to save time the L m b d which was much the ,

o ar o,

larger of the two vessel to take the P i m t in tow s , w as e on e .

There was still however some nxiety on the part of the

, ,
a

leaders lest at the la t m om ent the government sho ld

,
s ,
u

intervene seize the arms and take possession of the

, ,

steamers The seizure of the great magazine of arms at

.

M ilan howed that Cavour w

s in e rnest in his ende vour as a a

to p t a top to an expedition of whose s ccess he had

u s u

not the slightest hope ; b t whether he would risk the u

ferment that would be excited were Garibaldi and his ,

follower to be seized at the mom e t of starting was

s n ,

doubtful .

This was a question that had been di c ssed time after s u

time by G rib ldi and h i friends That the mini ster

a a s .

w as well informed to ll the preparatio s the purcha e

as a n ,
s

of fre h arm and the arriv l of ma y men at Genoa

s s, a so n ,

was certain ; but he co ld not know the exact hour at u

which the expedition was to tart nor even be re that s ,

su

it might not m rch down the coast and take ship at some
a ,

other port than Genoa .

Ignorant as were the great bulk of those gathered

at the Villa S pinola of Garib ldi s plans they knew th t a
’

,
a

the movement was to begin that night and there was a ,

gener l feeling of restle ne s and excitement as evening

a ss s

approached From time to time me engers brought

. ss

news from the city All was well ; there was no . un

usual stir amo g the troops The police went about

n .

their usual duties unconcernedly and pparently without ,

a

noticing the uppressed excitement of the pop lation

s u .

At nightfall the word passed round that all w as

were to lie down as they could as there would be no ,

his un iform for the fir t time and had been at work with s , ,

two other mem b ers of the staff serving out ri fl es and ,

ammunition from an outhouse which had been con verted

,

into a magazine ; the men coming in a steady stream

thro gh a back entrance into the garden and passing again
u ,

w ith their arms through another doo Another party r

.

were at work carrying down boxes of amm nition and u

barrels of fl our and other pro vision to the hore At one s s .

o clock the whole force were gathered there It was an

’
.

impressive sight and Frank for the first time fully realised
,

the singularity and danger of the expedition in which he

was to share .

Here were a thousand men all of who m had fought ,

again and again under Garibaldi in the cause of Italian

liberty They were about to start again t the wi hes of
.
,
s s

the government of their co ntry to invade a kingdom u ,

po e ed of strong fortresses and an army of one hundred

ss ss

and twenty eight thousand reg l r troops S cce s seemed

- u a . u s

altogether i m pos ible B t Frank had deeply imbibed

s . u

the conviction of his mother and S ignora Forli that the

people at l rge would flock to the standard He h d
a . a

been carried w y with the enthusiasm of th general

a a e

and tho e about him and even the darkness of the ight
s ,
n ,

the mystery of the quiet armed figures and of the boats

( M 675 ) 1
130 o ur w rrn G AR BALD I I .

hauled up in readi ness for the embarkation did not damp ,

the suppres ed excitement that made every nerve tingle

s ,

and rendered it difficult to remain outwardly impassive .

The men talked together in low t nes Here were o .

many who had not met since they had parted after
the events that had laid another stone to the edifice
of Italian U nity by the addition of Tuscany Parma
, , ,

and M odena to the Ki ngdom of S ardi nia The greater .

part of them were Lombard and Genoese but there s ,

were many from T rin and other cities of Piedmont u .

S ome were exiles who had received a summons similar to

,

that sent by Garibaldi to Captai n Percival The greetings .

of all the e men who had been comrades in many dashing

s ,

adventure were warm and earnest though expres ed in

s, ,
s

b t few low word

u s .

Ho r after ho r pa sed and expectation grew into

u u s ,

anxiety All knew now that Bixio h d gone to eize

. a s

two t amer and that they sho ld have been in the

s e s, u

roadstead at two o clock ; b t t fo r there were still ’

u a u

no signs of them d the fear that he had failed that

,
an ,

the government had at the last moment intervened grew ,

stronger It was not until dawn

. beginning to break w as

th t the two teamers were ma d e t approaching and

a s ou ,

anxiety gave place to delight .

S teadily and in good order the men took their places ,

under the direction of the officers a signed to each b t s oa ,

and by the time the steamers arrived near as they as

co ld venture to the hore the boats were alongside with

u s ,

their crews The embarkation was quickly effected It

. .

was found that there h d been no d angerous hitch in a

the arrangements the delay having been cau ed by the

,
s

difficulty Bixi o had had in finding the two steamers which ,

were anchored i the extensive road tead of Genoa among

n s
coast E ither through misunderstandi ng of orders or the
.

interference of the authorities the two boats were not at ,

the rendezvous ; and after cruising about for some hours

in every direction Garibaldi decided that no further time
,

could be lost for at any moment government vessels might

,

start in pursuit Accordingly the steamers head were

.
’
s

tu ned to the south and the expedition fai ly began

r ,
r .

D elighted ll on board the L m b d and P i m t

as a o ar o e on e

were to have e caped without government interference the

s ,

loss of the ammuni tion w a very erio blo They as s us w .

had bro ght with them from the Villa S pinola carcely
u s

s u fficient for a co ple of hours fighting for tho e on board

u
’
s .

They had neither re erve for themselve nor y to a s s, an

hand over ith the g ns to those they expected to join them

w u

on landing It w therefore absol tely nece ary to touch

. as , ,
u ss

at som e port to obtain ammunition and Garibaldi chose ,

Talamone at the southern extremity of Tuscany within

, ,

a few miles of the boundary of the Papal S tates They .

arrived there early the next morning and Garibaldi at ,

once went a hore and des ired the governor of the fort
s ,

in the n me of the king to hand over to him s pplies

a ,
u

of ammunition and some guns .

W hatever doubt the governor may have had

s to as

Garibaldi authority he and the governor of the much

’
s ,

larger neighbo ring town of Orbetello rendered him all

u

the assistance in thei power d gave hi m a con iderable

r ,
an s

a mount of ammunition and everal guns The vessels s .

filled up with co l and the inhabitants welcomed the

a ,

expedition with enthusia m For this conduct the governor s .

132 our W I TH GAR BALD I I .

of Talamone after w ards received a severe reprimand from

the government who were obliged to clear themselves
,

of any participation whatever in the expedition and had , ,

a few hours after Garibaldi left Genoa despatched a fast ,

screw frigate the M i under the orders of Admiral

,
ar a ,

Per ano in purs it His o fficial orders were to capture and

s u .

bring back the steamers and all on board ; but there can
b e little doubt that he received secret instructions in a
contrary sense At y rate the frigate after a prolonged
. an , ,

crui e returned to Genoa without having come within

s ,

sight of the exp ed ition .

Before leaving Talamone Garibaldi accepted an offer ,

of one of his followers to u ndertake with sixty men to , ,

effect a diver ion by rai ing the population in the north

s s

of the Papal S t tes The expedition seemed a hopel e s

a . s

one with so mall a force ; and it would seem that Garibaldi

s

as sented to it in order to rid himself fro m some whose

impetuosity and vi olent disposition might have led to
trouble later A was to be expected the little party
. s ,

fai led entirely in their object and were defeated and ,

captured very shortly after crossing the fron tier .

All were glad on board the two ships when they were ,

ag in under team and heading for their goal As by

a s ,
.

thi s time it was certain that the news of their departure

from Genoa would have been telegraphed to N aple and s,

that the hips of war of that country would be on the

s

look t to intercept them it w decided at a council of

-
ou ,
as ,

war held by Garibaldi that instead of landi ng near M essina , ,

they hould make for the little island of M gigi m lying

s are o,

o ff the north we t corner of Sicily as by this route they

-
s ,

would b likely to e cape the vigilan e of the Neapolitan

e s c

ship f war which would be watching for them along the

s -o -
,

coa t from the S traits of M es ina to Palermo

s s .
 T HE E X PE DIT ION I
S A LS . 133

Arri i ng at M gigi m late on the evening of the

v ar e o

l oth and learni ng from the islander

,
that the coast s

of S icily was everywhere patrolled they d ecided to take ,

the bold step of sailing into the harbour of M arsala As .

a large mercantile port this o ffered several advantages

, .

The true character of the vessels would not be suspected

until they arrived there and hostile ships cruising near ,

might take them for ordinary merchantmen There was .

also the advantage that being only some seventy mile ,

s

from Cape Bona in Africa it afforded a better chance

, ,
’

of escape should they meet with misfortune after landi ng

, ,

and be obliged to embark As they eared the coast

re - . n

they made out several sailing vessels and steamers near

it and in the roadstead of M arsala two ships f war
,
-
o -

were anchored To their joy they were able to make

.
,

out through a telescope while still at a considerable ,

distance that these vessels were flying the Briti h ensign

,
s ,

and so headed straight for the port which they found ,

full of merchantmen .

They had indeed been attended by good fortune for three ,

Neapolitan ships f war had left the port that morning and
o
- -

were still in sight Being evidently s spicious however

. u , ,

of the two steamers entering the port together they turned ,

and made for M arsala again Not a moment w lost by . as

the Garibaldians and the di embarkation at once began

,
s .

It happened that the British vessel f—war were in the s -o

line of fire and conseq ently the whole of the men were
,
u

landed before the Neapolitans could bring their guns to be r a .

Two thirds of them were still on th quay ge tting the

-
e ,

ammunition and stores into the carts when the enemy ,

opened fire upon them with shell and grape ; fortunately

the di charges were ill directed and the Garibaldians
s ,

marched ff into the town without loss They were

o .
134 o ur W I TH GAR BALDI I .

welcomed with lively acclamation by the w orking classes

of the town ; but the authorities wh i le throwing no ,

opposition in their w y rec ived them under protest a ,

e ,

as indeed was natural enough for they could hardly ,

suppose that this handful of men could succeed against

the power of Naples and dreaded the anger of the ,

government should they bestow any warm hospitality

upon these adventurers .

Two days were spent at M arsala in gai i ng information n

as to the state of the country making arrangements for ,

the march inland and for the transport of ammunition and

,

spare rifles and in obtai ing stores of provisions sufficient

,
n

for two or three days It was fortunate indeed that no

.

Neapolitan troops were stationed in the town and that ,

they were therefore able to pursue their work without

i nterruption D uring the voyage the force had been divided
.

into eight companies and a i nth was now formed from

,
n

the S icili ans who joined them The enthusiasm that had .
,

been necessari ly shown rather in action than in shouts by

the people of M arsala who with Neapolitan ships in the
, ,

bay feared that any demonstration might draw upon them

,

selves terrible retribution now showed itself openly The

a ,
.

force was accompanied by great numbers of men and

women — ven monk joined in the procession —w hil e from
,
e s ,

every village parties of fighting men many of whom had ,

taken part in the late ins rrection joined the party ; and u ,

when on the day after leavi ng M arsala they reached

S alemi the force had been augmented by twelve hundred
,

men .

Here Garibaldi at the re quest not only of his own men

, ,

but of the authorities of the little town and deputies from

vi llages round assumed the title of dictator in the nam
, ,
e

of Victor E mmanuel K ing of Italy— thus proclaiming

,
 T H E E X PE D T ON II S AI L S . 135

to the w orld that he had broken altogether with the

republican faction .

E xcept when on duty there was a thorough comrade ,

ship among the Garibaldians Fully half of the thousand .

men who had left Genoa with h i m belonged to the upper

and professional classes and were of the same rank of ,

life as the fii ; consequently w hen the march was

o ce rs ,

done or the men dismissed from parade all stiffness was ,

thrown aside and officers and men mingled in the utmost

,

harmony All were in the highest spirits The first

. .

well nigh i nsuperable difficulties had been overcome ; the

-

hindrances thro w n i their w y by the Italian govern n a

ment h d failed to prevent their embarkation the danger

a

of falling into the hands of the Neapolitan navy had been

avoided and the reception which they met with showed
,

th t they had not overe timated the deep feeling of hostility

a s

with which the S icilians regarded their oppressors .

Frank while on capi tal terms with all the officers who
, ,

were aware how much the expedition owed to hi family s ,

and who saw the almost affectionate manner in which

Garibaldi treated him kep t principally with h i special ,
s

friend M fli R ubi i and S arto

s, a o, n , .

D uri g the voyage as an occasional change from the

n ,

one absorbing topic they asked h i m many q e tions ,

u s

about his chool days and were intensely interested in his

s -
,

description of the life so wholly different from that at ,

Italian school and academies s .

“
W don t have such good times as you have
e
’

R ubini said ; you eem to have done j st what you

“
s u

liked d your ma ters do not ppear to h ve interfered

,
an s a a

with y at all ou .
”

“
No except when in chool they had nothing to do
, s ,

with us .
”
136 o ur W I TH GAR BALD I I .

And you went where you liked and did what you liked ,

j ust as if you w ere grown p men ? It is astonishi g -

u n ,
”

M ffi said ;
a o why with us we are never out of sight of
“
,

our masters " ”

“
W might not quite go where we liked there we e
e : r

certain limits beyond which we were supposed not to pass ;

but really as long as we did not get into any rows we
, ,

could pretty well go anywhere within walking distance .

You see the big fellows to a certain extent keep order ;

,

b t really they only do this in the houses where we live

u

—
outside there is no occasion to look aft us Though we er
-
.

are but boys we are gentlemen and are expected to act

, ,

as such I can t see why boys want looking after

.
’
,
as

if they were criminals who would break into a house or ,

maltreat an old woman if they had the chance It is , .

because we are as it were put on our honour and allowed

, ,

to act and think for ourselve instead of being marched s,

about and herded like a flock of sheep that our public ,

school boys as a r le do so well after w ards O great

,
u , . ur

general W ellington — t least I think it w h —said that

,
a as e ,

the battle of W aterloo w fought in the playi ng fields of as

E ton .Of co rse though he said E ton he m eant of all our

u , ,

public schools Certainly we are much less likely to come

.

to grief when we leave school and become our own masters ,

than we sho ld be if we had been treated as children up

u ,

to that time .
”

That must be so R ubi i said tho ghtfully

“
I wish ,
n u .
“

we had such school in Italy ; perhaps we shall have s

some day W have many universities but no schools

. e ,

at all like yours Of co r e your masters are not u s ,

priests ? ”

W ell they are almost all clergymen but that makes

“
, ,

no difference They are generally good fellows d take

.
,
an
 T HE E X PE DIT ION SA LS I . 137

a lot of interest in our sports which is nat ral enough ,

u ,

for many of them have been great cricketers or great

oarsmen — that is they have rowed in their university boat
, .

A m a ter who has done that sort of thing is more looked

s

u
p to by the boy and is tho ght more of than fellows
s, u ,

who have never d one anything in particular The sort of .

fellows who have always been working and reading and ,

have come out high at the universities of course ver y ,

ar e

good teachers b t they don t understand boy half as well

,
u
’
s

as the others do .

B t why should you respect a master who has been

“
u ,

as you say good at ports more than one who has studied
,
s ,

hard ?
W ell I don t know exactly Of course it is very
“
,
’
.

creditable to a man to have taken a high degree ; but

somehow or other one does have a lot of respect for a fellow
who you know could thra h any blackguard who h d a s a

row with him in a couple of m inutes — ju t the same as s

one feels a respect for an o fficer who has done all sorts of
brave actions I heard ome time ago that one of our
.
,
s ,

masters had been appointed to a church i some beastly n

neighbourhood in Birmingham or one of tho e m f s a n u ac

t ring towns and the people were such a rough lot that
u ,

he could do nothing ith them at first B t one day w . u ,

when he was going along the street he saw a notorious ,

b lly thra hing a woman and he interfered The fellow

u s
, .

threatened hi m ; and he quietly turned in and gave him ,

the mo t trem endou thra hing he had ever h d in about

s s s a ,

three minute After that he got t be gre tl y li ked and

s . o a ,

did no end of good in his parish I suppo e there was . s

just the same feeli g among those fellows as there i with

n s

us t school
a .
”

It seems impossible R ubini said in a tone almo t of

“
, ,
s
138 OUT w i T H GAR BALD I I .

awe that a mi ister should fight with h i hand against

,
“
n s s

a fli of that ki nd
ru an
”

“
W ell I don t k ow Frank replied
,
if you saw a big
’
n , :
“

ru fii
‘
thrashi g a woman or insulting a lady or if even
an n ,

he insulted yourself what would you do 2 I am supposing , ,

of course that you were not in uni form and did not wear
, ,

a sword .
”

“
I do not know what I should do R ubini said gravely ,
.

I hope I hould fly at him s .

”

“
Yes ; but if he were bigger and stronger and you ,

could not box what would be the good of that ? He would

,

knock you dow and perhaps kick you almost to death n, ,

and then fini sh thrashing the woman .

The three friends looked gravely at each other .

“
Yes ; but you say that this man was a priest a ,

clergyman ? M ffi urged ”
a o .

“
Yes b t you must reme mber that he was also a man
u ,

and there is such a thing as righteous anger W h y should .

a man look on and see a woman ill treated without lifting -

hi hand to save her simply becau e he i a clergyman ?

s ,
s s

No no M aiho You may say what you like but it i

, , .
,
s

a good thi g for a man to have exercised all hi muscles

n s

as a boy and to be good at port and have learned

,
s s,

to h i fists
u se It is good for him whether he is goi ng
s .
,

to be a soldier or a colonist in a wild country or a , ,

traveller or a clergyman I m ayi g nothing against

, . a s n

learning ; learning is a very good thing b t certainly ,

u

among E ngl ish boy we admire strength and ski ll more s

than learni ng and I am quite sure that as a nation we,

have benefited more by the one than the other If there .

was not one among us who had ever opened a Latin or

Greek book we ho ld till have extended ,
empire as we s u s our

have done coloni ed continents conquered India and held

,
s , ,
 T HE E X PE D I TI ON I
SA L S . 139

o ur and more against every other nation by land

ow n , ,

and sea and become a tremendous manufacturing and

,

commercial country .
”

The others laughed W ell crowed Percival " No .

“
,

do bt there is a great deal in what you say still I

u ,

suppose that even you wi ll hardl y claim that you are

braver than other people .
”

“
Not braver Frank said ; b t bravery is no good
,
” “
u

without backbone If two men equally brave meet it

.
,

i the one with most last

s —that is what we call stamina
— most endurance most stre gth and most skill who
,
n , ,

must in the long run win -

.
”

“
B t the fault of y E nglish is — I don t mean it
’
u ou

offensively —that you believe too much in yourselves .

”

“
At any r te Frank replied we don t boast about
a , ,
’

ourselves as some people do and it is beca se we believe

, ,
u

in o rselves that we are successful For example you

u .
,

all here believe tha t small as is your number you are , ,

going to defeat the Neapolitans and I think that you ,

wi ll do it because I also beli eve in you It is that

, .

feeling among our soldiers and sailors— their con viction

that as a matter of cou se they will i the long run win
, r ,
n -

—that has carried them through battles and wars against

the biggest odd That was the way that your R oman
s .

ancestors carried their arms over E urope They were .

no braver than the men they fo ght but they believed u ,

thoroughly in themselves and never admitted to themselves ,

the possibility of defeat W hat a mad expedition ours .

would be if we had not the same feeling " ”

I won t argue any more gain t you Percival R ubini

’
a s , ,

laughed ; and if I ever marry d have on I will end an s s, s

them over to be educated at one of your great cho l s o s

that i if we have not as I hope we may have b y that

s,
,
14 0 OU T W ITH G AR BALDI I .

time schools of the same ki nd here Can you fence ?

,
.

D you learn that at your schools ?

”
o
“
Not a part of the scho l cour e A fencing master
as o s .

does come down from London once a week and some of ,

the fellows take lessons from him I did among others ; .

but once a week is of very little use and whenever I ,

was in Lo don during the holidays I went pretty nearly

n ,

every day to Angelo s which i con idered the best school ’

,
s s

for fencing we have Of course my father being a oldier

.
,
s ,

liked me to learn the of the sword and rapier though use ,

I m ight never have occasion to use them for as I was his , ,

o l y son he did not want me to go into the army It i

n ,
. s

just as well now that I did go in for it .

I don t expect i t will be of m ch

“ ’
R ubini said u us e , .

If the Neapolitans do not show themselves to b braver e

sold iers than we take the m for there will b no hand ,

e

to hand fighting If on the other hand they do stand

-
.
, ,

their ground well I do not expect we shall ever get to

,

close q arters for they ough t to annihilate us before we

u ,

could do so W ell I long for the first trial

.
, .
”

S do I o I sho ld think that a good deal would depend

. u

u pon that If we beat them easily as I have heard my

. as

father say they were beaten near R ome in 184 8 it is hardly ,

likely that they will make much stand afterwards It is .

not only the effect it will have on the Neapolitan troops ,

but on the people W cannot expect that the S icil ians will
. e

join us in considerable number until we have won a battle ,

and we want them to make a good show E ven the most .

cowardly troops can hardly help fighting w hen they are

twenty to one ; but if we are able to make a fair show of
force the m y may lo e heart even if the greater part
,
ene e s ,

of our men are only poorly ar med peasants .

To most of those who started from Genoa fully prepared ,

 T HE E X PE DIT I ON S A LS I . 14 1

to sacrifice their lives in the cause they regarded as sacred ,

the succ ss that had att nded their passage and enabled
e e ,

them to di embark without the loss of a man seemed a

s ,

presage of further g od fortune and they w marched o ,

no

forward w ith the buoyant confidence that in itself goe ,

s

a long way to ensure succes ; the thought that there s

were fifty thousand Neapolitan troops in the i land d s ,

an

that General Lanza had at Palermo twenty ight thou nd -

e sa ,

in no way overawed them and the news that a strong ,

body of the enemy had advanced through C l t fimi to a a a

meet them was regarded with sati faction s .

C l t fimi stood in the heart of the mountain

a a a where s,

the road from Palermo M arsala and Trapa i met ; and

s , n

on such ground the d isproportion of numbers would be

of less importance than it would be in the plain for the ,

cavalry of the enemy wo ld not be able to act w ith e ff ect

u .

The ground too as they learned from peasant was covered

, ,
s,

with r ins of b ildings erected by S aracens S paniards

u u , ,

and Norman and was therefore admirably suited for

s,

irregular warfare Garibaldi with a f w of his sta ff went

.
,
e ,

forward to reconnoitre the position He decided that h i . s

own followers should make a direct attack while th new , e

levies worki ng among the hills hould open fire on the

, ,
s

Neapolitan flanks and charge do w n upon them pp as o or

t
un i ty o ffered .

At M ar ala the taff had all bought horses choo ing

s s ,
s

hardy anim l accu tomed to work among the mo ntain

a s s u s .

It was not the general intention to hurl h i little force

’
s s

directly on the Neapolitan centre ituated in the valley ,

s ,

b t while making a feint there to att k one flank or

u , ,
ac

the other the rapidity with which his m m

,
d en an cr u vre

giving them a great dv ntage \V h il therefore the a a . e, ,

six little guns he had obtained at T l m t were to open a a on e

14 2 I
OUT W T H GAR BALD I I .

fire on the enemy s centre covered by a couple of hundred

’
,

men the re t were to act as a mobile force under h i

,
s s

o w n di rection their movements would be screened by the

ruins and broken ground and he would be able to pass ,

in comparative shelter from one fl ank to th other and e ,

so surprise the enemy by falli ng upon them where least

expected .

As they approached th scene of action the Garibaldians

e ,

left the road scatterin g them elves in ski mi hing order

,
s r s

on either side and working their y along through the

,
wa

ruins which so covered their advance that it was onl y

, ,

occa ionally that a glimpse of a red shirt or the gleam

s

of the sun on a mu ket barrel showed the enemy that

s -

their assailants were approaching O gro nd like thi . n u s

hor es were of li ttle

s and Garibaldi ordered ll the
u se , a

ju i or member of his ta ff to di smount fasten their

n s s ,

hor es in places of shelter and advance on foot w ith the

s ,

troops as he sho ld not re q uire their ervices d ring the

,
u s u

figh t
 CHAPTE R VIII .

P ALE E M O .

AN K S heart beat fast with the excitement of the

R
’

moment S ave himself there was not one of

.
,

Garibaldi s own men but was accustomed to the ound

’
s

of artillery d he co ld scarcel y re train himself from

,
an u s

starti g when on a udden the Neapolitan batteries op ned

n s e

fi and their m is ile tr ck rocks d w lls round h i m or

re , s s s u an a ,

b r t overhead
u s .

It i not bad it looks R bini whom he joined

s so as ,
u ,

as he ran forward said with a laugh ,

It is fort nate that it i not Frank replied ; it

“
u s ,
“

certainly sound b d eno gh but I don t think they

s a u , ,
as
’

can us at all it can only be a random fire

~
se e , .

He soon shook ff the feeling of uneasiness which he O

co ld not at fir t repress and presently quitted his friend

u s ,

and pushed forward on his own account keep ng clo e ,

i s

to the road and abreast of Garibaldi so that he could ,

run p and receive y orders that might be given

u an .

It was t long before the enemy pened a m ketry fire

no O us .

The g n had been followi g Garibaldi and he now

u s n ,

superintended them as they were into po ition three ru n s ,

on either ide of the ro d They were not pl ced at

s a . a

regular di stance but each was posted where the men

s,

w ould while loading be sheltered behind wall from

, , s,

which the gun could be run out wheeled round and fired
s , ,
14 4 OU T W ITH G AR BALD I I .

and then withdrawn Frank was not long in joining the

.

Garibaldian line which was lying in shelter at the foot

,

of the declivity .

In front of the m was a level space f ground with O

a few little farmhouses dotted here and there O the . n

opposite side of this the hills ro e much more steeply s .

Near the summit were the main body of the Neapolitans ,

who were altogether about two thousand strong ; an

advanced guard of some fi or six hundred had descended ve

into the valley and were movi ng across it they had guns
,

with them which were now at work as were others with

, ,

the main body .

W hen Garibaldi joined his troops he at once ordered the

Genoese company to attack the advancing enemy and if
possible to capture the guns they had with them Followed .

by a party of the S icilians and by Frank and several other ,

O fficers who had no special duties to perform they dashed ,

forward At the same moment a number of the peasants

.
,

who had made their way round on either flank unob erved s ,

opened fire upon the Neapolitan who at the order of the s,

o fficer i command began to fall back The Garibaldi n

n . a s

hurled themselves upon them and hastened the movement ,

.

The guard had no idea of making a frontal attack upon an

e emy so strongly posted and had as Frank had heard
n , ,

him say before he di mounted intended to compel them

s ,

to fall back by flank attacks He was not surprised .

,

therefore to hear the trumpet sounding the recall

,
.

The summons was however unheard or at any rate

, , ,

unheeded b y the Genoe e who contin ed to press hotly pon

,
s ,
u u

the Neapolit ns ; the latter had now been joined by thei

a r

supporting li ne and Garibaldi saw that the mall party who

,
s ,

were now almost surrounded mu t be de troyed unless b d ,

s s ,
e a

d to their as istance The trumpet accordingl y ounded

va n c e s . s
 P ALE R MO . 14 5

the charge and the men sprang to their feet and da hed
, s

forward at full peed The fighting had been hand to s .

hand and the Garibaldians had only gained the advantage

,

so far from the fact that they were accustomed to fight

each for himself and were individ ally more powerf l men
,
u u

it was indeed their habit in all their fights to rely on th , ,

e

bayonet and they still pre sed forward Frank was now
,
s .

as cool and collected he wo ld have been in a football as u

match and had everal times to congrat late himself on

,
s u

the tr ining he h d received in the use of his sword

a a ,

having two comba ts with Neapolitan fficer and each O s,

time comi g ff i ctoriou n o v s .

Pre ently in front of him he saw one f the

s , ,
O

Neapolitan standards In the conf sion it had been lef t . u

al m ost unguarded ; and calling to three or four of the m en

around him he da hed at it There was a short sharp

,
s .
,

fight th men st nding be tween hi m and the fl g fel l

: e a a

before th bayonet of th G ribaldian Fr nk engaged

e s e a s . a

in a tough encounter with the o fficer who held the fl g a

,

an d finally cutti g him down seized the sta ff and carried

n ,

it back into the Garibaldi n rank a s .

W ell done well done Percival ,

He turned d , an s aw

Garibaldi him elf who at the head of his m i body h d

s , ,
a n , a

that instant arrived .

The Neapolitans altho gh al o reinforced fell back p,

u s ,
u

the hill The face of the a cent

. compo ed of a erie s w as s s s

of natural terrace and as they retreated up th e s, es ,

a stor m of fire from the re e ve at the top of the hill s r

and the c nnon there po red pon the G ribaldian

a ,
w as u u a s .

The general h l ted h i men f a minute or t at the

a s or wo

foot of the lower terr ce W here they were heltered a ,

s

by the lope fro m the mi ile of the ene m y ; they were

s ss s

re - formed d then commenced the cen t It

,
an re - as . w as

( 316 75 )
14 6 OU T WITH GAR I BAL D L

hot work ; the ground was very steep and s w ept by the ,

enemy s fire As each terrace was gained the men ru hed

’
.
,
s

across the level ground and threw themselves down panting

at the foot of the next slope where they were to some ,

ext ent heltered Two or three minute and they m ade

s . s,

their next ru h B t little ret rn to the enemy fire

s . u u
’
s

was attempted for the wretched muskets with which they

,

had been supplied at Genoa were practically u eless and s ,

only the Genoe e who had bro ght their own carbine and
s ,
u s,

were excellent hots did much exec tion s ,

u .

S everal time the Neapolitans atte m pted to make a

s

stand but were as often d iven back O thi occa ion

,
r . n s s ,

however they fought well and steadily ; the terror of

,

Garib ldi name had ceased to have i t effect d ring the

a
’
s s u

twelve years that had elap ed since Ferdinand army h d s

’
s a

fled before him but the desi e to wipe t that disgrace

,
r ou

no doubt inspired them and Garibaldi afterwards g ve ,

a

them full credit for the ob tinacy with which they had s

conte ted his advance At last the pperm o t terrace

s . u s

was reached ; there was one more halt for breath and ,

then the Garib ldia s went forw rd with a cheer The a n a .

re istance was comparatively light the Ne politan troops

s s a

at first engaged had lready exhausted their am m nition a u ,

and had become disheartened at thei r fail re to arre t u s

the impet o a a lt of their enemie ; d when the

u us ss u s an

Garibaldi ns reached the summit of the bi ll they found

a ,

that the enemy were in f ll retre t u a .

E xhau ted b y their e ff orts and having uffered heavy

s ,
s

lo they made short halt ; the horses of the general

ss , a

and his taff were brought p b y the mall p rty who

s u s a

had been left with the g ns d who h d advanced acro s u , an a s

the plain at om e little di tance in the rear of the fighting

s s

line As soon as they arrived the advance continued unti l

.
 PALE R MO . 14 7

the little army halted at C l t fimi some miles from a a a ,

the scene of battle The Garibaldians had captured only .

one cannon a few rifl es and a core or two of prisoners for

, ,
s ,

the most part wounded ; but by the defeat of the enemy

they had gained an enormous advantage for as the news , ,

spread thro gho t the country i t dimen ions growing

u u ,
s s

as it fl w i t created great enthusia m and from every

e ,
s ,

town and vill age men po red down to join the army of u

liberation .

The Neapolitan governor had indeed m de a fatal a

mi take in not pl cing a much l rger force in the field

s a a

for the first engage m nt The troop fo ght bravely e . s u ,

an d though beaten were by no mean di graced ; and ,

s s

had the y been pported by powerf l rtillery and b y a

su u a ,

co ple of regiment of cav lry which co ld have ch rged

u s a ,
u a

the Garibaldian in the plain the battle would h ve h d

s ,
a a

a very different result .

At C l t fimi the G ribaldian h lted The Neapolit n

a a a a s a . a

wounded had been left here ; their own h d when the a ,

fighting ce ed been ent back to Vita The inhabitant

as ,
s . s

vied with e ch other in ho pitality to the m d al tho gh

a s ,
an u

saddened b y the lo of man y of th ir brave t comrade ss e s s,

all regarded the victory they had won augury as an

of f t re cce
u u Already the country had ri en ; the
su ss . s

Ne polit n in thei r retreat had been h r sed d number

a a s a as ,
an s

of them kil led b y the pe ants ; every ho r elled th as u sw e

force and next m orning they set t in the highe t pirit

,
ou s s s,

an d wi t h a conviction that s cce

- would ttend the m u ss a .

And y t there were gr ve di ffic lties to be met for ten

e a u ,

thou and N polit n were m a ed in two formidabl po i

s ea a s ss e s

tion on the ro d b y which it

s believed that the G ri
a w as a

b ld i
a m t dv nce and twelve tho nd re m ined in
an s us a a ,
usa a

g rri on at Palermo Th t evening they re ched Alc m o

a s . a a a ,
14 8 OU T WITH GAR BALD I I .

a larg town where they were received wi th enthu ia m

e ,
s s .

The excite m ent even more lively when the next d y

w as a

they entered Partinico where the inhabitant who had been ,

s,

br tally treated by the Neapolitans in their advance had

u ,

risen when they pa ed thro gh f gitives and mas acred ss u as u ,

s

numbers f them and pur ued them a con iderable di tance

O ,
s s s

alo g th road to P lermo At this point the Garibaldians

n e a .

left the ro d d ascended t the pl teau f R enne and

a ,
an o a O ,

thence looked down on the rich pl in in which P lermo a a

stands and on the city it elf Here two day of tre

, s . s

me do r in prevented farther movement

n ns a .

You now eeing th ro gh side of cam paigning

are s e u ,

Perciv l R ubini aid w ith laugh as th four frien d

a ,
s ,
a ,
e s

sa t together in little arbo r they h d erected and over

a u a ,

the top of which were thrown two of their blankets .

It is not very plea nt cert inl y Frank agreed ; sa ,

a ,
”

b t it m ight be a good de l worse ; it i wet but it is

u a s ,

not cold and we ,

not fa ting ; we each of l id in
a re s us a a

good stock of provi ion when at P rtinico b t I cert inly

s s a ,
u a

never anticip ted that we hould h ve to rely pon

a s a u

telegraph pole for pply of f el i t i l cky th t the

s a su u : s u a

wires run acro he r e for we ho ld ce tainly have h d

ss ,
s u r a

to eat our meat raw or go witho t if it hadn t been ,

u ,
’

for the m .
”

None of the men appeared to mind the di comfort ; s

the pply of wood

su too preciou to be u ed except w as s s

for cooking p rpo e and indeed it wo ld be of no

u s s, u u se

for th men to attempt to d y their clothe until th

e r s e

downpo r cea ed Two d ys la t r the ene my having ent

u s . a e ,
s

out a trong reconnoit ing party Garib ldi determined

s r ,
a

to cro s the mo ntain and co m e down pon the main

s u s u

so thern ro d from P ler m o Offi cer had been ent to

u a a . s s

the variou towns on that road to summon all tru men

s e
 PALE R M O . 14 9

to join The force started in the even ing and performed

.

a tremendous march ; the guns were la hed to pole and s s

carried on the men s shoulder the boxes f amm nition ’

s, O u

were conveyed i the ame manner The rain continued n s .

inces antly and there was a thick fog which added greatl y
s ,

to the diffic ltie It was not until daylight that the

u s .

head of the col mn began to straggle into Parco on theu ,

southern road .

They at once seized some commanding position round s

the place and began to throw up entrenchment b t

,
s, u as

Parco was commanded by hill it co ld not be defended s, u

again t a determined attack T d y later two strong

s . wo a s

col mns marched out from Palermo The first a d v nced

u . a

by the road that cro ed the valley and threatened the ss ,

Garibaldian rear by the pa age thro gh th hills known ss u e

as the p of Piana d i Greci G ari b ldi at once nt ff

ass e . a se O

his artillery d baggage b y th ro d and with a comp ny

an e a ,
a

of h i caccia tori and a body f the

s levie who were O ne w s
,

known picciotti hurried to the pa which they re ched

as ,
ss , a

before the Ne politans arrived there O their opening a . n

fire the Neapolitans thinking that they h d the whole

, , a

G ribaldi n force i front of them in an extreme ly trong

a a n s

po ition retired at once Finding that the freedom of

s , .

h i move m ent would be embarra ed by his canno

s s which ss n,

u nder the most advantageo circu m tance co ld not us s s u

cont nd g in t tho e of the enemy he ent th m ay

e a a s s ,
s e aw

along the ou thern road while he withdr w h i force from

s
,
e s

P rco and for a shor t ti m e followed the g n ; he then

a , u s

t rned ff in to the mount in and dire c ted h i m ch to

u o a s s ar

Mi ilmeri a f
s mile f o m P le m o having completely
,
ew s r a r ,

thrown the ene my ff h i t ck The p r ing col mn o s ra . u su u ,

believing tha t th whole Garib l d ian forc retre ting

e a e w as a

wit h i t gun pu hed on r pidly whil G rib ldi had

s s, s a ,
e a a
15 0 OU T W ITH GAR BALD I I .

already turned the strong position of Monreale and was ,

preparing to attack the to w n .

His force had here been increa ed b y the volunteers w h s o

had arrived from the o thern village The Neapolitan s u s .

general L anza soon btained information as to the invader s

, ,
O
’

po ition and prepared with absolute confidence to meet his

s ,

attack which must he beli eved be made by the coast road

, , ,
.

O the evening of the 2 6 th Garibaldi moved acro s the

n s

country by a little f eq ented track and the next morning

-
r u ,

appeared on the road entering the to n at th Termini w e

gate The twelve thousand Neapolitan troop who still

. s

remained in the town h d no u picion that their foe was a s s

near The day before the com m ander of the col mn that
.
,
u

had passed through Parco had sent in the news that he

was in hot purs it of the Garibaldians who were flyi ng
u ,

in all di rections and the governor had given a banquet

,

in hono r of the rout f the brigands The military bands

u O .

had pl yed on the promenade and the o fficial portion of

a ,

the popul tion had been wild with joy

a .

O the other hand me sages had pas ed con tantly

n ,
s s s

between Garibaldi s agents and the leaders of the patriotic

’

party in the town who had promised that the pop lation
,
u

wo ld rise as soon as he entered the city It was upon

u .

this promi e that the general based h i hope of s cce s ;

s s s u s

for that three thousand badly ar m ed men could hope

to overcome twelve thou and troop well s pported by s s, u

artillery d defending the town treet by street eemed

,
an s ,
s

impo ible even to so hopeful a pirit N ti m e was lo t

ss S . 0 s .

The Garibaldian rushed forward drove in at once an

s ,

o tpost stationed beyond the b rrier at th gate and

u a s e ,

carried the barricad before the troops co ld m ter in es , u us

su ffi cient force to offer y erio re ista ce an s us s n .

B t beyond this the ppo ition became obstinate

u d O s an
 PALE R M O . 15 1

fierce ; the cacciatori pressed forward by the principal

street the bands of picciotti distracted the attention of
,

the enemy by advancing by parallel streets and although , ,

the cannon of the Castello M are thundered po ring shot ,

u

an d shell broadcast i nto the quarter through which the

Garibaldians were advancing and tho gh fro m the large ,
u

convent of S Anto io held b y a battalion f bersaglieri

an n ,
O ,

a terrible fire was m intained upon the flank of th a e

cacciatori at a distance of a co ple f hundr d yard u O e s,

they nevertheless pressed on clearing the street of the ,

troops who pposed their advance ntil they reached

O ,
u

the square in the centre of the city .

All this time the guns of the Neapoli tan ships f war -
o -

had been pouring a fierce fire into the town with the ,

apparent bject of deterring the popul ace from rising for

O ,

it was upon private house that the damage w committed s as ,

and w as , farso the Garibaldian were concerned i

as s ,
n

noxi ous For a hort time the bject was attained so

. s O :

terrible was the fire that wept the principal street s s

leading down to the w ter so alarming the din of ex a ,

p l
o dni g shells and falling walls that for a hort time ,
s

the popul ce d ared not venture from their house ; b t

a s u

f ry ucceeded to alar m and it was not long before the

u s
,

inhabitant flocked t into the streets and under the

s ou ,

direction of Colonel Acerbi one of the mo t d isting i hed ,

s u s

offi cer of the thou and began to erect barric de The e

s s ,
a s . s

sprang p with marvellou rapidity ; c rt were wheeled

u s a s

out from the co rtyards and overturned m l boured

u ,
en a

with pickaxe d crowbar

s te ring p the pave m ent
an s a u s,

women threw out m ttre es from the indows ll worked

a ss w a

with enthu ia m s s .

Garibaldi e t bli hed him elf t the Pretorio P lace th

s a s s a a ,
e

central point of the city ; and here the me m ber of the s

152 OU T W ITH GAR BALDI I .

revolutionary committee joined him His staff were .

sent ff in all directions to order all the bands cattered

O s

throughout the city to assemble there The people of .

Palermo were wholly without firearms as all weapon ,

s

of the kind had been confisc ted by the authoritie ; but a s

armed with hatchets axe knives fastened to the end

,
s,

of sticks and poles to act as pikes long spits and other ,

improvised weapons they prepared to defend the barri

,

cades A few indeed brought out muskets which had

.
, ,

been hidden away when all the ho ses had been searched u

for weapons but the greatest difficulty was experienced

,

from the want of powd er .

Garibaldi now stationed his forces so as to intercept

a ll communications between the various point where the s

Neapoli tan troops were concentrated L anza himself .

,

who was at once comman d er i chief and Viceroy w -

n- ,
as

with several regiments at the royal palace .

The Castello M are was held by a strong force and ,

there were some regiments at the palace of finance .

The e points they had only reached after hard fighting ;

s

but once there they were isolated from each other and to ,

join b d they would have to pa s along streets blocked

an s s

by barricade and defended by a de perate popul tion

s, s a ,

and expo ed to the fire of the Garibaldian from every

s s

window and roof .

That night hundred of men and women were set to s

work to grind charcoal ulphur and sal tpetre to mix ,

s , ,

them together to form a rough gunpo w der and then to ,

make i t up into cartri d ge S ch a compo nd wo ld s . u u u

h ve bee eless for ordinary p rpo es b t would have

a n us u s ,
u

s u fficien t strength for s treet fighting where it but ,

w as

necessary to send a bullet some twenty or thirty yards

with sufficient force to kill .
 P ALE R M O . 15 3

The fire of the fl eet Castello M are and the palace , ,

was maintained all day The town w on fire in many . as

p lace A whole di trict a thou nd yard in leng th

s . s sa s

and a hundred yards wide had been laid in a hes con s ,

vents and churches had been crushed by shells and a ,

large number of the inhabitants had been k illed by

grape and cannister ; but after four hours fighting there ’

w asa lull in the musketry fire the Neapolitans were :

gathered in their three strong place and were virtually s,

besieged there In spite of the continued cannonade

.
,

the populace thronged the streets which were not in the

direct line f fire the bell of the churche pealed out
O ,
s s

tri mphantl y ; bright curtains cloths and fl ags were h ng

u ,
u

out from the balconie friends embraced eac h other wi th s,

tears of joy ; while mbers continued to labour at the nu

barricades the monks and clergy joining in the work ll

, ,
a

classes being wild w ith joy at their deliverance from the

long and crushing tyranny to which they had been
subjected .

Frank had entered the city with the chosen ban d who ,

had led the attack on the Termini gate and advanced ,

with them into the h art of the city In the wild excite e .

ment of the fight he had lost all en e of danger ; he w s s sa

others fall round him hi cheek h d been deepl y ga hed

a , s a s

b y a b llet but he had carce felt the pain and w

u , al m o t s ,
as s

surpri ed when a man close to h i m ffered to bind p h i

s O u s

wound wit h h i h O f the fir t orde s that G ibaldi

s s as . ne o s r ar

gave after e t bli hing hi m elf at the Pretorio P l ce

, s a s s a a w as

to end for h i m
s .

“
Li u t en nt Perciv l
e h saidaI com m it to y the a ,
e ,
“
ou

honour of le ding a p rty to the p i ons and li b er ting

a a r s ,
a

a ll th poli tic l pri oners y find the e Y have won

e a s ou r . ou

that di tinction by ha ing in th first pl ce c pt red th

s v ,
e a ,
a u e
15 4 OU T WITH GAR BALDI I .

flag f the tyrants at C l t fimi and also by the gallant

O a a a ,

manner in which you have fought in the first rank to day -

.

I marked your conduct and it was w orthy of your brave ,

father I can give it h igher praise

. no .
”

Taking twenty men with him Frank went to the ,

prisons O entering each he demanded from the fficials

. n ,
O

a li t of all prisoner confined and th o ffences with which

s s ,
e

they were charged so that no criminal should be relea ed ,

s s

w ith the political prisoner He hardly needed the li t s . s ,

however for the criminals were b t f w in n mber the

,
u e u ,

Neapolitan authorities not having troubled the m selve s

with such t i fl as robberies and a sas inations but the

r es s s ,

prison were crowded with men of the be t blood in the

s s

city and the rrounding country who had been arrested

su ,

upo the s spicion of holding liberal opini ons and who

n u ,

were treated with very m ch greater everity than were u s

the worst malefactors The th nder of the guns h d . u a

already informed them that a terrible conflict was going

on b t it
,
u not ntil Frank and h i men arrived that
w as u s

the prisoners knew who w ere the p rties engaged d a ,

an

their j y and gratitude was unbo nded when they learned

o u

that they were free now and for ever from the power f , ,
O

their per ecutors s .

As they marched to the prison everal of the men ,

s

had shouted to the crowd W goi g to free the ,

“
e a re n

captive The new had pread like wildfire and as the

s .
”
s s ,

prisoner i ued from the jail they were met b y their frie d
s ss n s

and relatives and the mo t a ffecting scenes took place

,
s .

Although Frank considered it nlikel y in the extreme that u

per ons arre ted on the mainland would be carried across

s s

to the i l nd h in i ted on the warder accompanying

s a ,
e s s s

hi m over the whole pri on and unlocking every door in s ,

spite of their protestation that the cells were empty s .

 P ALE R MO. 15 5

Having satisfied himself on this head he went to th ,

e

other prisons where similar scenes took place

, .

The fire of the Neapolitan ships was kept p until u

nightfall and then ceased rather from the exhaustion

, ,

of the gunners who had been twelve hours at work than

, ,

from y difficulty in sighting their g ns for in Palermo

an u

it was almost as light as day the whole city being lit up ,

by the tremendous fi g ti and in addition ever y c on a ra on ,

hou e save those facing the port was illuminated candles

s ,

burning at every window Thro ghout the night work was . u

car ried on fresh barricades were erected and others greatly

, ,

strengthened It w ll important that the three bodies

. as a -

of troops i olated from each other should not effect a

,
s ,

j nctio Boat were ent ff to th merchant ships in

u n . s s o e

the harbour in order to purchase powder but none could ,

be obtained ; however by morning so m ch had been ,

u

manufact red that with w h at still remained i the

u n

Garibaldian po che there was eno gh for the day fighting

u s u
’
s .

At Garib ldi s headq arters there was no sleep th t

a
’
u a

ni ght the revolutionary committee received orders from

:

the general where the armed citizens were to take their

posts t the barricades and h w thei men were to be
a ,
o r

divided into section They were to i m pre s upon all that s . s ,

tho gh the fighting m t be de perate it could not la t

u us s ,
s

long At the royal palace there were no provi ion of any

. s s

kind for the troops tationed there nor were there any in s ,

the pal ce of finance ; so that if the struggle co ld be

a u

maint ined for another d y or two at the most the

a a ,

troop wo ld be d riven to rrender b y starv tion

s u su a .

Fr nk h d time fter he ret rned from the pri ons to

a a ,
a u s ,

have h i wound dre ed d he then received the g t

s ss ,
an co n ra u

l ti
a on sof his three friend ll of whom w re more or le s, a e ss

severely wounded .
15 6 OU T W ITH GAR BALD I I .

You have come out of it rather the best of us ,

Percival M affio aid I have a b llet through the arm

,
s :
“
u ,

R bini has lo t two of the finger of his left hand and

u s s ,

S arto will limp for some time for he has been shot thro gh ,
u

the calf of his leg ; we hall h ve no scars that we can so s a

show while you will have one that w ill be as good as a

,

medal of honour .
”

I am ure I hope not Frank aid ; I can as ure you

s ,
s s

that honourable
,
it m y be it would be a n i ance as a ,
u s

indeed for I sho ld be constantly a ked where I got it

,
u s ,

and when I answered sho ld be bothered into telling the ,

u

whole tory over and over again However I think we

s .
,

can all co gratulate each other on having co m e out of

n

it co m paratively unhurt ; I certainly never expected to do

so — the row was almo t bewildering s .

It was almost as bad as one of yo r football tu le u ss s,

S arto laughed .

You may laugh b t it w very much the ame

“
,
u as s

feeling Frank replied

,
”
I have felt ne rly as muc h .
“
a

excited in a footb ll scri mm age as I was to d y ; I can a -

a

tell you th t when two ides are evenly matched and

a s ,

each fello is straining every nerve the thrill of ti f

w ,
sa s ac

tion when one finds that one s own ide is g ining ground ’
s a

is about keen anything one i ever likely to feel

as as s .
”

The next d y the fighting recommenced the Ne politan

a ,
a

troops making desper te e ff orts to concentrate The a .

figh ting in the t re t was for a ti me f rio At no point

s e s u us .

did the enemy m ake any m terial progres altho gh a s, u

they gained po es ion of o m e hou e d the palace

ss s s s s I ou n

an d finance ffice The b rric de were de per tely

O s . a a s s a

d fended b y the ar m ed it ze
e d the picciotti and from c i ns an ,

ti m e to time when the Neapoli tans seemed to be gaining

,

ground the men f Garibaldi s tho sand fl ng them elves

, O
’
u u s
 PALE R M O. 157

upon them with the bayonet That morning under the

.
,

superintendence of skilled engineers powder m ill were

.
,
s

e tablished and the upply of gunpowder w im proved

s ,
s as

b th in quantity and q uality men and women filling the

o ,

cartridge as f st th po der was turned t Fighting

s a as e w ou .

and work contin ed throughout the night and all next

u ,

d ay .
 CHAPT ER I X .

H AR D I I
F GH T NG .

N the following morning Frank was riding with a

me sage from the general when he h eard a udden
s ,
s

o tb rst of firing at so m e distance ahead of him He

u u .

checked h i hor e to li ten s s s .

That must be near the Porto Termini he said and

“
, ,
“

yet there are none of the enemy n ywhere near there It a .

m t be either some fresh body of troops that have arrived

us

from the o th of the island or Bo co col mn returned

s u ,
s
’
s u

from thei r fool s errand in e rch of us If we are in

’
s a . s o,

a de perate mes Si tho and Neapolit n troops under

s s . x us a ,

one of their be t general wo ld turn the scale again t

s s, u s

us ; t h ey m u t be topped i f po sible till the general can

s s ,
s ,

collect our cattered troops s .

”

Frank econd ppo ition

’
s s th correct one The
su s w as e .

two col mns that had they believed been in pursui t of

u ,
as ,

Garibaldi had ret rned to the town S una imous were

,
u . o n

the country people in their hatred of the Ne politans that a ,

it w only on the previo s d y that they had learned that

as u a

the enemy who they believed were f gitives had entered

,
u ,

P lerm o with their whole f

a F rio at havi ng been o rc e . u us

so tricked they made a tremen d ou m rch and arriving

,
s a ,

at the Termini gate e rly in the morning m de a deter a ,

a

mined ttack the g ard the e who defended them elve

a ou u r
,
s s

bravel y b t were driven back contesting every step

,
u ,
.
 HAR D F GHT N G I I . 15 9

Frank hesitated for a moment and then shouted to ,

a oldier near him R with all speed to the palace ;

s :
“
un

demand to the general at o ce S y that y have

s ee n . a ou

come from me and th t I sent you to say that the Porto

,
a

Termini is attacked I know t with what force and

t

,
no ,

that I am going on to try to arrest their progre ntil ss u

h arrives with help

e As y run tell every man y . ou , ou

meet to ha ten to ppose the enemy s O .

”

The man started to and Frank galloped on sho ting ru n , ,

u

to e very armed man he met to follow him The ro r of . a

battle increa ed as he rode W hen he re ched the long

s . a

street leading to the gate he that the e emy had already ,

saw n

forced their y in and that a barricade was beingwa ,

desper tel y def nded b y the little force that h d fallen

a e a

back before them H i hor e would be u eless now and . s s s ,

he called to a boy who w looking ro nd the corner of as u

a ho se u .

Look here my l d
“
take this hor e d l ad him to
,
a : s an e

the general he dq rter Here i ’

s fi franc piec a ua s . s a ve - e .

D on t get on h i b ck b t le d h i m Can I trust y

’
s a ,
u a . ou

I ill do it ignor you

w depend upon me ,
s ca n .

Fr nk ran forward The trem endo roll of fire beyond

a . us

the b rric d e howed h str ong

a a th force there
s ow
’

w as e ,

and h felt re th t th d efender m t p edil y be over

e su a e s us s e

powered Number of m were running along the treet

. s en s

he houted to the m
s The barricade c nnot hold t ; :
“
a ou

enter the hou e and m e ery windo ; s m t keep

s an v w w e us

the m b ck to the la t Garibaldi will be her b fore long

a s . e e .

H hi m el f kept on until withi

e s o m e t h ndred n s wo u

y rd of the b rricad ; then he topp d t the door of

a s a e s e a

a hou e t the corner of a l ne t right ngle to th

s a a a a s e

stree t d ran into it He w ited ntil core of men

,
an . a u a s

came up .
16 0 OUT W ITH GAR I BALD I .

Come in here he said we will defend this house ,

:
“

till the last .

The men closed the door behind them and running into ,

the lower roo m s fetched out f r iture and piled it again t

,
u n s

it They were as i ted by fi or six women w h with

. s s ve ,
o,

some children were the sole occupants of the house

, .

“
Bring all the m attres es and bedding that you have s ,

Frank said to them to the windows of the first floor , .

W will place them on the balconies

e .
”

In three or four min tes every balcony was lined w ith u

mattresses and Frank heltered his m behind them

,
s en .

Looking out he saw that the fighting h d just ceased

, a ,

an d that a dense m ss of the ene m y were pouring over a

the barricade ; while at the same moment a crackli g fire n

broke out from the ho es near into which its defe ders us , n

had when they saw that the barricade could be no

ru n ,

lo ger defended Along both ides of the street pre

n . s ,

para ti imilar to tho e h had ordered had been hastily

on s s s e

m de ; and the m
a who were till coming up w ere all en s

tu ing into the house D irectly the Neapo litans crossed

rn s .

the barric de they pened fire down the street which

a ,
O ,

was speedily de erted ; b t Frank had no do bt that s u u ,

as the Garibaldian s pports came up they would make u ,

their way in at the back and strengthen the defenders .

A h ndred y rd higher up the street was another

u a s

barrica d e ; behi d this the townspeople were already n

gathering Frank ordered his m to keep back inside

. en

the rooms until the enemy c me along a .

“
Your powder is no good till they are close he said , ,

b t it is as good as the be t at close quarters

”
u s .

From time to ti m e he looked out The roar f . o

mu ketry was continuous ; from every window came p ff

s u s

of s m oke while the enemy replied by a storm of m sketry

,
u
 H AR D FI G H T I N G . 16 1

fire at the defenders W hile the colu mn was still moving .

forward i t officers were telling ff partie f men to burst

,
s O s O

open the doors and bayonet ll fo nd in the houses H a u . e

co ld mark the progre s made women threw themselves

u s ,
as

out of the window preferri g death that way to being s, n

murdered b y th infuriated soldier It was not long before

e s .

the head of the col mn approached the hou e then Frank u s

gave the word and from every window a discharge was

,

poured into the crowded ma S tepping back from the ss .

bal ni s to load the men ran t and fired gain as

co e ,
ou a

soon as they were ready ; while throug h the pper part of u

the pen windows a shower of b ll t fl w into the room

O u e s e ,

bringing down portions of the ceiling mashing looki g ,

s n

gla es d triking thickly ag in t the back walls

ss
,
an s a s .

S everal of the party had fallen in the first two or three

minut d Frank taking one of their mu ket
es, an and ,
s s

ammuni tion was working wi th the re t when a wom n

,
s ,
a

whom he h d posted below ran p to y that they were

a u sa

attacking the door d that it w already yielding T ,

an as . wo

o r three hot fired thro gh the key hole had indeed

s s u

broken the lock and it was only the furnit re piled ,

u

ag in t it that kept i t in its pl ce Alre dy by his

a s a . a ,

in tr ction the women had bro ght t on to the l nding

s u s, u ou a

s ofa chest of drawer and other article to form

s, s s, s, a

barricade there Frank ran down the tone tair with . s s s

s i x of th men directing the others to for m the b rricade

e ,
a

on the first floor and to be prepared to help them over ,

as

they ret rned It two or three min te b fo e th

u . w as u s e r e

hinge of th door were broken ff b y hot from the

s e o ,
s s

a ailant and it fell it

ss s, dr gged t and a n m ber
as w as a ou ,
u

of men r hed in and beg n to pull down the f rnit re

us a u u

b hind
e .

Now Frank and his party pened fire i m ing coolly and O ,
a

( M 6 75 )
16 2 OU T W T H GAR BALD I I I .

steadi ly B t the soldiers rushed in in such numbers that

. u

he soon gave the word and his party ran upstairs and , , ,

covered by the fire of their comrades clim bed up over ,

the barricade on to the landi g Here they defended n .

themselves desperatel y The enemy thronged the staircase .

,

those who were in front using their bayonets while the ,

men in the passage below fired over their heads at the

defenders M omentarily the little band decreased in
.

nu mber until but two remai ned on thei feet by the side
,
r

of Frank The women knowing that no mercy would be

.
,

shown picked p the m ket of the fallen and fired them

,
u us s ,

into the faces of the men trying to pull down or scale the
barricades B t the end w close at hand when there
. u as ,

came a tremendo s crash a blinding smoke and du t The u ,

s .

ho se shook to its foundations and for a moment a dead

u
,

sil ence took the place f the din that h d before O a

prevailed .

Frank and his two compan ons had been thrown down i

by the shock H lf stunned and ignorant of what had. a ,

happened he str ggled to h i feet His left hand hung

,
u s .

helple by his ide He took h i pi tol which he had

ss s . s s ,

reserved for the last extremity from h i belt and looked ,

s ,

over the barricade At fir t he co ld nothing so . s u se e ,

dense was the smoke and dust As it cleared away a .

little he gave an excla m ation of s rprise and thankfulness

,
u :

the tair were gone

s s .

“
Thank God " h said turning round to the women ”
e ,

behind him who were standi ng paralysed by the explosion

,

d shock W are safe the t irs have gone ”

an . e s a .

S till he could carce understand what had happened s ,

until he w a yawni g hole in the wall near the tair

sa n s s,

and then understood what had taken place The shi p . s

of war were agai

-
at work bombarding the town O of n . ne
 HAR D F GH T N G I I . 16 3

thei r shells had passed through the house and exploded

under the st irs carrying them away with all upon them
a , , .

Below was a chaos of blocks f stone mingled with the O ,

bodies of their late assailants ; but while he looked a ,

fierce jet of flame burst up .

“
W hat was there under the tairs ? he asked the s
”

women .

The store f firewood signor was there O , , .

The shell w hich blew p the stairs has set it alight u ,

he aid s W are safe from the ene m y ; but we are

.
“
e

not safe from the fire I suppo e there is a way t on . s ou

to the roof ? ”

Yes signor , .
’

Then do one of you that all the children up t i rs s ee s a

are taken out th re ; l t the re t examine all the bodies

e e s

of the men who have fallen ; if any are alive they m st u

be carried up .

He looked down at the two men who had stood by h im

till the l t one had been almost decapitated by a fr gment
as a

of to ne the other was till breathing ; only three of the

s , s

other were found to be alive for almo t all ei ther at

s
,
s ,

the windo or the barricade had been shot through the

ws ,

head or pper par t of the body

u .

Frank a isted the women as well as he was able to

ss
, ,

carry the fo r men still alive p to the roof The ho ses

u u . u

we e divided by party walls ome eve or eight f et high

r s s n e .

Fr nk told the women to fetch a ch ir a chest of drawers

a a , ,

an d a large bl nket from belo The chest of dr wers

a , w . a

was pl ced again t the wall separati g the terrace from

a s n

that of the next hou e down the lane and the chair by s
,

the ide f it W ith the aid of thi Frank directed one of

s O . s,

the women to mount on to the che t of drawe and then s rs ,

took his place beside her .

164 OUT I
W T H GAR BALD I I .

You had better get p first he said and then help u , ,

me a little for with this di abled arm I should not be

,
s

able to manage it without h rti g my elf b dly W ith u n s a .

”

her aid however he had no d i fii lty in getting up There

, ,
cu .

were several women on the next roof b t they had t ,

u no

heard him so intent were they in watching the fray ;

,

and it was t until he had shout d several ti m es that

no e

they caught the sound of hi voice above the di of s n

fighting .

I am goi g to hand some children and four wounded

n

men down to you he said as they ran up ,

”
,
.

The ch i ldren were first passed down the women placed

the wounded men one by one on a blanket and tanding ,
s

on two chairs raised it ntil Frank and the woman beside u

h i m could get hold Then they lowered it down on the

.

other ide until the women there could reach it Only

s .

three had to be li fted over for when it came to the turn ,

of the fourth he w found to be dead as .

Y ouwill all have to move on Frank said as he ,

”
,

dropped on to the terrace ; the next ho e i on fi “

us s re

whether it will pre d or not I cannot y b t at y

s a sa ,
u an

rate you had bet ter bring up your valuable and move s,

along two or three houses farther Y cannot go out . ou

into the treet ; y would only be shot down as oon as

s ou s

you i sued out I think that if you go t houses farther

s . wo

you w ill be fe ; the fire will take so m e ti m e to reach

sa

there and the enemy s colu m n may have pas ed across

,
’
s

the end of the street before you are d riven out .

”

The women heard what he said with compos re ; the u

terrors of the past three day had excited the nerves of the s

whole pop lation to ch a point of tension that the news

u su ,

of this fresh danger was received almo t wi th apath y s .

They went down quietly to bring up their children and

 H AR D F GHT NG I I . 165

valuables and with them one woman bro ght a pair of

,
u

steps which greatly facilitated the passage of the remaini g

,
n

walls O of the wounded men had b y thi time f

. ne s so ar

recovered him elf that he was able with as istance to

s ,
s ,

cross without being lifted over in a blanket A f e h . r s

contingent of f gitive here joined them and another wall

u s , .

w as cro ed ss .

I think that you are w far enough Frank said

“
no ,

will y prom ise me that if the flames work t hi s way

ou

a d by this time the hou e where the fight had taken

n s

place was on fire from top to bottom you will carry

these wounded m along you go from roof to roof ?
en as

I have my duties to p rfor m and cannot t y here longer e s a .

Of co r e if the fire p eads ll the

u s , y down the lane s r a wa ,

you mu t final ly go do w n and

s t from th door of run ou e

the la t hou e ; b t there will be comparatively m all

s s u s

danger in this it will be but two or three teps round

,
as s

the next corner and you will there be i shelter ,

n .
”

W promise we will carry the m with us one f the

e ,
”
O

women said earne tly you do not think that we could s

leave the men who have fought so bravely for to be us

burnt ?
Frank now proceeded along the roof Two of the s .

women accompanied him to place the tep to enable h i m ,

s s

to mo nt and di m ount the walls There

u no occa ion
s . w as s

to warn tho e below to the fire for all had b y

s as ,

this time oticed it He went down thro gh the l t

n . u as

ho e opened th door and ran ro nd the corner d

us ,
e ,
u ,
an

the made h i y l ng the tr ets until he re ched the

n s w a a o s e a

spot where the co m bat r ging Garibaldi h d on w as a . a ,

receiving his mes age hurried with what force he could s ,

co llect to the scene of conflict ; b t he wen t he u ,

as ,

received a letter from General Lanza saying that he ,

16 6 OU T W T H G AR BAL D I I I .

had sent negotiators on board the fl g sh ip of the British a -

fleet anchored in the roadstead Admiral M undy having ,

consented to allow the representatives of both parties to

meet there .

The tone of the letter howed h w the S icilian vice s o

roy s pride w h mbled He had in h i proclamation

’
as u .
,
s

i ssued four days before denounced Garibaldi as a brigand

,

and filibuster ; he w addressed him as His E xcellency

no

General Garibaldi Garibaldi at once went on board the

.

E nglish admiral s ship but the fire f the Ne politan ships

’
,
O a

and their guns on shore contin ed unabated General u .

L etizia was alread y on board with the condi tions of th ,

e

proposed convention To the first four articles Garib ldi

. a

agreed that there should be a suspension of arms for

:

a period to be arranged ; that during that time each

party should keep its position ; that convoys f wounded O ,

an d the families of ff cial should be allowed to pa s

O i s, s

through the to w n and e m bark on board the Neapolitan

war - ships ; and that th troops in the p lace should be e a

allowed to provide themselves with d ily provision The a s .

fifth article proposed that the municipality should address

a humble petition to his majesty the king laying before ,

hi m the real wishes of the town and that this petition ,

sho ld be submitted to his maje ty

u s .

Th is article was indignantly rejected by Garibaldi .

Letizia the folded up the paper and said Then all

n ,
“

communications between us must cea e s .

Garibaldi then protested to Admiral M undy against the

infamy of the royal authorities in allowi g the ships and n

forts to continue to fire upon his troops while a flag of

tr ce was fl yi g Letizia who could hardly have expected
u n .
,

that the article would be accepted now agreed to its ,

being struck out and an armi tice was arranged to la t

,
s s
 HAR D F GHT N G I I . 16 7

for twenty four hours Garibaldi returned on shore and

-
.
,

at a great meeting of the citizen explained the terms to s

them and stated the con di tion that he had rejected It

,
.

was greeted with roar of approval and the citizens at

a ,

once scattered with orders to increase the trength of s

the barricades to the utmost The work was carried on .

with enthusiasm ; the balconies were all li ned with mat

tres es and heaped wi th stones and mi s iles of ll kinds
s ,
s a

to ca t down upon the enemy and the work of m f

s ,
an u ac

turing powder and cartridges went on with feveri h haste s .

Now that the firing had ceased fficers from the British ,
O

and American ve sels ff the town came ashore and many

s o ,

of them made present of revolvers and fowling pieces to s -

the volunteer The sail ors on a S ardinian frigate almost

s .

mutinied because they ere not permitted to go a hore

,
w s

and aid in the defence .

Before the twent y fo r hours had pa ed General Letizia

-
u ss ,

called upon Garibaldi and asked for a f rther three day u s

’

truce as twenty four hours was not a su fficient time to get

,
-

the wounded on board Thi Garibaldi readily granted as . s ,

it would give time for the barricades to be made almo t s

impregnable and for him to receive reinforcements while

, ,

it co ld not benefit the enemy Vol teers arrived in

u . un

companies from the country round and Or ini landed ,

s

w ith the cannon and with a considerable umber of men n

who had joined him .

S uch the report given by L etizia on his return to the

w as ,

roy l p lace of the determined attit de of the pop lation

a a , u u

and of the formidable obstacle that would be enco ntered s u

b y the troop directl y they were p t in mo tion that G neral

s u ,
e

L anza must have felt h i po ition to be de per te He s s s a .

accordingly sent Letizia b ck again to rr nge that the a a a

troops at the royal palace the finance office and the , ,

168 OUT W T H I GAR BALD I I .

Termini gate sho ld be allowed to move down towards u

the and the e join hand To thi Garibaldi willingly

sea r s . s

as ented
s ho ld ho tilitie be renewed he wo ld be
, as , s u s s ,
u

able to concentrate h i whole e fforts at one point in tead s ,

s

of being obliged to scatter h i troops widely to meet an s

advance from fo r directio u ns .

All idea of f rther fi ghting however had been u , ,

ab ndoned b y Lanz and before the end of the armi tice

a a, s

arrived it was arr nged th t all sho ld be taken on to

,
a a u

their hips and the forts well as the town evacuated

s , ,
as ,
.

The gener l al o bo nd him elf to leave behind him all

a s u s

the political prisoner who had been detained in th s e

Castello M re a .

The enthu ia m in the city was indescribable

s s the ,
as

Neapoli tans embarked on board their hip The released s s .

pri oner were carried in triu m ph to Garibaldi head

s s
’
s

q arter E very hou e w decorated and illuminated

u s . s as ,

and the citizen p o d of the hare they h d taken in s, r u s a

winning their freedom speedil y forgot their toil and their ,

s

lo e The men who h d marched wit h Garibaldi from

ss s . a -

M ar ala were glad indeed of the pro pect of a short time

s s

of rest For ne rly three week they had been lmo t

. a s a s

ince santl y m rching or fighting expo ed for some days to

s a ,
s

a terrible down f ll of r in without helter and almo t with

a a ,
s s

ou t foo d S ince t h e y h d entered Paler m o they had only

. a ,

been able to natch t or three hour sleep occasionally

s wo s
’
.

They h d lo t a large n mber of m and few of them

a s u en ,

h d e c ped
a nwo nded ; b t the e nle ab olutely dis
s a u u u s ,
u ss s

abled h d till taken their h re in the fighting d even

,
a s s a ,
an

i the work of b ilding the b rricades

n u a .

For Garibaldi taff there was little relax tion from ’

s s a

their l bo r In addition to hi m ilit y dutie Garib ldi

a u s . s ar s, a

undertook with his usu l vigo r the reorgani tion of a u sa

 H AR D F G HT N G I I . 16 9

the municip l affair f the town The condition of th

a s O . e

charitable e tablishments was ameliorated ; chools for

s s

girls e t bli hed thro gho t the i land ; a nation l militia

s a s u u s a

organi ed ; the poorer part of the population were fed and

s

e mployed in usef l work ; the treet arab with whom u s s,

Paler m o war m ed were g thered and placed in the Je uit

s ,
a s

College of which Garibaldi took po e ion to be tr ined

,
ss ss ,
a

as oldier The organisation of the general government

s s .

Of the i l nd w al o attended to and recruiting o ffi cer

s a as s ,
s

se nt ff to every di trict evacuated by the enemy

o s .

Thi G ribaldi w able to do as over

s a as ,

sterling had been by the terms of the con ention left ,

v ,

in the roy l trea ry when it w evacuated by the

a su as

enem y Contracts for arm were made abroad ; a foundry

. s

for cannon e tablished in the city d th powder mill s ,

an e s

perfected and kept at work Increa ing reinforce m ent . s s

flocked in f o m the mainland ; M edici with three te m r

r s a e s

and two tho sand m arrived th evening before the u en e

Neapolitan troop h d fini hed their embarkation ; C s a s os e n z

shortly fterw rd l nd d with an e q l mber ; oth r

a a s a e ua nu e

co n ti g
qt followed
n from
e all th
s Itali n province e a s .

G t B itain was repre ent d b y a n mbe of enthu i tic

re a r s e u r s as

men who w ere formed into a co m pa y Among the e

,
n . s

w asa Corni h gentlem n of the na m e of P rd who h d

s a ea ,
a

long been r ident in I t l y d h d i mbibed a d p h tr d

es a ,
an a ee a e

of th tyrannical govern m ent th t gro nd down th peopl

e a u e e,

an d per ecuted i m p i oned s d drove into xi le ll who

,
r s
,
an e a

v ntur d to cri tici e their p oc edi g H

e e plendid s r e n s . e w as a s

s hot d the coolne he ho ed d h i cce in picking

,
an ss s w ,
an s su ss

ff the en m y rende ed hi m a no ted fig re a m ong

’
O fli e s o c e rs , r u

Garib ldi follower a

’
s s .

The arm y org ni ed in th ee divi ion w as n ow a s r s s : one

under General Turr marched for the centre of the i land ; s

170 OUT W I T H G AR BALD I I .

the right wing commanded by Bixio started for the

, ,

south east ; and the left under M edici was to move

-
, ,

along the north coast ; all were finally to concentrate

at the S traits f M essina O .

It was w the middle of J ly W onders had been

no u .

accomplished in the six weeks that had passed since the

occupation of Palermo Garibaldi who had been regarded .
,

as almost a madman was w recognised as a power He ,

no .

had a veritable army well supplied with f i d — for in ,

rn s

addi tion to the mill ion he had found in the treasu y sub r ,

s cripti had been collected from lovers of freedom all over

on s

E rope and specially fro m E ngland— and although there

u ,

still remained a formidable force at M e sina it was s ,

regarded as certain that the whole of S icily would soon

become his .

O of the Neapolitan war ships had been brought by

ne -

her captain and cre w into Palermo and placed at the

di posal of Garibaldi ; two others h d been captured
s a .

Cavour hi m self had changed his attitude of coldne and ss,

was prepared to take advantage of the success of the

expedition that he had done his best to hinder He
, .

desired however that Garibaldi hould resign his dictator

, ,
s

ship and hand over the i sland to the K ing of S ardinia .

The general however refused to do this He had ll

, ,
. a

along declared in h i proclam ations that his object was

s

to form a free Italy nder Victor E mmanuel and now u ,

declared that he would when he had captured Naples , ,

hand that kingdom and S icily together to the k g In ,

but that until he could do so he would remain dictator

of Sicily .

There can be no doubt that his determination was a wise

one for as afterward happened at Naples he would have
, ,
s ,

been altogether put aside by the royalist c mmissioners and o

 HAR D F GHT N G I I . 171

generals h i plans would have been thwarted in every w y

,
s a ,

and hindrances ffered to his invasion of the mai l and just

O n ,

as th y had been to his expedition to Sicily

e .

Cavo r sent over Farina to act in the name of the king

u .

Admiral Persano who with a portion of the Italian navy

, , ,

was now at Palermo persuaded Garibaldi to allow Farina ,

to assume the po ition of governor ; b t while allowing

s u ,

this Garibal di gave h i m to under tand that h

,
to s e w as

att end solely to financial and civil affairs Farina first .

’
s

move however was to have an enormous number of

, ,

placards that he had brought with him stuck all over

the city and ent to ll the tow s f the i land w ith
,
s a n O s ,

the word Vote for immedi te a nexation under the

s,
“
a n

rule of Victor E mman el The S icilia s neither knew u .

”
n

nor cared anything for Victor E m m n el who e very a u ,

s

n ame was almo t unknown to the pea ant s It s s . w as

Garibaldi who had delivered them and they were perfectly ,

ready to accept any form of government that h m e re c o

m ended Garibaldi at once told Farina that he would

.

not allow such proceedings The latter maintai ed that . n

he was there under the authority of the king and hould ,

s

take any steps he cho e ; whereupon the general ent at s s

once for a p rty of troop who seized him d carried

a s, an

him on board P ships with the advice that h

e rs a n o s
’
,
e

should q it the i l nd at once This put an e ff ect al top

u s a . u s

to several intrig es to reap the entire fruits of Garibaldi

u
’
s

e fforts .

Frank h d pa ed a we ry time H i wound had been a

a ss a . s

seriou one and t fir t the u g eon h d thought th t it

s ,
a s s r s a a

would be necessary to amput te the limb G rib ldi how a . a a ,

ever who i spite of his m n y occ p tion fo nd ti m e

, ,
n a u a s, u

to come in twice a d y for f minute t lk with him a a ew s

’
a ,

urged them before perating to try every mean to s ve

,
O ,
s a
172 OU T W I TH G AR BALDI I .

the arm and two weeks after Frank received the wo nd u ,

the care that had been bestowed upon him and his own
excellent constitution enabled them to state confidently tha t
he need no longer have any anxiety upon th t account a ,

as his recovery was now but a q e tion of ti m e The u s .

general thanked Frank for the early information sent by

him of Bo co arrival and for his d efence of the house
s
’
s , ,

and as a rew rd for the e and his other services promoted

a s

him to the r nk of captain A fortnight later he was

a .
,

so far convalescent that he could move abo t with h i u s

arm in a sling He had alre d y regained most of his

. a

bodily strength and by the end of the second week in

,

July he hor eback

g

g i w as a a n on s .

He w then d elighted when on J ly 17th he heard

as , , ,
u ,

th t G ri b ldi was going to tart t once to as ist

a a a s a s

M edici w h with C,
had advanced to within ome
o, os e n z , s

twenty miles of M es ina and had had some skirmishes with s ,

a force of six thousand five hundred picked troop with a s

powerful a tillery The Neapolitan w h were co m manded

r . s, o

by General Bosco had now take up a very strong position ,

n

near the town and fortre s of Mil zzo s a .

Colonel Corti arrived at Palermo on that day with

nine hundred men in an A merican ship He had left .

Genoa at the ame time as M edici but the ve el was

s , ss

c pt red by Neapolitan men f war and towed into

a u -
O -
,

N ples where h was anchored und r the gun of the

a , s e e s

for t S h l y th e for twenty two day when the strong

. e a er -
s,

remonstrance of the American mini ter forced the govern

s s

ment of Naples to allow her to leave S h w arrived . e no

j t i ti m e for those on board to take part in the pera

us n O

tions Garibaldi embarked a portion of them on a British

.

merchantman he had chartered and proceeded on board ,

with his taff The next d y he landed at the port of

s . a
 HAR D F G HT N G I I . 173

Patti some twenty miles from M ila z zo and on the 19 th

, ,

joined M edi ci s force ’

.

A stro g brigade that had been sent by land had not

n

yet arrived but Garibaldi determined to attack at once

,
.

The position of the Neapolitan force was a very strong one .

Their right extended across the front of the fortres of s

M ilazzo and was protected by i t a tillery its approache

,
s r s

were hidden by c ctus hedge which screened the defe ders

a s, n

f m view and could t be penetrated by an attacking

ro
'
,
no

force except after cutti g the m down wi th s ord or axes

,
n w s .

The centre w posted acro s the road leading alo g the

as s n

shore Its face w defended by a strong wall which h d

. as ,
a

been loopholed In front of this th gro nd . covered e u w as

with a thick growth of canes through which it was carcely ,

s

pos ible for m to f

s th i r way T h Neapolitan left
en oi ce e . e

were statio ed in a line of houses lyi ng at right a gles

n -
n

to the centre d therefore c pable of m aint ining a

0

,
an a a

fl anki g fire on any force advancing to the attack

n .

The Garibaldians uffered from the very great dis s

advantage f being ignora t of the nature of the ground

O n

and of the enemy s po ition the Neapolit ns being ’

s ,
a

completel y hidden from view by the cac tus hedges d an

cane brak G rib ldi h d intended to attack before

es. a a a

d ylight b t the vario corps were so wid ly c ttered

a ,
u us e s a

that it w broad day before the fight began As oon

as . s as

the force had a embled they adv nc d across the pl in

ss a e a ,

which w covered with trees and i

as d and th y v n e va r s, as e

approached the en m y po i tion they were received i th a

e
’
s s w

heavy fire by the un een foe F hour th fight went on s . or s e .

In vain the Garibaldi n attempted to re ch their hidden a s a

enemie for each time they g th red and r hed forw rd

s, a e us a ,

they w re met by so he vy a fire that they ere forced

e a w

t retire
o The left wing indeed gave way altogether and
.
, ,
174 OU T I
W T H GAR BALD I I .

fell back some distance from the battle fi ld but the centre -
e ,

and right where Garibaldi himself with M e di ci and

, ,

many of hi best fii were fi ghting still persevered

s o c e rs ,
.

At one o clock Garibaldi sent ff several of his fficers

’
O O

to ndeavour to rally and bring up some of the scattered

e

detachments of the left wing After a lot of hard work .

they returned with a considerable force Garibaldi at the .

,

head of ixty picked men m ade hi way along the shore

s ,
s ,

until unobserved they reached a point on the fl ank of

, ,

the e em y s left wing ; then pouring in a heavy volley

n
’
, ,

they dashed forward capt red a g d drove the ,

u un, an

Neapoli tans from their line of defence S uddenly however .

, ,

a squadron of the enemy s cavalry fell upon the Garibaldians ’

and drove them back in disorder Garibaldi himself was .

forced ff the road into a ditch ; four troopers attacked

o

h i m but he defended himself with his sword until M i ssori

, , ,

one of his aides de camp rode up and shot three of the - -

,

dr goons
a .

The other troops who had been following at a dis tance , ,

now came up ; and together they advanced driving before ,

the m the defenders of the enemy s entrenchment until ’

s,

these lo ing heart broke into flight towards the town

,
s , .

The p nic spread and at all poin ts the Garibaldians bur t

a , s

th ro gh the defences in spite of the fire of the guns of the

u
,

fortre s and pursued the fl ying enemy into the town Here
s , .

a sa guinary contest was m aintained for some hours b t

n ,
u

at last the Ne poli tan troops were all driven into the a
‘

fortress which w that the town had been evacuated by

, ,
no

their own men opened fire upon it The gunners were , .

,

however much hara ed by the deadly fire mai tained b y

, ss n

Peard and hi com pa ion all of whom were armed with

‘

s n s,

rifles of the best pattern w hile the gun of the Garibaldian ,

s

frigate played upon the sea face of the fortre s The s .

 HAR D F GH T N G I I . 175

position was in fact untenable General Bosco knew that

, ,
.

no assistance could reach him for the greater portion f ,

O

the Neapolitan troops had already withdrawn from the

island The little fortres was crowded wi th troops and
. s ,

he had b t a small s pply of provisions

u u .

Three days later he hoisted the whi te flag and sent , ,

one f h i officers into the town to negotiate terms of

O s

surrender These were peedily concluded All artillery

. s .
,

amm ni tion and the mules used by the artillery and

u ,

transport were left behind and the troops were to be

, ,

allowed to march with their firearms down to the wharf , ,

there to be conveyed on board the ships in the harbo r u ,

and landed on the mainland .

Frank had not taken part in the battle of M ilazzo ,

w hich had co t the Garib ldi ns over thou and in kil l d

s a a a s e

and wounded ; for he had been de patched b y G ribaldi s a ,

when the latter went on board ship at P lermo to General a ,

Bixio w h was in the centre of the i land to inform him of

,
o s ,

the general s advance a d to state th t probably he would

’

,
n a

be in M e ina in a week He s id that some little time

ss . a

must elap e before the arrangements for the pa ge across

s ssa

to the mainland could be effected ; and that Bixio was to

continue to stamp out the communistic movement , that
h d bur t
a t in sever l f the town there
s ou d to cat ter a O s ,
an s

the b nd of brigand ; and w a fort i ght af ter Fra k

a s s as , n n
’
s

arrival to m rch with h i force to M e in

, a s ss a.

Fr nk wo ld have much preferred to accompan y the

a u

gener l b t th l tter s id
a , No do bt Perciv l you
u e a a :
“
u ,
a ,

wo ld have liked to go with me b t ome

u mu t ,
u s one s

be ent and my choice h fallen pon you I have

s , as u .

chosen y because in the first place you

ou yo r father s , ,
a re u
’

son You have lready di ting i hed yo r elf greatl y

. a s u s u s ,

and have fo ght fearles ly and as steadi ly as the

u as s
176 OU T W T H GAR BALD I I I .

best of my old follower S urely it would be impossible s .

for me to give y higher prai e than th t In the next ou s a .

place you ,
not yet fit for the h rd work of the
a re a

c mpaign M t i tells me that it will be om e weeks

a . a n on s

before your arm will be trong again ; though the bone s

h healed better than he had expected after th serious

as ,
e

inj ry you received in your g llant defence of that house

u a ,

when Bosco entered the town .

B t even had it not been for that I think that you

“
u ,

h ve done more than yo r h re There are m ny ardent

a u s a . a

spirits who have arrived from the mainland who have ,

not yet had a chance of striki g blow for their country n a

and it is b t f ir that they sho ld have their pport nity

u a u O u .

M oreover yo r mother ent you out on a special mission

,
u s ,

fir t to hand to me her no b le gift and secondly to earc h

s ,
s

the prisons in the towns we might occupy for her ,

father and pos ibly her hu band Sh knew that goi g

,
s s . e ,
n

with me you m t hare in the perils and honours of

,
us s

the c m paign Y have done gloriou ly b t in th t

a . ou so s ,
u a

way you have done eno gh Grievou indeed would it be u . s

to me had I to write to yo r good moth r to y th t u e sa a

th e h h d ent me h d been killed

s on s e Her f ther
a s a . a

h been a victi m for It li n liberty Her h sb nd h if

as a a . u a as ,

our su picions are well fo nded crificed hi m elf by th

s u ,
sa s e

fe rle ne s with which b expo ed the iniquities of the

a ss s e s

tyr nts pri on house It would be too cruel that she

a
’
s -
s .

s ho ld be d prived of h r
u lso e e so n a .

I reg rd it cert in that y will not find tho e you

a as a ou s

s eek in th prison of t h i i land A y

e when we s s s . s ou s aw

opened the door here there w ere no pri oners from the s , s

m ainl nd a m ong tho e confined there

a You will be with s .

me when we cro the str it it i there th t your mi ion ss a s s a ss

will really begin and it i be t that you sho ld reserve ,

s s u
 H AR D F GH T N G I I . 177

yourself for th t The b ttle I go to fight now will a . a

be the la t that will be needed to ecure at least the

s ,
s

independence of Sicily And I do bt m ch whether when . u u ,

we have once cro sed we shall have to fight as h rd s ,

a as

we have done H re we landed a h ndful ; we hall l nd

. e a s a

on the m inland over twenty tho sand stro g ; the ene m y

a u n

de pi ed us then — they wil l fear now

s s us .
”

Thank you general ; I sho ld not h ve thought of

“
,
u a

q estioning your orders whatever they might have been

u , ,

b t I felt for a m oment a little di appointment that I was

u s

not to take pa t in the next battle I will start at once

r .

to join Gener l Bixio W ill it be ne essary for m to

a . c e

t y with him till he m rche to M e sina or can I ride

s a a s s ,

for that city when I have delivered yo r orders ? u

In th at y can con lt your own wi he but be a sured

“
ou su s s, s

th t I hall not attempt to cro s the trait until Bixio

a s s s s

joi me ; d I ho ld y that y would find it more

ns an s u sa ou

intere ting with him than doi g routine work t M es ina

s n a s

moreover you m t remember that the population t h re

,
us e

ar e not all nited in f vour as they are here They

u ou r a , .

are doubtle s glad to be free b t the agents of the

s ,
u

revolutionists have been t work a m ong them and a

, ,
as

you know wi th uch succe s that I have been obliged

,
s s

to end Bixio with a division to s ppr ss the di orders

s u e s

th t have ari en I ha e not freed S icily to hand it

a s . v

over to M zzini s gent but that it h ll form a p rt

a
’
a s, s a a

of U nited Italy under Victor E mman el S till there is u .

enough excite m en t existing there to render it somewh t a

hazardo s for one of my officers to ride lone thro gh the

u a u

country and I think that it wo ld be m ch better for

, u u

you therefore to rem in with Bixio a .

”

M 6 75
 CHAPTE R X .

W I TH II
B X O .

as the sh ip carry ng Garibaldi and his followers

U ST i

weighed anchor Frank rode out from Palermo The

,
.

road was the be t in the island and he arrived late that

s ,

evening at Polizzi a di tance of some forty miles from

,
s

Palermo O the following day he halted at Traina ; here

. n

he found a detachment of Bixi brigade which was o s

’

commanded by R ubini who welcomed him most cordially ,

.

W h would have thought of seeing you Percival "

“
o ,

S urely the general i not coming this w y ?

”
s a

He started ye terd y to join M edici and give battle

s a ,

to Bo co h h ome seven tho and picked troops

s ,
w o as s us

at M ilazzo He has sent me here with

. order f an or

Bixi o .
”

It is enough to make one tear one hair R bini said ’

s ,
”
u ,

to think that we are t of it ou .

”

W ell we have done

,
share R ubini and although I ou r , ,

was disappointed at first I ad mit th t it is only fair that ,

a

the men who have done no fighting hould have a t rn s u .

W have lost abo t a third of

e number and most of
u ou r ,

us have been wounded M edici s corp have never fired a .

’
s

shot yet nor have those of C

, ; we h ll have os e n z s a ou r

share again when we cross to Calabria Now what are .

,

y oudoing here ? ”

\V are scattered about in m ll detachment

“
e giving s a s,
 W I TH B IXI O. 179

a sharp lesson whenever we get the chance to the , ,

revol tionists
u .
”

But who are th revolutioni ts e s

They are agents of the revolutionary commi ttee —that

is of M azzi ni and his fanatics— and it seems that several
,

parties of them were landed on the east coast to get up

a row on thei r own account ; and just as Farina has been
trying to i nduce the country to thro w over Garibaldi ,

and declare for Victor E mmanuel of whom the people ,

know nothing and for who m they c re less t h ese agents

,
a ,

have been tryi ng to get them to declare for a rep blic u ,

and they have certainly had more success than Farina

b d
a There is nothing ta gible in the idea of a king
. n ,

w h ile when the poor fools are told that a republic me ns

, a

that the land and property of the rich are to be handed

over to the poor the programme h its attractions At ,
as .

any rate it has its attractions for the brigands of whom

, , ,

at the best of time there are always a number in the s,

forests on the slopes of E tna ; and I have no doubt that

money was freely distrib ted among them to inflame u

their zeal S everal hou es of well to —

. do citizens and s -

country proprietors h d been looted and omething like a ,

s

a reign of terror had begun before Bi i brig de ,

x o s
’
a

marched to restore order .

“
You see there are a great many more of these band s

in the forests than us al After the rising in the wi nter u .

was suppre ed very many of tho e who took part in

ss ,
s

it dared not return to their home and fled to the s, so

hill ; the better cla of the e men c me in

s soon ss s a as

as capt re of Palermo m de it afe for th m to

our u a s e

do A co m pany of them h been fo m ed

so . d i as r ,
an s

n ow with Bixio d I believe th t other h ve enli ted

,
an a s a s

with M edici ; till th re a good man y f the lower

s e a re O
180 OUT W T H GAR BAL D I I I .

cla s who joined in the ri ing still among the hills In

s s ,
.

a rebellion like thi the ins rgent would be divided into s u s

two cl e — the one true patriots the other men who

a ss s ,

join in the hope of pl nder the di scontented riffra ff of u ,

the town A life in the mo ntains offer great attractions

s . u s

to these in the fir t place they don t have to work for

: s
’

a living and in the next there i lway the chance of

,
s a s

carrying off ome rich proprie tor and getting a l rge

s a

r n om for him The e therefore go to well the r nks

a s . s s a

of the men who have for years t the authorities of se

the i land at defi nce and h ve terrori ed all the people

s a ,
a s

dwelling on the plain at the foot of E tna s .

Just at pre en t all the e men c ll themselves

“
s s a re

p bli cans and h d it not been for Bixi arrival they

u ,
a
’
o s

wo ld have established a perfect reign of terror W here

u . e

have hot a g od many d I believe Bixio h also given

s o ,
an as

them some sharp le son ; at any r te presence here s s a ,

o ur

h ase ffectu lly topped the g m e of the revol tioni t in

a s a u s s

the towns and village on the pl in but i t will be a long s a ,

time indeed before brig ndage can be s ppre ed d of a u ss ,

an

cour e there is no intention of tte m pting such a b ine

s a us ss

now ; that will be a work that must be undert ken by a

government when It ly h achieved h freedom and

,
a as er ,

feels in a position to turn her attention to putting down

the e b nds which have for ye rs pa t— I may almost
s a a s

sa y for centurie — been a di gr ce to land W are

s s a ou r . e

here olely to p t a top to the revol tion ry movement

s u s u a ,

j t us G ribaldi p t a stop to the royal move ment by

as a u

s ending Farina out of the i land s .

”

And where i Bixio ?

“
s

He h been eeping thro gh the s m all towns and

as sw u

vill ge ro nd the foot of the m ountains and will thi

a s u ,
s

af ternoon I believe arrive t Bronte hich h been th

, ,
a ,
w as e
 W I TH B IXI O . 181

headq arter of this revolutionary bu ine s I expect

u s s s .

he will p t h i foot heavily o the men who have

u s n

been foremost in stirring the people p there Bixi o is u .

j st the man for thi work He k o th t one harp

u s . n ws a s

le on i m presse the minds of people like these S icili n

ss s a s,

and h far more e ffect than lenient meas res or verbal

as u

reproof They have to be ta ght that it i not for them

s . u s

to meddle in ff ir of tate All the e matters mu t be

a a s s . s s

left to their repre entatives in parliament and the govern s

ment of the co ntry The petty authoritie of these u . s

little town come to reg rd themselves

s important a as

personage and ind lge them elves i prating on public

s, u s n

a ff air in tead of mindi g their own b ines which i

s, s n us s, ,
n

thi ca e is to do their be t to give protectio to the

s s ,
s n

people in their di trict ag in t the incur ion of band s s a s s s s

of brigand I uppo e you go on to m orrow ?

s . s s -
”

Y ; I h ll start at daybreak ; it i not many hours

’
es s a s

I have about a score of mounted men here Percival , .

I will send fo r of the m with y u ou .

S urely there i no occa ion for that Frank said s s ,

.

W ell I don t kno ,

I think there is There are no
’
w : .

large bands so far I know do n in the plai at

,
as ,
w n

pre nt but ome of the e ga g h ve broken up e pecially

se s s n s a ,
s

tho e that came fro m the mainl nd and h ve not yet

s a ,
a as

taken to the mount i They go abo t perpetr ting a ns . u a

crime at det ched ho e or

s y traveller they m et
a us s on an e .

I ne d not y th t at pres nt their ani mo i ty to the red

e sa a e s

shirt is bi tter and th t i revenge for their co m rade

s ,
a n s

who h ave been hot or h ng d they wo ld certainly kill s a e ,

u

an
y of on whom
us th y co ld l y hand ; so it would be e u a s

bett r for y to h ve fo r men as an e cort They

e ou a u s .

might well be doing that as anything el e for j ust

as s ,
182 OUT W I T H GAR I BALD I .

at present there i nothing going on about here and

s ,

it i as dull as it would be in a small garrison tow n

s

in Northern Ital y How long do you suppose it wil l be

.

before we join Garibaldi at M essina ? ”

“
Not for some little ti m e I think If he and M edici , .

defeat Bosco at M ilazzo as I suppo e they w il l he wi ll at ,

s ,

once go on to M es ina ; but his message to Bixio was that

s

it must take some time to make the preparations for

crossing to the mainland and that until he end word ,
s s

to the general to join him he is to continue h i work , s

of stamping out thi movement in restoring order in s ,

reorganising the m icipal authorities and in placing the

un ,

admini stration of the towns and village in the hands s

of well affected men so that there can be no chance f

-
,
O

M az z ini s party causing any serious d isturbances again

’

after he has left .

”

I see you sti ll wear your arm in a sling

Yes ; M t i told me that it would not be safe to
a n on

take it out of the plints for another month but he had

S ,

every hope that when I did so I should be able to use it ,

though I must not put too much strain on it Of course .

it is a nuisance but I have every reason to be thankful

, ,

for I was afraid for a time that I was going to lose it

altogether .

“
It was a grand thing the defence of that house , ,

Percival .
”

“
It was a grand thing that th at shell struck the stairs
just when it did for another minute would have seen the
,

end of the defence and of our lives As it was that .

,

explosion saved four of for the wounded men we carried u s,

off are ll con alescent — and also the lives of five women
a v ,

and eight ch ildren for exasperated as the Neapoli tans

, ,

were they would assuredly have shown no more mercy

,
 W I TH B I XI O . 183

there than they did i the oth r ho ses they entered I n e u .

have been well rewarded for Garibaldi has made me ,

captain .
”

S arto and M affio returned at this moment and the three ,

heartily congr t lated Frank on his promotion They had

a u .

been away with a small detachment to a village three

mile di tant in earch of a man who had been one of the
s s ,
s

mo t prominent in stirring up the pea ant y but he had

s s r
,

left before they got there They pent a plea ant eveni g . s s n

together and in the morning Frank tarted with the four

,
s

mo nted men and rode to Bronte J t he approached

u . us as

th etown he heard everal volley of mu ketry and on s s s ,

inquiry fo nd that thirty men who had been c ptured on

u a

the march or ca ght in hidi ng in the town h d been hot

u a s .

All ere strangers either revol tionary agent or brig nds

w -
u s a .

O inq i ing for the g neral he found that he h d j st

n u r e ,
a u

gone to the town hall where he had ordered the municipal ,

authorities and the principal citiz n to meet him P tting e s . u

up h i horse he went there first Bixio had j st begun

s , . u

to spe k a .

If I had done my d ty he said you well t u , ,

as as ne

men who have been tirring up riot and revolution wo ld s u

be l ying dead o tside the town It i scandalous th t u . s a

y ou,men who h ve been elected b y yo r f llows for the

a u e

m ainten nce f order and good govern m ent in this town

a O

and di trict ho ld llow yourselve to be terrified into

s ,
S u a s

O bedience b y a h ndf l of agitator in tead of c lli g t

a u s, s a n ou

all the men c pable f be ring ar m s and ppre ing the

a O a su ss

se dition at once Y have f iled mi erably i yo r d t y

. ou a s n u u .

The m h came an w yo r deliverer i now i the ho r of

o as u s ,
n u

b ttle weakened b y being co m pelled to end p rt of h i

a , s a s

arm y to ppre the disorder at which you have connived

su ss .

You private citizens scarcely less to blame when you ar e :

184 OU T W I TH GAR BALD I I .

saw that these men were allowing brigandage and robbery

to go on unch cked and m king speeches s bver ive of
e a u s

order instead of doing thei r duty y hould have taken ,

ou s

the matt r into yo r own hand expelled them from the

e u s,

Offi ces they di graced and appointed worthier men as your

s ,

representatives .
”

He spoke to an officer standing by him who went out ,

and returned with twenty soldier who had been drawn p s u

outside the hall Bixio re m ained silent d ring hi ab ence

. u s s ,

and w said Captain Silvio you will arrest the syndic

no ,

and the e m nicipal councillor and march them ff to

s u s, O

prison They may thi nk them elves fort nate that I do

. s u

not order them to be hot for conni ving at sedition and s ,

permitting these brigands to carry on their work f crime O

with i m punity .
”

The soldiers surrounded the men pointed out and marched ,

away w ith them .

“
Now sirs Bixio then went on to the private citizens
, ,
”
,

you w il l at once placard the to n with notices that the w

mos t worthy and loyal man i the town whoever he may n ,

be is no m inated by me as yndic and th t twelve others

,
s ,
a ,

all of them loy l and true men are appointed municipal

a ,

co ncillor I leave it to you to m ke the choice but mind

u s . a ,

that it be a good one Of co rse I wi h men of standing . u s

and influence to be appointed but the one ab olu te quali ,

s

fi tica is that they hall be men who have shown them

on s

selves opposed to the conduct of those who wil l pass the

n ext ix months in prison who
S be trusted to maintain ca n

law and order with a strong hand to puni h malef ctor ,

s a s,

a d to carry
n t all order they m y receive from General
ou s a

G ribaldi D ictator f th Island of S icily L t me have

a ,
O e . e

the names of the men you have cho en in the co r e of s u s

an hour I shall have inq iries made as to the character

. u
 I
W TH B IXI O . 185

and reputation of each before confirming their appointment .

I have nothing m ore to say .

”

The m retired looking greatly crestfalle ; and Bixio

en ,
n ,

turning roun d saw for the fir t time Frank w h had ,

s , o

quietly taken p h i pl ce behind hi m The young fellow

u s a .

h d been a great favo rite of h i ever ince he

a w him u s s sa

on the occa ion of h i fir t vi it to Garib ldi

s s s s a .

Ah Perciv l I m gl d to see y and that you

,
a ,
a a ou
,

should be here is a proof that your arm i getting s

stronger I uppo e you are here on d ty ?

. s s u
”

Yes i ; knowing that r mo r of variou kind might

,
s r u u s s s

re ch you the general h sent me to tell y that he

a ,
as ou

has started with a portion of C men to reinforce os e n z s

’

M edici and to att ck Bo co at M ilazzo

,
He con ider a s . s s

that he will have s fficient force for the purpo e but if u s ,

no t he w ill in a couple of da y after he arrives there

, ,
s ,

be joined by the re t of C com m and who are pro s os e n z s

’

ce d i g by land After beat i ng Bo co he will go on to

e n . s ,

Messina It will take him a con iderable time to m ke

. s a

all the preparations eedf l for the expedition to the n u

mainland and he wi he you to continue your work here

,
s s ,

to put down all di order and to organi se and e tabli h s ,

s s

strong and loy l municip l and di t ict councils in thisa a s r

part of the i l d so that when he dvance he need have

s an , a s,

no cau e for y anxiety wh tever for the state of a ff irs

s an a a

here He will send y ample notice when ll i in d i

. ou a s re a

ne for th inva ion of Cal bri

ss e s a a .
”

I ho ld like t be t M il zzo Bixio id b t

“
s u o a a ,
sa ,
“
u

as that i i m pos ible I sho ld prefer re m ining

s now s u a

here until G rib ldi i ready to tart t h nging abo t

a a s s ,
o a u

M e ina for week

ss that ort of thing i very bad for s : s s

young troop Here they get plenty of m rching and

s. a ,

a cert in a mo nt f d ill eve y day and in another mon th

a u O r r
,
186 OUT W T H GAR BALDI I I .

or six week even the latest recruits who arrived b efore

s ,

we left Palermo will be fit to take part i a battle by, n

the side of our veterans Are you to stay with me or .

,

to go on to M essina ? ”

I had no expli cit order sir but from what the general , ,

said I gathered that he thought it better for me to stay

, ,

at any rate for the present wi th you The doctor said , .

that I mu t keep my arm in a sling for ome time to

s s

come and l tho gh I did not ride here at y great

,
a u an

speed I feel some sh rp twinges in it and think I ho ld

,
a
,
s u

w it a f days before I m ount gain After that I

a ew a .

shall be happy to carry out y order or perform any an s,

d ty with which you m y think fit t intr t me

u ,
a o us .
”

Quite right Percival You will f course be attached

, .
,
O ,

to my staff while you with me and I wil l t you to ar e , se

easy w ork when I consider you fit to undertake it Now .

that I have put thi gs in train here I hall make it n ,

s

my headquarters for a time but hall be ending parties ,

s s

to the hill I know that the village there

s . all s a re

terrorised b y the brig nd and although it i hopeles to a s, s s

try to stamp these fellow t I may strike a few blows s ou ,

a t them The wor t of it i that ha lf the pea antry

. s s, s

are in alliance with them and the other ha lf know that ,

it is as much their lives are worth to give any

as

infor m ation to the brigand movements so that to

as s
’
,

a large ext ent I sh ll have to tru t to luck \Vhen you a s .

are able to ride agai I will send you off with one of n,

these p rties for I am s re that the air of the slopes of

a ,
u

E tn will do an i m men e deal towards setting y up

a s ou

again w hi le the heat in the pl in is very trying e pecially

,
a s ,
s

to tho e who are not in robu t health and are

s s ,
u n acc u s

t m d to a climate like this

”
o e .

It is hot Frank said

“
I started my jo r eys very
,
”
.
“
u n
 W I TH B I XI O . 187

early in the morning and stopped for five or six hours ,

in the middle of the day ; but I think that even in that ,

way the heat has taken a good deal more out of me

,

than the fatigue of ri di ng .

”

I have no doubt that is so ; d I should recommend

“
an

you for the next week to rise at daybreak li down

, , ,
e ,

or at any rate keep within door between ten or eleven s,

and five in the afternoon and then take gentle exerci e ,

s

agai and enjoy yo rself until eleven or twelve o clock

n, u
’

at night E ven the natives of the i land keep indoors

. s

as far po ible during the heat of the day at this

as ss ,

time of year and if they find it ecessary it is still

,
n ,

more so for you I suppose y came through Traina . ou

last night ? ”

Y “
i ; d was very glad to find R ubini and my
es, s r an

other two friend there s .

”

The next week pas ed pleasantly Bixio h imself was s .

often away making flying vi its to the towns and village

‘

,
s s

where he had left detachments ; but as there ere several w

of the officers f th force at Bronte who had cro sed

O e ,
s

in the same hip with him from Geno and b y whose side
S a,

he had fought at C l t fimi and P lermo Frank had very a a a a ,

pleasant society In d eed as the majority of th force

.
, e

were men of good family and education there was when , ,

06 duty little distinction of rank and with the tie of

, ,

good comradeship and of dangers and fatigue borne in ,

s

commo there w none of the ti ffne and exclu iveness

n, as s ss s

th t ece arily prev i l i reg l r ar m ie All of the

a n ss a n u a s .

original thousand kne w Fr nk well had heard how largely a ,

the expedition was indebted for its succe s to the aid h i s s

mother had sent and how he h d di ting i hed him elf , a s u s s

in the fighting and they w elcomed hi m every here with

,
w

the utmost cordiality .

188 OU T I
W T H G AR BALD I I .

E arly in the morning he always went for a walk and ,

was usually accom panied by one or two of hi acq aint s u

who happened to be ff d ty After taking a meal

a n c es O u .
,

he generally spent the evening itting in the pen air in s O

front of the princip l fé eating ices drinking coffee and a ca , , ,

chatting with the o fficer who gathered there At the end s .

of week he no longer felt even passi g pains i his arm

a n n ,

and reported to Bixio that he w ready for work g in as a a .

Not hard work the general aid ; but I can give ,

”
s
“

you employment that will uit you I am calling in s .

R b i i detachment fro m Traina where thing are ettling

’
u n s ,
s s

down and shall send fifty men nder h i command to

,
u s

the village of L ti It is o m e three thousand feet

a n an o . s

above the sea and you will find i t much more cool
,

and pleasant there th n it i here Other v ill ge on a s . a s,

about the same line will al o be occupied The brigand ,

s . s

hav found that it is no longer safe to come down into

e

the plains and I am going to p h them as f up the

,
us ar

slopes I can po ibly we m y then be able to obtain

as : ss a

some information from the pea ant below that line as s s

to the principal ha nt of the e fellows in the moun u s s

tains At present the e vill ge that I am going to

. s a s

occ py are all u ed by the brigand whom the people

u s s,

regard good c tomers ; and tho gh they ill treat and

as us u -

m rder w ithout mercy any they suspect of being ho tile

u s

to them it is of course to their interest to keep well i th

,
'

the majority and to pay for what they want Terror will
, .

do a good deal toward keeping men mo ths sh t ; b t s

’
s u u u

anything like the general ill treatment of the pop lation - u

would so n drive omebody to betray them

o s .

“
Of course hitherto the brigand have had little fear
,
s

of treachery The commanders f the Bo rbon troop

. o u s

had no disposition to enter upon toilsome expedition s,

 I
W TH B IXI O . 189

which offered m ll pro pect of uccess merely to avenge s a s s ,

the wrongs of the pea ants ; but now matter have ch nged s s a .

W e not only willing b t e ger t suppress these

are ,
u a ,
o

bands ; and seeing that we are in earne t some of the

,
s ,

pea an try m y pl ck p he r t eno gh to endeavour to get

s a u u a u

rid of tho e who at present hold them at their mercy

s .

However I w I have no very great hope th t it ,

o n s a

will be There exist and has exi sted for many years
so . s, ,

an a ociation called the M afia wh ich extends over the

ss ,

whole island It co m pri e m f all classe .from the s s en O s,

highest to the lowe t and exerci e a terrible power No s ,

s s .

on e , save the le der know who are its me m ber and a s, s,

therefore e ch di tr ts his neighbo r A m rder i com

a s us u . u s

mi tt d E ver y one may be perfectl y well aware who i

e . s

it s thor d y t no one d re y a word If by ome

au ,
an e a sa . s

ch nce the car binie i knowing the

a in had a tanding
a r , a s s a ss s

feud with the victi m l y h ands upon him the organi tion ,
a ,
sa

se t to work The j dge h im lf m y be a member ;

s . u se a

if not he peedily receive an intim tion that h i own

,
s s a s

life will be forfeited if the m urderer i condemned s .

B t it i
u eldom th t thi i nece s ry The j ilor
s s a s s s a . a s a re

bribed or terrori ed and when the ti m e co m es for h i m to s ,

be bro ght to tri l it is fo nd that he h my terio ly

u a ,
u as s us

e caped ; and in the few c es where a man is bro ght

s ,
as u

into co rt no witne s s d re appear gain t him and

u ,
s e a a s ,

he i cert in to b ac q ui tted It is a candalous st te

s a e . s a

of thing and one which we m y hope will be ch ged

s, ,
a ,
an

wh n I t l y i free and bl to t tend to i t do m e tic

e a s ,
a e a s s

a ff i s B t t pr nt the org ni ation is ll po erf l

a r . u a ese a s a -
w u ,

so that y it i not only the v n g e nce of the

ou see s e a

brigand b t the power of the M afi hich e l men

s, u a, w s a s
’
s

mo th u d en ble cri m in l to c rr y on th i p
s , an di ga s a s a e r ro c re n s

w ith but little fe r of the m f th l a ar o e aw .

19 0 OU T W I TH GAR BAL D I I .

I am much obliged to you for sendi ng me up with

R ubini Frank said ; and I shall greatly enjoy the “
”
,

mo ntain air but I hardly see that I can be of much

u ,

service there .
”

Not much perhaps ; but it will fit you to do duty when

,

we land in C labria R b i i corps is like the rest com

a . u n
’
s , ,

po ed partly of men who have seen service before with a

s ,

few of the thousand b t with them are a large proportion u

of fresh arrivals as brave no doubt as the others but , , , ,

without their exp erience He will at times make excursions .

if he can btain news of a party of brigands being in the

O

neighbourhood in which case he will naturally take the

,

men he can most rely upon ; and I hall request him S

when he is away to intrust the command of those left in

the village to you who are one of the thousand You are ,
.

a captain as I heard with much pleasure in a letter from

,

Garib ldi and on the general s ta ff ; and as you showed

a ,
’
s

how stoutly you could defend a hou e against an overwhel m s

ing force you co ld certainl y hold a village with fifteen

,
u

or twenty men again t any number f brigands who might s O

t y to take advantage of the b ence of a portion of the

r a s

force to attack tho e that remained there However it s .

,

is t likely that an ything f the sort will take place

no O

the brigands are not fond of fighting unless there is

a m ple booty to be btained though the y might endeavour O ,

to avenge the lo es th ey have sustained by a sudden ss

attack if they thought they could take you wholly

,
un

a w a re s R ubini will arrive here with his corps to morrow

.
-

afternoon and will start the next d y with half his detach
,
a

ment ; the other half will go to M lfi a village ten mi les a ,

from L ti a n an o .
”

You are looking better R ubini aid as Frank m t

“
,
s ,
e

him when the company piled ar m s in the principal square

,
 W I TH B IXI O . 19 1

in the town You said you were ll right when I saw

.
“
a

you the other day b t y were not looking so ,

u ou .
”

“
N ; I w feel i ng the ride and my arm was hurting
O as

me a bit However ten day rest has set me ll right

.
,
s a

again and I am q ite equal to moderate work D y

,
u . o ou

kno what you are going to do

w

No I have onl y order to march in here to day

,
s -
.

\Vell I can tell you S everal detachments of fif ty men

, .
,

each are going up to the vil l ges some three tho and feet
,
a us

up th slopes of E tna Yo r company i to be di vided

e . u s

into two You with half of them are to go to L ti

. a n ano ,

and the other h lf to M lfi a place ten miles fro m it a a , .

Your lieutenant P sco will take the other W ing to M lfi

,
a , a .

I am going with y ou .
”

“
W ell i th t case I sh ll
,
t mind it tho g h it will
n a a no ,
u

not be lively there unle we have a br h ith the ss us w

bri gand It will at y rate be a gre t de l cooler th n

s . an a a a

Traina which was an oven for ix ho r every d y Are

,
s u s a .

you going second in command ? as

”

To a certain extent y Bixio aid that I ,

es . s ,
as

sho ld be no good for fighting at pre ent I w to t ke

u s ,
as a

command f the village when y were aw y brig nd

o ou a a

hunting He id that naturall y y wo ld take yo r be t

. sa ou u u s

m enfor th t work and leave ome of tho e who have h d

a ,
s s a

as yet experience in fighting to take c re of the vil lage

no a .

\V ll th y co ld not be left in better h nd

e ,
e th n u a s a

y our R ubi i id h tilv I hall be ve y gl d to

” “
s, n sa e ar . s r a

have y with m ou e .
”

At d ybreak the ext morni ng R b i i littl col m n

a n u n
’
s e u

got i to motion Fr nk
n the onl y mo nted o fficer
. a w as u ,

and he took h i pl c b y the ide of Bi io who m rched

s a e s x ,
a

a t the he d of the col m n The ri e

a te d y d u . s w as s a ,
an

though occasion ll y they c me to steeper pl ce there

a a a s, w as
19 2 OU T I
W T H GAR BALD I I .

no pause with the exception of a couple of halt for a

, s

few minutes and they reached L ti , t eleven o clock a n an o a

’

having been nearly even hour on the way There was s s .

no demonstration of welcome when they arrived nor did ,

they expect it D o btless such of the villagers felt glad

. u as

to see them march in wo ld be afraid t how it openly u o S ,

as they would a s redly ffe ere they to do so whes u su r, w

,
n

the troop marched way again R bini t once quartered a . u a

hi men in twos
s d three among the ho e an He himself s us s .
,

with Frank as h i lieutenant ccep ted the invitation s ,

a

of the priest whose house the best in the village

,
w as
,

to st y there
a .

“
It is not like the P lazzo at Palermo Percival R ubini a , ,

l ughed ; but you can carcely expect th t on Mount

a
“
s a

E tna ; at any rate it i a vast i m prove m ent on ,

camping s ou r

gro nd on the plain

u s .
”

The pries t set before them what provi ions he had in the s

ho e d a s red the m that he wo ld provide better f

us ,
an s u u or

the m in the future R bini however knowing how poor . u , ,

were the prie t of the e mount in vill ge told him that

s s s a a s, ,

altho gh they thankfully accepted his ho pitality on that

u s

occasion they would in the fut re cater for the m elves

,
u s .

W have b e aid two waggon following ; they

,
”
e s ,
s us

will be up by the evening W have no idea of imposi g . e n

our elves or our men pon the inh bit nts of this vill ge
s , ,
u a a a ,

who dy co ld hardly fill fifty dditional mouths

a ss u r e u W a . e

have brought wi th us fl o r wine and other nece arie u , ,

ss s,

and no d o bt we hall be able to p rch e heep and goats

u s u as s

from your people who by the w y did not appear to be , ,

a ,

very m ch pleased at our arrival

u .
”

“
Y mu t not blame them signor In the fir t place
ou s , . s ,

they are poor ; and once when a det chment of Bourbo ,

a n

troops c me up here they d voured everything d p id

a ,
e ,
an a
 I
W TH B IXI O . 19 3

for nothi g happily they only stayed for week or the

n : a ,

village wo ld have been r ined A fter the tales that h ve

u u . a

been pre d of the la l s ne s of Garibaldi troop they

s a w e s s
’
s s,

m t h ve fe red that even worse th n what before

us a a a

happened bo t to bef ll the m w as a u a .

”

They do nothing b t tell lie of us R ubini id u s , sa

angrily Never ince we l nded at M ar ala have we t ken

.
“
S a s a

a mo thf l of food witho t p ying for it unle it h

u u u a ,
ss as

been spont neo ly ffered to as it a when we were us O us, w as

fighti g at Palermo
n .
”

I have no do bt that what you y i tr e ignor ; u sa s u ,

s

but the poor people h ve been t ught to believe other w i e a a s ,

so they are h rdly to bl m e if they did not evince y a a an

liv l y j y t yo r ival M oreover they do not kno w

e o a u a rr .
,

how long y going to st y here and are well

ou re
a re a ,
aw a

th t y who how ati f ction at yo r co m ing or

a an s s s a u ,

w h fford you any id or ho pit lity beyond that which

o a a s a

they d re not ref e ill be repor t ed to the brig nd

a us ,
w a s,

who will t k terribl revenge ft r you have le ft the

a e a e a e

vill ge a .
”

I under tand th t their po ition i not a comfort

can s a s s

able one R ubini id ; b t the people f the e di trict

,
”
sa
“
u O s s s

h ve l rgely bro ght it pon the m elve I do not y

a a u u s s . sa

th t th y
a in a po ition to re i t l ge partie of
e a re s s s ar s

brig nd b t their ym path y ee m to be e ry here with

a s, u s s s ve w

the e co ndrel ; they fford th m ev ry infor m t ion in

s s u s a e e a

their power creen the m i very y give f l e infor m a

,
s n e w a ,
a s

tion to the c r binieri and hinder the co r e of j tice a a ,

u s us .

People who t thu m t not be rpri d if they ac s us su se a re

reg rded a llie f the e b nd and they m t p t up

as a s O s a s, us u

with th inconvenience of h ving troop q ar te ed pon

e a s u r u

the m d m y think the m elve fortun te th t the con

,
an a s s a a

s equence are no wor e A t present are not h r to t

s s . we e e ac

( 116 75 )
19 4 OU T I
W T H GAR BALD I I .

against the brigands alone as that work must be po tponed , s

u ntil other matters are settled and the government has ,

time to turn its attention to rooting out a state of things

that is di graceful to the cou try W are here now as
s n . e

the agents of General Garibaldi D ic tator of S icily to , ,

su ppress — not crime— but the stirring p of insurrection -

u

and revolt against the exi ting government of the s

island .
”

I heartily wi h that it co ld be rooted out the p i est

s u ,
r

said . I can a re y that we who e work lies in th ese

ssu ou ,
s

mo ntain illage feel th evil con eq ence to the f ll

u v s, e s u s u

as m ch u tho e who work in the towns and villages

as s

lying ro nd the foot of the mountain It is not that our

u s .

people suffer so greatly in pocket —for the mo t part they s

are too poor to be robbed ; the few th t are better ff a O

p y a ye rl y contribution and as long as they do so are

a a ,

left in peace while the better class down in the plains

,

are liable at y time to be eized and compelled to p y

an s a

perhap their all to save their live The harm is rather

s s .

to th ir o l than to their bodie ;

e s u s you say their s as ,

s ympathies are whol ly wi th the brig nd they come to a s,

reg rd them hero s d to think lightly of the terrible

a as e ,
an

cri m es they co m m it upon others and t infrequently no

s ome y o ng m m ore enterpri ing th n the rest or one who

u an s a ,

h asperhaps stabbed a rival in love or has been d rawn

for service in the army take to the hills and joins them ,
s ,

and for so doing he incurs no reprobation whatever I t .

i a
s d st te of thing and I tr t that when your general
sa a s, us

has settled all other matters in the i land he will employ s

hi whole force in a campaign ag in t the brigand

s It a s s .

i not a work to be taken up b y small partie

s the evil h s as

grown to uch di men ion that nothing short of a army

s s s n

would root it out and indeed it could only then be a com

,
e
 W TH B I IXI O . 19 5

by months of patient work so extensive are the

pli s h e d ,

forests great the facility for concealment

,
so .
”

It will fall to other hands than G ribaldi s father

“
a
’
,
.

H i mi sion i to deliver S icily and the mainland from the

s s s

Bourbon r le and then to hand them over to Victor

u

Em
,

manuel who a free king over a free nation wil l be

, , ,

able to remove all these abu es that have flourished under s

the Bo rbon A for u we are soldiers witho t p y

s. S us , u a ,

fighting for love of our co ntry W hen we have done u . ou r

work and freed it fro m its oppressors we shall return to ,

ou r homes and leave it to the king h i p rliament and

, ,
s a ,

the reg lar army to put down s ch abu e this brigand

u u s s as

a
g e I suppo e father i t wo ld hardly be fair to ask y
. s , ,
u ou

if there are ma y of t h e e fellow in th neighbo rhood

n s s e u

The prie t m led I do not mind tell ing y that there

s s i .
“
ou

w asa band of some fifty of them within fi miles of thi ve s

place yesterd y Thi morning it a known that several

. s w as

det chment of troop would march from Bronte at day

a s s

bre k d that their de tination w the mountains I

a ,
an s as .

have no doubt whatever that the news carried to w as

the band half hour later ; and by this time they are
an

probabl y twenty miles w y p in the forest b t in which a a u s, u

d irection I have no idea nor do I know what the i r pl ns ,

a

are It m y be that
. long a the e villages are held so as s

they will move ro nd to the other ide of E tna It m y u s . a

be th t eve al of the band will nite d att ck one

a s r s u an a

or other f yo r p rtie not for wh t they think they

o u a s, a

wo ld get b t a le on that it wo ld be bette to leave

u ,
u as ss u r

them lone I ho ld y th t except by p re accident

a . s u sa a ,
u ,

y ou are not lik l y to catch ig h t of a brig nd — nle

e s a u ss ,

indeed one come do n here

,
hepherd fro m the hill
s w as a s s,

to m ake so m e m ll p rcha d to g ther news a u ses , an a s .

I think that i likel y to be the re lt f journey s su o o ur ,

19 6 OU T I
W T H G AR BALD I I .

R ubini laughed ; but nevertheless our being here will , ,

have served its purpo e S long as we and the other s . o

detachment are p here the brigand will not care to

s
- u ,
s

venture into the plain ; nor will the agent of the l s r e vo u

tion who are with them If they do they are not likely .
,

to get safely back gain I m y tell y that ign l a . a ou s a s

have been arranged by which smoke from the hill top -

s

ne r Bronte w ill give us information that some of these

a

bands have pas ed d o n the m o ntain the d i rec tion in

s w u ,

w hich they h ve gone and that in which they are

a ,

retiring ; and I f ncy they will hardly regain the mo n

a u

tain w i thout being intercepted by one or other of our

s

parties It is tr e th t we shall not remain here very

. u a

long ; but by the t m e we go there will be a very i ,

di fferent sy tem e tabli hed throughout the i land ; and

s s s s

they will find in f t re that they can no longer get u u

friends and ab ttors mong the local authoritie b t will

e a s, u

have to meet c tive resistance that pl nder c nnot be

an a ,
u a

obt ined wi thout fighting and th t e en when obtai ed

a ,
a v n

it will not be carried ff to the hills witho t a hot purs i t

o u u

being m int ineda a .

”

I hall be glad indeed if i t i

s the prie t said If s so, s .

the pe ple of the to n and vill ge wi ll but combi e and

o w s a s n ,

a re actively s pported b y m all bodie of troops in all

u s s

the towns it will de l a far heavier blo to brig nd ge

,
a w a a

than can be e ffected by ending flying expeditions into s

the mountains .
 C H A PTE R XI .

A H AZ AR D OU S E X PED T ON II .

FANCY Percival that the brigand are far more

, ,
s

likely to find us than we are to find the m R bini ,

”
u

said on the follow ng morning when he and Frank trolled i , s

t into the village W can expect no inform tion “

ou . e a

from the e people ; and to marching abo t on the ff

s as u o

cha ce of lighting pon them it would be imply absurd

n u ,
s .

O the othe hand the brigand will know by thi time

n r ,
s ,
s ,

where ll detach m ent are q ar tered and what i

a our s u ,
s

their tre gth They m t be f rio s at the lo ses they

s n . us u u s

have h d do n in the pl in ; o m e for ty or fifty of them

a w a s s

have been killed in fight and over a h nd ed hot at s, u r s ,

Bronte and other to n They m t be b rning for w s . us u

vengeance I cannot help thinking that some of the e

. s

band are likely to uni te and ttack some of our po t

s ,
a s s .

E ven if they c me a co ple of h nd ed stronga migh t u u r ,

we

feel pretty afe of be ting the m ff if they vent r d b y

s a o u e

d ylight
a b t udden attack t night might b extremel y
u a s a e

serio us .

Very erio s indeed Frank agreed

“
s S c t t red
u ,
. a e as

the m thro gh the V llage they wo ld be hot

en a re , u i ,
u s

down they ca m out of th ho e

as e e us s .
”

It i an a k rd po ition cer t inly R bini id

“
s w wa s ,
a ,
u sa ,

and one that I don t my y t of

’
see w a ou .

I sho ld y R ubini th be t thing we could do would

“
u sa , ,
e s

be to qua ter our elve in the ch rch

r s s u .
”
19 8 OU T W I T H G AR BALD I I .

It wo ld be a very serio s tep R ubini said gravely

u u s , .

W know that one of the great weapon the Neapolitans

e s

have u ed against i that we are heretic and athei t ;

s us s, s s s

and were we to occupy the church reports wo ld circ late ,

u u

thro gh the i land that we were desecrators

u s .
”

“
They spread that sort of report whether there s,

is y foundation for it or not R ubini be ides at

an ,
s ,

Palermo we used everal of the churche as ho pitals f s s s or

the wounded B t there wo ld be no occa io for us

. u u s n

to live and take meals in the church or to interfere our ,

with the service If we keep half a dozen sentrie round

s . s

the illage we need not fear any su pri e d ring the

v ,
r s u

dayti m e b t could go on
,
usual in the house where
u as s

we are quartered taking our meal there and so on ; ,

s ,

then at night we co ld retire to the church and sleep there u ,

sec rely with a co ple of sentrie po ted at the door

u u s s .
”

“
I think that i a very good idea ; at y rate we s an ,

wi ll tell the priest when we go in to breakfa t and s ,

hear what he says He i a good fellow I think — tho gh . s ,

u ,

of course h i hands are v ry m ch tied by the po ition

,
s e u s

he i pl ced in
s a .
”

After they had eaten their breakfast R bini went with ,

u

Frank to the priest room ’

s .

“
Padre he id we don t like our position h ere
,
sa ,
“ ’
.

It i cert in that th brig nd have no rea on to love

s a e a s s us,

and that af ter the umbers who have been put out of n

the way down below they must be thir ting for revenge , s .
”

“
That i certainl y to be expected the prie t said
s ,
”
s

gravely .

Therefore we think it i b y no m ean unlik ely that s s

s ever l of the e bands will unite in an attack on one of

a s

our p sts o .

I hinted much th t to y la t night as as a ou s .

 A H A Z A RD OU S E X PE D IT I ON . 19 9

You did pa d re d the more I think of it the more

,
an ,

probable it eems to me that thi i what they will

s s s

do It may be thi po t or another ; b t I feel that

. s s ,
u ,

altho gh we could beat off any attack in the daytime it

u ,

wo ld be most erio s were they to fall upon at night

u s u us ,

when we are sc ttered thro ghout the village a u .

”

It wo ld certainly be so signor The con eq ence

“
u ,
. s u s

wo ld I th ink be most grave

u , ,
.
”

Therefore padre we intend to retire to the ch rch

“
, ,
u

every eve ing n .

Betw en our elve

“
C ptain R ubini I am not sorry
e s s, a ,

that you have made th t propo al or rather h ve a s , ,

a an

d to me yo r intention of d oing
n o u n ce You will u so .

under tand th t it
s a gge tion that co ld not come
a w as su s u

from m and th t I b w to yo r deci ion h ving no

e, a o u s ,
a

mean of re i ting it ; that being nder tood I can y

s s s u s ,
sa ,

frankly that I think the plan a wi e one I hope that

,
s .

you d not intend to occ py it during the d y nor

o u a ,

to eat and drink there but simply to p the night in ,

a ss

the helter of it w ll and that at all othe ti m e our

s s a s, r s

service be held u al
s c an as su

Cert inly ; that is our intention W wi h to p t

“
a . e s u

the people to no inconvenience and to ab t i far ,

s a n, as as

po ible fro m doing ught that wo ld hu t their feelin g

ss ,
a u r s,

by ,
they wo ld con id er it de ecrating the ch r c h
as u s ,
s u .

Thi g will i m pl y go on they do now i the d yti m e

n s s as n a ,

b t t
u ightf ll we h ll m rch i t o the ch ch
a n d
a s a a n ur ,
an

place t entrie t the door ; d i th m orning we

wo s s a an n e

shall leave it fter pl cing eve ything in order ,

f a a r
,
as ar

as we at q rter to ix— th t y
c an , hold a ua s so a ou can

yo r morning m s t the
u al hour as a u su .

I m well ple ed with the arr ngem nt S ho ld m y

a as a e . u

people or others compl i of you thu sing the ch rch a n r s u u ,

2 00 o ur W I T H GA R BALD I I .

I can say that it was no proposal of mine and that ,

you d id not k my pinion on the subject ; b t simply

as O u

informed me of yo r intention which of course I have u , , ,

no power to co m b t I may tell you that I ha e no s re a . v u

intelligence w hatev r that the brig nd s meditate such an e a

atte m pt ei ther here or at other village where p rtie

,
s, a s

of your troops have gone ; b t knowing the people as u

I do I think it very likely that uch an attack may

,
s

be made I my elf a well wi her of your general and

. s ,
-
s

of his great move m ent am convinced th t the people ,

a

c an ever be r i ed from thei pre ent condition so long

n a s r s ,

as we are ubject to th govern m en t of N ples I believe

s e a .

that with fre dom the i land wo ld advance not only

,
e ,
s u ,

in prosperity but in orderly life d all the blessing

,
an s

of civili ation ; d none will hail more heartily than

s an

I the e tabli hment of a con tit tional government

s s s u ,

su ch i enjoyed by t h t portion of It ly under th

as s a a e

rule of Victor E m m anuel S till long thing exi t .

,
so as s s

as they do in the m ountain it wo ld do more h rm s, u a

than good were I to declare my feeling

,
I pe k s . s a

not of per onal d n ger but I ho ld lo e all power

s a ,
s u s

and infl ence over my flock ; therefore tho gh heartily

u ,
u

wi hing y well I cannot openly aid y

s ou I hall on ,
ou . s

S nday pe k from the p lpit pointing out that the

u s a u ,

cond ct of your oldier how that the report th t

u s s s s s a

have been circ l ted reg rding them untrue that they
u a a a re

co m e here with no e il intention to ard d that v s w s us, an

I tr t when they retire th y will c r y with them

us e a r

the good wi he of ll ; that I hope bove ll things

s s a a a ,

nothing will occ r th t will c use tro ble till le s evil

u a a u ,
s s

to gue t for not only have they given no occasio

ou r s s, n

for ni m o i ty b t if y h rm befall them here we

a s ,
u an a ,

may be sure that their general at Bronte will send

 A H AZ AR D O U S E XP E D T ON II . 201

up a strong b dy of troop who will probably b rn the o s, u

vill ge to the gro nd and shoot e ery man they catch

a u ,
v .

I ho ld y ignor that my word wo ld be more likely

s u sa ,
s ,
s u

to have effect were some of yo r oldier and perhaps one u s s,

of yo r elve to attend ma daily ; thi wo ld how that

u s s, ss s u s

you were not they have been told despi er of ll

,
as ,
s s a

religion and go f to remove the unf vo r bl impre ion

,
ar a u a e ss

with which I cannot den y that y regarded ou a re .

”

The ugge tion i good one i R bini aid

s s d s a ,
s r,
”
u s ,
“
an

I will see that it i carried out I will co m e e ch morning s . a .

C ptain Percival i an E ngli hman and what y wo ld

a s s ,
ou u

c ll a heretic
a he will I kno ndertake to be on
,
so ,
w, u

d uty abo t that ho r u u .

Then we q ite nder tand each o ther p d e penl y

“
u u s
,
a r : O

y ou p ote t gr in t ingsth ch rch

a privately
a
y s ou r us e u ,
ou

approve of doing ? our so

My prote t will not be a trong one the p ie t id

s s
,
r s sa ,

w ith a m ile ; inde d I h ll tell m y people th t

s
“
e ,
s a a ,

a ltho gh I have tho ght it m y d ty to prote t formall y

u u u s ,

I cannot b t that it i be t th t i t ho ld be
u se e s s a s u so,

as it ill en re pe ce d tran q uillity in the vill ge

w su a an a ,

and will do aw y w ith the ri k of broil whe men a s s s n

s i t d inking after dark in wine he p

r -
s s .

W hen t h ch ch bell r ng for th m idd y m

e ur the a e a as s ,

villager w e rpri ed to s R bini en te

er the edifice
su s se e u r ,

an d tha t o m e t enty of h i mens tr ggled in t w s s a ,

no as

a body ordered to t ke part in a ervice b t if i t a s ,

u as

w as their reg l c to m individ al to ttend rvice u ar us as u s a se .

B f r th bell c
e o e d ringing Fr k l o w nt in d
e ease ,
an a s e ,
an

sa t do n b y R bini ;
w he th y left together at th clo
u w n e e se

of a hort ervice R bini s id I did not exp c t to y

s s u a ,
e se e ou,

Perciv l a .

W h y not ? Fr nk repli d i f the e r Pro te t an t a e r w e e a s

2 02 our W T H G AR BALD I I I .

ch rch of course I hould go to it b t as there is not

u ,
s ,
u ,

I co m e here S rely it is better to say one s prayers in

. u
’

a church of a religion that on all its main points differs

b t lightly from our own than to abstain from going
u s ,

to ch rch at all And w what are we to do ith

u . no , w

o r elves ? I suppose we can hardly start for a long

u s

walk ? ”

I should think not R bini said grimly at least

“
,
u ,

not without taking twenty men with It i as likely us . s

as not th t we are watched from the forest and if we

a
,

were to go t alone we might be po nced upon by

ou ,
u

fellows lying in ambush for or at be t get a bulle t us, s

thro gh our head

u .
”

At best Frank l ghed au .

Certainly at be t R ubini replied gravel y It would

s ,
”
.

be better to die with a bullet through one head than to ’

s

fall into the hands of these vindictive coundrel who s s,

wo ld certainly elect some much slower d more p inf l

u s an a u

w y of p tting an end to
a u exi tence No there must ou r s .
,

be no walking about beyond the edge of the vill ge a .

”

Then in f c t R bini
“
,
journey up here is to be a
a ,
u ,
o ur

mere u ele p omenade ?

s ss r
”

I am afraid so There i only one hope It may

“
. s .

be taken as a f ct that in every band of co ndrelsa s u

whether they are robber or con pir tor or bandits s s a s

there are sure to be one or two discontented pirit men s s,

who think that they o ght to h ave been chosen chief u as s,

that their ad ice has been lighted or that their hare of the
v s ,
s

pl nder is in u fficient ; and ho ld an oppo t nity occ r

u s s u r u u ,

men like these are alway ready to turn traitor i f they s s,

think that they can do wi th afety I do t ppo e so s . no su s

that the band i the e mo ntains are any exception ;

s n s u

indeed the chance of dis ent are larger than usual for
,
s s ,
 A H AZ AR D OU S E K P E D T ON II . 2 03

we may be ure that both the brigands and these men

s

who have been ent over from the mainl nd to foment s a

di content and create a co nter —revol tion in fa o r f a

s u u v u o

republic are greatly di ti fied with the re lt of their ss a s su

joint undertaking The pro m pt tep G aribaldi took in . s

s ending Bi i d ivi ion here m t have upset all their

x o s
’
s us

plan The g erilla no do bt have taken a consider ble

s . u s, u ,
a

amount of booty ; but this could have been done witho t u

th aid of the strangers The latter co nted on doing

e . u

g eat thing s with the as i tance of the brigands They

r s s .

have failed altogether A good many of both sec tion . s

h ave been killed ; d I sho ld i m gine at the pre ent an u a ,

s

ti me that there is not m ch love lo t b tween them

, u s e .

It i therefore q ite po ible that o m e of th e e men

“
s u ss s s

are perfectly ready to be tr y the re t ; and I regard it a s as

on the cards th t I may get a me age to the effect a ss

that one of th m will if promi ed a pardon and a h nd

e ,
s a

s ome reward cond ct us to the rendezvo where the

,
u us

band i gathered In th t ca e we ho ld not ret rn

s . a s s u u

e m pty —handed In ome re pect i t i better that we

. s s s s

s ho ld get at them that

u
y th n in y other ; w a a an

for the knowledge th t one of th ir b nds had been a e a

de troyed b y treach ery

s the p rt of a member wo ld on a u

c e a feeling of d i tr t and nea ine s in every gang

au s s us u s s

in the mountains E very m would begin to pec t . an s us

every other m of being a traitor ; and altho gh the fear

an u

of bei g either follow d or killed or of b ing deno nced

n e ,
e u

as a traitor d m rdered p h p d y p h p w k
an u ,
er a s a s, er a s ee s,

perhaps even mon th ft e ard b t cert inl y o m e d y s a rw s

,
u a s a

or o ther wo ld k p th b nd toge ther y t they wo ld

,
u ee e a s ,
e u

lo e ll he rt in the b ines ; q rrel o ld bre k t

s a a us s ua s w u a ou ,

de p rate figh t o ld t ke pl ce and m n y f th ir

s e s w u a a ,
a o e

p rtie w ould fin lly b e k p ; while the othe wo ld

a s a r a u rs u ,
2 04 o ur W T H G A R BA LD I I I .

for a considerable time at least undertake no fresh ,

enterprise s .
”

Four day pas ed W i thout incident An hour after

s s .

su et the m marched to the church the muskets were

ns en ,

piled in ide and they we e then per m itted to sit on

s ,
r

the steps o tside smoking and talking until nine o clock

u
’

whe sentries were posted and the men lay d own in ide
n ,
s .

L te on the following af ternoon as R ubini with a erge nt

a ,
s a

w as at the end of the vill ge a wo m n standing half a

,
a ,

hidden in some b hes a short di tance away motioned to

us s ,

h i m that she wanted to speak to h i m .

“
There might be half a dozen men hidden in that bush ,

R ubini said L t t r ff and go t th t shed and

. e us u n o o a ,

beckon to her to come to If we stand clo e to it us . s ,

no

one will see h peaking to us er s .

The woman he i tated for o m e time evidently afraid s s ,

to leave the shelter of the bu he Then making a sig s s .

,
n

to R bini that h w o ld join them presentl y she went

u s e u ,

back into the w ood In a short ti m e she c m e out on . a

th other s ide and walked a co ple of h nd ed y rd aw y ;

e u u r a s a

then she turned and m de a wide ci cuit keeping m ch a r ,

as u

as pos ible in helter and t last joined them S h

s s a ,
a . e w as

w ild —looking cre t e her hair was in d i order ; her f ce

a ur : s a

bore signs of tear her clo the were torn in several pl ces
s s a ,

as if h had run reckle ly thro gh a thick wood S h

s e ss u . e

m ight have cried h c me ; but at pre ent her fl shed

as s e a s u

face h fierce eyes her tig htly compre sed lip and her
,
er ,
s s,

q ick breathing poke of pa sion r ther than grief

u ,
s s a .

W h t do you w nt with me ? R ubini a ked

“
a a
”
s .

I have come to k for venge nce the wo m an panted as a ,

”
.

Pr to h thi fternoon ho t my h sband and f what 2

a as s a s u or

M erely bec u e he said that if the band were not going

a s

to do anything he o ld return home That w all ;

,
w u . as
 A H AZ AR D O S E U X PE DIT I ON . 2 05

and Prato drew his pistol and shot him M y Antonio " .

I cannot bring him to life again but I can avenge him ,

.

S ignor the band of Prato the most mercile s and most

, ,
s

f mo s of
a ch ief lies b t five mile way ; I will lead
u ou r s, u s a

you to the pl ce but you m st s ear to m that you a ,

u w e

will how h i m no mercy If you take him pri oner he

s . s ,

will e cape judge in the island d re convict him

s : no a ,
no

j il
a ould d re keep his door hut I m st have h i
er w a s . u s

life blood ; u le you will wear thi I will not take you
-
n ss s s

to h i m As for the others I c re not b t I ho ld like

.
,
a ,
u s u

them all to be killed for they l ghed when Pr to shot ,

au a

my Antonio like a dog ; b t I bargain not for them D u . o

as you will with them but Prato m t d i I k ,

us e . as no

rewa d — I wo ld t to ch blood money ; I k only for

r u no u as

venge nce d in h
a excite m ent h fell on h knee
,
”
an er s e er s,

and waving h r m s bove her he d poured down a er a a a ,

string of m ledictions pon the brig nd chief a u a .

“
I pro mi e y th t he hall not be taken pri oner
‘

c an s ou a s s ,

R ubini id The vill in h com m itted a core of

sa .
“
a as s

mur d er ; b t h m ight e capes u e s .

”

H will figh t to the l t the wo m n aid ; h i a

‘

” “
e as a s e s
,

devil but he i no cow rd B t he o ld find it di ffic lt

,
s a . u w u u

to cape H i fire
es lit at th foot of
. d s s a re e a c r a cr ,
G
an

if y appro ch hi m on both ide d i front he m u t

ou a s s an n ,
s

fight ”

How m y m h h ? an en as e

Thi ty even co n ting hi msel f ignor ; b t y

r -
s ill ,
u ,
s u ou w

t ke them b y urpri
a d can hoot down m an y before
s se , an s

they fire a hotc an s .

”

\V h t do you think Z ippo ?a R ubini sked dr ing ,

”
a ,
aw

hi comr de two or thr e p ce

s a ide The m i e a s as .
“
an s on e

o f th m o t notorioe brig nd in the mo nt in There

s us a s u a s .

h as been big re rd ff red for h i m de d or live for

a wa o e ,
a a ,
2 06 OU T W T H GAR BALD I I I .

years past ; it would be a grand ser ice if we could v

destroy h i m and h i band and we ho ld earn the s ,

s u

gratit de of all the to w ns and village below there

u s .
”

“
Yes it wo ld be a grand exploit the sergeant s id
,
u ,
”
a

eagerly for us to accompli h what the Neapoli tan troop

,
“
s s

and carabinieri have long failed to do Per B h so . ac c o,

ti a gloriou stroke of luck

’ ”
s s .

That is what I think R bini said Then he went to ,

”
u .

the woman W are ready to aid you to avenge y o r

.
“
e u

h band he s id
us You know your way through the
,
”
a .
“

fore t in the d rk ?
s a

“
I kno it well Prato band h been i thi neigh
w .
’
s as n s

b h d for m onths pa t
ou r oo d I have been in here cores s ,
an s

of times to buy provi ion There are two or three paths s s .

by which y might go and I kno all of the m ; if y

ou ,
w ou

like you can carry a lantern until y are within half ou

a mile f th m The forest goes well nigh up to the

O e .
-

cliff
I will not start till nine o clock R bini said At ’
,
u .
“

th t time my men withdraw into the ch rch ; b t we can

a u u

move t b y the door of the vestry behind and no one

ou ,

in the vill ge w ill dream that y f have lef t the

a an o us

place W ill y be at th t door five minute after the

. ou a s

clock strike ? s

I wi ll be there the woman id fiercel y turning and

“
,
sa ,

s haking her fi t in the direction from which h had come

s s e .

As Fr nk strolling p the treet he met the two

a w as u s

friend for Z ippo s, a cou in of the capt in w as s a .

“
I have o m e very i m portant news to give y
s ou ,

P rcival R ubini id they met him ; but I won t tell

e ,
”
sa ,
as
’

y ou here for the people loitering

,
abo t might notice that u

I was talking erio ly and pect that so m ething out of

s us ,
sus

the way had occ rred L t walk down q ietly to the u . e us u

 A HAZ AR D O S E U X PE D IT I ON . 2 07

other end of the village and out of earshot of any of the '

ho se ; until we get there let us chat of other matter

u s s.

Your arm still goe on well ? s

It could not be be tter Five or six days of this

“
.

mount i n i h done me no end of good I have not

a a r as .

felt a single twi ge i my arm and I believe I could use n n ,

it for all ordinary purpo es with perf ct safety s n ow e .

”

Th t i a pretty little child i n t h if her face were

“
a s ,
s
’
s e,

but clean ? I sho ld doubt if it has ever been really u

washed I should certainl y y that her h ir h never

. sa a as

been combed There the little beggar know we

. : s a re

speaking of her D i d y how h cowled ? Sh h . ou see s e s e as

evidently picked p the pop lar se ti m ent concerning u u n us .

”

W hen fairly beyond the vill ge R bini told h i tory a u s s .

It will be plendi d he id W h y the c ptu e of

s ,
sa
“
,
a r

Prato wo ld cau e al m o t m ch ensation i S icily

u s s as u s n as

th etaking of Palermo " ”

“
Y it wo ld be grand thing Frank greed ; b t
e s, u a ,
a
“
u

are you q ite ure R bini that her story is a tr e one and
u s ,
u ,
u ,

not feint to draw you into an a m bu h ?

a s
”

I am perfectl y con i ced of the wo m n earne tne v n a

’
s s ss ,

Perciv l d would y h ve been h d y een her

a ,
an so ou a a ou s .

D y
O not gree with m Z ippo ?
ou a e,

Certainly I have t the slighte t do b t in my m ind

. no s u

as to th f ct th t she
e spe king th tr th
a a w as a e u .

W ll if you e both pe fectly ti fied F nk id

,
a re r sa s ,
”
ra sa ,

the e r be no do bt th t it wo ld be gre t ervic

c an u a u a a s e

to d t oy thi fellow b nd How m n y m d you

es r s
’
s a . a en o

pro po e to t ke with you

s a ? ”

“
I hould cert inl y t ke
s trong a forc po ible a a as s e as ss .

The e b ig nd are de perate fello

s r a hen corn red
s s ws w e .
”

“
\Ve ll there wo ld be no occa ion to le ve m n y m u s a a en

with me Fr nk id ; , y would no do
a bt get a y sa
“
as ou u w a
2 08 OU T I
W T H G AR BAL D I I .

unnoticed t would be upposed that the whole force is

,
I s

as u ual in the ch rch If you leave me fi good men

s u . ve

I hall be q ite ati fied d when y have g we will

s u s s ,
an ou e ne

barricade the door and could hold out sto tly for a long
s, u

time There i very little woodwork about the pl ce and

. s a ,

if we were driven into the belfry they could not b rn us u

out However it might be a wi e precaution if you were

.
,
s

to tell three or fo r of your men to buy a couple f loaves

u O

apiece and a ki n of wine ; it will be d k before they

s as us

go usual to the church steps they co ld bring the e

as ,
u s

with the m witho t being noticed u .

I will do as you sugge t Percival b t I really think s , ,

u

that y are carrying preca tion beyond what is ece ary

ou u n ss .

It will not be an expen ive preca tion Frank replied s u ,

”
,

with sm ile a .

Then you think five men would be sufficient ? R ubini

“

a ked
s .

S far I m co cerned I do not

o as why you ho ld
a n ,
see s u

not take them all I ord er d to a ume the comm nd

. w as e ss a

of y men left here b t th t did not imply th t your

an ,
u a a

force al ys to b broken p c rt inly I m willing to

w as wa e u e a a

rem in here by m y elf I would infinitely r ther go with

a s . a

y but a n ight m rch thro gh dark fore t would be

ou , a u a s

more serio for me th n going into pitched battle for if

us a a ,

I were to trip and fall I ho ld certainly ma h my arm ,

s u s s

again I do not why you should leave y here five men

. see an :

or even ten w ould be of no gre t and for a b in a u se , us ess

like yo r every mu ket m y be of advant ge I hall

u s s a a . s

certainly feel very nxiou abo t you while you are awaya s u .

I can q ite believe that as you say the woman was

u , ,

perfectly in earne t ; b t when h w mis d from that s u s e as se

ca m p fter the m rder f her h band the s picion that

,
a u O us ,
us

sh h d co m e h ere to tell
e a where they were enca m ped us
 A H AZ AR D O S E U XP II
E D T ON . 2 09

might very w ell occur to them and y might find them ou

vigil ant and prepared for you .

That may be so R bini agreed W ell the the

,
”
u .
,
n , as

villager here will not kno w that we have left ntil we

s u

are back again I think I will take forty fi men and

,
-
ve

leave y with fi ou Y shall pick the men ve . ou .

”

“
I sho ld like to have S arto and M affio if you can
u ,

sp re them ; as to the other three I leave it to you

a

entirely .
”

; you can have those two They are bot h

“
Y es .

thoro ghly good m

u well as good fellow ; as for the
e n , as s

other I will pick you t three of the be t of tho e who

s, ou s s

la t joined
s I sho ld like us many of the ld hands
. u as O

with me possible for I kno that they will keep

as ,
w

their heads whatever happen ,

s .
”

It was not until the men were all ga thered ro nd u

the church door as usual th t R bini told them of the

, ,
a u

expedition on which they were bout to start The new a . s

excited genera l tisfaction Th re had been little doing

sa . e

since Palermo was taken and the old hand were ll ,

s a

eager for the fr y w hile tho e who had more recently a ,

s

joined b rned to show that they were worthy to be

u

comrade of G rib ldi fir t followers

s a a
’
s s .

At nine o clock ll c me into the church as u u l d

’
a a s a ,
an

ten min te l ter the d t ch m ent with the excep tion of

u s a e a ,

Fr nk little co m m nd moved ilentl y t through the

a
’
s a , s ou

ve try door
s .

S o to t y behind with you S rto id

we a re s a a sa ,
as

he and M fii joined Frank who h d taken e t and

a o ,
a a s a

w as thinking ov r th cour e th t ho ld be pur ed ife e s a s u su

R b i i enterpri e t rned t badly R bini said th t “

’
u n s s u ou . u a

ou
y specially a ked f which no do bt compli
s or us , w as u a

ment b t one which if you don t mind our yi g we

,
u ,
’
sa n so ,

( 516 75 ) 0
210 OU T W I T H GAR BAL D I I .

would gladly have di pensed with It will be a nuisance s .

i ndeed watching here all night while the others are ,

engaged in a business q ite after own heart u ou r .

”

“
I was sure that you would feel rather annoyed ,

Frank said ; but I h ld not have liked to be here

“
s cu

without at lea t two men on whom I know I can rely

s

to the last .

B t what can there be for

u to do ? S rto asked us
”
a ,

in ome surprise t the tone in which Frank spoke

s a .

“
I don t know ; that is ju t what I don t know S arto
’
s
’

, .

I acknowledge that I by no me ns like this expedition a .

R ubini and Z ippo are both cert in th t this woman is a a

acting in perfect good faith I did not see her and .

,

therefore I can only take their opinion but she may have ,

been o ly acting You know how pa sionate the e wome

n . s s n

are ; and it see m s to me possible that thinki ng what she ,

would have d one had her h sband been shot by Prato u ,

she might have worked her elf up into s ch a stat that s u e

no one could doubt the reality of her story Of cour e . s ,

I do not say that it — I onl

y y that it was possible
w as s o sa .

In the next place even if her tory is perfectly true she

,
s ,

m y have been een to leave the camp or if she passed

a s t , , ou

unobserved by y of the m her absence wo ld be noticed

an ,
u ,

and h might be followed and her interview with R ubini

s e

ob erved ; and in that case the band may either have

s

moved away when they got the new or w hat is more s, ,

lik ely be prepared to ttack R b i i column on its

,
a u n
’
s

way I mentioned the po ibility t R ubini that the

. ss o

woman s ab ence might have been noti ed and the band

’
s c

be unea y in consequence and on the look out ; and

s ,
-

although it in no way shook his determination to take

advantage of her ffer he would I am u e take every O , ,
s r ,

precaution i his power S till there is no sayi ng how

n .
,
 A H AZ AR D O S E U X PE D I TION . 2 11

thi ngs will turn out It may be that if the brigands .

,

anticipate an attack they m y b y thi ti m e have sent ,

a s

to another party to tell them that the greater part of our

detachment will be a ay and invi te them to come and w ,

fini h with the men lef t here while they themselve tackle
s ,
s

tho e who have gone t against them

s ou .

It certainly look po ible i the way y put it

“
s ss n ou ,

M tfia aid though I hope it may not turn out

o s ,
“

so However I see that we shall at any rate have

.
, , ,

something to think about W hile they away S that a re . O

is what that bread and wine y brought i was for ? ou n

R bini asked
u and two other to bring in a co ple
u s, s, u

of loave each d the other to bring in skin of wine ;

s ,
an a

of course we tho ght that it was for the

,
of the u u se

expedition .

“
I a ked him to do so M ffi He rather la ghed
s ,
a o . u

at the ide but it eemed to me po sible that they m ight

a, s s

be of use here while he away d at any rate I wi ll

“

w as an

guarantee that the food h all not be wa ted s s .

”

Si x of including yourself co ld not hold thi ch rch

us, ,
u s u

long ? ”

“
Not again t a gre t e ffort B t even if they should
s a . u

take adv ntage of the ab ence of part of our force to

a s

attack they wo ld not know how trong a p rty

us, u s a

h d been left behind and wo ld be ca tio

a for a bit ; ,
u u us

b t I do not
u ppo e th t hould be able to re i t
su s a w e s s s

a deter m ined on l ght I tho ght that we might t ke s au . u a

to the tower we could hold that for ho r : u s .

”

Y ; we co ld do th t
es S rto said confidentlyu a ,
a .

W ell I don t at all

, ppose th t we are going to be
’
su a

d isturbed b t it i , ati f ction to feel that we are not

u s a s s a

altogether t of the a ffai ou r .

”

A usual a doze candle had b en lighted in di fferent

s
, n s e
212 OU T I
W T H GAR BAL D I I .

parts of the church as soon as it was dark The three .

Genoe e who had joined the comp ny after the capt re

s ,
a u

of Palermo looked ulky and downca t at being left

,
s s

behin d d Frank c lled to them

,
an a .

I have no do bt that you are di appointed gentlemen u s , ,

he said ; but you should really take it a compliment

“
as .

I ked Captain R ubini to leave me in addition to my two

as ,

friend here the three be t men he could pick t from

s ,
s ou

tho e who had not formed part of the origin l force and
s a ,

I have no do bt th at he has done so I may tell you that

u .

I consider it po ible I do not y probable that we may

ss ,
sa ,

be attacked and we will fir t see w hat tep sho ld be

,
s s s u

taken in th t cas I have not been up to the tower

a e .

have any of you ? ”

None of them had mounted there .

Then let us investigate he id ,

”
sa .

The ca m panile tood at the north west corner of the s -

ch rch ; it h d
u exterior door and nother opening
a an ,
a

into the church Taking a co ple of candle they entered

. u s,

b y the latter and mo nted a stone tairca e le ding to

,
u s s a

th lower story of the tower ; beyond this a wooden stair

e

c e led to the ro gh wooden floor nder the bel ls and

as u u
,

a nother to the fl t terrace above a .

The fir t thing to do Fr nk aid i to block up

“
s ,
”
a s ,
“
s

the o tside door ; at any rate let us have a look at i t

u , .

It was ro ghly made b t very trong The door is w ll

u ,
u s .
“
e

eno gh but I doubt whe ther thi lock would not give
u ,
s

under heavy blows .

”

W might pile chairs beh ind it S arto uggested

“
e ,
s .

I would rather not do th t if we can help it a , ,

Frank replied They may burn the door down and the
.
“
,

le com b tibles there are the better ; however i f we n

ss us ,
ca

find o thing else we m t

n them ,
us u se .
”
 A H A Z AR D O S U E X P E D T ON II . 213

Nothing co ld be fo nd d Frank then said I think

u u ,
an ,

that we can manage with one chair .

”

The others looked p zzled u .

W will cut up the legs

e d back i to i inc h piece an n s x- s,

sh rpen them into wedge and drive them in all ro nd

a s, u

the door I think that wo ld with tand any ba ttering

: u s

until the door it elf plintered s s .

They ll fell to work at once and in a quarter of an

a ,

ho r a core of wedge were driven in

u s s .

Now we will do the ame at the bottom of the ch rc h s u

door it elf and put in a few high we can reac h on

s ,
as as

each ide that will detain the m ome time before it yield
s s s .
”

\Vhen th i s done S arto aid W ha t next ’

w as ,
s , ,

Pe civalr

The only other thing to be done in the y f defence wa O

i to c rry all the ch ir up t i

s a to the fir t to y of the a s s a rs s s r

tower to make a b rric de there M fii re m ark d

,
a a ,
a o e .

Yes we might make a barricade of the m half y

,
wa

u
p the stairs but my main obj ct i to get rid of
,
e s

them here If they fo nd they could not to m the stair

. u s r s,

they might p ile all the ch ir in the middle of the ch rch a s u

and t the m on fi — they

se th onl y thing th t will re are e s a

b rn ; and l though the fla m e would c rcely mo nt to

u a s s a u

the roof spark wo ld fly p and there i re to be

,
s u u ,
as s su

a lot of d t and oot on the be ms there which might

us s a ,

catch fire we hould be b rnt t,

s u ou .
”

W ell at
“
y rate there will be
, g eat tro ble in
an no r u

doing th t S r to id ; tho gh I ho ld h rdl y think

a ,
”
a sa
“
u s u a

th t they wo ld at te m pt to b rn the ch rch down

a u The u u .

brigand have no re pect f life b t they

s not wi tho t s or ,
u a re u

their per ti tion

su d might be f id t b n a ch rch
s s, an a ra o ur u ,

tho gh th y ould cut half dozen thro t witho t a

u e w a a s u

scr ple u .
214 OUT W T H GAR BALD I I I .

Yes ; but a portion of the band are no doubt composed

of revol tionists from the mainland —fellows who have no
u

scruples of any sort and who as the men of the same , ,

k ind did in Paris eventy years ago would desecrate a

s ,

c hurch in every conceivable manner for as a rule they , , ,

hate religion as they hate authority .

The chai rs were accordi gly carried up and stowed on the n

wooden floor beneath the bells .

Now Frank aid I sho ld like to

“
,
”
s how th i s,
“
u see

ladder is fastened and if we can move it ,

.
”

This however they found would be well nigh impo sible

, ,
-
s .

It w over thirty feet from the stone floor to the next

as

story while that in which the bells hung was b t some

,
u

twenty feet The ladder was very solid and heavy and
.
,

as only two could get at it from above it could not be ,

lifted up that way .

W can manage it Frank said after thinking for a

“
e , ,

minute W can pull the bell ropes up thro gh their

.
“
e u

holes and fasten them o m ewhere abo e the mi ddle

,
s v

of the ladder ; then with three of pulling on each we ,

us ,

co l d cert inly raise it witho t much d iffic lty W should

u a u u . e

no t have to pull it very high — ix feet would be ample s .

If they w nt to smoke us t they must bring wood

a ou ,

from outside which will not be easy to do under

,
fire ou r .

N w we w i ll l eave one on watch above

o He shall be .

relieved every hour D y take the first watch Pedro

. o ou ,
.

If y hear any stir in the ill ge below co m e down and

ou v a ,

tell us at once ; but above all l i ten for distant firing , ,

s .

It is five miles to the pot where the bandits are but on s ,

a still night like thi it wo ld certainly be heard here s u .

”

He and the other four men then descended to the

fir t floor Here those who were to take the next turn
s .

Of d ty said
u If you do not wa t us further captain
,
n , ,
 U
HAZ AR D O S E X PE D IT I ON . 215

we wi ll i t here and light our pipes if you have no

s ,

objection .
”

N objection at all I don t think that I should like

’
O .

to smoke m y elf in the church below but that is a matter

s ,

of pinion ; but certainly no one could b ject to its being

O O

done in thi detached tower

s .
”

Then with S arto and M a ff o he went do w n into the

,
i ,

church .
 CHAPTE R X II .

AN AM BU SC ADE .

other will have the laugh at us when they come

HE s

back S arto aid ,

”
s .

That will in no way tro ble me Frank id It u ,

sa .
“

has given us a co ple f ho rs work and it has pa d

u O u
’
,
sse

the time away If all h gone well we shall b the

. as ,
e ar

firing very oon ; we may be sure that they won t be able

s
’

to go fast thro gh th wood especially as they wil l have

u e ,

to be careful not to make any noi e Of course it i all s .

,
s

u p hill too and will be as dark

,
pitch under the tree ; as s

they will have almo t to cra w l along the la t mile Is s .

should t be surprised if i t were another ho r before

no u

they are in position to attack And now that we . a re

prep red to repel any attack pon

a and to hold out u us, ,

if necessary for three days or even m ore on the provi ions

, s

we have got we o ght to con ider nother alternative

,
u s a .
”

W hat other altern tive can there be M a th o asked

a .

L t e suppo e — and it is as well to suppo e the

us s s

wor t— that R bini f ll into an ambush It makes

s u a s . no

d i ffere ce whether the wo m an lead him into one or whether

n s ,

sh e h been trapped and the ambu h laid without her

as s

knowledge S ppo e that they are ambu hed and that

. u s s

none of them get back here ? ”

An exclamation broke from the other s .

I said that we will suppose the wor t Frank went s

,
 AN A M B S C A D E U . 217

on Thi man Prato h i an old hand t uch matter

.
" s ,
w o s a s s,

wo ld not i m probably if he expected that R bini wo ld

u ,
u u

come to a ttack h im hav at once ent off to another ,

e s

band or to m who sometimes act with him and in tead

,
en ,
s

of their meeting thirty eight men they m y m eet ixty -

,
a s .

In that ca e we might calculate that a third of R b i i

s u n
’
s

force wo ld fall at the first olley ; there they would be

u v

i nth fo e t without a guide in the dark s rrounded

e r s , , ,
u

b y t ice their n mber of men well acquainted with the

w u

place and cc stomed to traver ing it at night N w I k

,
a u s . o as

y oufrankly do you think th t man y of them or indeed

,
a , , ,

any of them wo ld be likely to get back here ? They

,
u

might not all be killed ; o m e might hide in the wood s s,

and make their w y down the mo ntain to morrow b t a u -

,
u

the chance of any of them returning here eem to me s s

to be small ind ed i f thing t rn t I have been e ,

s u ou as

saying .
”

B t y don t think y can t think Perciv l

u ou
’

,
ou
’
,
a

S a rto aid in a tone of horror

s ,
.

I don t say that I think S arto I onl y y that it

’
so, . sa

s eems to me to be pos ible ; and ituated we are it is s , S as ,

al y as well to
wa s what if even the mo t unlikely thi g se e ,
s n

take place could be done L t us suppo e that the

s ,
. e s

detach m ent has been t to pieces what is our look out cu : -

here ? W can defend the pl ce or rather we can defend

e a ,

our elve for three or four d ys ; b t what wo ld be the

s s, a u u

benefit of that ? I f the news got down to Bronte i t wo ld ,

u

be nece ry to end two or three companie up here to

ss a s s

re c e s u If i very prob ble no news got down there

us .
,
as s a , ,

we ho ld have to surrender ; and we know what that

s u

wo ld mean e pecially
u redly we hould h ve
,
s as , as s u ,
s a

killed a good man y of the brigands in the co r e of the u s

f gh ti g
i Thu then nothi g would be g ined by our
n . s, ,
n a
218 OUT W I TH GAR BALD I I .

resistance I was appointed to command that portion

.

of troop left here in case of R bini going away in

s ,
u

pursuit of brigands with the rest I d not suppo e that . o s

it was ever contemplated that only five men would

be left behind stil l that does not alter the case The
, .

idea was that the illage mig h t be attacked during the

,
v

absence of part f the force and that tho e here should

O ,
s

maintain them elves until R ubini ret r ed B t in the

s u n . u

event of s ch a disaster as we are upposing so far from

u s ,

there being any advantage in holding this church it would ,

be a serious disadvantage ; for we hould risk our lives S

without y point whatever in

an doing so o ur .

“
That is certainly true ; but in that case why hould ,
s

we have made these preparations for defence ? ”

“
S imply because we hope and have every reason to ,

hope that R u bini will return and we are prepared to hold

, ,

out until he does so B t once assured that the detachment

. u ,

will not come back the whole matter is changed

,
.
”

B t h w are we to be as red
u o su

Ah "that is a very di fficult question to answer As .

long there is the slightest po sibili ty of any part

as s ,

however small of the detachment ret rni g we are bound

,
u n ,

to hold on here B t when can we feel certain that this

. u ,

will not be the case duty would be to consult our own

,
our

safety by retreating if possible to Bronte .

”

At thi moment the sentry on the campanile ran in

s .

I heard a sudden outburst of fi ing Captain Percival r , ,

and it is continuing .
”

Followed by all the other Frank ran up to the top of s,

the tower There was no doubt that a to gh fight was

. u

goi g on the reports f the mu kets came in quick

n : O s

succession ; sometimes there wo ld be a short pause and u ,

then half a dozen shots would ring out close together .

 AN AMB S CAD E U . 219

For three or four mi nutes not a word was spoken then ,

as the reports became less frequent S arto exclaimed It , ,

is nearly over R ubini has done his work : .

”

Frank was silent and S arto added D y not think , ,

o ou

so Percival ?
,
”

I hope Frank replied but I am very much

s o, ,
“

afraid that it is not so Had R bini taken the brigands . u

completely by rprise there would have been one crashing

su ,

volley then he wo ld have rushed in with the bayonet

,
u ,

and it would have been all over in two minutes Some .

of the brigands might have escaped but there can have ,

been no p rsuit for in the darkness in the fore t there

u ,
s

would have been no chance W hatever of overtaking men

perfectly familiar with it No I think that they have .
,

f iled i taking them by s rprise and if they di d fail

a n u ,

to do so the brigands wo ld either have moved ff in which

,
u o ,

case there would have been no fight at all or have laid ,

an ambush for our party which would account for the ,

heavy firing we have heard W hether the ambush was .

successful or whether R ubini has beaten his assailants

,

off is uncertain
,
.

The others saw the ju tnes of his reasoning and s s ,

re

mained silent An occasional shot was still heard

. .

W hat do y
“
think that means ? M affio asked— for
ou
”

both he and S arto were beginning to feel a profound respect

for the pinion f their companion
O O .

It means of co rse that one party or the other is

“
,
u ,

p rsuing f gitives and I am afraid that it is a bad ign

u u ,
S ,

for as I have ju t said our men would hardly try and

,
s ,

cha e these brigands through the wood they know very

s

well .
”

They waited another five minutes S till shots were .

occa ionally heard

s .
220 OUT W I TH G AR BALD I I .

The conviction that Frank wor t anticip tion had been ’

s s a s

but too rely veri fied forced itself pon the others
su ,
u .

W ill y stay here a short ti m e longer ? Frank aid

ou
”
s

to the other I will go dow into the church I ho ld

s n . s u

like to think over quietly what we had be t do s .

He walked p and down the ch rch It was a tre

u u .

mendon respon ibility for a lad not yet seventeen to bear

s s .

S ome of R b i i party had e caped and might be m king

’
u n s s ,
a

their way back in hopes of finding helter and afety s s .

W hat Wo ld be their feelings if they arrived and found the

u

p rty gone O the other hand defend them elves as well

a n ,
s

as they might six men must finally uccu m b before a

,
s

determined attack b y a large party of fii ex lting over ru an s u

their victory and th irsting for co m plete engeance B t v . u

by the tim e his co m panions returned from above he had

made p h i mind to the plan that had be t be adopted
u s as s .

W will take a middle cour e he said

“
e W wil l s , . e

leave the ch rch and conceal ourselve within a hort

u ,
s s

dista ce of the door into th vestry O of us m t hide

n e . ne us

clo e to it
s th t if any of our comr des come p and
,
so a a u

knock at the door for admis ion he can bring them to s ,

us .

W can then learn what h

e happened If even eight as .

or ten have e caped we will return to the church and

s ,

hold it ; if only one or two we will when the brigand , ,

s

arrive and there i no chance of others coming tart s ,

s

for Bronte .

That is a capital plan S arto exclaimed ; and a m rmur

“
,
u

from the other howed that they too warmly approved

s s .

There is no hurry Fra k went on

“
W w ill eat ,
n .
“
e

a good meal before we start then there will be no occasion ,

to burden ourselves with provi ions Before leaving we s .

,

will light fresh candles there are four or five pound in : s

the e try W will leave four alight in each floor of the

v s . e
 AN AMB S CA D E U . 22 1

tower and the re t in different part of the ch rch

,
s s u ,
so

that when the brig nds do arrive they will think that
,
a ,

we are watchf l and well prepared for them It i not u . s

likely they will know exactly wh t trength R bini had a s u

with him but il l thi k that we have at least ten or

,
w n

t elve men ith

w and will be sure to he itate a little
w u s, s

before they make an attack They will take ome little . s

time to bur t in the great door ; and even the door of the
s s

e try is strong eno gh to bear a good deal of batt ring

v s u e

before they break th t in so that we hall get a good long a ,

s

start of them Of cour e they m y pursue but we can

. s a ,

keep on the road for the first half mile and then turn -
,

ff and make our way through the forest W can t go ’

O . e

very far wrong it i alw ys a de cent ; be ide for

,
as s a s s s,

aught they w ill know we m y h ve been gone a couple ,

a a

of hour b efore they get here I think in that w y we

s . a

shall have done our d ty to our comrade and at the same u s,

time ecured s own s fety for we h ve no right to throw

ou r a ,
a

away live whe we can till do so m e work for Italy

ou r s n s .
”

It co ld not be better M a th o said

“
u In that w y ,
”
.
“
a

we sh ll have the consolation of knowi ng that none of our

a

friend who have been wounded have dragged themselves

s, ,

here after we had left only to find that they were de erted s

while on the other hand it does away with the neces ity s

of our throwing away our live altogether useles ly I s s .

revert to my former ide Percival If ever I have son a, . s,

I will e d them to one of your great school in E ngland

s n s .

It i clear th t the life there and your ro gh ga m s m ke

s a u e a

men of y ou .

They first t down and ate a hearty meal of bread and

sa

wine and then fre h c ndles were lighted and placed

,
s a as

Fr nk had directed Then they left the church locki g

a .
,
n

the ve try door behind them S arto l y down behi nd a

s . a
222 I
OU T W T H GAR BALD I I .

tombstone ten yards from the door and the others to k , o

their places behind the l w wall that ran round the church o

yard After waiting hour Frank returned to S arto

. an .

“
I am going b said to conceal m y elf at the
,
”
e ,
“
s

end of the vil lage close enough to the road to hear

,

an ythi ng that is said by people coming along If I .

,
as

hope they may be ome of our men I will join them

,
s ,

and bring them on here if not I will make my way here ,

at once and will give a low whistle D irectly you hear

, .

me re tire and join

,
It will give a f mi nute extra
us . us ew s
’

time for you may be sure that when they

,
the church se e

li ghted up those who first arrive will wait for the rest
,

before running the risk of a shot fro m the tower W hen .

all are gathered no doubt there will be a good deal of talk

as to how they had b t attack it es .
”

Leavi ng S arto Frank m de his way through the

,
a

gardens until he arrived at the end of the village and then ,

sat down behind a low wall close to the road In half ,

.

an ho r he heard footstep and judged that ix or eight

u s, s

men were coming from the fore t s .

“
There i no doubt they are on the watch there one
s ,

of them said ; the w indow in the tower are lit p —

“
s u ,
w e

S hall have so m e work to do before we finish with them .

They fought bravely — I wi ll say that for them ; and

although half thei r n mber fell at our fir t volley they u s ,

k illed eight or ten of men and wo nded as many more

ou r ,
u ,

b efore when there were only about half a dozen of them

,

left they broke thro gh and ran It was lucky that

,
u us .

Phillip band arrived in time for notwith tanding the

’
o s ,
s

surpri e I doubt whether we sho ld have beaten them

s ,
u ,

had we been alone It was a good thought of Prato to

.

send young Vico to follow that woman and that h e ,

saw her talking to the o fficer .

 AN AMBU S OAD E . 223

Frank could hear no more but rising q i etly he retraced ,

u ,

hi steps at a run and as soon as he joined his companio s

s ,
n

gave a low whi tle which in a minute bro ght S arto to

s ,
u

his side .

It is as I feared he said they laid an ambush for

“
,
:
“

R ubini and shot down half his men at once ; the re t kept
,
s

together and fo ght till ll but i x or even were killed and

u a s s ,

these burst thro gh them and took to fl ight and I am afraid

u

that th shots we heard told that some even of these

e se

were overtaken and killed Now let be going there were . us

only about eight men in the party who fir t came along s ,

and we may be sure that nothing will be attempted until

the rest arrive The m had noticed . lights in the en ou r

tower and evidently expected that we sho ld ell our lives

,
u s

dearly ; at any r te we can calculate pon at le st half

a ,
u a

an ho r before they break into the church and find that

u

we h ave left .
”

They were obliged to go cautiously before they gained

the road beyond the i llage and then they broke into a v ,

trot .

Half an hour will mean something li ke fo r mile u s,

Frank aid and it i not likel y that they can run m ch

s as s u

faster than we are going may afely calculate that they ,

we s

will not overt ke us for over an ho r after they do tart

a u s ,

and b y that time we shall be well within fi miles of ve

Bronte Indeed with the lope in our favo r I am not

.
,
s u ,

su re that we m y not calc late pon reaching the town

a u u

itself ; they certainly ought not to be able to run fifteen

mil es whil e we are running eleven .
”

If the y do we should de erve to be caught M fii said s ,

a
’
o
“
but I should thi nk that they would not follow us far ,

as for anything they

,
tell we may have left the ch rch ca n ,
u

a couple f ho rs ago O u .
”
224 OUT W I TH GAR BALD I I .

There were f w words spoken as they ran tea di ly along

e s .

The thought of the laughter of so many f thei friends s O r

oppre ed them all and the fact that they had per onal ly
ss ,
s

e c ped w at pre ent a small consolation Frank

s a as , s , .

h d not b een long enough with the company to m ke

a a

the acq aintance f m ny of the men but he felt

u O a ,

the loss of R bini extremely At Genoa during the

u .
,

voy ge and on the march to Palermo they had been

a , ,

con tantly together d the older man h d treated him

s ,
an a

with much cordiality and kindne

as if he h d been ss as a

a young brother Frank regretted that he had

. now

not even more strongly urged his doubt as to the ex s

p die y of the expedition though he felt that even had

e nc , ,

he done so his remonstrances would have been navail ing

,
u ,

so convinced were R ubini and Z ippo of the sincerity

and good faith of the woman As it eemed in this . s ,

respect they had been right and he h d not pressed more ,

a

strongly upon them the probability of her being followed

when she left the brigand after the m rder of her s u

husband It was so natural a th ing that this sho ld be

. u

so that he wondered it had not truck him at once Had

,
s .

he urged the point R ubini might have listened to him , ,

and his fatal expedition might not have taken place .

It eemed to him a h eartbreaking ffair and he ran he

s a ,
as

wiped away more than one tear th t ran d own h i cheeks a s .

After keepi g on at the same speed for three or fou

n r

mil es Frank heard by the hard breathing of h i com

, ,
s

panions that their powers were failing ; he himself w

,
as

running quite ea ily h i chool training being of goods ,

s s

service to hi m and after the long runs at hare and

,

hounds acro co ntry fo r mile dow n hill was a trifle

ss u ,
u s

to him He h d too the advantage of not having to

. a , ,

c arry a musket and am munition .

 AN AMB S C AD E U . 225

better walk for a few hundred yard and

W e h ad s

get our breath g in he aid And the order was a a ,

”
s .

thankfully obeyed .

Are y ready to trot on ? he asked five minutes

“
ou
”
,

later ; and on a general ssent being given they again a ,

broke into a run .

The more he thought of it the more persuaded Frank ,

was that no pur uit would be set on foot D oubtless the

s .
,

fir t tep of the brigands would be to urround the church

s s s ,

and to place strong p rties at both doors ; they wo ld a u

therefore know that the church must have been deserted

for at lea t half an ho r before they obtained an entry
s u ,

while po sibly it might have been two or thr e hour

s e s

before so on findi g the place em pty their impul e would

n s

be to go to the wine hops and cel ebrate their victory -

s ,

rather than to t rt upon a p rsuit which o ffered mall

s a u s

pro pect indeed of success E very few minutes they

s s .

ha lted for mo m ent to listen for the sound f p rsuing

a O u

feet but everyth i ng was till and quiet ; and so confident

,
s

did they become as to their fety that the last three or sa ,

four m ile down into Bronte were performed at a walk

s .

I m st go and report to Bixio Frank said as they

“
u ,
”
,

entered the town You h d better find a shelter ome

.
“
a s

where .

There is no occ ion for that M affio replied

“
The
as ,
.
“

sky h been getting lighter for ome little time d

as s ,
an

it must be nearly fi clock It was past two when ve O

’
.

’
vve s ta r te d f

I will wait for nother half hour Frank aid before

“
a -
,
s ,
“

I rou e Bixi o ; he is lway out by six and bad news

‘

s a s ,

will keep .

S hortly before that hour he w ent to the general s

’

quarter The hou e s .alre dy astir s w as a .

( m 6 75 )
226 OUT W I TH G AR BAL D I I .

The general will be down in a few minutes captain , ,

an orderly id I called him a q arter of an hour ago

sa .
“
u .

In two or three min te Bixi o c m e down u s a .

“
H ve you any new ? h asked hastily when he saw
a s
”
e ,

Frank who e downcast face str ck him at once

,
s u .

Yes general and very bad new

,
s .

Come in here Bixi o aid pening the door of a ,

”
s ,
O

sitting room
-
N w w hat i it ?
.
“
o ,
s
”

“
I grieve to have to report sir that I have arrived , ,

here with only S arto M fli d three other men of the ,

a o, an

det chment and that I fear Captain R bini and the

a ,
u

whole of th re t of the men have been killed

e s .
”

Bixio started All killed " he repea ted almost i

.
“ ”
,
n

cred lo ly
u usI trust that y are m istaken W hat has
.
“
ou .

happened ?
Frank briefly related the circumsta ce n s .

This i sad indeed— terrible the general aid when

s ,
”
s ,

he had brought his story to a concl ion R b i i loss is us . u n

’
s

a grievous one ; h a good fficer d w greatly e w as O ,

an as

liked and tr sted by us all ; there were good men too

u , ,

among his com pany He had fifteen men of the thou and . s

among them And you say this woman did not betray
.

them
“
No ; the men I overheard distinctly aid that she was ,
s

a traitress and soon as h w mi sed b y them she

,
as s e as s

was followed and her meeting with the o fficer bserved

,
O .
”

“
B t what took you out beyond the village Captain
u ,

Perciv l ? You have told me the m ain facts f this most

a -o

unfortunate expedition please give m the full detail of : e s

w hat you did after they had left and how you ame ,
c

to escape .
”

I felt unea y from the first Frank saids D irectly , .

“

R ubini told me about the woman I suggested that h ,

s e
 AN AMB S CADE U . 227

mi ght be merely acting a part in order to lead them into ,

an a m b scade ; b t both R bini and Z ippo who was with

u u u ,

him when he met her were absol tely convinced of her ,

u

good faith .

“
I al o suggested that even if they were right the
s , ,

woman might pos ibly have been followed Her d i p s . sa

pe ara n c eafter the murder of h husband would be er

al m o t certain to excite s spicion that she intended to

s u

avenge her elf by bringing our detachment down upon

s

them I communicated thi spicion to Sarto and M th o

. s su a ,

and we at once set to work to make the ch rch defensible u .

”

He then related in detail the mea res they had taken su

,

and how he became convinced by the o nd of the di tant ,

s u s

conflict that R ubini and h i p rty h d fallen into the

,
s a a

amb cade and been de tr oyed

us s .

For some time I co ld not make up my mind what

“
u

course to adopt i we might have defended the tower

,
s r :

for two or three da y ; but it was b y no mean certain s s

in fact it was very improbable — that anything f what

,
o

was going on would reach yo r e rs O the other hand u a . n ,

I co ld not withdraw my little party as even if my wor t

u , ,
s

s spicions were correct som e of R b i i men might have

u ,
u n
’
s

escaped and mi ght make their w ay back to the church .

”

He then proceeded to explain the plan he had adopted ,

and how it had been carried out I do not know .

“

whether I have acted rightly he concluded It was , .

“

a terrible re ponsibility but I s only y that I ,

c an sa

cons lted wit S a to and M fli who have had far more

u h r a o,

experience th n I and that they both approved of m y

a ,

plan I hope general you do not think that I was

.
, ,

wrong .

Certainly not — certainly not Your position w a

“
. , as

most di fficult one and yo r preparation for defence were

,
u s
228 OUT W I T H G AR BALD I I .

excellent ; the alternatives that you had to choose b e

tween when you became con inced that R ubini had been v

defeated were eq ally painf l If you tayed and defended

u u . s

the place I m y almo t say you wo ld h ve thrown away

,
a s u a

the live of yo r elf and the five men with you If you
s u s .

went any wounded men traggling back from the fore t

,
s s

wo ld have fo nd neither friend nor refuge The middle

u u s .

cour e y adopted w
s ou dmirable You wo ld at once as a . u

h ve aved y poor fellow who might arrive while you

a s an s ,

en red the safety of yo r little party By ill m inating

su u . u

the ch rch you secured for your elf a long tart ; and
u s s

b y going t so as to overhear the conversatio

ou f the n O

fir t party of brigand who entered the village y were

s s ,
ou

able to a s re yo r elf that it was useless staying longer

s u u s

in hope of y survivor of the expedi tion comi g in

s an s n .

I have recei ed a me sage from Garibaldi ordering me

v s ,

to move to T ormina on the coa t He has defeated

a ,
se a - s .

Bo co at M ilazzo ; and the Neapolitan general

s d his an

troop have been permi tted to take ship for N pl s

s a e .

He aid that if I had t concluded my work here I

s no

could rem in for another week it wo ld probably be a

a ,
as u

con iderable ti m e before the prep ration made for invadi ng

s a s

C l bria were completed I was intending to send ff

a a . o

some me senger thi morning to recall all the outlying

s s s

det ch m e t That I hall do till ; b t I hall cert inly

a n s . s s u s a

rem in here three four d y lo ger in the T m that

a or a s n ,
o

som e of R b i i party may ha e e caped If I thought

u n
’
s v s .

there was the m lle t chance of laying hands on thi

s a s s

scoundrel Prato and hi band I would march wi th a couple s ,

of hundred men into the mountains B t we may be . u

sure that he did t top more th n an ho r or two at no s a u

the illage fter he learned that your party had escaped

v ,
a

and by to morrow morning they may be fifty miles away

-
,
 AN A MB S CAD E U . 2 29

on the other side of E tna However as oon as our ff ir .

,
s a a

is ove I hall urge upon G ribaldi the nece ity for

r, s a ss

sending a trong force into the mo ntain to p t down

s u s u

brigandage and e pecially to d e troy Pr to s band

,
s s a
’
.

The di saster that had befallen R b i i col m n c t a u n

’
s u as

gre t gloom over the brig de not a man but wo uld gl dly
a a : a

have undergone any amo nt of fatigue to avenge h i u s

comrade ; but all felt the impo sibi lity of earching the
s s s

g eat tract of forest which extended over the larger part

r

of the slopes f E tna Bixio however deter m ined to

O .
,

send off a trong party to find and bury the dead and
s ,

two hours later a detachment a hundred trong left s

Bronte Their order were to attack the brigands if they

. s

found them in the village ; if they had left ho ever they ,

w ,

were not to pur e Th y were to leep there d in the

su . e s ,
an

morning to compel two or three of t he villagers to g ide u

the m to the scene of conflict where they were to find ,

and bury the dead E very preca tion was to be bserved

. u O ,

although it was regarded certain that the briga d as n s

would not have remained so near the vill ge b t would a ,

u

only stop there a f w hour and then place as great a e s,

distance as pos ible bet een it and thems w .

Frank h d offered to accompany the party but Bixio

a ,

refu ed to allo w him to do so

s .

You have had a sleeple s night and the anxiety

“
s ,

you have uffered is q ite suff cient excitement for a

s u i

convalescent You could do no good by going there and

.
,

had be t lie down and take a f hour leep

s ew s
’
s .

Before the party t r ted Frank a ked the captain in s a s

command to if his hor e had been carried ff It

see s O .
“
w as

in a hed adjoining the prie t s hou e he aid ; and it

s s
’
s ,
”
s
“

may still be there The brigand would not be likely to

. s

make many inq i ries ; and when they discovered that we

u
2 30 ou r W I T H G AR BALD I I .

had gone probably made ff directly they had eaten

,
o

their pper ; for had we as might have been the case

su ,

so far they knew started for Bronte soon after R ubini

as ,

left it would have been pos ible for reinforcement to

,
s s

reach the vill ge within an ho r of daybreak E ven if

a u .

one of the villagers told them that the horse was there
which i not likely for the whole place mu t have been
s ,
s

in a ferment at the news— the brigand may not have s

cared to carry it ff as it would be useless to them in ao ,

journey over ground covered with forest and broken p u

by ravines and gorges .

”

The detachment returned two days later bringing with ,

it to Frank s sati faction his horse and saddlery They

,
’
s ,
.

had been to the scene of the conflict and had found ,

and buried all the bodies with the exception of a f w who e ,

m st either have esc ped or have been ki lled at a con

u a

s id b l distance from the spot where they were attacked

e ra e .

The brig nds had Frank had expected left the village
a ,
as ,

before daybreak They had on arriving opened fire at .

‘

the windows of the church ; and a quarter of an hour

later finding that o reply was made had endeavoured
,
n ,

to force an entry The great door however had defied .

, ,

thei e ffort and when at last they obtained access by

r s,

breaking in the door of the vestry more than an ho r ,

u

had been w ted The di scovery that the church was

as .

untenanted had greatly disappointed and disqu ieted them ,

and after caro sing for a hort time they ha tily left
u s s .

E rly on the day after the ret rn of Frank and hi

a u s

comrade one of the mi ing party reached the town

s, ss :

he w utt erly worn t and broken do w n having

as ou ,

apparently wandered for thirty i ho rs in the forest in -

s x u

a tate of emi delirium He had at last q ite accidentally

s s -
. u

stumbled upon a small village and after being fed and ,

 AN AMB S CADE U . 2 31

cared for had been brought down to Bronte in a

,

cart He w he sai d convi ced that he w the only

. as , ,
n as

survivor of the fight The party had arrived within .

,
as

t hey believed a q arter of a mile of the brigands lurking

’
,
u

place w hen a whistle was heard and from the trees on

, ,

both sides of the narrow path a volley w fired and as ,

h lf at lea t of the party dropped R bini he b lieved

a s . u ,
e ,

was among tho e who fell ; at least he did not hear s

hi s oice afterwards Z ippo had rallied the men who

v .
, ,

gathering together endeavoured to fight their way through ,

thei r as ail nt s a s .

W hat the e ff ect of their fire was he could not tell but , ,

hi comrade dropped fa t and when there were but a

s s s ,

f w left they threw down the i r m skets and rush d

e ,
u e

headlong into the forest They scattered in v arious .

di rections but were hotl y p r ued several shots were fired

,
u s

at him but they ll mis ed Af ter runni ng for half

,
a s .

an hour he fl ng hi m self down in a clump of under

u

growth He h d heard as he ran other shots and

. a , , ,

had no doubt that h i companions were all killed He s .

lay where he was until morning and then tried to find ,

his way down to Bronte b t he had no di tinct l ,

u s re c o

lection of wh at had happened after he left the b shes u ,

until he found that wine being poured down his w as

throat and that he was surrounded by a group of

,

pitying women .

The f ry of the G ribaldian on their arrival from the

u a s,

various villages t which they h d been posted when they a a ,

he rd of the la ght r of their friend

a s extreme ; and
u e s , w as

many of the officer begged the general to allo them to s w

make one effort to find and punish the brigand but s,

Bixio ref sed u .

W have a far greater business on our hands he said

e , .
2 32 O UT W T H G A R BALDI I I .

Italy h to be freed The first blow has been struck and

as .
,

must be follow d up at once ; brigand ge can wait —i t is

e a

an old ore a d i grace to a civili ed country ; but Italy

s ,
s s

once freed thi can be taken in hand W might pend

,
s . e S

week or even m onth before we could l y h nds on Prato s

s, s, a a
’

b nd ; the villager and woodmen wo ld keep them i

a s u n

formed of every m ovement we made while not only should ,

we gain no information b t all would be intere ted in ,

u s

putting upon the wrong track It is not to be tho ght

us . u

of M oreover I have Garibaldi order to march to

.
,
’
s s

Taormina and if we had lo t fi hundred men instead of

,
s ve

fifty I should obey that order m ch I should regret

, ,
u as

being obliged to m arch away and leave the massacre

unavenged .
”

The d y after the f gitive had arrived the force l ft

a u ,
e

Bronte The mount ino s nature of the co ntry to the

. a u u

north prevented a direct march toward Taormin They s a.

the efore took the road round the foot of E t a thro gh

r n ,
u

B d
an to G i which lay nearly d ea t of Bronte
az z a a r re , ue s ,

and then follo wed the line along the coa t to T ormina s a .

Here the troop were halted while Bixio with Frank

s , ,

and a small escort rode on to M e i a th gener l

,
ss n ,
as e a

wished to confer with Garibaldi and to a certain how ,

s

the preparations for the inv ion of Calabria were as

proceeding .
 CHAPTE R X III .

A OSCR S THE ST R A T S I .

AR I BALD Ihad on entering M essina been rece ved , ,

i

with tremendo enth ia m and at once while us us s , ,

waiting for the reinforcements po ring in set hi m elf now u ,

s

to work to improve the condi tion of affair in the to n s w .

He had taken up hi abode in the royal palace where s

,

he retained ll the servants of the former Viceroy con

a ,

sid i g that it wo ld be unj st to di mi

er n the m He u u s ss .

ordered however that h i own dinner

,
to con i t only
,
s w as s s

of ome so p a plate of meat and ome vegetables The

s u s

large subscriptions that flowed in fro mI tal y and o ther

, , .

countri e were entirely devoted to p blic ervice

s had u s ,
as

been the money taken in the treasury at Palermo ; the

gener l allowed hi m elf only as pay eight franc a day
a s , ,
s ,

and thi was alway pe t before breakfast ; for althoug h

s s s n

at M e ina at P lermo he endeavo red to clear the

ss ,
as a ,
u

street of begg r h hi m elf was ever able to re i t an

s a s, e s n s s

appe l and no sooner h d he sauntered out i the morning

a ,
a n

than his eight francs melted aw y among the children a

and infir m per on who flocked round him s s .

He received Frank on hi arrival with re l ple ure d s a as ,

an

congratulated h i m pon having completely recovered u so

from the effect of h i wo nd s s u .

There i plenty for you to do he id al mo t every

s ,
sa s

hour hip bring me vol nteer from ll p rt Arrange

s s u s a a s .
2 34 o ur W I T H GAR BALD I I .

ments have to be m ade for be towing and feeding these s .

\V found a considerable
e pply of tent here but they su s
,

are now occupied d all arrival hencefort h will have

,
an s

to be q artered on the citizens or in the village near the

u s

town A list will be given to you every morning of

.
, ,

person who are willing to receive them and a mark will

s ,

be made against the names of tho e of a better sort s ,

among whom the o fficers will be quartered I beg that .

you will act in concert with Concini and Per zzi and as u ,

the troop land give them their bi llets and in the case
s ,

of officers conduct the m to the houses where they are

to be lodg d Of course you yourself will take up your
e .

abode here ; there is an abu dance of room and I will n ,

order the ervants to set aside a comfortable chamber

s

for you All who are in the pala e take their early
. c

breakfast here the rest of their meals they take i the

,
n

town I have enemies eno gh and I do not wish it to

. u ,

be said that we are spending the funds so generously

subscribed for in fea ting in the palace In the evening
us s .
,

you know you will always

,
be welcome here .

It w of course too late in the day for Frank s work

as , ,
’

to begin ; b t later on he again went to the room where

u

Garibaldi was chatti g wi th several of hi staff n s .

Bixio has been telling me of your adventure Gari ,

baldi said it was a sad business The death of R bini

:
“
. u

is a grievous loss to me He fought most gallantly .

in the Alps and distinguished him e lf greatly since we

,
s

landed here ; he was a tr e patriot and I shall miss hi m u ,

sorely Others there were who di ed with him whom I

.
,

also greatly regret The one redeeming point in the .

affair is as Bixio has been telling me the ad m irable

, ,

way in which y succeeded i saving the little party

ou n

of whom you w ere in command He has detailed the .

 AC R OS S T H E S T R A T S I . 2 35

matter in full to me and the olde t head could not have ,

s

made better preparation for defence or better hit upon s ,

a plan by which you might at once a e any tr ggl rs s v s a e

of R b i i detachment who might ret rn

u n
’
s d at the u ,
an

same time en re the safety of th five men with yousu e .

There will be a teamer going to M arseilles in the m orning

s ,

and it will be a pl a ure to me to again write to yo r e s u

mother aying how well you have done and how com
,
s ,

pl t ly you have recovered from your wo nd

e e The last u .

time I wrote alth ough I had as warm a praise to give

,

of your conduct I abstained from t lling her that you ,

e

were eriously wounded No do bt you would give her

s . u

full particulars in your own letters .

Frank d tie in the w y of billeting the troop

’
s u s, a s as

they arrived were of short d ration . S rapidly did crowd

,
u o s

of volunteers arrive from the north of It ly that it w a ,

as

found i m po sible to house them in M es ina M any were

s s .

sent off to outlying village ; tho an d bivouacked on the s us s

sandy hore G ribaldi hi m elf went acro s to S ardinia

s . a s s ,

and returned with two thous nd five hundred men who a

had been gathered there for a descent upon the coast

of th Papal S tate The Italian gover ment h d how
e s . n a ,

ever vetoed thi movement and had p omi ed that their

,
s
,
r s

own troops sho ld when the time came perform thi u , ,

s

portion of the operations The port was crowded with .

shipping By the convention that had been agreed upon

.

between Garibaldi on h i entrance to M e ina and the s ss ,

Ne polit n general who co mm nded the force that occ pied

a a a u

the cit del it a arranged that the

,
sho ld be open
w as s ea u

to bo th p rtie ; d the i g lar pect cle

a s pre ented an s n u s a w as s

of th Neapolit n navy looking q ietl y on while hip

e a u s s

a rrived lo ded ith troop for G ribaldi while the

a w s a ,

S ardinian ships f— war vie w ed with equal indi ff erence

-
o
2 36 OU T W T H GAR BAL DI I I .

the arrival of reinforcement to the garri on of th s s e

citadel .

Garibaldi force had increased to over twenty fi

’
s n ow - ve

thousand men ; of these b t fi tho nd were Sicilian u ve usa s,

the rest with the exception of a few French and E ngli h

,
s

volunteers coming from Northern Italy Here the

,
. en

th i m cau ed by the conque t of S icily was unbo nded

u s as s s u .

The univer itie had all clo ed their door the students
s s s s,

havi g left in a body ; and mong the vol nteers were

n a u

hundred of boy of fro m thi tee to fi fteen years old

s s r n .

Garibaldi had wit h the aid of the M nicipality of Palermo

,
u ,

r i ed a loan of nearly three m illion po nd and obtained

a s u s, ,

not only rifles for h i force but a large number for s ow n ,

distribution among the peasants of Calabria .

Five days after h i arrival Garibaldi sent for Frank s , ,

and aid s

I am going to bestow on you an hono r which wi ll u ,

I am sure be one after your own hear t I am going to

,
.

send M i ori with two hundred m across the traits ;

ss en s

Nullo goes with him They are to choo e the men and . s ,

the competition for the honour of being among the first

to set foot in Calabria will be a keen one indeed ;
I have spoken to M is ori and he will gladly take you s ,

as h i sta ff o fficer
s Of course it is not intended that .

he should fight His m i ion will be to travel about . ss

the country inciting the population of the Calabrian

,

village to prepare to join when we land ; to confuse

s us

the commanders of the Ne politan troops by his rapid a

movement and to cause al rm at Naple by the news

s, a s

that the invasion of Calabria has begun .

”

I should enjoy th t greatl y general and I feel very

“
a , ,

much obliged to you for your kindne s in choo ing me s s .

As M ajor M issori had been on Garibaldi sta ff from ’

s
 A C RO S S T HE S TR A T S I . 2 31
m

the time Frank joined him at Genoa he was well k nown ,

\

t him ; and when Frank visited hi m and placed himself

o ,

u nder his orders he received hi m with great cordiality,

.

The general could not h ve m de a better choice a a ,

he said It is a gre t satisf ction to have an o ffi cer with a a

me on who e activity and energy I can s confidentl y so

rely I have j st got through the harde t and I m y

. u s ,
a

say the mo t tryi g part of my work for I have had

s n ,

t refu e the applications of score of old comrade who

o s s s, ,

almost with tears in their eye have begged me to enroll s,

them among my party B t I m limited to two hundred . u a ,

and when I h d once elected that number I a obliged s w as

to y no to all others I think that every man of my

sa .

band i well uited for th work all are yo ng active

s s e : u ,

men cap ble of long m rche nd the endurance of

,
a a s a

great f tigue ; all are men of tried br very d hould

a a ,
an s

we have a brush with the Neapolitans can be trusted

to hold their own W hope to eize the fortre of Alta . e s ss

Fiumara we have pened communication with some O

soldiers of the garri on and have hopes th t we may take s ,

a

it by surprise If we do so it will greatly f cilitate

. c an ,
a

the pa sage of the army cross the traits

s a s .

Here is a list of the store we are to take in the

“
s

boat Of cour e the men will each take eighty round

s . s s

of amm nition ; we can carry no re erve for if we

u s ,

have to take to the mo ntain it would be i m po sible u s s

to tran port it Therefore y see we practic lly t ke

s .
,
ou ,
a a

wi h only a d y provi ion The e will be carried

t us a
’
s s s . s

down before sun et to the boats and I wish you s ,

wo ld u them so divided that each man will carry

se e

approximately the ame weight Thu one take fo r s . s c an u

pounds of bread another four pound of meat a third , s ,

two b ttle of wine and on ; once in the hills we

o s so ca n
2 38 OU T W I T H GAR BALD I I .

purchase what we req ire at the vill ges There will at u a .

-
,

an
y r te be no diff culty in obtaining meat nor I hould
a ,
i , ,
s

say bre d Beyond that nothing is nece ary

,
a . ss .

Three C labrian who know the co ntry well cros ed

a s, u ,
s

ye terd ay and will act our guide W shall probably

s ,
as s . e

have to maintain our elve for a week or ten days before s s

the main body cro e A c rt will go down at four o clock ss s . a

’

with the tore I will order ix men to accompany it and

s s . S ,

to place themselve under yo r order In the cart you

‘

s u s .

will find two hundred h versack in which the provisions a s,

will be placed fter y have seen to their division together

,
a ou ,

with forty ro nds of spare a m m nition By the y you

u u . w a ,

had better ell yo r horse Acro s ch a co ntry as we

s u . ss u u

shal l have to traver e it would be i m possible to ride and s , ,

you w ill probably be able to buy another on the mainland

for the sum that you w ill get for him here There are a .

good many men on the sta ff of ome of the late arrival s s,

who are on the look out for hor es -

s .
”

Fr nk indeed had sever l time been a ked by officers if

a , ,
a s s

h co ld tell them where they co ld proc re mo nt ; and

e u u u u s ,

in th co r e of the day he had no di fficulty in di posing

e u s ,
s

of hi hor e and s ddlery for the same amo nt as he

s s a ,
u

had given for them t M ar la He took wi th him o l y a a sa . n

Spare hirt and pair of socks rolled up i a large blanket

s n ,

that with a hole cut in the middle erved as a cloak b y

, ,
s

d y and a c over at night

a Hitherto thi h d been strapped . s a

on h i s ddle ; he w rolled it p in the fashion followed

s a no u

by mo t of the G ribaldians so as to carry it lung over

s a ,
s

one shoulder Thi with h i sword a brace of pistols

. s, s , ,

an d a mall h ver ck s his only encumbrance At a sa ,

w as .

the ppointed hour he went down with the cart d e cort

a an s

to the point some two mile from the town where the
,
s ,

boats were lying It took an hour to make the di vision of .

 A C R OS S T H E S T R A T S I . 2 39

the stores and then there was nothing to do ntil at half

,
u ,

pa t nine o clock in the evening M issori with his two

s
’
,

hundred men marched down .

There were fourteen boat and as these were s fficient to s, u

carry the m in comfort no time was lo t in embarking

en ,
s .

It w a long row for altho gh the water was perfectly

as ,
u

calm there was a strong current through the str its and a ,

they had to row head to this while cro ing b t two ho rs ss u u

after starting they landed at a short di stance from the fort .

They oon had evidence th at the command nt here w

s a as

watchf l for they had gone but a hundred yard when

u ,
s

they uddenly c m e pon a small outlying picket who

s a u , ,

after challenging fired and then ran off towards the fort
, , ,

where the beating of a drum showed that the garrison

were already falli ng in to repel any attack Their hopes .

of a surprise were therefore at an end and as i t was ,

by surprise alone that the little force had the slightest

chance of capturing trong a fortre s orders were givenso s s , ,

after a hasty cons ltation between M i sori d N llo to

u s an u ,

turn off at once and make for the mountains whi le the ,

boats were directed to start back for M essina .

Headed by their guides they mounted the slopes of ,

A promonte W hen they had gained a height of some

s .

fo r or fi hundred feet they came upon a wooden shed ;

u ve ,

this w hastily p lled down and a great bonfire lighted

as u
,

to inform their f iend on the other side of the traits

r s s

that they had safely l nded and w re on their y to the a e wa

hill s They had

. they ascended heard sharp fire
,
as ,
a

break out at the wa t r edge and k e that a portion e

’
s ,
n w

of the garrison of the fortress had sallied out and opened

fire on the retreating boat s .

The march continued for some hours The cannon

w as .

of the fort had also opened fi — the bject doubtle s re O s

24 0 OUT W I T H G AR BAL D I I
being to inform the large bodies of troops gathered at ,

various point along the coa t to oppose the Garibaldi an

s s s

should they cro that a force of the enemy had landed

ss ,

in the darkness However the little party made their

.
,

way nobs rved pa t the enemy outposts who remained

u e s
’
s ,

stationary as the fli ,
were ignorant of the strength o c e rs

of the force that had th evaded the vigilance of the us

s hip f war and tho ght it probable that Garibaldi

s-o -
,
u

hi m self with ome tho sands of men might be at hand

s u .

Thi portion of Calabri w ad m irably s ited for gueril la

s a as u

warfare The G rib ldi ns were received with enthusiasm

. a a a

at the fir t village at which they arrived The news of

s .

the easy conq est of S icil y had at first filled all hearts
u

with the hope th t their day of liberation w at hand but

a as

the concentr tion of troop in South Calabria had damped

a s

their spirit for accu tomed for centuries to be treated like

s, ,
s

cattle by the soldiers of their oppres or it seemed to s s,

them well nigh i m possible that Garibaldi would vent re

-
u

to set foot on the m inla d in the face of so impo ing a n s

a gathering The pre ence then of this band of m

. s , ,
en

in red hi rt eemed to them al m o t mirac lo

s s s The s u us .

inhabitants vied wi th each other in their ho pitality and s ,

the able bodied men of the place declared thei r read ines
-
s

to take p arms the moment that Garibaldi himself cro ed

u ss

the straits M ny of them indeed at once joined the party

. a , , ,

whil e others start d so m e among the mountains and some

e ,

b y the road leading to other il lage

s i order to bring in v s, n

early new of the approach of any body of Neapolitan

s

tro p and the Garibaldians were therefore able to lie

o s,

do w n for a f w hours sleep e

’
.

For the next week they continued their march vi itin g ,

s

vil lage after village gathering recr it they went ,

u s as ,

crossi g mountain winding up ravines and constantly

n s, ,
 ACR OS S T H E S T R A T S I . 24 1

cha ging their course

n to throw the Neapolitan troop s o as s

o ff their track S everal times from lofty points the y

.

caugh t sight of con iderable bodies of the enemy movings

along the road Once a Neapolitan s fii

. rode into o cer

a village where they were halting with a de patch from s

General Briganti containing a demand for their surrender

, .

M i sori si m ply rep lied that they were ready to give

s

battle whenever the supporters of tyranny chose to meet

them ; but although he thu answered the summons
,
s ,

h had no idea of encountering an overwhelmi g force

e n

of Neapolitans Failing the capture of the fortress on

.

first landi ng his mission was to arouse the population

, ,

not to fight ; and he continued h i work among the s

mountains in spite f the efforts of the enemy to O

surround him .

Cavalry were u eless in mountainous a cou try ands SO n ,

the Garib ldia s free from all weight of equipment

a n , ,

and unencumbered by b ggage carts were able to move a ,

with a rapidity that set at defiance the e ffort of the s

s oldiery hampered by knap cks and bel ts and with their sa ,

movements restricted by their tightly fitti g uniforms -

n .

Although their course had bee devious the G ribaldi ns n ,

a a

had been gradually work n their way south skirting the ,

heights of Montalto Before starting M i sori had been .

,
s

informed by Garibaldi that he intended to land ear R eggio n

eight or nine days after he cros ed and that h s , e w as

to place his ba d in that neighbourhood in order to join

n

him in an attack on th t town a .

W hen he reached a point within ten miles of R eggio ,

M i ori said to Frank

ss I m t keep moving about and ,
“
us
,

cannot leave my men ; b t I will end twenty of them u s

under your command down to M elito There are as we .

,

have learnt from the peasant none of the Ne politan s, a

ova)
(n Q
24 2 OUT I
W TH GAR BALD I I .

troops there but at the same time do not on any account

enter the town W ere you to do so some of the inhabitants
.
,

mi ght send word to R eggio ; and it might be su pected that s

you were there for ome pecial purpose Therefore hide

s s .

yo rself among the hills a short distance from the town ;

u

and after nightfall send one of your men in He had .

better take one of the peasants cloak and hats it will ’

s :

be ample di g i e for him It will be h i duty to watch

s u s . s

on the shore ; and then if he sees two or three steamers ,

— I cannot say what force Garibaldi will bri g over n

approach the shore tell him to come up to you at once ;

,

and you can then lead your men down to cover if necess ry ,
a ,

the landing of the troops and to give them any aid i your ,
n

power Tell the general that I have now eight hundred

.

men with me and am ready to move to any point he

,

orders .
”

These instructions Frank carried out except that he ,

Obtained two peasants cloaks and hat instead of one He’

s .

halted late in the afternoon two miles behind the town ,

and when it became quite dark took do w n h i men wi thi n s

a quarter of a m ile of it ; then as uming one of the di ,

s s

guise he proceeded wi th one f the party i m ilarly habited

s, o S

into the town He posted his follower by the hore and

. S ,

then entered the place A good many peasants in

re - .

thei high co i cal hat w ith wide brims adorned with

r n s,

ribbons— costume w hich is w generally associated

a no

with It lian brigands and di ff ers but slightly from that

a ,

of the S avoyards— were wandering about the town .

All sorts of r mour were current It was reported

u s .
"

that the Neapoli tan war hips were on the look out -
S -

for vessels in which it was said Garibaldi was abo t u

to cro s from M es ina and the C pe of Faro Others

s s a .

reported that Garibal di himself was with the sm ll corps a

 AC R OS S T HE S T R A T S I . 24 3

that had been for the past week pursued among the
, ,

mountains and whose ever increasing numbers had been

,
-

greatly exaggerated by rumour .

Frank seated himself in front of a wi ne shop where -

several of these men were drinking He co ld with di tti . u

culty understand thei patois ; but he gathered that all

r

wi shed well to the exp edition An hour later he heard a .

tumult and going to

,
what was the matter he found
s ee ,

that one of the poli ce fficers of the town had accosted the
O

man he had left upon the hore and fi ding that he s ea- S ,
n

was ignorant of the patoi of the country had arrested s ,

hi m Four or five other agents of the municipali ty which

.
,

consisted of creatures of the Neapolitan government had ,

gathered round the captive ; and the inhabitants although ,

e idently favourably di sposed towards the prisoner were too

v ,

much afraid of the vengeance of their masters to interfere .

After he itating a moment Frank ran back to the wine

s ,

shop where he had been sitting His great fear was that .

the Neapolitan agents would at once send news to R eggio

that a spy had been taken and that the garrison there ,

would be p t on their guard He therefore entered and

u .
,

throwing aside his cloak add essed the eight or t peasants

, r en

present .

M y friends
“
he said I am one of the officers of
, ,
“

Garibaldi who w ill soon come to free you from yo r

, u

tyrants As true Italians I doubt not that your hearts

.
,

a re with him ; and you now have it in your power to do

hi m a real service .

All rose to their feet W are ready signor Tell us e , .

what we have to do and you can rely upon to do it

, us .

I want y to post your elve on the ro d to R eggio a

ou s s a

hundred yard beyond the tow and to top any one who
s n, s

may try to leave the plac no matter whether he be a e,

24 4 I
O UT W T H GAR BAL D I I .

police o fficer or the syndic W have a large force near . e

but we do not wi h to how ourselves till the proper s s

moment It is all importan t that no news of our being

.
-

in the neighbourhood should reach the commander of the

troop t R eggio
s a .
”

W will do it ignor ; b assured that no one hall pass

e ,
s e S
’
l o n gf
imply turn back the first that comes Frank said if
S ,
“

more come kill them ; b t I want these agents of your

,
u

tyrant to know that the road is clo ed I could place our s .

own men to do thi but I do not wi h it known that there s, s

are troop near s .

”

The men hurried away and Frank went ff and followed ,

o

the little crowd that accompanied the pri oner and his s

c ptor to the house of the syndic He watched them go

a s .

in and in a short time several of the police left the house

, ,

and ere long returned with ome eight or ten persons whom s

Frank judged to be th municipal cou cil He waited for e n .

a min te or two and then went to the door

u , .

S tand back he said to two m who barred the

“ ”
, ,
en

the entra ce I am one of Garib ldi s o ff cers I have

n
“
a
’
i .

hundred of my peasant ro nd the town ready to lay it in

s s u ,

a he if I but give the word

s s .
”

They slipped back confo nded by the news and enteri g ,

u n ,

he went into a room of which the door was standi g op n n e .

The man w h had been left on watch was standi g between

o n

four policemen ; hi cloak had been torn off and he stood s ,

in the red hi rt blue breeches and gaiter that had now

s ,
s,

become the u iform of the greater portion of G aribaldi s

n
’

follower S ome ten or twelve men were eated by a large

s . s

table and were t lking eagerly Fr nk again threw back

,
a . a

his cloak walked p and str ck the table with his fi t

,
u u s .

S ilence signors he said in loud voice

, I m th a . a e
S I C NO RS ,
’
I na s a w A LO U D V O IC E
 A CR OS S T HE STRA T S I . 24 5

master of this town for the present it i surrounded by : s

armed peasant who are instructed to cut the throats s

of y one who attempt to leave it I am an ff cer of

an s . O i

Garibaldi y may see by my attire I have but to give

,
as ou .

the word and in ten minutes the whole of you will be

,

strung p from the balcony of this ho se ; therefore if

u u ,

you value yo r lives retire at once to yo r ho e and

u ,
u us s, ,

agent though y be of th Neapolitan tyrant no harm

s ou e ,

will befal l you ; but if one of you attempt to leave th s e

tow or to send any one ut with a me sage his life will

n, o s ,

be forfeited That will do sirs leave at once

.
, .
”

The astounded men filed out from th room W h en they e .

h d all left Frank went out with the late prisoner locked
a , ,

th door and put the key in h i pocket

e ,
s

P t on yo r hat and cl oak again

“
u he said and go
u , ,
“

down to the road by the sea watch if any one goes along ,

and tay a quarter of an hour to see if he returns

s .
”

Then w itho t putting on his own di guise he went to

,
u s ,

the pot where the townspeople among whom the report of

s ,

what h d happened had pread rapidly were assembled

a S , ,

and m ounting on the steps of a large buildi ng there ,

addre ed them ss

Calabrian he said the moment when your freedom

s, ,
“

will be attained i at hand You have heard that a par ty s .

of troops of that champion of freedom General Garibaldi , ,

h cro sed to the mainl nd The fli in command h

as s a . o c er as

sent me to tell y that they are everywhere joined by the ou

brave C l brian and will spe dily have a force capable

a a s, e

of giving battle to the armies of your tyrant It may be s .

that before m n y day they will come down here f o m the

a s r

mo ntain and he hope to find every man capable of

u s, s

be ring arm re dy to join him ; it w ill be a bad d y for

a s a a

tho e who in spite f the wi he of the people d the

s ,
O s s ,
an
24 6 OUT W I T H G AR BALD I I .

certainty that Calabria will shortly be freed from the

presence of the troop at N ples strive to check the tide s a , .

For your own sakes watch the men who have acted as
the agents of the government of Naple ; station armed s

men on every road by which they could send a message to

R eggio for should they do so troop might be sent here
,
s ,

and then when the Soldi ers of freedom come down from
,

the hill s a battle will be fought in your streets and many

, ,

innocent persons mi ght suff er I do not ask any to come .

forward now to declare him elf for the cause of freedom I

,
s

only ask you to hold your elves in readine so that when s ss ,

we come down from the hil ls you will welcome as men us,

welcome tho e who come to strike the fetters from their

s

limbs It m y be that you wi ll not have long to wait and

. a ,

that in eight and forty hours M issori with a po tion of

- -
r

his army w i ll be here B t th is I do ask you keep an . u :

eye on your syndi c and his council on the police and all , ,

others who represent the authority of Naples and see ,

that no one on any pret nce leave the town for the next e s

forty eight hour

-
s .
”

The town w a very small one and a large portion of

as ,

its popul tion were fishermen ; these l tter shouted loud

a . a

approval of Frank s words and declared them elves ready ’

,
s

to carry out the instructions he had given them but the ,

trading class w ilent They had something to lo e

as S . s ,

and had been so long accu tomed to the ty anny of the s r

government that they feared to make any demonstration

whatever of li beral pi i ons unti l they saw how matters O n

went It was upon them that the taxes pres ed m o t

. s s

heavi ly and they had far more reason than the fi hing
,
s

class to b il a release from these exaction ; but they had

a s

more to lo e and they felt that it was be t to hold them

s ,
s

selves aloof from any manifestation of their feeli ngs The .

 ACR OS S T H E S T R A T S I .

fishermen however thronged round Frank and announced

, , ,

themselves ready at once to obey his orders .

D ivide yourselves into four parties he went on let ” “

,

each choose a leader and take it in turn to watch the

roads and that none passes
s ee .
”

At this moment Frank s follower ret rned Two of ’

u .

the police went out l g th road he said but have a on e ,

”
,
“

just come back .

I am not rpri ed at what I have ju t heard he went

su s s ,

on addres ing the fishermen The police have already

,
s .
“

endeavoured to send word to R eggio that our friend from s

th e hills are hortly coming here but they have been

s ,

stopped on the way by some brave peasant whom I s

stationed on the road for the purpose H w many police . o

are there here ?

“
Only eight ignor one of the men said
,
S
,
.

Come ith me and I will warn them that if any

w ,

attempt is again made to end word of what is going on s

here they will be at once han ged .

”

Followed by forty or fifty fishermen he went at once to ,

th police quarters
e The sergeant who was in command
.

came out with his d etachment .

“
M Frank said we bear no ill will to those who
en ,
”
,
“ -

serve the Neapolitan government It h been the govern . as

ment of this country and none are to be blamed for ,

taking service with it ; and I do bt not that when like u ,

S icily Cal bria i free tho e who have done their duty
,
a s ,
s ,

without undue oppres ion and violence wil l be con firmed s ,

in their appointment B t woe be to those who oppo e s . u s

the i m pulse of the co ntry There are thousands of pea ants

u s

in the mountains already i arm The Ne politan n s . a

Soldiers who were powerle s to ppo e the people of

,
s O s

S icily will be equally powerless to oppose the people f

,
o
24 8 OU T I
W T H GAR BALD I I .

Calabria aided as these will be when the time comes by

, , ,

the great army from the other ide of the strait Already s s .
,

as you know sir he aid to the o fficer the roads lead

, ,
”
s ,
“

ing from here are g arded You have made an effort u .

.

as w perhaps your duty to send word to R eggio that

as ,

the heart of the people here beats with tho e of their s

brethren among the hills L t there be no further . e

attempt of the sort or it will be bad alike for tho e

s , ,
s

who go and for tho e w h stay and when Colonel M issori s o ,

arrive you will be treated as the enemies of freedom and

s

punished accordingly .

Already I have a detachment close at hand and the ,

s ound of a gun will bring them here at once ; but if all

i
s q iet these will not enter the place until the main
u

body arrives I have come on before to see whether the

.
,

people here are to be regarded as friend or as enemies s .

I alread y know that they are friends ; and in the name

of Colonel M i sori and in the cause of freedom I order
s , ,

you to remain q iet here to take no steps either for or

u ,

again t us and I doubt not that when the time come

s , ,
s,

you wil l be as ready the brave fellow h ere to p m as s

the arm y f freedom At pre ent my orders are that

O . s

you remain indoors I will ha e no going out no taking . v ,

notes to the names of those who join our cau e I do

as s .

not order you to give up your arms ; I hope that you

will use them in the cause of freedom .

Yo r order hall be obeyed ignor the serge nt

u s s ,
s ,
a

s aid I am powerle s to interfere one y or another

“
s w a

here but I promi e that no further attempt hall be

,
s s

m de to communicate with R eggio

a .

“
I accept yo r word sergeant And now you w ill
u , .

s end a man round to the ho ses of all the town council u

and all functionaries of the Neapolitan government ,

 A C R OS S T H E S T RA T S I . 24 9

a nd state that by the orders of the representative of

,

Colonel M issori they are none of them to leave their ho ses

,
u

for the next forty eight hou r ; and that they are not - s

to ttempt to communicate with each other or to send

a ,
‘

any me age el ewhere Any attempt whatever to di obey

ss s . s

thi order will be p i shed b y immediate death W hich

s un .

man do you send it

“
Th m the sergeant said
o as s o , You have heard
”
.
“

the order W ill you at once carry it round ?

.

L t four of your men Frank aid to the fishermen

“ ”
“

e ,
s ,

go with this policeman S that he delivers this me sage . ee s ,

and that h enters into no communication whatever with

e

those to whom he i sent but imply repeats the order and s ,

S

then goes to the next ho se u .

”

Four men stepped forward and at once tarted with ,

s

the policeman The sergeant and the oth ers withdrew

.

into the house .

Now my friend Fr nk went on to the fi hermen

“
, s, a s ,

do I told you and let the first party take up at once

as ,

the duty of watchi g the roads and remain there for i n , s x

hours It i now ten ; at fo r the second pa ty will

. s u r

relieve them and so on at intervals f i x hours It

, O S .

will not be long ere the necessity for thi will be at an s

end E ach party will detach eight men in pairs to patrol

.

the streets till morning and arre t any they find about s on e ,

and cond ct him to the hotel where I hall take p my

u s u

q arter Tho e not on duty h d best retire q uietly to

u s . s a

their ho m e as soon as it i ettled to which ection

s, s s s

they are to belong I shall not go to bed and any .

,

q estion that m y ari e mu t at once be referred to

u a s s
”
me .

The fishermen went off to the hore to choo e their s s

leaders .
2 50 OUT W I T H GAR BALD I I .

ejoin your comrades Frank said to hi foll ower

R , s .

Tell them that everything is going on well and that ,

while two of them are to come down at once to keep watch

on the beach the re t can wrap them elve in their cloak
,
s s s s

and li do w n until they receive orders from me

e .

Frank now went to the one hotel in the tow and n

ordered supper to be prepared for him The l ndlord . a ,

who had been among the crowd when he addressed them ,

said h mblyu ,

I have already ordered s pper to be got re dy signor u a , ,

thinking that when you h d arranged matters you would a

you self come here Pray do not think that becau e

r . s

many of us did not at once come forward and ffer to O

join you it was becau e we were indi ff erent to your

,
s

news but you it is not w ith us as with the fishermen

see .

If th i gs go badly they can embark their famili es and

n ,

goods in their boat cro s the strait and e tablish them

s, s s, s

selves i the villages there and earn their living as before

n , .

B t wi th us who have so m ething to lose it i different

u s .

Our property would be confi cated we hould be driven s ,

s

from hom e many of us would be shot and others thrown

, ,

into their dungeon s .

“
I qui te see that landlord ; and I can hardly blame ,

you for hesitating a little tho gh you mu t remember that ,

u s

the men who have been the champions of freedom have

been almost wholly men who have had much to lo e but s ,

have ri ked all for their principles and that Garibaldi

s ,
’
s

army is very largely composed of s ch men u .

”

“
Ah ignor but we have never een any chance of
,
S ,
s

success W hen Garibaldi once lands we shall not hang

.
,

back ; but at present it is b t a revolt of the peasants u .

They tell us that France and other po ers are endeavour w

ing to prevent him from invading Calabria ; and if he

 AC R O S S T H E STRA T SI . 25 1

S hould not come what can a f w thousand peasants do

, e

against a hund ed thousand trained troops 2

r
“
W ell I do not think that Garibal di will be restrained
,

from crossi ng whatever pres ure is put upon him they

,
s :

tried to prevent hi m from saili g from Genoa — now he i n s

D ictator of S icily ; he wi ll land somewhere on the coast ,

never fear .

In that case signor I shall shout as loud as any one

, , ,

and I hall send my son to carry a m sket in his ranks

S u .
”

Frank smiled .

W ell landlord let me have my supper ; to —

,
morrow we
,

may talk over the affair again Bring me a bottle of good .

wine and when supper is erved you can clo e the hou e
, s s s

for the ni ght I hall not req ire a bed but hall remain
. S u ,
S

here till morning D not fasten up the front door as I

. o ,

Shall have men c ll frequently I hope there are plenty

a .

of provisions in the town in ca e three or four thousand s

men hould march in here to morrow

S -
.
”

“
For a day ignor we might feed them ; but I doubt
,
s ,

if it would go beyond that .

”
 CHAPTE R X IV
A D S COV E RI Y .

T one o clock one of the m on the look out brought

’
en -

to Frank the new that he could make out two s

steamer approaching Frank ran down to the shore

s . .

The man eye ight had not deceived hi m two steamers

’
s s :

were certainly maki ng their w y towards M elito and from a , ,

the direction of their co r e they had almost certainly u s ,

co m e from some port in S icily and d i d not belong to the ,

Ne politan quadron that were constantly parading the

a s

straits These indeed were for the most part lying

.
, ,

twenty mil es away while some were anchored off R eggio

,
.

D emonstration h d been made for some day

s a both at s

M e ina and the Cape of F o in order to a ttract their

ss ar ,

attention and lead to the belief th t it w intended to

,
a as

land near the spot where M i sori had di embarked or at s s ,

some point north of the entrance t the strait o s .

S tores had bee ostentatiou ly placed on board steam ers

n s

at M e ina and Faro ; men had embarked in con iderable

ss s

numbers every evening and smoke pouring from the ,

f nnels howed that steam was being got up These

u S .

preparation were keenly watched by th Neapolitan and

s e s,

served their p rpo e by concentrating all their attention

u s

upon the e point G ribaldi on arriving from S ardinia

s s . a ,

w ith the troop which had been collected there had des
s ,

p tched th T i and F kli carrying a thousand of

a e or n o r an n,
 A D S CO E R I V Y . 2 53

these men round the i l nd with instructions to them to

,
s a

put in at Gi rdini the port of Taormina He himself

a ,
.

proceeded to M e sina and then after seeing that all

s , ,
w as

going on well there rode down to the port having previously

, ,

sent for rd even h ndred men

wa s u .

Thi detachment was small that it departure attracted

s so s

little attention and it was s pposed that it had only gone

,
u

down to reinforce Bi xi brigade ; thus M e ina was as o s

’
ss

ignorant of the fact th t an expedition was about to start a

from Giardini as were the Neapolitan commanders O . n

arrival at Giardini on the evening of Augu t 18th , s ,

Garibaldi found that Bixio had lready embarked a a

tho and men on board the T i which was a steamer

us or n o ,

of even hundred tons and that he w prepared to

s ,
as

se d another tho s d on board The F kli was a

n u an . ra n n

s m all paddle teamer of two hundred ton and h was

s s, s e

reported to be leaking badly that no troop had been so s

emb rked on her Garibaldi at once went on board with

a .

h i sta ff and fo nd that she w

s ,
making water fast The
u as .

leak could not be di covered but Garibaldi an old s , ,

as sea

captain knew what should be done to check the inr h of

,
us

water at least for a time

,
it was all important th t ,
as -
a

she should be able to carry her compleme t of men acro s n s

the sixteen miles of w ter between Giardini and M e li to a .

S everal of h i ffi cer co ld wi m and he ordered these to dive

s O s u s ,

o erboard and to find if po ible the po ition of the leak

v , ,
ss ,
s s.

In the meantime h ent ashore for a boat load f , e s -

O

a m ixture of man re d chopped traw W hen thi u an s . s

arrived l mp were thru t down at the end of poles

,
u s s ,

to the point where leak had been di covered ; particle

‘

s s s s

of the compo ition were drawn into the leaks b y the

s

inr sh of water and in a hort time the leakage almo t

u ,
s s

entir ly cea ed and the work of e m b rk tion recommenced

e s , a a .
2 54 OU T I
W T H GAR BALD I I .

Three thousand men were carried by the T i and or n o,

twelve hundred on the F kli where Garibaldi himself r an n,

took his place while Bixi o commanded on the T i

,
Both or n o .

vessels were crowded to a dangerous extent ; men were

packed on deck as closely as they co ld stand and were u ,

even clustered on the shrouds Had there been any wind .

,

it would have been dangerou in the extreme to put to sea s

overloaded as they were but fortunately there was not a ,

breath of air and the water was perfectly calm At ten

, .

o clock the two vessels started on their eventf l voyage

’
u ,

but owing to the difficulties caused by the strong currents ,

they did not arrive ff M elito until two in the mor i ng

o n .

A soon as Frank had a sured himself that the approach

S s

ing vessels were those he expected he sent ff one of his ,

o

two men to fetch down the party that had for twelve hours
been lying outside the place while he despatched the other ,

to the huts of the leaders of the three parties of fi h s er

men not engaged in watchi g the road to tell them to n s,

call up all their men as quietly as possible and to get their

boats in the water In a short time therefore after the
.
, ,

Fran kli anchor had been dropped Frank arrived along

n s
’
,

side the T i with half a dozen fishing boats he had

or n o :

rowed to her both as being the larger craft and bei g n

nearest to the shore and thought that Garibal d i would

,

be on board her O reaching her he fo nd Bixi o S everal

. n u .

lanterns had been placed near the gang w ay and the ,

general at once recognised him .

W elcome Captain Percival " he said heartily as he

“
,
”
,

S hook hands with h m W were glad indeed when we “

i . e

sa w the boats p tting ff and knew that a detachment

u o ,

of M i i men must be there Have you more boats

ss or
’
s .

coming out 2
Yes sir ; there will be a dozen more off in a f w
“
,
e
 A D S CO E R I V Y . 2 55

mi nutes I set off as soon as I had assembled a su fficient

.

number of fishermen to man those alongside .

”

I am sorry to say Bixi o said that we have run

“
,
”
,
“

aground and I fear badly I have just sent a boat t

,
. o

the F kli where Garibal di i to tell him what has

r an n, s,

h ppened You had better go at once and report to hi m

a . .

W hat force have you 2

Only fifty men sir The colonel sent only a sm ll , . a

party as he w afraid that were he to come wi th all his

, as ,

force he wo ld bring the enemy down here at once

,
u .

There is no fear of trouble in the tow n 2 ”

N i ; I have arranged all that

O, S r You wi ll be enti rel y .

unoppo ed ; there are no Neapolita s nearer than R eggio

s n ,

and they have no s spicions of being here u ou r .

”

Frank at once returned to the boat in which he had

come ff and rowed to the F kli
o ,
r an n .

Ah it i y Percival " Garibaldi exclaimed when

,
s ou ,
”

he saw him Then all is well W will begin to land

.
“
. e

at once and you can tell me as we go ashore what

,

M issori has been doing How many boats have you .

with y 2 ou
”

I have brought ix sir ; b t there wil l be at least a S ,

u

dozen more in a few minutes .

”

Garib l di descended into the boat and was followed

a ,

by many men could be crowded into her

as as .

Now first about the state of things here Is there

,
.

an
y chance of our bei g disturbed before the men are n

all ashore 2
I hould thi k not i W ith the exception of the
S n ,
S r .

fiSh m erwhom I have rou ed to man the boat no

en , s s,

one in the place knows an ything of what is goi g on n .

The great bulk of the people are in your favour The .

s
y ndic and all the authorities are prisoners in their
256 OU T W T H I GAR BALD I I .

houses and even if they were conscious of your landing

, ,

they could not end the news to R eggio as I have s

,

armed parties on all the road You have therefore s .

certainly i x or eight hours before there is y chance

s an

of interruption .

That is good news Indeed everything has gone well

“
.
,

wi th us so far except thi misfortune of Bixi steamer

, s
’
os

running aground U nless we can ucceed in getting her . s

off ,I fear that the Neapolitan will capture her s .

However that is a m inor matter Now what can you

, .
,

tell me about the position of the enemy 2

There are about thirty thousand men under General
V iale in and around M onteleone there are twelve thou and s

at Bagnara and the towns between it and R eggio where

, ,

there are but fifteen hundred men under Gener l G l tt ; a a o a

eighteen hundred men are in A promonte in p rs it of s ,

u u

M i sori who has

s ,
w about eight hund ed men with him
no r

They could hardly be d isposed better for purpose our ,

Garibaldi remarked W shall t ke R eggio before .

“
e a

su pport can arrive to the garrison and our success there

s ,

will be worth ten thou and men to s us .

”

Garibaldi re mained on hore watching the di mb k S se ar a

tion of the men E very boatman in M elito was soon .

employed in the work and b y fo r o clock the whole of , ,

u
’

the troops were on the shore W hile the disembarkation .

had been going on Garibaldi had se t for the syndic and ,

n

other authorities and had informed them that they must

,

now consider them elves under hi authority and obey s s ,

promptly all order that he gave them ; that he should s

req ire bread m eat and wine for a day s consumption

u , , ,
’

for the w hole of hi force ; that he prepared to pay s w as

for the food but that they must obtain it from the
,

inhabitants .
 A D S CO E RI V Y . 2 57

xcept among the fi herm en the rrival of the force was

E s ,
a

regarded with an ppearance of apathy The town people

a . s

had been told by the a thoritie that there no fe r u s w as a

wh tever of G ribaldi and his freebooter comi g near

a a s n

them and believi ng th t h m st peedily be cru hed

,
a e u s s ,

they regarded h i arrival with fear rather than ple ure

s as .

There were many there who were well w ishers of the cau e -
s ,

but they feared to exhibit any ign of their friendship S ,

le t they hould su ffer terribly for it when he and his

s S

followers had been destroyed b y the troops In Sicily .

there had been previo s in urrections and ri ing and u s s s,

the people had long hoped that ome d y they wo ld s a u

shake ff the yoke of Naples ; but no such hope had been

o

entertained on the mainl n d where the reign of pp a , o re s

sion had been long unbroken that tho ght th t

so no u a

i t could ever be th own ff had entered the mind ofr O s

the great majority of the ignorant people At d ybreak . a

the war vessels at R eggio could be seen getting up steam

-
,

and the greatest effort were made to get the T i s or n o

afloat again .

U nfortunately the reduction effected in her draught

of water by the removal of her passengers and a certain
amount of stores h d been co nteracted b y the force of a u

the current which fast as h was lightened carried

, ,
as S e ,

her p higher on the shoal The little F kli which

u . ra n n,

was an American ve el chartered for the occa ion h oi tedss s ,

s

the tar d tripes

s s soon
an the Garibaldian had
s as as s

l nded and teamed cro s to the i land The T i

a ,
s
'
a s s . or n o s

It lian flag rem ined fl ying until three Neapolit n teamers

a a a s

ca m e up and opened fire upon the Garib ldi n on hore a a s s .

Three men were wounded b y a hell ; when the re t for m ing s s ,

u
p m ,
rched t of the town taking the p th (it could
a ou , a

scarcely be called a road ) toward R eggio s .

( M 675 )
2 58 OUT I
W T H GAR BALD I I .

Four men had soon after the landing had been effected
, ,

been sent to M issori with orders that he hould join at S

R eggio As soon as the Garibaldians were out of range

.
,

the Neapolitan comm nders turned their g ns on the a u

T i and after keeping up a heavy fire upon her for

or n o,

s ome hours they sent parties in boats to board her and

,

set her on fire .

The first part of the march towards R eggio was an

extremely toilso m e one For the first eight miles from .
,

M elito to Cape D A mi the lopes of the mountains extend

’
r ,
s

to the very edge of the water and the troops were ,

continually mounti ng the steep purs or de cending into s s

ravines They had with them four mountain guns and

.
,

as the path could only be traversed by the men in

single file the di fficulty f taking the guns along was
,
O

immense .

The men were in the highe t pirits The fact that s S .

,

in case of disaster the destruction of the T i had cut,

or n o

O ff all means of return to S icily in no w y troubled them ,

a .

S imilarly they had thrown themselves on shore at M arsala ,

and the ships in which they had come had been captured
by the enemy Their confidence in Garibaldi was absol te
. u ,

and no thought of di aster was for a moment entertained s .

Once past the Cape they halted It was already evening

,
.
,

and although the distance in miles had been hort the s ,

fatigue had been very great and none had closed an ,

eye on the previous night It was therefore impo sible to . s

go farther They were received with enthusiasm by the

.

people of the villages scattered here and there on th e

mountain side A Greek colony had very many years

-
.

before settled there and retained many of their own ,

customs and even their own language ; but although

,

conversation with the North Itali an Garibaldians w as

 A D S CO E RI V Y . 2 59

di fficult and ften impossible there ould be no mi stake

, O ,
c

as to the heartiness of thei welcome r .

E verything in the way of provisions was given to the

soldiers and each cottage took in as many men as it could
,

hold ; and from the moment indeed when the Garibaldi ans , ,

set foot in Calabria they met with a far deeper and heartier
,

welcome than had been the case in S icily In the latter .

they had been joined by a comparatively small body

of volunteers and the people had contented themselves
,

w ith shouting and cheering but had given li ttle else ; and ,

even in M essina the appeals of Garibaldi for aid in the

hospitals and lint and bandages for the wounded had met
, ,

with little response the S ici lians had in fact fallen to

: , ,

the level of th Neapolitans In Calabri on the other

e . a,

hand the population was manly hardy and hospitable

, , ,

possessing the irtues of mountaineers in all countries ;

v

and as the news of Garibaldi s landing spread the w hole ’

pop lation took up arms

u .

Here communications were received from M issori who ,

stated that he was pushi ng forward with all haste ; but

that from the ruggedness of the mo ntains along which
,
u

he was travelling he could not hope to be at R eggio until

,

late the following evening The next day the Garibaldians .

advanced along the mountain ide ; a detachment sent out -

S

from R eggio reti ing along the road as they advanced

r .

The force halted for the night six miles from the town .

A messenger fro m M i sori announced that in spite of s ,

his effort he was stil l f di tant ; Garibal d i therefore

s, ar s , ,

determined to attack the next morning without waiting

for him Communications had been pened wi th the
. O

townsfolk and a message was sent back that the national

,

guard would s pport him u .

Few towns are more beautifully ituated th n R eggio S a .

2 60 OUT W I TH G AR BALD I I .

It lies on the lowest lope of a spur of Aspromonte S .

Behind it ri es the castle with its gun commanding the

s ,
s

to n who e cattered uburbs and g rden tretch far

w ,
s s s a s s

away up the mountain side ; while acros the strait lies -

s s

the B y f C t nia with nu m erous to ns and villages

a o a a ,
w

up the slope of E tn which forms a background with

s a, ,

wre ths of moke ascending f om the olcano on i t

a s r v s

summit Away to the right lie M e in and the coast

. s ss a,

stretching along to C pe Faro The intervening trait is a . s

dotted with hipping teamers on their y to the E a t or

s s wa s ,

returning to It ly and Fr nce ailing hip flying the fl gs

a a s -
s s a

of man y nation fi h i g d rowing bo t s, s n an -

a s .

It was ettled that Bixio with hi brig de was to enter

s s a

the town by the main ro d and effect a junc tion wi th a ,

the nation l gu rd in the piazz lying below the castle ;

a a a

and th t when the j nction

a ,
made a b tt lion w u w as ,
a a as

to descend to the hore d attack a mall fort ear the s an s n

m rin
a a .

As oon the ne of Garibald i landing had reached

s as ws
’
s

the town the princip l people d the o fficers of the

,
a an

na tion l g rd had c lled pon G ll tt and begged h im

a ua a u a o a, ,

if he intended to fight G rib ldi to go o t ide the town a a ,

u s

to do d so ave the place f om the injury th t

so , an s r a

wo ld be effected by de per te tr ggle in the treet

u a s a s u s s.

The re q ue t was a trange one ; b t the general who

s s u ,

no do bt con idered th t he would do better in a figh t

u s a

in the open than in the street where po sibly the i s, s n

habit nt might t ke p rt g in t h i m agreed to do thi

a s a a a a s ,
s,

and on G rib ldi approach marched t of the fortre s

a a
’
s ou s

with eight hundred men in two detachment one of s,

w hich took po t at the bridge j t out ide R eggio while

s us s , ,

strangely eno gh the other four h ndr d men took up

u ,
u e

a po ition on the opposite side of the town

s .
 I V Y
A D S CO E R . 2 61

In order to conf se the Italian troops who would be u ,

marchi g from all the towns on the coa t tow rd R eggio

n s a s ,

Garibaldi had ent orders to C to cros during

s os e n z s

the night from Cape Faro with twelve hundred men in

boats and to land near Bagnara E xpecting ome hard
,
. s

fighting the Garib ldi ns moved on at m idnight W hen

,
a a .

they appro ched th tow n the co t went forward d

a e s u s ,
an

fo nd to their rpri e that th bridge was unoccupied

u su s e .

Bixio at once cro ed it ; and reaching the piazza joined

ss , ,

the n tional guard there without a shot having been fired

a .

S i m ilarly Gariba ldi with the re t of the force entered

,
s

the sub b They came upon a mall o tpo t which

ur s . s u s ,

was at once driven back d G ll tt who not drea m ing an a o a, ,

of a night attack had withdrawn mo t of h i troop into ,

s s s

the castle now beat a ha ty retreat with the re m ainder

,
s ,

an d a c nnonade aat once pened b y i t g n upon w as O s u s

the town .

The Neapolitan force on the other side of R eggio

retreated at once fearing that they would not be able ,

to enter the ca tle and retired along the ro d hoping

s ,
a ,

to meet General B g ti who w advancing with a ra an ,

as

column to reinforce the garri on Bixi battalio took s . o s

’
n

the little fort on the marina witho t difficulty B rricade u . a s

were at once thrown p acro all the treet leading to u ss s s

the castle in order to prevent the garri on from m king

,
s a

a ortie or any relieving force reaching it It

s ,
dayli ght . w as

now and M i ori and h i col m n arrived

,
ss arr nged s u ,
as a ,

upon the hill ide above the c tle d at once pened

-
s as ,
an O

so he vy a m ket y fire pon i t defender that the

a us r u s s,

artillery were unable to erve the g n Feeling th t s u s . a

the ca tle co ld not hold t long Garibaldi de patch d

s u ou ,
s e

a batt lion to hold the relieving col m n in check ; b t

a u u

B g ti had lread y heard from the f gitives that the

ra an a u
2 62 OUT W I T H GAR BALDI I .

town and seaside fort were in the hands of the Garibaldians ,

and the ca tle i nve ted upon all ides he therefore fell
s s S :

back to await further reinforcement being ignorant of s,

the force under Garibaldi s command ’

.

At twelve clock a loud cheer broke from the Gari

O
’

b ld i
a an sround the castle for the white fl ag of surrender ,

was hoisted The general granted the same terms that

.

were given to Bosco s force at M ilazzo— namely that the

’

garrison might march down to the hore and there embark S ,

on board the Neapoli tan war ships for conveyance to -

Naples leaving all mu i tions of war money and ll

, n , ,
a

prisoners who mi ght be co fi ned there behind them Thus

'

n , .
,

wi th the loss of only seven men kill ed and wounded ,

a

castle which had been considered capable of resisting a

long iege was captured and the first blow struck at the
S ,

Bourbon dynasty of Naples The success in itself was . a

stri king one ; its consequences were far reachi ng Th w -

. e ne
'
s

that R eggio had been captured by the Garibaldians ,

almost wi thout fighting spread like wild fi C ,

-
re . os e n z s
’

landing had also been successf l ; and this added to the u ,

news that all southern Calabria had risen in arm created s,

such consternation among the commanders of the various

bodie of troops in the towns facing the straits that all
s ,

prepared to march at once to join the main force at

M onteleone .

As soon as the castle surrendered Garibaldi despatched ,

boats acro s the straits with orders to the troop at

s ,
s

M essina and Cape Faro to cross at once in any craft

they could get hold of No advance from R eggio was .

made that afternoon as the troops req ired some rest

,
u

after thei exertions As eveni ng came on the scene was

r .

a striking one every town and illage on the other ide of v s

the straits from Cape Faro to Giardi ni being il luminated .

 A D S CO ER I V Y . 263

The lights twinkled and bonfires blazed far up the side

, ,
s

of E tna .

A soon s Garibaldi had entered the castle he aid to

as ,
s

Frank who had been near him all day Take ten men
,
:

and earch the castle thoroughly and release all political

s ,

prisoners There are sure to be many here

. .
”

F ank obeyed the order eagerly At Palermo he had

r .

not exp ected to find any pri oners from the mainland ; and s

he had read through the list of those found and released

at M essina without emotion— for there as at Palermo all , ,

were men for the mo t part of good family belonging

,
s ,

to the city ; but w he was on the mainland and no ,

prisoners taken in any part of the Ne politan dominions a

m ight be found here First he obtained the li t of those

. s

detained fro m the fficer in pecial charge of them No

O s .

fa m iliar name met his eye as he glanced hastily down it .

You are sure that this is the entire list 2 he asked the ”

officer .

There are none others the latter replied but if you ,

“

are earching for a friend y may find h i m here though

s ou ,

bearing another name The majority of the prisoners .

are registered under their real names but in some ca es ,

s ,

where there are particular reasons for secrecy another ,

name i given when they are brought here and I

s ,

m yself am ignorant of what their real designations m y a

be .
”

Y had better accompany me round sir Frank s id

ou , ,
a ,

“
and see that the jailors open all the door and give me s

every facility .
”

The fli willingly as ented he felt that his appoint

o c er s :

ment nder the Neapolitan government w at an end

u as ,

and was anxious to plea e those who were likely to be his s

maste s in the future A a rule some fifteen or twenty

r . s
2 64 OUT W I T H G AR BAL D I I .

men ere confined together ; these were first visited but

w ,

no familiar face was fo nd a m ong them u .

Tho e you h ve een the fli

s aid are I believe
a s ,
”
o ce r s , , ,

all confined here under their own ame ; as you a n s see,

number kept together All are allowed at certain

a re .

hour of the day to go t into the courtyard and to

s ou

conver e with e ch other freely The e are four prisoners

s a . r

who are kept part from the re t and each other ; these
a s ,

are the four who bear I believe other names than tho e , ,
s

given on the li t They go out for fo r or five hours

s . u

at a ti m e on to the wall b t each has hi eparate s, u s s

place for exercise and they can h ld no communication

,
o l

with e ch other or with the re t of the pri oners In all

a ,
s s .

other re pects they have the same food and treatment

s .
”

The cene in each of the room that he had hitherto entered

s s

had been very p inful ; the pri oner had heard the ound
a s s s

of firing but were in ignorance of what it meant N ne s

,
. O w

fro m the out ide world ever reached them they had heard
s

nothing of the event in Sicily and the only explanation s ,

that they could im gine for the firing that there had
a w as

been a revol tion in the province and that the castle

u ,

had been attacked b y a party of insurgents Their hopes .

had fallen when th firing cea ed ; and during the ho r e s u

that had pa ed while the egoti tions were being c rried

ss n a a

on had altogeth er f ded aw y They had heard cannon

,
a a . no

from witho t ; and that a body of in urgents should have

u s

capt red the fortre ee m ed t of the que tion There

u ss s ou s .

had been an attack b t the as ailants had evidently fallen

,
u s

back \Vhen therefore Fr nk entered attended by their

.
, ,
a ,

chief and followed b y eight men in red shirt broad s,

brimmed hats and carrying mu ket they were too

,
s s,

asto i hed even to gue at the tr th ntil Frank said

n s ss u u

Gentlemen in the name of General G ribaldi who has

,
a ,
 A D S CO E R I V Y . 2 65

captured this castle I have the pleasure to announce to ,

you that from this moment you are free men .

”

For the mo t part the announcement was received in

s

silence They could sc rce believe the pos ibility of what

. a s

he said The name of Garibaldi w known to all It

. as .

was he who had commanded at the defence of R ome ; it

was he who tho e who had been longe t there had
,
as s s

learned from comparatively late comer had done such s,

S ignal service in the Alp with his volunteer when by s s, ,

the aid of France M ilan and part f Lombardy was ,

O

wrested from the A tria s They looked t one another us n . a

almost incred lo ly ; then as the meaning of Frank s

u us ,
’

word dawned upon them ome fell into each others arm
s ,
s
’
s,

m rmuring incoherent word others b r t into tear w hile

u s, u s s,

some ag in dropped on their knee to thank God for th ir

a s e

delivera ce Frank had to wait for a few m inute in each

n . s

roo m until they had recovered them elve a little and s s ,

then e t out e ch b tch with t of hi oldier to see

s n a a wo s s s

for them elve that they were really free and to thank
s s ,

Garibaldi for their rescue .

“
N owignor the fli
,
S aid when they had left
,
”
o cer s ,

the la t of the large rooms there are only the fo r

s ,
“
u

special pri oner to vi it

s s s .
”

The first of the e was a man i th prime of life altho gh

s n e ,
u

wi th long nkempt hair d beard As Frank repeated

u an .

th word he h d u ed before the man looked at him with

e s a s ,

an unme ni g mile Again d ag in he poke to h i m

a n s . an a s ,

but a l childish la gh
ow th only an wer Frank u w as e s .

t rned ngril y to the fficer

u a O .

“
The poor fellow s mind h gone he said How ’
as , .
“

long h he been a pri oner here ?

as s

Abo t eight ye r ignor for ome ti m e hi mind has

u a s, s s s

been g tting weak r

e e .
”
2 66 OU T I
W T H GAR BALD I I .

The brutes Frank exclaimed passionately Here ,

men take this poor fellow out to the co rtyard and remain
,
u ,

with him I will k the general presentl y what had

: as

be t be done with him Are the others like thi ? he

s . s

a ked the fficer w ith a thrill of fear that overpowered

s O ,

the hope that he had lately been feeling .

“
O of them is silent and seldom speaks but he i I
ne , ,
s,

believe quite sensible ; the other two are well The man
, .

we hall next see is perfectly so he never speaks to us but

S ,

when alone here or when upon the wall for exercise he

, ,

talks incessantly to himself sometimes in Italian ; some :

times one of the officers who understands that language

,
as

say in E nglish ; sometimes in what I have heard our

s,

priests say is L atin ; sometimes in other languages .

”

Before you pen the door tell me what age he is

O ,

Frank asked in a low strained voice ,

.

I ho ld say that he was about si xty signor ; he has

“
S u ,

been here nearly three years the man said ,

”
.

Now open the door

“
.

Frank entered almo t timidly A tall man ro e from a s . s

palette which was the sole article of furniture in the room

,
.

Is it treason lieutenant he a ked quietly to ask , ,

”
s ,

what has been going on ? ”

Frank with an exclamation of joy stepped forward

Grandfather he said thank God I have found you
, ,

The prisoner star ted looked at hi m searchingly and , ,

exclaimed Frank yes it is Frank is this a miracle or

, , ,

am I dreaming 2
Neither grandfather Garibaldi has landed we have
“
,
.

taken the castle and thank God you are free , , ,

.

The professor sank back on his bed and sat for a minute
or two with his face buried in h i hands then he rose put s ,

hi hands upon Frank s houlders and then clasped him in

’
s S ,
 A D SCO ER I V Y . 267

h is arms bursting as he did so into tears while Frank s

, ,
’

own cheeks were wet The profe sor was the first to . s

recover himself .

“
I had fancied Frank he said that I was a , , ,
“

philosopher but I see I am not ; I thought that ll

,
a

emotion for me was over but I feel now like a child And , .

can I really go out 2 ”

“
Yes Frank said ; but I have two more doors to
,
” “

open and then I will go wi th you

, .
”

I will wait here for you Frank I shall be glad to be for ,

:

a few mi nutes alone to persuade myself that this is not ,

a dream and to thank God for His mercy O moment

, . ne ,

though before you leave me is my W ife alive and well

, : ,

and my daughter 2
Both are well Frank said ; it is five months since
,
” “

I saw them but I had letters from both fo r days ago

,
u .
”

Then he left the cell .

“
This is the silent man the fficer said as he opened ,
”
O ,

the next door Frank repeated his usual peech to the

. S

dark bearded man who faced him when he entered

-
.

“
You are young to lie i the man said ster ly ,
S r,
”
n .

This I suppose is a fresh trick to see whether I still hate

, ,

the acc r ed government that has sent me here

u s .
”

“
It is no lie signor Frank said quietly ,
I am an ,
”
.
“

officer of General Garibaldi s He has conquered all ’

.

S icily and with some four thousand men crossed the

,

straits three days ago t M elito and has now captured o ,

this place .
”

The man burst into a wild fit of laughter and then with , ,

another cry of You lie he sprang pon Frank and had u ,

it not been for the officer and the two G ribaldian soldiers a ,

who still accompanied them woul d assu edly have strangled ,

r

him ; for strong as he was Frank was but an infant in

, ,
2 68 OUT I
W T H G AR BALD I I .

the man hands After a desperate struggle he was

’
s .
,

p lled ff and forced down on his bed

u o , .

L eave him Frank said he will be quiet now ” “

, : .

S ignor I under tand your feeling ; you think what

,
c an s s

I have said is i m po ible You will soon see that it is ss .

not As oon
. you c lm yo rself one of my men
s as a u ,

will acco m pan y you to the courtyard which i you will ,

s,

find full of G ribaldi ans ; and the general him elf will
,
a s

a ure you that you are a free man and can if y choose
ss , ,
ou ,

quit thi place immediatel y

s .
”

The man m ood changed I m calm he aid ri ing

’
s .
“
a ,
”
s ,
s

to h i feet s Perhap thi man will take me t to x

. s s ou e ecu

tion but it will be welcome to m I have prayed for

, e .

death so long that I can only rejoice if it has come .

”

Then he quietly walked t of the cell followed by one ou ,

of the soldier w h being by no mean satisfied that th

s, o, s e

prisoner had ceased t be dangerou lipped h i bayonet o s, s s

on to h i mu ket before following h i m

s s .

The fourth pri oner very feeble b t he received s w as ,

u

the news with tra quillity It does not make much n .

di fference to me now h said ; b t it will be ome ,

”
e u s

sati faction to know that I hall be buried out ide the

s s s

pri ons .
”

Y m t not look at it in hat light ignor Frank

ou us t ,
S ,

said N do bt you will pick p health and strength

O u u

wh n you rejoin yo r friend and find that the ty anny

e u s, r

and opp e ion you tr ggled against are at an end

r ss s u .
”

Leaving the la t f hi men to give the poor fellow s O s

his arm and lead h i m t Frank ret rned to Profes or ou ,

u s

Forli The latter ro e bri kly he came in

. s s as .

“
I am my elf again he said Your coming here so
s , .
“

strangely and the new you bro ght were great a sur
,
s u ,
so

prise that everything see med confu ed and I w unable

,
s ,
as
 I V Y
A D S CO E R . 2 69

to gra p the f ct I have heard that a good wi m mer

s a . s ,

if he falls suddenly into deep water behaves for f ,

a ew

mom ents like one who is ignorant of the art triking out ,
s

wildly s allowing m ch water before b f irly gra p

,
w u e a s s

the ituation and his ski ll ret rns to him S it was w ith
s u . o

me my equanimi ty h never been shaken since I w

: as as

fir t seized I perceived at once that what was to come

s .

was inevit ble I reflected that I was v stly better ff

a . a o

than mo t ; that my mind w stored with knowledge

s as

accumulated by the great thinkers of ll age and that a s, ,

so fortified I co ld fford to be indi ff erent to impri onment

,
u a s

or persec tion B t you see the suddenness of the know

u . u

ledge that I was free did what captivity even as hopele , ,

ss

as mine had failed to do Now Fr nk let go out you

, .
,
a ,
us :

shall take me down to the sea hore d then tell me by -

S ,
an

what marvel you come to be here If it had been yo r . u

father I sho ld not h ve been

,
urprised ; but that
u a so s

y whom I had thought f s a boy t Harrow ho ld

ou , O a a ,
s u

throw open my pri on door i past my understanding s -

,
s

at pre ent Of cour e your father i here with you 2

s . s , s

I am sorry to y that he is not Frank s id quietly sa

,
”
a

but I will tell you all about it when w get down to the e

Shore I mu t bef re we start tel l the general that ll

. s , o , a

the prisoner have been freed and that I have found y

s , ou ,

and k if he will req ire me ju t t pre ent

as u s a s .

Going into the courtyard Fr nk left his grandfather ,

a

to look on at a scene novel to h i m and went into the so

,

room where G rib ldi d Bixi o were examining with a a an

,

the yndic a m p of the di trict He stood at the door

s ,
a s .

till the general looked ro nd u .

Pardon me i for interr ptn you but I wi h ,

s r, u
,
s

to report to you that among the other pri oner I have s s

found Signor Forli d that he 1 good health ,

an 8 In .
”
2 70 OUT W I T H GAR BALD I I .

Garibaldi rose from his seat and holding out both han ds ,

g rasped those of Frank .

“
I am glad— I am glad indeed lad he said w i th deep , ,

feeling that my ld friend is rescued ; glad that the

,
“
O

sacrifice that your m o ther made in parti g with you has n

not been in vain and that your own bravery and good
,

conduct have been th s rewarded I pray God that that u .

other that you are seeking for still nearer and more ,

loved may also be found

, .
”

E xc e me he aid to Bixi o and the syndic I must “

”
us ,
s

Shake Signor Forli by the hand before I go farther into

thi s .
”

As he hurried out Frank said I have not told him, ,

“

about my father yet i He suggested himself that we ,

S r.

Should go down together to the sea shore where we -

,

could talk matter over quietly ; and I came in partly

s

to ask you if you would require my services for the next

hour or two 2
Certainly not Percival Yes I will be careful ; it
,
.
,

would be a shock to hi m to be told suddenly that your

father had lo t his life in his search for him
s .
”

L d by Frank he hurried to the spot where the

e ,

professor was standi g quietly regarding the Garibaldians n ,

laughing and chatting and the groups of the Neapoli tan ,

troops who w di armed were standing talking together

, ,
no s ,

with disheartened and sombre faces .

“
Ah professor he exclaimed as he came up to him ;
, ,
”
,

glad indeed am I that you have been found and rescued .

Your friends were right in not despairing of you It .

seems an age ince we parted twelve years ago at R ome

S .

You are little cha ged I feared that if found you would
n .

be li ke so many of the others whose prison doors we hav e

opened — mere wrecks of themselves .

”
 I V Y
A D SCO E R . 2 71

Nor have you changed much Signor Forli said as , ,

he stood holding the general s hand ; a li ne or two on ’ “

the forehead but that is all And so you have taken p

,
. u

again the work that seemed postponed for another century

at R ome 2
Y ; es d this time I hope that all Italy w ill be freed
an .

Now old friend you mu t excuse me for the presen t—I

, ,
s

am full of busines ; this evening we must have a long

s

talk together ; much has happened in the three years that

have pa sed ince you disappeared Y can keep this
s S . ou

youngster with you He h well earned a day s holiday

. as
’
.
”

S saying Garibaldi hurried ff

o , O .
 CHAPTE R X V
THE V
AD AN C E F R OM R EGG O I .

F OR L I
R OF E S SOR ilent ntil he and Frank w as S u

had pa ed out through the gate of the castle then

ss ,

he took a long bre th a .

The i of freedom he said is no di fferent from

a r , ,
“

that I have breathed daily on the wall there for well s ,

n igh three years and yet it seems di fferent It is a

,
.

comfort that my pri on l y in this fair spot and not in

s a ,

some place where I could see but little beyond the walls .

Of te n and often h ve I thanked God th t it w so and

a a as ,

that even a free man and with th wo ld before me I

,
as e r
,

could no more lovely scene th n thi There w change

se e a s. as ,

too there w the p ssage of the hip ; I u ed to wonder

as a s s s

where each was ailing ; and about the p engers and

s as s ,

how h opef lly many of the e were goi g abroad to tra ge

u s n s n

countries in earch of fortune and h few were returning

s s, ow

with their hopes f lly satisfied I smiled sometime to

u . s

think of the struggle for wealth and advancement going

on in th world round me while I had no need to thi k
e ,
n

of the fut re ; but my need always as you know few

u s, , ,

and si mple were mini tered to ; and tho gh cut ff from

,
s u o

con er e w ith all around me I had the be t co m pany

v s ,
s

i
n the world in my cell How thankf l I that my
. u w as

memory was good — that I could discour e wi th the

so s

grea t men of the world could tal k w ith Plato and argue
,
 T HE AD V AN CE F R OM R E GG O I . 2 73

wi th D emosthenes ; co ld discu s old age with Cicero or u s ,

tr vel with either Homer or Vi rgil ; visit the Inferno

a

with D ante or the Heavens with M ilton knew by heart

,

m ny of th masterpieces of S hake peare and Goethe and

a e s ,

could la gh over the f of Terence and Plutarch it

u un :

w as a grand compan y .
”

S the professor continued to talk until they reached

o

the hore Frank was not called upon to peak The

S . s .

profe sor was t l k ing to himself rather than to h i m

s a ,

continuing the habit of which the off cer of the prison had i

spoken As y t his brain was working in its old groove

. e .

Once on the trand he s tood silently g zing for two or

s ,
a

three m i nute the he passed his h nd acro s his forehead

s, n a s ,

and with an e ident e ffort broke the chain of his thou ghts
v

and turned to Frank .

“
S trange talk no doubt y are thinking Frank for
,
ou , ,

a man so suddenly and unexpectedly rele ed from a living as

grave ; but you see l d that the body be em ncipated

,
a ,
can a

more quickly than the mind from i t bond and I am s s,

as one awaki ng from a deep sleep and stil l wondering

whether it is I my elf and how I ca m e to be here ands , ,

what has happened to me I fear that it will be some time .

before I can quite shake ff my d reams Now lad once o .

, ,

m ore tell me about my wife and yo r mother B t no u . u ,

you have told me that they are well Y have aid . ou s

naught of your father save that he is not here W here .

i he 2 and how i he 2
s s

I answer neither question grandfather He

can ,
.
,

like you has been lost to us he di appe red a few months

,
s a

after you did and we were led to believe that he was

,

killed .

The profe or was himself again in an instant The

ss .

mood that had dominated him was sh aken ff and he o ,

“a 6 75 ) S
2 74 OUT W I TH GAR BALDI I .

was keen sharp and alert again as Frank remembered

, , ,

him .

He is lost 2 b repeated you heard that he was e :

“

killed 2 H was i t 2 tell me everything In the early

ow .

days of my i mpri onment when I thought of many things s ,

ou tside the w lls of my gaol one thi ng tro bled me more

a ,
u

than other M y wife had her da ghter ; no harm would

s . u

come to her save the first grief at my loss and the low
,
S

proce s of hope dying out My da ght r had everything

s . u e

that a woman could wish to make her happy ; but your

father I knew h i m
,
well he would t rest when the so , no

days pa sed and no news of me came — h would move

s e

heaven and earth to find m ; and a man in thi country e s

who dare to enqui e after a political pri oner incurs no

s r s

small da ger Is it that he was mis ing 2 Tell me all

n . so s ,

and spare no detail ; we have the rest of the day before

us W will it down on this eat Now begin
. e s s . .

Frank told at length how on the news of the professor s

, , ,
’

di appearance his father had intere ted the E ngli sh

s ,
s

government in the matter and how to all enquiries made the ,

government of Naple had replied that they knew nothing s

whatever concerni ng his di ppearance ; and how at la t sa ,

s ,

he hi mself tarted with an order obtained from Naples for

s

him to search all the prisons of southern Italy .

“
It was just like him ; it was noble and chivalrous ,

the profe or said ; but he ho ld have known better

ss
“
S u .

An E ngl ishman unacquainted with It ly might have a

believed that with s ch an order he might afely search u s

for one who b su pected w lying in a Neapolitan e s as

pri on but your father sho ld have known better Notice

s , u .

wo ld a uredly be sent before he rrived ; and had he

u ss a

come here for example I hould a week before have been

, ,
S

carried away up into the mountains till h had gone ,

e .
 T H E AD V AN CE FROM R E GG O I . 2 75

He would have been show n the regi ter of prisoners he s ,

would not have found my name among them he wo ld ,

u

have been told that no such person as he described had

ever been confined here — i t w hopeless B t go on ,
as . u

with your story .

”

Frank told how his father had v isited several prisons ,

and how he wrote lett rs exposing their horror that e ,

s,

had appeared in the E glish papers and had created an n ,

immense impression throughout the country .

“
It was m d of him the prof ssor murmured noble
a ,
”
e ,

but mad .
”

Then Frank told how the news came of his being carried
off by brigands of the steps that had been taken of the
, ,

evidence of the courier who saw him fall and of some of his ,

e ffects being found in the b t on the mountain when this was u

captured and the brigand chief killed of the report given ,

by one of the prisoners that his father had died and been
buried hortly after he was taken there and of the vain
S ,

search that had been made for his body .

“ And was this tale believed

2 S ignor Forli exclaimed ,

leaping to hi feet No Italian would for a moment have

s .

thought it true — t least none who had the misfortune

a ,

to be born under the Neapolitan rule S urely my wife .

never believed it 2
In her heart I know now that she did not Frank said , ,

but h kept her doubts to herself for the sake of my

S e

mother Sh thought that it was far better that she

. e

should believe that father was dead than that she hould s

be lieve him buried in one of the foul pri ons he had s

d escribed
”
.

Sh was right— she was right the profe or said

e it ,
ss :
“

was certainly better And yo r mother— did h lose

. u S e

hop e 2
”
2 76 OUT W T H G AR BALD I I I .

told me that h wo ld not allo h er elf to

S he s e u w s

believe that he might till be alive and I believe that s ,

sh and the ignora never said one wor d on the subject to

e S

each other until just before I started He then related .

h w the co rier had been bro ght over how he had been
o u u ,

installed in the house in Cadogan Place and how no ,

su picion of his being a spy had been entertained until

s

after the receipt of Garib ldi letter and how they were a
’
s ,

con inced at la t that he h d overheard ll the arrang

v s a a e

ments made for his leaving for Italy .

And you alive Frank to tell me this "By what

a re , ,

miracle did y e c pe from the net that was th own

ou s a r

aro nd you 2u

Thi part of the tory was also told

s S .

It was well arranged and bravely carried through ,

Fr nk S you took p the mission which had co t your

a . O u s

father either his life or h i liberty ? It was a great s

undertaki g for a lad n d I wond r indeed that your ,

an e

mother after the lo ses h had uffered permitted you

,
s s e s ,

to enter upon it W ell contrary to all hu m an anticipa

.
,

tion you have ucceeded in one half of it and you

s, s ,

w ill I trust succeed in the other W hat eemed hardly

, ,
. s

possible —that y hould ente the ca tle of R eggio as

ou s r s

one f its conquerors and have free acce s to the secrets

O ,
SO s

of its prison — has been accompli hed ; and if Garibaldi s

s cceeds in carrying his arms farther and other pri on

u ,
s

doors are opened we may yet find your father W hat

, .

you have told me has explained what has hitherto be n e

a p zzle to me w h y I hould have been tr ated as a

u : s e

special pri oner and kept in solitary confinement N w

s , . o

I understand it E ngl nd h d taken the matter up ; and

. a a

as the government of Naples had denied ll knowledge a

of me it was necessary that neither any pris ner who

, o , ,
 T H E A D AN C E V F R OM R E GG O I . 2 77

perhaps some day might be liberated nor any prison o ffi cial
, ,

should know me and be able to report my exi tence to ,

s

the Briti h representative You may be ure that had

s . s ,

your father come here and examined every pri oner d ,

s an

ofii i l privatel y he wo ld have btained no intelligence

c a , ,
u O

of me Giu eppe Borani would not have been here he

. s
,

would have been removed d no e wo ld drea m that ,

an n u

he was the prisoner for who m search w made And as .

now tell me briefly abo t this expedition of Garibaldi u .

Is ll E urope at war that he has managed to bring an

a ,

army here 2
Fir t of all grandfather I mu t tell you what hap
s , ,
s

pened last year .

He then related the incidents of the war of 185 9 ,

whereby France and S ardinia united and wrested M il an

and Lombardy from the Austrians ; the brilliant achieve
ments of the Garibaldians the disappoint ment felt by
Italy at Nice and a part of S avoy being handed over to
Napoleon as the price of the ser ices that he had v

rendered ; h w Bologna and Florence Palma Ferrara

o , , ,

Forli and R avenna h d all expelled their rulers and

, , a

united the mselves with Sardinia ; and h w Garibaldi o ,

having been badly treated and his ol nteers di sbanded v u ,

he hi m self had retired di ppointed and hurt to Caprera sa .

The b rel t d briefly the secret gathering of the

n e a e

expedition the ob t cles thrown in i t way its successful s a s

l nding in S icil y and the event that had terminated with

a ,
s

the expulsion of the Neapolit forces from the i land an s .

“
Garibaldi began wi th b t a thousand m he said u e n,
”

in conclusion He i w at the he d of twenty

.
“
s no a

tho sand and it will grow every hour ; for we have news
u ,

of ri ing througho t southern Calabri If a thousand

s s u a .

su fficed for the conque t of S icily twenty thousand will s ,

2 78 OUT W I I
T H G AR BALD I .

surely be su fficient for that of the mainland The easy .

capture of thi place w ill strike terror into the enemy

s ,

and raise the enthusiasm of the troops and the Calabrians

to the utmost Garibaldi has b t four thousand men
. u

with him now ; but by this time to morrow ten thousand -

at least will have crossed and I think it is possible that ,

we hall reach Naple without having to fight another

s s

battle At y rate one pitched battle hould be enough

. an ,
S

to free all S outhern Italy The Papal S tates will come .

next and then as Garibaldi hopes Venice ; though this

, , ,

will be a far more serious a ff air for the Au trians are ,

s

very different foes from the Neapolitans and have the ,

advantage of tremendously strong fortification which s,

could only be taken by siege operations with heavy

artillery and certainly could not be accomplished by
,

troops like Garibaldi s ’

.

“
Now about my father S upposing him to be alive .
,

where do you th i nk he would most probably be i m

prisoned ? ”

“
There is no saying That he is alive I feel fid t
.
,
c on en

unless indeed he died in prison from the effect of the

, ,

wound given him when he was captured That he did .

not die when in the hands of the brigands we may take ,

to be certain for his grave must in that case have been

,

dis overed He m st have been handed over to a party

c . u

of police sen t to fetch him by previous agreement with

the brigands and would have been confined i some place
, n

considered e pecially secure from search I should fancy

s .

that he is probably in Naples itself —there are several ,

large prisons there Then there would be the advantage

.

that if the British government had insisted upon a com

,

mission f their own o ff cers searching these prisons he

o i ,

could be removed secretly from one to another ; so that

 T H E AD V AN CE F R OM R EC GI O . 2 79

before the one in which he confined could be examined w as ,

he would have been taken to another which had been ,

previou ly earched s s .

His case was a more serious one than mine Although .

I was a naturali ed Briti h s bject I had gone of my s s u ,

o w free wil l to Italy in the vain belief that I hould

n ,
s

be un m ole ted after so long an absence ; and probably

s

there would have bee no stir in the matter had not your n

father taken i t p hotly and by the influence he po ses ed

u so ,
s s

obtained perm ission to search the dungeons B t I said . u ,

as ,

h i case was a far more serious one

s He went out backed .

by the influe nce of the Briti h government he w assisted s as

by the British legation he held the order of the Neapolitan

government for admi ion to all pri on Thu had it been ss s s . s,

found that he had in pite of their own ca lled afe cond ct

,
s s o- s -
u ,

been seized and impri oned the Briti h fleet would h ve s ,

s a

been in the B y of Naples in a very short time— e pecially

a s

as hi letters as you tell me created

s ,
much feeli g ,
so n

thro ghout the country Therefore it would be almost

u . an

vital q e tion for the government to maintain the tory

u s s

they had framed and to conceal the fact that all the tim e
, ,

they were asserting that he had been captured and kill ed

by the brigands he was in one of their own prisons
, .

I may y frankly that they would nhe itatingly have

sa u s

had him ki lled perhap starved to death in a cel l were it

,
s ,

not that they would have put it in the power of ome s

o ffici l or other to betray them a di covery that would have

a s

meant the f ll of the government pos ibly the dethrone

a
,
s

ment of the king Had he been an Italian he wo ld .

,
u

a suredly have been m rdered for it would not have paid

s u ,

an
y pri on o ff cial to betra y them ; wherea
s i being an s,

E ngli hman of distinction in who e fate the Briti h

s
, s s

government had actively int rested itself any man who e ,

2 80 OU T W I TH G AR BALD I I .

knew the fact could have obtained a reward of a very large

s

amount indeed for giving information That is the sole .

reason F ank th t lead me to believe that he may still

,
r ,
a s

be alive He doubtles imprisoned under another

. w as s

n me just as I was ; but at least it would be known to

a ,

the men that attended upon him that he an E gli sh w as n

m an , and these co ld scarcely have avoided suspecting that u

he w the man about whom s ch a stir had taken place

as u .

The government h d already incurred a tremendous risk a

b y hi eizure ; but thi wo ld have been f greater had

s s s u ar

foul me n been sed to get rid of him in pri on

a s u s .

In the former case hould by any extraordinary chance ,

s

his existence have beco m e known to the British legation ,

they would have framed so m e deliberate lie to ac ount for c

their ignorance of h i being Captain Percival They might s .

,

for instance assert that he had been taken pri oner in

,
s

the m ountain ith a p rty of brigands that his as ertions

s, w a s

that he w an E nglishman had been wholly disbeli eved

as ,

for he would naturall y have poken in Italian and his s ,

Italian was good that any a ertions he made that he

so ss

was an E ngli hman would have been wholly discredited

s .

That i merely a rough guess at the story they might

s

have invented for probably it would have been much more

,

plausible ; b t however plausible it would not have

u , ,
re

i d the lighte t credit had it been found that he had

c e ve s s

been foully done to death .

“
It is d i fficult Frank when one is discu si ng the , ,
s

probable action of men without heart honour or principle s , , ,

and in deadly fear of di covery to determine what cour e s ,

s

they would be likely to take in any particular circum

stance Now the first thing that I have to do is to cro s
s .
, s

to M essina a d to telegraph and afterwards to w ite to

,
n r

my wife Can I telegraph 2

.
”
 T HE AD V AN C E F R OM R E G G O I . 2 81

Yes but not direct the regular line is that which cros es
,
s

the traits to thi town and then goes up thro gh Italy

s s u .

That of course we have not been able to use and could

, , ,

not use it now All messages h a e been sent by the line

. v

from Cape Pass ro to M al ta and thence through S ardi i a

a ,
n

and Cor ica to Spezzia You can send a me sage b y that

s . s .

There will be no di ffic lty in getting a boat acro the u ss

straits You see the war ships have stea m ed away A

.
-
. s

soon as the castle was taken they fo nd that their u

anchorage was wi thin range of i t g n They fired a few s u s .

shots into th town when the castle was bombarding it

e ,

and then retired I believe that all thro gh the men of . u

the navy have been very rel cta t to act against u n u s,

except of co r e at Paler m o
,
u s ,
.
”

Then I ill go at once It is strange to me to be able

w .

to y I will go
sa .

Very well grandfather Of co rse y have no money

“
,
. u ou ,

b t I can s pply you w ith

u much as y like I have
u as ou .

plenty of funds I can t y where y will find m when

.
’
sa ou e

you come back but you will only have to enquire where
,

Garibaldi hi mself is I am re to be with him su .

I shall tay a couple of days there After that hard

“
s .

pallet and prison fare I ca not re i t the te m ptation of n s s

a comfort ble bed a well f rni hed room and a ci ili ed

a ,
-
u s ,
v s

meal e peciall y I m not likely to find any of the e

,
s as a s

things on the y to N ple w a a s .

”

By th way I ho ld think y e could telegraph from

,
s u ou

here Frank said

,
Garib ldi ent ff a message to .
“
a s O

M es ina direc tl y the c tle was taken

s as .
”

Then let do by all mean

“
us so s .
”

They went at once to the telegr ph o ffi ce and from a ,

there the profe sor sent the following me age

s D eare t ss :
“
s

wife Fr nk has found and released me Am well and

,
a .
2 82 OU T W I T H GAR BALD I I .

in good health S hall write f lly thi evening Shall . u s .

accompany h i m d aid in h i earch for Leonard Love an s s .

to M uriel — F M OR .

Havi ng h nded thi in they went dow n to the shore

a s ,

again and h d no di ffic lty in hiring a boat Frank took

,
a u .

twenty sovereigns from h i belt s .

You will want ll this grandfather for indeed you

“
a , ,

must have an entirely new fit t -

ou .
”

I suppo e I m t There h not been much wear and

“
s us . as -

tear i clothes b t three year i a long time for a ingle

n ,
u s s S

s it to last and I have lately had some ne sine s as

u ,
u a s

to what I hould do when the e thing no longer hung

S s s

together ; and I certainly felt a rep gnance to a k ing for u s

a prison it I m t decidedly go and get some clothe

su . us s

fit to be een i before I pre ent myself at an hotel No

s n s .

re pectable ho se would take me in I am

s u as .
”

W ill you have more i 2 I can let you have fifty if ,

S r

y wo
ou l d like itu .
”

No my boy I don t want to be enc mbered with

“
, ,
’
u

l ggage A uit besides that I hall we r and change of

u . s s a ,
a

underclothe w ill ffice The e can be c rried in a m all

s, su . s a s

hand bag and whether we walk or ride I can take it

-
, , ,

with me .
”

After seeing Signor Forli off Frank ret rned to the ,

u

castle .

W here is the professor 2 Garibaldi asked when he

“ ”
,

reported himself re dy for d ty as a u .

I have ju t seen him ff to M e sina general He is

s O s ,
.

sorely in need Of clothe and he w nts to write a long letter s, a

ho m e and he co ld carcely find a q uiet room where he

,
u s

could do so in R eggio He wi ll rejoin as we advance . us .

That i the wi est thing he could do ; for although

“
s s

he looks wonderfully well he can hardly be capable of ,

 T HE V
AD AN CE F R OM R E G G O I . 2 83

standing m ch fatigue after taki ng no exercise for three

u

years He will have a great deal to learn as to what has

.

taken place since he h been here for I don t s ppose as ,

’
u

the prisoner heard a whi sper of the great changes in

s

Northern Italy .
”

“I told him in a few words sir but I had time to , ,

no

give him any details .

At R eggio twenty six gu s five hundred muskets d -

n , ,
an

a large quantity of coal amm nition provisions horse and ,

u , ,
s,

m les were captured O the followi g morning M ajor

u . n n ,

Nullo and the Guide with a battali on were thrown t s ou

towards S Giovanni There was no other forw rd

an . a

movement The general was occ pied in receiving dep

. u u

t ti
a on s from many towns and villages and there were ,

ar angements to be made for the tran port of such tore

r s s s

and ammunition as were likely to be req i ed The u r .

Garibaldian had cros ed in large num bers C

s and s . ose n z

M edi ci with a considerable portion of thei r commands

, ,

were already over and the former had gone up into the,

hills The next morning Garibaldi with two thou and men
. s

and six captured fi ld —pieces moved forward It was e .

possible that they would m eet with ppo ition at S O s an

Giovanni and they had carcely started when a me enger

,
s ss

arrived from N 1111 Believi g from the reports of the0 . n

countrymen that the Neapolit ns were retiring h had a , e

ridden on with ix of the G ide till to hi a toni hment

s u s, s s s ,

at a bridge cro ing a ravine clo e to that to w n he c m e

ss s ,
a

upon two squadron of Neapolitan Lancers W it h gre t s . a

presence of mind he and his men had drawn their revolver

,
s

and su m moned the fficer i comm nd to surrender O s n a .

S urrender to whom 2 the latter a ked s .

T Garibaldi he is ready to attack at once if you

O : ,

refuse .
”
2 84 OUT W I TH GAR BALDI I .

I will take y to the general the fficer said ou ,

O .

To hi m Nullo repeated h i command s .

I have no objection to confer with Garibaldi him elf s ,

the general said and will go with you to him , .

I cannot take you Nullo aid my instructions are

“
,
”
s
“

Si mply to dem and your surrender ; but I wil l go my el f s

and inform him of your readine s to meet him In the s .

m eantime I demand that you withdraw your lancers from

,

the bridge which must be considered as the boundary

,

between the two forces You can leave two men on your .

side and I will leave tw on mine

, o .
”

To this the general agreed ; and posting two of his

m en at the bridge another was ent back to beg Garibal d i
,
s

to hurry up the troops M essengers went backward and .

forward between General M l di and G rib ldi who w e en s a a ,

as

m arching forward with all ha te B t the term the s . u ,

as s

l tter laid do n were that the troops ho ld give up their

a w S u

arms and then be allowed to march away no agree ,

ment was arrived at and the Neapolitans evacuated the ,

town and took up a very strong po ition on the hill ide s s

above it They were two thou and five hundred strong

. s ,

with fi gun In the evening Garibaldi with two

ve s .

thousand men arrived near the place and sending forward ,

two companies to the bridge made a circuit through the ,

hill and took up a position above and somewhat in rear

s,

of the Neapolitans A messenger w sent to C who

. as os e n z ,

w as s eventeen miles a ay ordering him to start at once w , ,

and if po ible arrive in the morning A body of Calabrian

,
ss ,
.

pea antry undertook to watch the enemy and the G ri

s ,
a

b ld i
a wrapping themselve in their blankets lay down
an s , s ,

for the night .

Before d ybreak they were on their feet and moved

a ,

dow n the hi ll The enemy opened fire wi th hell but

.
S ,
 T HE V
AD AN C E F R OM R E GG O I . 2 85

only two or three m fell and the fire not returned

en ,
w as .

O arrival at a spot where they were heltered from the

n s

fire Garibaldi ent in a mes enger with a flag of truce

,
s s ,

renewing the o ff er of term The Neapolitan shot the s . s

bearer of the fl g he approach d them but afterward

a as e ,
s

o ff ered to treat Garibaldi however greatly angered at

.
, ,

this i ol tion of the law of war replied at fir t that he

v a s ,
s

would now accept nothing b t unconditional urrender An u s .

armistice however granted to en ble the gener l to

w as ,
a a

comm nicate with G ener l B g ti Thi a ff orded ti m e

u a ra an . s ,

too for C
,
to arrive from S alerno and for Bixio ho
ose n z , ,
w se

brigade had remained at R eggio to bring p so m e gun ; ,

u s

the e were po ted so

s to entirely cut the Neapolit n
s as a

line of retreat .

At five o clock Garibaldi ent order to the Neapolitans

’
s an

to lay down their arm within a q arter of an hour or s u ,

he would advance Their ge eral seei g that he co ld . n ,

n u

not now hope to be reinforced and that he was completely ,

surrounded a sented to the demand His oldiers piled

,
s . s

their arms and soon fraternised wi th the Garibaldian s,

many of them showing nconcea led plea ure that they u s

had not been called upon to ppose those who had co m e O

to free their co ntry The gre ter portion of them threw

u . a

away their accoutrement and even their caps and then s, ,

dispersed a few starti g to join the main force nder

,
n u

V i li the greater portion

ar ,
ca ttering to thei r ho m e s s .

The fort b y the water s edge below the town had l o ’

a s

surrendered .

Thi was an import nt capture

s it po se sed everal a ,
as s s s

h eavy gun ; and these with those of Faro on the opposite

s ,

shore commanded th S trait con eq ently the Neapolitan

,
e s, s u

shi ps could not pa on their way up toward Naples ss s ,

but were forc d to retire through the other end and to

e
2 86 OUT W T H GAR BALD I I I .

make their way entirely round the island thus leaving ,

the passage between M es ina and the mainland entirely s

open At daybreak Garibal d i started at the head of

.

C column for Alta fi m

’
os e n z s which the first party - u a ra ,

of Garibaldians that landed had failed to capture This .

,

after a short parley surrendered on the same terms as those

,

granted th day before and the men throwing away their

e , ,

shakoes and knapsacks started for thei r various homes

, .

Three miles farther the castle of S cylla surrendered the

, ,

national g ard of the to w n having taken up arms and

u

declared for Garibaldi as soon as they heard that he was

coming Bagnara had also been evacuat d V i li having
. e ,
ar

withdra w n with his force d marched to M onteleone an .

A halt was made here The strictest orders had been .

given b y Garibaldi again t plundering or in any way s

gi ing cause for hostility among the peasantry S entries

v .

were posted and one of the soldiers found stealing grapes

,

was shot— example which prevented any repetitio

an n

of the offence .

That evening Frank who was down on the shore , ,

watching the men from Messi na being landed from several

steamers saw Signor Forli
, .

It is l cky indeed that I was down here he said

“
u , ,

“
for every house in the town is full of troops and y ,
ou

might have searched all night without finding me It .

is quite useless to look for a bed w and indeed the no , , ,

houses are so crowded that I had made up my mind to

sleep here and I hould recommend you to do the same
,
S .

I see you have got a blanket wi th you It will be much .

cooler and more ple sant than indoor a s .

I will do so gladly Frank It w ill be a fresh luxury

, .

for me to see the stars overhead as I lie and the sand i ,

s

quite as soft as any of these Italians beds are likely t be o .

”
 T HE V
AD AN C E F R OM R E GG O I . 2 87

Frank had indeed slept out every night since the

Garibaldians fir t landed It saved the trouble of
s . eh

d i g to find accommodation and enabled him to

e a vo u r n ,

have a swi m every morning to refre h hi m for hi day s s s

’

work .

D y aft r day the Garibaldians marched

a e without on

encountering re i tance It indeed a proce ion rather

s s . w as ss

th n a military advance The co ntry

a lovely the . u w as ,

weather uperb At each village they were s luted by

s . a

number f the country people who had co m e dow to

s O , n

greet them They were all armed and n m ber of them

.
,
u s

joined the Garibaldians They were for the m ost p art .

, ,

of fine physiq e wi th hand ome faces d the omen

u ,
s ,
an w

of th is co st were fa m ou for their bea ty The Greek

a s u .

element w stil l predominant and in man y of the vi llage

as ,
s

no other language was poken In the towns the S .

,

national g rd were dr wn up to receive their deliverer

ua a s

w ith all honour and the inhabitants of all cla e vied

,
ss s

with each other in their hospitality Frank h d been . a

unable to b y a hor e b t h d succeeded in p rchasi ng

u s ,
u a u

a donkey on whi ch the profes or sat placidly smoking as

, s

they went along with one marching col mn or another

,
u .

Cos e n z sdivi ion generall y led the way followed by tho e

’
s ,
s

of M edici and E bers while Bixi o followed in the rear

, ,

his divi ion having already had their share of glory in

s

S icily and t R eggio a .

The main Neapolitan army retiring from M onteleone , ,

p s ed through e ch town only a few hour ahead f the

a s a s O

Garib ldians The people reported that gr t insubordina

a . ea

ti O exi ted among them

n s Gener l B g ti h d been shot . a ra an a

by his own men at Bagn r the other gener l were acc ed a a a s us

b y their m of treachery and gre t n m b r of the e h d

en ,
a u e s s a

deserted ; and the Garibal d ian felt that if they could but s
2 88 I
OU T W T H GAR BALD I I .

overtake the retreating foe victory was certain Orders .

h d been ent round b y Garibaldi to ll the V illagers that

a s a

the men were to meet him at M aid a ; and leaving th e

army at two o clock in the morning he with a few of

’

, ,

hi
s ta ff rode acros the mountain to that town The
s ,
s .

Calabrians eager to fight had obeyed the order but with

, , ,

some disappointment for b d they been left to themselves a

they would have occupied the terrible gorges through which

the retreating Neapolitan would have to pass and t king s ,
a

their po ts amo g inaccessible b ill would have lmost

s n s, a

annihilated the m B t Garibaldi was on all occasions most

. u

an xiou to prevent bloodshed and wo ld never fight unless

s ,
u

his foes forced him to do so ; and it was for this reason

that he had ordered the Calabrians to meet him at
M aida thereby preventing the m from occup ying the
,

pas s .

Frank as one of hi aides de camp rode with h i m the

,
s - -
, ,

profe sor preferring to move forward at the more comfort ble

s a

pace of the marching col mn Ordering the Calabrians to u .

follow Garibaldi went on from M aida to Tyrola situated

, ,

on the backbone of the Apen ine and comm nding a view n s, a

of the sea on either hand Arriving there he found that .

,

the Ne politans were but a mile ahead He therefore

a .

h lted for an ho r and then rode seven miles farther to

a u ,

S mp t
a where he saw the rearguard f the enemy
r o ro , O

not more than h lf a m ile ahead Leaving a few armed

a .

peasants to watch the m Garibaldi and his st ff went ,

a

q ietly to bed In the morning they again started in

u .

pur uit at the head of two thousand Calabrians The

s , .

peasants brought in news that the e emy had halted at n a

village even mile ahead and were endeavouri g to obtain

s s ,
n

food The Calabrian when they approached the place

. s, ,

were sent forward as skirmishers the head of C s os e n z

’
 T HE V
AD AN C E F R OM R E G G O I . 2 89

column was now but a short di ta ce i the rear Colonel s n n .

Peard who had ridden with Garib ldi was in advance with
,
a , ,

three Calabrian when at a t rn of the road he came s, ,

u ,

upon seven tho sand infantry cavalry and artill ery u , , ,

huddled together witho t any appearance of regulari ty u .

He rode up at on e to the nearest o fficer and called c s,

upon them to s rrender They took him to Ghio their u .

,

general who aying to Peard that it was not customary

, ,
s

to talk so lo d before the soldiers asked him to step

u ,

aside ; and on being told that he was s rro nded and u u ,

had no choice between surrendering and being ih i an n

lated he agreed at once to send an o fficer to Garibaldi

, .

W hile the o fficer was ab ent the disposition of the troop s ,

s

manifested it elf many of the m at once threw down

s :

their arms d accoutrements and started on the road

an ,

or made their way up the hill In a few minutes the .

ffi cer returned with G ribaldi condition hi ch were

’
O a s s, w

surrender and di armament when the troop would be s ,

s

a llowed to leave on their promi e not to erve again In

,
s s .

an ho r there was not a Neapolitan left in the place and

u

the Garibaldians who had m arched thirty miles that day

, ,

halt d to allo w the rest of the troop to come up

e s .

There w indeed no f rther occa ion for haste It

as , ,
u s .

w asmorally certain that no battle would be fought before

they reached N ple The Neapolitan troops were hope a s .

le ly di pirited and the greater part would gladl y have

ss s ,

thrown away their arm d returned to th ir ho m e ; s an e s

the minority who were still f ithf l to their oath were

,
a u ,

bitterly h m ili ted at the manner in which l ge bod ie

u a ar s

of men h d surrendered without triking a blo and

a s w ,

at the w y in which the main force fled

a h til y ,
as as as

if it had su ffered a di gracef l defe t at the approach s u a ,

of the Garibaldians Already N ple w almost in a . a s as

( M 6 75 )
29 0 I
OUT W T H GAR BAL D I I .

state of insurr ction ; and in the other towns the whole

e

populace had risen and the Neapolitan authorities were

,

powerless .

“
It is wonderful Signor Forli who arrived on the
, ,

followi ng morning said to Frank that the Calabrian

, ,
“
s

should have remained passive for a couple of centuries under

the r l e of a people so much inferior to them elves That
u s .

S icily should do so I am not surpri ed Its population is

,
s .

not to be compared in physique w ith these grand fellows .

Among the mountains of S icily no doubt there may be , ,

a finer type of people than those of the plains and sea

coa t ; but as you have told me although as pleased
s , ,

as a crowd of ch ildren at a new game th ey did little to ,

aid G ribaldi to free them and M essina once taken the

a , ,

number that enlisted w ith him was small indeed Here .

the population have joined to a man ; and w hat plendid S

m en they are " Had they all risen together before ,

there would have been no need for a G ribaldi W hat a .

could an army however numerous of the frivolous

, ,

pop lation of Naples have done against them 2

u
“
There are hun d reds of passes and ravines W have . e

ourselves marched through a score that might have been

held by a handful of determine d m agai nst an rmy en a .

I believe that it is the fear of can on rather than of n

soldiers that has enabled a decayi g power li ke that of n ,

Naples t mai ntain its hold Cannon would b useful

, o . e

in a mountainous country for th se who have t d efend o o

the passes but it is of little avail to an invader it is

,
:

notorious that even on the plains vastly more men are

, ,

killed by b l lets than by shell O thi g that no

u . ne n

doubt has kept the Calabrians from rising as a body i , ,

s

that blood feuds exist among them in Corsica T h ,

as . e

number of cros es that you have seen by the roadside

s
 T H E AD V I
AN CE F R OM R E G G O . 291

mark the number of the victims of these q arrels u .

E ach little v i llage stand apart from the rest and there
s ,

has been no centre round which the country could gather .

There has been in fact a community of interest but no

, , ,

community of feeling ; and the consequence is ri ings have

,
s

been always partial and there has been nothing lik e one
,

determined effort by all Calabria to win its freedom .

”
 CHAPT ER X VI .

N APLE S .

re emblance between Colonel Peard and Garibaldi

HE s

was so great that being imilarly dre ed the E ngli h

,
S ss , s

man p hing on so f in advance was everywhere tak n

,
us ar ,
e

for the general and b til i ed thi likeness to the utmo t

,
e u s s s .

The ews of h i rapid approach hastened the retreat of

n s

the Neapolitan He sent fictitiou telegram to their

s . s s

general from private friend magnifying Ga ibaldi s

s as s, r
’

force and representing that he was taking a line that

s,

would t them ff from Naples and sent them hurrying

cu O ,
so

away at full peed and adding to the alar m d confu ion

s an s

of the government .

I suppo e we had better pu h on with Garibaldi

s s ,

grandfather 2 Frank said one day as they finished an

”
.

un sually long march

u .

Certainly Frank S ignor Forli s id somewhat

“
, ,
a ,
su r

prised ; we sh ll be in Naples in another three or fo r

“
a u

d ys I am sure Garibaldi will not wait for his troop ; he

a . s

was saying to me yesterday that he was mo t anxious to s

enter the city as he had notice fro m a friend that C

,
a vo u r s
’

party were hard at work trying to organi e a gener l s a

risi g of the city before he rrive and the is ue of a

n a s, s

manife to declaring Victor E mm nuel king of Italy and

s a

inviting him to come at once Thi Garib ldi is determ i ned . s a

not to allow He has from the first always declared that

.
 N A PL E S . 293

he came in the n me f the ki g and that when h i a O n ,

s

work was done he wo ld hand over S o thern Italy to him u u .

You know h i loyalty and bsol te d i intere tedness ; d

s a u s s an

the idea that h would endeavo r to obtain any advantage e u

for him elf i ab rd s s su .

If he had cho en instead of a epti ng the di ctator

“
s ,
cc

s hip f S icily he could have b en elected king ; and ass redly

o e u

it i the ame thing here He i the people hero and

s s . s
’
s

sa vio r the very name of the Ki ng of S ardinia i c rcely

u s s a

know in S icily and excite no intere t whatever It i the

n ,
s s . s

s ame thing i C labria the enthu i m i all for G aribaldi

n a s as s ,

and had he con ented to accept the crow n he wo ld have s u

been elect d u animo ly Hi wi h d hope i to pre ent

e n us . s s an s s

to Victor E mman el S ou thern Italy cleared of all ene m ie u s,

complete d ndivided and yet rather than so receive it

an u , ,

Cavo r Farin and the re t of the m

u ,
intriguing t
a, s ar e a

N ples
a they intrigued in S icil y in order that th ki g
,
as ,
e n

sho ld appear to take thi wide acce ion of territory

u s ss as

the expre ion of the will of the people and not from the
ss ,

hand of G ribaldi a .

It i pitiful to see uch mean jealo y In time no

“
s s us .
,

do bt even had there not been a G rib ldi thi wo ld h ve

u ,
a a ,
s u a

come abo t but it m ight have been fif teen or twenty year

u , s

hence ; and h d it been done b y me ns of a royal r m y

a a a ,

Fr nce d Au tria wo ld probabl y bo th have interfered and

a an s u

de m nded co m pen tio and l ft I t ly til l incomple te

a sa n, so e a s .

I t is th peed wi th which the ch nge h been effec t d and

e s a as e ,

I may y the ad mi ation wit h which E ope has vie d

sa r ur we

i t and the a
,
rance of the govern m ent at Turin th t it
ss u a

h ashad no h nd in th i b ine but h t ken ll mean a s us ss , as a a s

in i t power to prevent it that has paral y ed ppo i tion

s ,
s O s .

I tr t that ll the e intrig es will fail and th t Garibald i

us a s u ,
a

may have the sole honour th t he cr ve — n mely th t a a s a ,

a
2 94 OU T W I T H GAR BAL D I I .

of pre enting the ki ngdo m of the two Si ili to Victor

s c es

E mmanuel S hould C intrigue succeed and ’

. a vo u r s s ,

Garibaldi be slighted it will be the bl cke t piece of

,
a s

ingratitude history h ever recorded However W hy do

as .
,

you ask hall we go on to Napl s 2 I thought that you

S e

were bu ning to get there

r .
”

“
I am ; but you see we are passing without time for ,

making any investigations many places where my father , ,

i f alive may be in prison

,
At Potenza for example I .
, ,

know that a large number of political prisoners are co fined n ,

and doubtless it i the same at many other towns I

s .

cannot bear to think of the possibili ty that he may be in

one of these and that we have pas ed h i m by
,
s .
”

“
I can quite understand your feelings Frank ; but ,

you know we are agreed that it is at Naple we shall s

most probably find him if he is still alive B d as the , . a

prisons may be in other places they are more loosely ,

managed ; there would be fewer convenience for keeping s

one prisoner apart from the others while there are ample ,

opportunities in those of Naple for many to be kept s

in secret confinement Certainly I was so kept myself.

at R eggio but that was a royal fortres and tho gh s, u

used as a prison for political offender there were no s,

malefactors there In the jail s in the provi ncial tow ns

.

thi could not be so and I know that prisoners are all

s ,

mixed up together save those who can afford to pay who

, ,

can live in comparative comfort while the rest are herded ,

together anyhow and can scarcely exi st upon the rations

,

allowed to them The more I t hi nk of it the more I am

.
,

con inced that i t is at Naples that we must look for your

v

father Now that we have arrived at S alerno and that

.
, ,

as we hear the Neapolitan troops are falli g back from

, n

the capital and taking up thei r position round C pua and

, a
 NAPLE S . 295

Gaeta there can be little do bt that Garibaldi will in

,
u ,

a day or two go forward There is indeed nothing to

,
.
, ,

prevent you and me from going by train there to morrow -

,

if you lay a ide that red shirt d scarf and dress i

s an ,
n

clothes that wil l attract no attention B t I do not see . u

that anything would be gained by it ; you will still h ve a

to wait until Garibaldi is supreme there and his order ,

s

are respected and you may be sure that as soon he i

, ,
as s

in power hi fir t step wi ll be to throw open the pri ons

,
s s s

and release all who are charged with political ffences O ,

to order these hideous d ngeons to be permanently clo ed u s ,

and to thoroughly reorganise the ystem You have told s .

me that he did thi at Palermo and he wi ll certainly do

s ,

the same at Naple s .

”

Four day later the king is ued a farewell notice to the

s s

people and left Naple for Gae ta ; and three hours

, s

afterwards R omano his minister who had drawn up his , ,

farewell addressed the following telegram to Garibaldi

,

To the In incible D ictator of the two S i ili —Naple

v c es . s

expects you wi th anxi ety to co fide to you her future n

destiny — E ntirely yo r LI B I R MA u s, OR O O NO .

A subsequent letter i formed h i m that at a meeting of n

the minister it had been decided that the Prince of

s

Ale sandria Sy ndic of Naple sho ld go to S alerno

s , s, u ,

with the commander of the national guard to make the ,

arrangements for hi entry into the capital Garibaldi s .

,

however di d not wait W ere he to arrive at the head of

, .

his troops the Neapolitan g rrison of the castle and

, a s

other trong places in the city might oppo e him by force

s s

an d as ever wi hing to avoid blood hed b

, ,
s determined s ,
e

to rely solely upon the populace of Naple He at nce s . O

ordered a small pecial train to be prepared

s .

I am only taki ng with me he said to F a k a few ,

r n ,
“
296 O UT W I T H G AR BALD I I .

of my staff Y will be one of the number you have

. ou :

a right to it not onl y as the representative of yo , ur

mother to who e aid we are largely indebted fO our

,
s r

being now here but for your own per onal ervices ,
s s .

S ignor Forli shall al o go he stood by me on the walls s :

of R o m e twelve year ago he h u ffered m ch for his s ,

as s u

p inciple he is yo r mother s father therefore h too

r s, u
’

,
e

sh ll come
a .

There were b t fo r carri ge on the little train that left

u u a s

at nine clock in the morning on the 7th of S eptember

O
’

for N ple C and thirteen member f the ta ff

a s . os e n z , s O s ,

repre ented the nation l arm y the remaining se t being

s a a s

occ pied by variou per onal friend and two or three

u s s s

newspaper correspondent s .

Tis an aff ir not without ri k Signor Forli aid to

’
a s ,
s

Frank as they walked toward the tation

, That the s s .
“

people will receive Garibaldi with en thu ia m i certain s s s ,

b t the attit de of the troops is very doubtful

u u Certainly .

the flower of the Ne politan army wi ll have been left in a

garri on at Napl s ; and if b t a core of these remain

.

s e u s

faithf l to the Bourbon Gari b ldi life m y be acrificed

u s, a
’
s a s .

However I cannot believe th t Providence will permit

,
a

one who h done so gre t and mighty a work to peri h

as a s ,

ju t at the mom ent of the co m pletion of his enterprise

s .
”

The station ma ter at S alerno soon as the train had

-
s ,
as

started fla hed the new to the v rio tations on the

,
s s a us s

ro d ; and the conseq ence w

a that at every illage u as , v

the people as embled and when h alf the journey was done
s ,

the crowd were so va t that they s fl d on to the s ,

o ve r ow e

li e and the train was brought to a standstill N ational

n , .

guards climbed on to the roof f the carriage d s O s, an

d ec rated them with flags and evergreens

o At Torre del .

Greco R e ina and Portici progres became almo t

, s , ,
s s
 N APLE S . 29 7

impossible and the train had to proceed at a snail s pace

,
’

to Naple Here the authorities had prevented all acce

s . ss

to the tation but o t ide the scene was an extraordinary

s ,
u s

one hor es and carriages men and women of the highest

s ,

and of the lowe t cla ses ; national g ard and gendarmes

s s u s ,

member f B t i and the C

s O i
er a n committees were
’
s a vo u r a n ,

all crowded in confusion together The houses were .

decorated with flags and tapestry and thronged wi th eager ,

spectators from ba ement to roof and as M is ori and three

s s

others rode out from the station on hor eback followed by s ,

Garibaldi in an pen carriage wi th C Oand by a dozen os e n z ,

other carriage contai ning h i sta ff and tho e who had

s s s

arrived with him the roar of welcome was overpoweri g

,
n .

It w as wi th the g eate t di ffi lty that the hor emen r s cu s

cleared the y ; for all along the road the crowd w

wa as

as great at the station The attit de of the troop

as . u s,

however at the vario s point where they were massed

,
u s ,

w assullen and threatening At Castel N ovo the g n . u u s

were poi nted on the road ; the troops tood ready to fire - s .

O neshot and the co rse of history might have been

,
u

changed Garibaldi ordered his coachman to drive lower

. s ,

and sat in h i carriage calmly with h i eye fixed pon

s ,
s s u

the troops O o fficer gave the order to fi ; b t he

. ne re u w as

not obeyed The calm e and daring of th lion li ke face

. n ss e -

filled the oldiers with s ch ad m i tion th t for the

s u ra a ,

m oment their ho tility ev por ted ; and while

, s ome of a a s

them sal ted u if to a ; l per on ge other took ff

as re a s a ,
s O

their hat d b r t into a cheer G rib ldi acknowledged

s an u s . a a

it by lif ting h i h t and by a cheery w ave of hi han d

s a ,
s ,

and drove on as c lmly as before a .

In the c rri ge behind all had held their breath at

a a s ,

the critical moment .

W h at an e cape "W hat an escape i S ignor Forli

s
’
298 OUT W I T H GAR BALD I I .

murmured to Frank who was itti ng next to hi m

,
Had S .
“

but one musket been fi ed we hould ll have b en dead

r ,
s a e

men in a minute or two ; and what is of more consequen e

,
c ,

the freeing of Italy must have been postponed for twenty

years .
”

It was horribly close B k said I would rather go

,
an .
“

through ten hand to — hand fights than another time like

-
,

the last three m inutes ; i t has made me feel quite queer and ,

I own that what you say about putting back Italian

fr edom for twenty years never entered my mind T h
e . e

one thought I had was that we were all going to be

,

smashed up wi thout having the chance of striki ng a

single blow I went through ome pretty sharp fighting
. s

at Palermo but I was always doing somethi ng then and

, ,

did not thi nk of the danger I don t mind saying that .

’

I was in a blue funk just now .

Garibaldi drove straight as was the custom of kings on

,

first entering Naples to the palace of the archbishop Here

, .

the Te D eum was sung and he then went on to the palace -

of Angri where he and his sta ff took up their q arters

,
u .

Vast crowds assembled ou tside the palace and the general ,

had to appear again and again on the balcony in reply

to the roar of acclamation fro m the enthusiastic p p l
s o u a

tion General C
. who was himself Neapoli tan
os e n z , a ,

was appointed to organise a government This he did .

to the general satisfaction — moderate men only being

cho en Garibaldi requested Admiral Persano in the
s .

name of Victor E mmanuel t take command of the o

Neapolitan navy decreeing that it should form par t of th

, e

S ardi nian squadron ; and appointed to the pro dictatorship -

the M arquis of Pallavicini a staunch friend f the ki ng

,
O .

He had off ered S ignor Forli an apartment in the palace ,

and as soon as the fi st excitement had ceased the latter

r
 NAPLE S . 2 99

said to Frank who had at S alerno received the portmanteau

,

he had left at Genoa :

“
L t us go et and see the state of the city
ou B t . u

before we do o y had best put on yo r ordinary clothes

s ,
ou u

we hould si m ply be mobbed if you were to go t as

S ou

one of Garibaldi s o fficers ’

.

“
Yes ; we have had q ite enough of that as we came u

along Frank said

,
”
It will really be a comfort to go
.
“

about for once in peace and quiet .

They started in a few minutes leavi ng the palace by ,

one of the side entrances and soon mingled in the crowd , .

The people seemed half mad with delight As soon as the .

new of Garibaldi s arrival spread through the town every

s
’

house was decorated and the whole pop lation po red ,

u u

out into the streets Among the bett r classes the joy . e

that the gov rnment of the Bourbons had come to an

e

end and that the constitutional government which had

, ,

done so m ch for Northern Italy would succeed the

u ,

despotism which had pre sed so heavily on all with any s

thing to lose was deep and sincere Among the lower

, .

cla ses the enthusiasm manif ested was but the excitement
s

of some few minutes and had Francesco returned a month,

later at the head of his victorious troops they would have

, ,

sh uted as lustily
o .

It was a f ete a pecial f ete and it mattered but little

,
S ,

to the fickle and excitable population what was its cause .

B t here as on ll occasions when Italian people gi ve

u ,
a

way to bursts of enth ia m foreigners were struck with us s ,

the perfect good temper the orderly behaviour and th

-
, ,
e

entire ab ence of d runkenne among the population

s ss , .

In Paris the fir t step of people excited by a change of

s

government woul d have been to fa ll upon th w h m os e

‘

they considered to be the agents of their oppressors The .

300 OU T W I TH GAR BALD I I .

gen d arme w h h d long been feared would not have

s, o a so ,

d red how the m elve

a S i the treet ; the emblems of
s s n s s

royalty would h ve been torn down in the public building

a s

the members f the la t government would have been

O s

forced to fly for their live There was a lit tle of thi i s . s n

Naple but in Venice ix year later thi s fe ling of

s, ,
as ,
s s ,
e

:: i m i ty for the past peedi ly pa ed aw y

n os s ss a .

B t h w f int w
u th
o feeling of real p trioti m i the
a as e a s n

m inds of the Ne politans i hown by the fact that only

a s s

one inhabit nt of the city joined Garibaldi s army ; that

a
’

not a ingle hou e was pen for the reception of his officers
S s O

or soldi er ; th t after the battle of Volt rno h ndred of

s a u u s

wounded men were l f t l ying all d y on the pave m ents e a

without aid or nourishment without a ingle mattres being ,

s s

found for t h em to lie pon by the inh bit nt Never u ,

a a s .
,

except by the K ing of Italy and the civil and milit ry a

a uthoritie of Pied mont to G ribald i a d his followers

s a n ,

who had won a kingdo m for them was ch national ,

su

ingratitude di played by th people of N ples

s as e a .

It i ple ant to
“
s S ignor Forli
as id as he and see ,
”
sa ,

Frank wandered about ; b t it wo ld be f m ore ple sant “

u u ar a

if one did not kno th t it m ean ab olutely nothing w a s s .

Y ouh ve told me t h at it w the same thing t M es in

a as a s a :

that in pite of G rib ldi appeal to the l dies of the ’

s a a s a
,

pl ce they did nothing whate er to aid the wounded i

a ,
v n

the ho pital — never contrib ted m h a piece of lint

s s u SO uc as

or m ateri l for b ndage ; and frivolo as the people

a a s ,
us

there are the e in Naple ,

are wor e If all It ly were
s s s . a

like the Neapolit ns the co ntry would not be worth a ,

u

Shedding a drop of blood for However one mu t make .

,
s

some allowance for them For cent rie they have been
s . u s

slave r ther th n free people ; they have had no voice

s a a

as to their own di sposal they could not express even an ,

 N APLE S 30 1

opinion on p b l a ffairs without risking imprisonment

u Ic ,

or death ; there has been nothing left for the m b t to u

amuse themselves ; they have been treated like children at

school and they have become children W can only hope
,
. e

that in time under a free government they will grow

, ,

worthy of freedom worthy of formi ng a part of an Italy ,

t which the L mbards the Piedmontese and the Calabrian

o o , ,
s

belong .
”

It was already late in the afternoon and until some ,

of the troops arrived it would be impos ible to take y s an

steps w ith relation to public buildings The ca tle of . s

St E lmo and the pri on of S anta M ari

.
,
with many s a,

other places were still in the hands of the Ne politan

,
a

soldier whose attitude continued to be ho tile

s, d s ,
an

until these retired nothing could be done ; and it w as

by no means certain that the guns at S t E lmo which .

,

completely comma ded the town m ight not at any moment n ,

open fire .

I can well under tand your impatience to get rid of

“
s

the e troops from the city G rib ldi said the next
s ,
”
a a

morning I do not forget Percival the m in bject

.
“
, ,
a O

that you had in Vi ew and I too long for the tim e when ,

I may clasp the hand of my old comrade of South America

and R ome I promise you that the m o m ent the prison
. s

are ev c ated you hall go with the party who will earch
a u s s

them and search them trictl y Y know wh t the e

,
s . ou a s

j ilors
a they are the creature of the wor t men of
a re : s s

Fra cesco governmen t By ye r of cruelty and oppre ion

n
’
s . a s ss

they have earned for them elves the h tred of e ery one s a v

wit hin the wall of the pr i on and of their friend and s s s s

rel tive O victory me n their di m i al —that is

a s. ur a s s ss ,
as

soon the pri ons are cleaned from the lowe t d ngeo s
as s s u n

to the roofs That they h ll s perintend it is they who

. s a u :
302 OU T W I T H GAR BALD I I .

are responsible for it and they themselves shall be engaged

,

in the work of purification It may well be that they .

will try to hide the lowest and worst dungeons from our
search partly from fear that the natural and righteous
,

indignation excited by the discoveries may end in thei r

being promptly pu ished with death for their accumulated

n

crimes partly in hopes that the royal troops m y yet

, a

overcome us and restore Francesco to his throne in which

case they W ould receive approval for still retaini ng some
of the worst victims of the tyranny of his government .
”

You may be sure that I shall search them thoroughly ,

general .
”

O going out they found the streets were still thronged

n ,

by an almost frenzied populace These invaded the hotels .

and caf és and pressed all they could lay hands on to

,

join in the demonstrations A few murders were per .

p t t d ; the state of things prevailing affordi g an

e ra e n

excellent pportunity for atisfying private revenge as

O s ,

it needed only a cry that the victim was a py of the S

government to justify it in the eyes of the bystanders .

In the q arter nearest to S t E lmo the enthusias m

u .

had a good deal cooled down as the fear that the g ns , u

of the castle might at any moment open fire for the time
dissipated y desi e for marching about and acclai ming
an r

Garibal d i At four o clock however it was known that

.
’

, ,

two o fficers of the castle had gone down to the palace ,

and at six the welcome news spread that the garrison had
capitulated and would march out on the follow ing morning
, .

Frank had little sleep that night All along hi hopes . s

had been high that he hould find his father here ; but now
S

that the question wo ld be so soon decided hi fears were

u ,
s

i
n the ascendant He remembered that th evidence
. e

in favour f his father s death was extremely strong

O
’
,
 N APLE S . 303

the only hopeful fact being that hi body had not been s

d isc vered
o S . li ght did even his mother and S ignor
o S a

Forli deem the chance of his bei g alive that for two years n ,

neither had breathed a word to the other as to the exi st

ence of a possibility that he might b still livi ng U e . h

doubtedly the release of hi grandfather had increased s

h i own hope but he felt now that there was but small
s ,

ground for the feeling Had his father been hidden .

away in a fortress he might also have sur ived ; but the

,
v

probabili ties seemed altogether against this It was not .

until mi dday that S t E lmo was evacuated d several .

, an

companies of the national guard marched in A colonel f . o

the staff had with Frank been charged with the duty
, ,

of searchi ng the d ungeons They had brought with them .

fifty laz z aro i who had been engaged for this rep l ive
n ,
u s

work A dozen of the Garibaldi an troops were to

. m a c co

pany them ; the prison officials were all ordered to go

with the party and they as well as the la zz aroni were
, , ,

told to bring pai ls and brooms .

The castle of S t E lmo covers an area of no less than

.

four acres ; it was cut out of the s lid rock and is sur o ,

rounded by a sunken di tch si xty or s venty feet deep ,

e ,

and fifty wide Thi s great mass of st ne is honeycombed

. o

in every direction with a network of corridors and sub

terranean apartments and there is ample space to hold ,

several tho sand pri oners The upper tier of chambers

u s . s

were fairl y clean ; these were in fact the barracks of the , ,

tro ps The guns looked out from embrasure S everal

o . s .

batteries of field artillery with waggons and all fittings , ,

stil l remai ned there and th chambers were littered w ith

,
e

rubbish of all kinds di scarded by the troop before leaving

,
s .

It was not here tha t prisoners were to be found The .

national guard had already pened the doors of the cells O

30 4 OUT I
W T H GAR BALD I I .

and chambers in th stage below and had li b rated thos e , e e

confined there ; the work of searching those still lower

began at once The ex t nt was so vast d the windings
. e an

were intricate that the work seemed interminable In

so .

order to make ure that each passage had been searched

s ,

a pail of whitewa h w sent for and a splash made at s as ,

each turning E ach story was darker and the air more
.
,

stifling than that above it for they were now far b low
, , e

the level of the ca tle itself s .

Frank had taken the advice of Signor Forli and had ,

bought everal bun d les of the trongest cigars ; and he

s s

and the officer in command the officer of the national ,

g ard who attended them and the soldier all smoked i

u s n

cessantly At the worst places the lazzaroni and turnkeys

.

were set to work with their buckets and brooms It was .

not until late in the eve ing that they came to the con n

elusion that every cell and chamber had been earched s .

About a hundred and fifty prisoner had been found and s

relea ed but among them Frank looked in vain for his

s ,

father The lowe t du geons of all had been fo nd empty ;

. s n u

and thi and the olemn ass rances of all the pri on
s, s u s

offi ci l who had been threatened with in tant death

a s, s

should further search discover any pri oner convinced s s,

hi m that at any rate h i father w not there s as .

The next day the neighbouring pri on of S anta M aria s

was searched It had formerly been a monastery and the

.
,

upper cells were lofty and capaciou The j ilors declare d s. a ,

indeed that these were the only cell b t a careful searc h

,
s, u

showed a door in the rock Thi was bur t open and a . s s ,

series of subterranean pa ages was di covered The ss s .

j ilors decl red th t these had never been u ed i their

a a a s n

time and they believed never before Th t they had

, , , . a

been used however was evident from the mark wher

, , ,
s e
 N AP LE S . 305

lamp had been h ng on the wall s and by many other

s u ,

sign No pri oner were fo nd here all h ving been

s . s s u ,
a

released directly it known that the garrison of the w as

c stle h d capit lated The earch occ pied the whole

a a u . s u

day so exten ive were the undergro nd gal lerie ; and

,
s u s a

pass ge w di covered that evidently t

a as time for m ed
s a on e

a comm nication between S t E lmo and this prison As he

u . .

came t into d ylight Frank staggered and would h ve

ou a , ,
a

fallen had not one of the oldiers caught h i m He had s .

been ill the night before ; and the effect of the close i s a r,

n oxio s s m ell d the work which had been even more

u s , an ,

trying than on the previou day and hi bitter d i appoint s ,

s s

ment had now com pletel y overcome him After some

,
.

water had been dashed in hi face and he h d taken a s a

dra ght of some wine which one of the pri on o fficial

u s s

fetched b parti ll y recovered He was a isted by two

, e a . ss

of the Garibaldians down the ro d to the town and then a , ,

O bt ining a vehicle
a driven to the palace d m naged ,
w as ,
an a

with as i tance to get p to h i apart m ent A minute or

s s u s .

t wolater Signor Forli joined him one of the attendants ,

having ummoned him as soon Frank arrived

s as .

D not trouble to pe k m y dear boy he said Frank ”

o s a , , .

w aslying on the bed obbing convul ively You have s s .

“

f iled— that I can well under tand ; b t y must t

a s u ou no

altogether lo e heart W had tho ght this the mo ts . e u s

likely place ; but there are till oth er prisons and we s ,

will not give p hope until every one of the e has been
u s

ransacked I m orry th t I did not acco m pany y

. a s n ow a ou,

but I m a fr i d fter what I have gone thro gh my elf

a a ,
a u s ,

that only a f minute in one of those pl ces would ew s a

overpower m ; and I wonder h y young and trong e ow o u, s

as you are were able to pend t d y in uch an s wo a s s

at m osphere .

( M 6 75 )
30 6 OU T W I TH GAR BALD I I .

I shall be better to morrow Frank sa d That last

-
,
i .
“

place w a wf l ; but I think that it was as much the

as u

strong tobacco as tho e horrible tink which up et me

,
s s s, s .

It was a choice of two evil ; but I would smoke even s

wor e tobacco if I could get it if I had to go through it

s ,

again .

“
I will get you a gla s of brandy and water Frank ; s ,

that ill do y more good than anything

w ou .

The next morning Frank was till too unwell to be able s

to get up ; hi fail ure had co m pletely broken him down

s ,

and he felt i di posed to make the slighte t exertion At

n s s .

twelve o clock however Signor Forli came in

’
, ,
.

“
I have a piece of news to give y he said news ou ,
”
,
“

which affords ome hadow of hope th t you have not

us s S a

failed altogether L ast night I was talki ng with the

.

general and one or two of his staff Garibaldi i as you . s,

know intensel y interested in your search and sympathi es

, ,
s

with you m ost warmly S ddenly he said Is it not . u ,

‘

possible that he may have been removed be fore the

king and h i co rt retired 2 H d Percival been fo nd in
s u
’
a u

the pri ons it would have rendered the bad faith and
s ,

mendacity of the government more glaring than ever ,

and would have deprived i t of y little sympathy th t an a

was felt for it in E ngland Therefore feeli ng ure that .

,
s

the pri ons would be searched as soon as I entered

s ,

Percival had he been here may with other pecial

, , ,
s

pri oners have been sent to Capua which is so trongly

s , ,
s

fortified a place th t they may well believe it to be

a

impregnable to nything but a long iege by troops p

a s os

ses ing a battering tr in

s a .

Frank sat up That i indeed a good idea b ex

.
“
s ,
e

claimed How stupid of me not to have tho ght of

. u

q estioning the pri on people " Yes ; it i qui te likely

u s s
 N APLE S . 30 7

that if any of the prisoners were removed he would be ,

one of them .
”

I have no do bt you would have thought of it Frank

“
u , ,

if it had not been that you were co m pletely upset by that

strong tobacco M ind I don t blam e y for taking it .
,
’
ou :

it i better to be poisoned with nicotine than by the

s
'

stenche f Neapolitan pri on The tho ght onl y tr ck

s O a s . u s u

Garib ldi after we had chatted ove the m atter for ome
a r s

ti m e I went over there this morni g with Colonel N llo

. n u .

Altho gh the fficial at fir t erted that no p i oner

u O s s a ss r s s

had be n taken away they oon recovered their m e m orie

e ,
s s

when he said that he would interrogate every one of the

warder eparatel y and if h fo nd th t y prisone
s s ,
e u a an rs

h d be n ent
a way he wo ld have them t ken t into
e s a u a ou

the co rtyard nd hot for lying to him They then

u a s .

r m e m bered th t fo r pri oner had been t ken away b t

e a u s s a ,
u

a ll decl red with adj r tion to all the aint that they
a u a s s s

did t know w h they were they w re delivered over

no o : e

to them under nu m ber o ly O had been there even s n . ne s

ye r and two had been there five year and one two
a s, s,

ye r Again threatening to ex m ine all the turnkey he

a s . a s,

learned that the la t pri oner received h d been confined s s a

in one of the lower d ngeon where they yesterday erted u s, as s

th t no one h d for year been impri oned the other thre

a a s s e

w ere l o kept in the mo t rigid eclusion but in th

a s s s ,
e

upper cell s .

I in i ted on eeing the m

s s h h d ttended on s an w o a a

the pri oner kept in th lower cell He

s a rly e . w as su

ru fii and it
an , not ntil N llo o dered fo r m to w as u u r u en

load d to p t the f llow with h i back to the w ll

,
an u e s a ,

th t he wo ld n we my q e tion He id then th t
a u a s r u s s . sa a

the pri oner h sho ld y b tween forty and fif ty

w as , e s u s a ,
e
,

b t it
u not e y to j dg of age ft r m had
w as as u e a e a an
30 8 OU T I
W T H GAR BALD I I .

b en below there for a few months He had never said

e .

more th n a few words to h i m and it had never struck

a ,

h i m that he t an It li n I que tioned him m ore

w as
'

no a a . s

closely as to thi and he admitted that he had some s,

times hen he went dow heard the priso er singing

,
w n, n .

He had li tened b t could not nderstand the word and

s ,
u u s,

they might have been in a foreign language He h d no . a

m ore interest in that pri oner than in any other He s .

su pposed b y his being sent down below there that it

, ,
w as

hoped he wo ld die ff as soon pos ible They eldom

u o as s . s

lived many m onth in those d geons b t this m s un ,

u an

seem ed tougher than u al tho gh hi strength h d f iled su ,

u s a a

a good de l lately He was able to alk up from h i cell

a . w s

to the carriage when he was taken aw y N we m tn t a . ow us

’

feel too anguine Frank b t although there i no proof

s , ,
u s

th t thi pri oner i your father the evidence so far as

a s s s , ,

it goes i ra ther in f vo r of such a pposition than

,
s a u su

ag in t it
a s .
”

It is indeed Frank said eagerly The f ct that

“
, .
“
a

they put hi m down into the cell where the m s ,

as an

s ays it ,
lmost certain h wo ld oon die and that
w as a e u s ,

when it fo nd that he had not done so he was

w as u ,

at the la t m oment t ken away how that there was

s a ,
s s

s ome very trong motive for preventing the fact that h

s e

w asa pri oner becomi g public ; d we know that they

s n an

had the very tronge t rea on in the ca e of my f ther

s s s s a .

The g would be about right and the fact that he was

a e ,

si gi g wo ld how at y rate that it w ome one who

n n u S ,
an ,
as s

w as determined not to give i b t to keep up hi pi its n, u s s r

till the very last d I m s re my father would have ,

an a u

done that W ell I will get p now I co ld not lie here

.
,
u . u

q ietly it wo ld be impos ible fter wh t you have b en

u u s ,
a a e

telling me .
”
 N APLE S . 309

I think y are right F ank I will have a b in ou ,

r . as

of o p ent in for y
s u W hen ys have eaten tha t and ou . ou ,

d re sed we will take a carri ge and go f

s ,
long drive a or a

by the road long the ho e to Pompeii The sea br eze

a s r .
-
e

w i ll do you more good than an ything and the lo ely vie w ,

v ,

and a stroll thro gh Po m peii it elf will di tr ct yo r u s ,

s a u

tho ght There i no thing to be done un til C p a i

u s . s a u s

t ken which m y not be for a long time y t Ho eve

a ,
a e . w r,

event are moving W he r that Victor E mm an el and

s . e a u

h i government alarmed at the succe

s of Garibaldi d
,
ss ,
an

feeli g that if they are to have y oice in the matte

n an v r

they m t t be content to re t pas ive hile he i

us no s s w s

c rrying all before h i m have re olved upon taking some

a ,
s

p rt in the a ff ir U nder the pretext that in order to

a a .

restore peace and order i t is nece ary that they sho ld ss u

interfere they are bo t to de patch ,

ar my to Ancon a u s an a

by ; and
se a landing there will adv nce into Centr l
, ,
a a

It ly and act they y

a ,
circumstance m y dem nd
,
as sa ,
as s a a .

All of which m ean th t Garibaldi has p lled th s, a n ow u e

chestnut t of the fi for the m they will proceed to

s ou re

appropriate them .

I t i too b d Frank exclaimed angrily

s a .

No do bt it i mean and ng cio s in the extre m e b t

u s u ra u ,
u

G ribaldi will
a t feel it as other m wo ld he i h m n
no en u s u a ,

an d th refore he wo ld like to pre ent the K ingdo m of

e u s

N pl and the S tates of R o m e f from th for ig

a es
,
rc e e e ne r
,

to Victor E m m anuel B t that feeli g nat al it i . u n ,

ur as s,

i b t econda y to h i lo y lty to Ital y

s u s He desire to
r s a . s se e

h one nder Victo E m man el and

er u long th t end i r u ,
SO as a s

a chi ved he c re compar tivel y lit tl h it come bo t

e a s a e ow s a u .

M o eove he c nnot b t t h t tho gh he h

i

r r, a m u see a ,
u as ac c o

pli h d m rvel that

s e hich re m in to b d one wo ld t
a s, w a s e u ax

the power of his rm y to the utmo t The Ne poli t ns a s . a a

310 I
OU T W T H GAR BAL D I I .

have still some seventy thousand men who are encouraged ,

by their king being among them They have in Capua a .

most formidable fortre which coul d defy the efforts of

ss ,

irreg lar troops wholly un killed in ieges and deficient in

u ,
s s

heavy g n for many months M oreover it would no

u s, .
,

longer be mountain warfare b t we should have to fight ,

u

in pl in where the enemy s cavalry w o ld give them an

a s
’
u

enor m o s advantage There is another thing the intrigues

u . :

of C agents here are already giving h i m very erio s

a vo u r s
’
s u

trouble and thi will doubtle increa e ; therefore I can

,
s ss s

well u der tand that he will be glad rather than other

n s

wise that S ardinia t l t hould do her part toward the

a as s s

freeing of Italy from which she w ill benefit so vastly

, .
 CHAPT E R X VII .

THE BATTLE O F T H E V U O LT R NO .

starting for his drive Fr nk telegr phed t h i

E F OR E a a o s

m other Have not found him here I do not yet

:
“
.

despair Have a f int cl e that may le d to som ething

. a u a .

That evening h rote a long letter acknowledging that e w ,

he had been bitterly disappointed b t ying th t S ignor ,

u sa a

Forli had fo nd out that o m e of the pri oner had been

u s s s

sent away to C pua before G ribaldi entered the town a a ,

and that he till hoped h i f ther might be among the

s s a

numbe He gave no det il to these pri oner for he

r. a as s s,

was anxiou not to rai e hopes th t might t be f lfilled ;

s s a no u

indeed he had in all hi letters aid little on the bject

,
s s su .

He knew hi mother h d ref sed to all o her elf to cherish

s a u w s

any h ope and he h d written lmost enti ely of matters

,
a a r

concerning the event of the march the co ntry through s ,

u

which he had travelled and the scene in which he had ,

s

taken p rt He d S ignor Forli had at S aler o re

a a . an n

i d long letter f om home f ll of the deli ght which

c e ve s r u

the new of the di cov ry and rele se of the latter h d

s s e a a

given the m H i mother h d id . s a sa

Thi is j y indeed my boy— one that I h d never

“
s a o ,
a

expec ted or even hop d for B t do not l t yo r lf

,
e . u e u se

anticip te for m o m ent th t beca e thi nlooked for

a a a us s u -

h ppine h bee given t

a ss as other de r lo t one
n o us our a s

w ill i m ilarl y be recover d Th t my f ther h d been

s e . a a a
312 OU T W I TH G AR BAL D I I .

thro n into a Neapolit n pri on we never doubted for a

w a s

moment ; and I believed th t ho ld he have s rvived a ,

S u u ,

Garibaldi cce wo ld open h i pri on doors B t it is

’
s su ss u s s . u

not in th case of your f ther The evidence is al m o t

so e a . s

overwhel m ing that he died in the ha d of the briga d n s n s

w h carried him ff and nothing hort of knowing that

o o ,
S

h is alive
e ill ind ce me to ab ndon the conviction I have
w u a

all along felt that thi so I p a y y t to ind lge s w as . r ou no u

i any fal e hope which can b t end in bitter di ppoint

n s s, u sa

ment You will of co r e earch until ab ol tely con

.
,
u s ,
s s u

i
v n ce d that he i t in y of the pri on of the country
s no an s s .

The earch will t least have been se f l f it will remove

s a u u ,
or

th la t dre d which i
e s pite of my elf I have occ ionally
a ,
n s s ,
as

felt ever ince he h been m i ing th at he h been

s as ss ,
as

we ring his life t in one of th e horrible d ngeons

a ou es u .

The next t day pa ed lowl y Frank d the other

en s ss S . an

m embers of the staff had bought fre h hor es a f da y s s ew s

after the capt re of R eggio d h u now con tan tly an e w as s

in the addle carryi g mes ge b twee Garibal d i he d

s ,
n sa s e n
’
s a

quarters and the army G ribaldi him elf h d been d i . a s a s

tracted by the intrig es going on aro nd hi m and had u u ,

been obliged to go to S icily D p ti who had been . e re s,

appointed head of the government there w incli ned to ,

as

the annex tional policy which was oppo ed by Cri pi and

a ,
s s

the other G ribaldi n d the con eq ence was that an

a a s
,
an s u

alarm ing tate of affairs exi ted there Garibaldi w

s s
:

. as

therefore obliged to hurry over there himself and having ,

a ppointed M d i a deter m ined par tis n of h i own

or en ,
a s ,

pro —dictator and arranged ff air ge e ally he returned to

,
a s n r ,

Naples where h i pre enc w urgently required

,
s s e as .

The Neapolitan rmy t Capua h d b en very largely a a a e

reinforced d h d taken post alo g the river Vol t r o

,
an a n u n .

Turr who w i command of the Gari b aldian army had

,
as n ,
314 OU T W I TH GAR BALD I I .

in consequence taken up a defensive position at M d l

, a e one ,

Caserta and Aversa thereby barring any advance on the ,

part of the royal army The latter s position was an .

’

extremely for m idable one i t right rested on Gaeta near : s

the sea and forty thousand men were massed on the

,

right bank f th Volturno a river which

O e here ,
w as

from fifty to a hundred yards in width their left w , as

at C j in the mountains of the Abruzzi where the

a a z z o, ,

inhabitant were favourable to the royal cause

s .

Capua itself on the left ba k of the river a fforded them

,
n ,

a means of moving forward to the attack of the G i b l ar a

dians Three ide of its fortifications were surrounded by

. s s

the river which here makes a great loop and around the
, ,

town twenty thou and men were massed one half of whom
s ,

were in po ition in front of it The only bridge across the

s .

river was at Capua but there was a ferry near Caserta , .

Th position w
e threatening that Turr who had under
as s o ,

him about seventee thousand men p shed a force up to n ,

u

the town of S anta M aria and the heights of S ant Angelo ’

,

both f which points were occ pied f ter a kirmish

O u a s .

O the 17th six h ndred men were ent off to march

n ,
u s

far up the rive to cro s it and to throw themselves

r, s ,

into the mo nt ins above C j u which was occupied

a a az z o ,

by two tho sand two hundred men with fo r g ns

u u u .

G ribaldi rrived at C serta on the night of the 18th

a a a ,

b t did not interfere with T command In order ’

u u rr s .

to attract the attention of the ene my and keep them ,

fro m sending reinforcement to C j it was arranged s a az z o,

that a feint sho ld be made against C pua two bat u a :

talions w re to advance from Aver a to menace the outh

e s s

we t f that town i battalions were to advance di rectly

s o ,
S x

against it from S anta M ari and E b brigade to a, or s

’
w as

march to S ant A gelo and then to d rive the Neapolitans

’
n ,
 T HE BAT T LE OF T H E V U OLT RN O . 315

on their left into Capua and to extend on the right ,

along the b ill as far as the road to C j s a az z o .

The movement completely succes ful C j was w as s . a az z o

capt red d the force in front of Capua obliged to retire

u ,
an

under the g n of the citadel S ome los however was

u s . s, ,

su tained owi g to the division from S anta M aria instead

s ,
n ,

of ret rning as oon as the work was done being kept

u s ,

for fo r ho r nder th fire of the guns of the fortres

u u s u e s .

Owi ng to a mi conception of orders The positions s .

now taken were occupied in strength The ext day . n ,

si x h ndred and fifty men were

u ent ff to C j to s o a az z o

strengthen the mall force of three h ndred there as the

s u ,

place w tt cked by no fewer than twelve tho and

as a a us

Neapolit n troop Altho gh without artillery the town

a s . u ,

was de per tely defended for fo r hour The barricade

s a u s . s

at the end of the main treet were held in pite of s s ,

S re

p t d attack and the fire from eight g ns

ea e s Not until two u .

h ndred of the little force had fallen did the Garibaldian

u ,
s

fall back and they s cceeded in cro sing the river at the
,
u s

ferry covered by two co m p nie

,
d a couple f gun a s an O s,

which had been po ted at that point to prevent the s

Ne politan fro m cro ing

a s ss .

The re interv l now the G ribaldi a s were far

w as a n a : a n

too weak to att ck their n merous ene m y po ted in an

a u ,
s

almo t i m pregnable po ition Garib ldi

s m ch s . a w as so u

harassed b y the politic l intrig er that he left C serta a u s, a

every morning long before d ybre k d re m ined the a a ,

an a

whole d y t a co tt ge on the height of S Anto io

a a a s an n .

He h d lre dy do e ll i h i power to ti fy the roy l

a a a n a n s sa s a

p rty th t he h d no intention of favo ring republi c

a a a u a .

B t i who h d do e
e r ra n ,
m ch for him chi f org ni er
a n so u as e a s

and agent re q e ted to leave R m M zzini l o

,
w as u s o e . a a s

w assent aw y d other appointments w re m de howi ng

a ,
an e a ,
s
31
6 OU T w rrH G A R I BAL D L

h ow bent he was on handing over his conquest to Victor

E m manuel There can be no do bt now that it would
. u

have been far better had he fro m the fi t a b andoned hi rs s

wi h not to present h i conque t to th king ntil they

s s s s e u

were co m pleted Had he on hi arrival at M e ina at

.
,
s ss ,

once declared Victor E m m nuel king of the island d a ,

an

r q e ted him to take posse sion he wo ld have all yed

e u s s ,
u a

the je lo sy and s spicion with which his movement were

a u u s

viewed by Cavour and th Piedmonte e mini try e s s .

A similar co rse as oon Naple occ pied would

u ,
s as s w as u ,

have had a still g eate effect and both Garib ldi him elfr r ,
a s

and his brave follower wo ld have been pared the bitter s u s

h miliatio s and the gross di pl y of i gratitude which

u n s a n , ,

however di graced those who inflicted them far more than

,
s

tho e undeservedl y treated

s so .

Turr remained idle during the next i days and beyond s x ,

th owi g up two or three small int enchment did no

r n r s,

thi g to strengthen th po ition In fact it was dail y

n e s .
,

becoming more prob ble that there would be no f rther a u

fighting Ci ldi i divi ion had landed near Alcona had

. a n
’
s s ,

defeat d the army of Lamoriciere and was advanci g

e ,
n

we tw rds wi thout opposition Fanti with another army

s a .
, ,

had crossed the northern frontier of the Neapolitan

territory and was marching outh Thus in a hort time
,
s .
,
s ,

the Neapolitans would be surrounded b y three armi s e ,

an d wo ld be forced to lay down their arms

u .

O the 2 9 th it b came evident that a considerable

n e

movement was in progres on the other side of the river s

and fort Forty tho and men were being concentrated at

. us

Cap a and C ju a az z o .

Garibaldi s force available i ca e of attack was about

’

,
n s ,

twenty—fo r thousa d m of whom thirteen thousand were

u n en,

Northern I t lian eleven thou and Calabrians and S icilians

a s, s ,
 T HE BAT T LE o r T H E V U OLT RN O . 31
7

and one inhabitant of N ple Of the e two tho and a s. s ,

us

five hundred were with Gon ti t Aver a and over seven a s ,

thousand at Casert ; the rem inder being at Santa M aria a a ,

S ant Angelo the vil lage of S anta L ucia and M a d alone

’
.
, ,

The po ition occupied was nearl y thirty mile long but the
s s ,

re erves at Ca ert and M adalone lying behind the centre

s s a , ,

could be de patched spe d ily to any point required Frank

s e .

had come t with Gari b aldi to Caserta and spent the

ou ,

whole of h i time riding between the different points ec

s c u

pied wi th co mmunication from Garib ldi to h i general

,
s a s s .

At three o clock on the morning of October l st Garib ldi

’

,
a

started as sual for the front Fr nk with two or three

u . a ,

of the yo nger taff ffi u rode and three carri ges s -

o c e rs , ,
a

carried the general and th older me m ber f the staff e s o .

They had c rcely left the town when a cattered fi of

s a s re

musketry was heard near S anta M aria Thi rapidly . s

increased in vol me ; and oon afterward the gun at u s s s

S ant Angelo opened vigoro l y W hen approaching the

’
us .

town a mounted oldier riding at a f rious gallop over

,
s , u ,

took them H the bearer of mes ge that a

. e w as a sa

telegra m had j t been received from Bixi o who was in us ,

comm nd at M adalone ying that he was being ss iled

a ,
sa a a

in gre t fo ce Thi
a even more seriou than the
r . s w as s

attack in f ont for if cce f l it wo ld have t the

r
, ,
su ss u ,
u cu

comm nication between th G ribaldian d Naple

u e a s an s .

Gallopi g on to S nt M ari Gari b aldi ent a telegra m

n a a a, s

to S tori who co mm anded at C ert to tell him to

al
-
, as a,

hold a b igade i readine to upport Bixio i f the l t te

r n ss s a r

w as pre ed d that T rr wit h the re t of the re erve

ss an u ,
s s s
,

Was to hold h i m elf in readine to move to the front s ss

,

but only to end forward a ingle brig de til l q ite

w as s s a ,
u

a red of Bixi
ss u cce At S nta M ria were the o s
’
su ss . a a

greater part of th old cacci to i with fo r tho sand other e a r

,
u u
318 OU T W T H GAR BALD I I I .

good troops and Garibaldi felt confident that the town w

,
as

in no danger of being taken He accordingly started at .

once for S ant Angelo which was the key f his po ition
’
,
O s .

M orning had broken but a heavy mist ri ing from th n ow , ,

s e

low ground near the river rendered it impossible to see ,

m ore than a few yard The din of conflict was prodigious s . .

The Garib ldian g ns at S anta M aria kept p a des ltory

a u u u

fire answered by those of the Neapolitan and the rattle

,
s,

of musketry was inces ant ahead and as it see m ed th s , , ,

e

fight was raging all ro nd ; b t it impo ible to tell u u w as ss

whether S anta Lucia and other po ts to the right were al o s s

a ttacked S ddenly a volley

. fired from an invi ible
u w as s

enem y within a h ndred y rd The b ll whi tled overhead

u a s . a s s .

This is uncomfortable Frank said to the officer riding

“
,
”

next to him They have evidently broken through

.
“
o ur

line connecting S ant Angelo with S anta M ria If we ’

a .

had h d a f w earthworks thrown p thi would not have

a e u s

h ppened Now they will be able to take S ant A gelo in

a .
’
n

rear ; and what is much m ore important we m y at any

, ,
a

moment run right into the middle of them and the loss ,

of Garibaldi w ould be more serious than that of all our

positions p t together u .

The Neapolitan had indeed issued out in three col mns

s u .

O neof the m p shing t under cover of the deep water

,
u ou

cour es had broken through the weak line had captured a

s , ,

battery of four g s and a barricade and had then mounted

un ,

one of the sp rs of Tifata and taken S ant Angelo in rear

u
’

while a second column attacking it in front had c pt red , ,

a u

another fo r gun battery and a barricade two h ndred

u -
u

and fifty yards below the village on the C pua road and a ,

had taken two or three hundred prisoners th re t of ,

e s

M edici s divi ion t king p their position in and around

’
s a u

the abbey which stood on the hill ide above the vi llage
, s .
32 0 OUT W I TH G AR BALD I I .

Three of the g ide who had accompanied G ribaldi to u s, a

carry me sage and the three mounted staff fii

s s, took o ce rs ,

thei r pl ce in front of the ca riage in readiness to charge

a r s

s ho ld they com e uddenly upon the enemy and so give

u s ,

ti m e to their occ pants to e cape The hor e were all u s . s s

g lloping at full peed ; and tho gh occ sion lly c ught

a s u a a a

s ig ht of by the enemy and expo ed to a fire not only of ,

s ,

musketry but f round hot they re m ained uninj red O s ,

u

until two thirds of the distance to S ant An gelo which

-
’
,

Garibaldi believed to be still in pos e ion f his troops s ss O ,

h d been covered
a Pre ently however they b t sixty
. s , ,
s aw ,
u

or seventy yards aw y a strong body of Neapoli t ns on a ,

a

the road .

Turn ff t the right " Garib ldi shouted As the

“
o o
”
a .

carriage left the road a round shot truck one of the hor es s s .

Garibaldi and the other occ pants at once j umped out and u ,

s houting to the carriages behind to follow them ran acro ,

ss

the field Fortunately there

s . a deep waterco r e clo e w as u s s

by ; and the other leaving their carriages all ran do n s, ,

w

into thi The mist w too thick for the movement to

s . as

be b erved and the Neapolitans kept up a heavy fire

O s ,

in the direction in which they had seen the carriages

through the mist A soon as they entered the water . s

cour e Garibaldi told Fr k and h i co m p nions to dis

s an s a

mount as altho gh the bank

, ,
high enough to u w as

conceal the men on foot tho e on hor eback could be seen ,

s s

above it All ran along t the top of their speed As

. a .

they did so Frank told his companions and the g ide

,
u s,

if they came pon any force of the enemy to throw u ,

them elves into their saddles agai and charge

s as to n ,
so

give time to the general to turn ff and e cape O s .

They had gone but a few h ndred yard when a pa ty u s r

of the enemy who were stan d ing on the left bank of the
,
 T HE BAT T LE OF T H E V U OLT RNO 32 1

watercourse uddenl y do n into it Fr nk and the

,
ra n s w . a

others spr ng into thei r saddles and with a hout rode

a ,
s

at them ; there a hurried di charge of musketry and

w as s ,

then they w re in the midst f the Neapolitans These

e O .

were but some twenty in number They had alre dy . a

emptied their mu ke ts but for a minute there was a h nd

s ,
a

to hand conte t The horsemen first used their revolver

-
s . s

with deadly effec t and then fell on with the i r sword so ,

s

fiercely that th sur ivors of their opponent scrambled

e v s

out of the watercourse and fled just as Garibaldi and ,

his staff ran up to take part in the conflict It we ll . w as

for the general that he had found the road to the vill ge a

blocked for b d h ridden traight

, ,
he mu t have
a e s on , s

been capt red by the ene my who were already i f ll

u ,
n u

po session of it with the exception of the abbey church

s ,

and a f w house round it and the lope of the hill

e s ,
s .

Two of the mo nted party were mi ing O f the u ss . ne O

guides had fallen when the Neapolitans fired and an ,

o fficer had been killed by the thrust of a bayonet O of . ne

Garib ldi s party was al o m issing ; but wheth r he had

a
’
s e

been killed by a chance shot or had fallen behind and

been taken prisoner none knew A they ascended the . s

slope of the hill they got above the mi t and could s ,

n ow

see what had happened A part of the colu m n that had .

broken thro gh the line of o tposts h d pre ed on o m e

u u a ss s

di t nce
s a d then moved to i t
,
an lef t ntil i the s ,
u n

re r f S nt A gelo where i t a ttack h d t ken the

a O a
’
n ,
s a a

defender wholly b y s rprise The force had then mount d

s u . e

th e hill and fro m there pened fire pon the d efender

, O u s

of the abbey and the hou e ro nd it s s u .

The e were to tly held The hou e e e olidly b il t

s s u . s s w r s -
u

structure in which re ided the priest and servi tor of

s s s s

the church d the only road leading up from the village

,
an

( M G7S ) K
32 2 OUT W I T H GAR BAL D I I .

to it was swept by two twenty four pounders while from - -

,

the wi ndows of the hou es and from the roof of the abbey s

a steady mu ketry fire was maintained Garibaldi ordered

s .

Frank to gallop to the pass a short distance behind the ,

village where two companie f Genoe e carbineers and

,
s O s

two mo ntain howitzers were posted and to direct them

u ,

to mount the hill and take up a po ition on the heights s

above that occ pied by the enemy W ith a cheer the

u .

men ran forw rd as soon as they received the order

a .

Ignorant of what was taking place in front but certain ,

from the roar of battle that it was raging ro nd the village u ,

they h d been eager to adv ce to take part in the

a an

str ggle ; but thei order to hold the pass had been i m
u r s

p t
e rai as their
ve ,pre ence here was indi pensable to cover
s s

the retreat of the G ribaldian in S ant Angelo and to a s

’
,

check pur ui t until reinforcements ca m e up from the rear

s .

The movement was nobserved by the ene my who u ,

were fully occupied in thei attempts to capture the r

abbey ; and it was not until the two com p nies were a

establi hed on a ridge well above that occupied by the

s

Neapolitan and pened a heavy m sketry fire aided by

s, O u ,

their two guns that the l atter were aware that they had
,

been taken in rear Their po ition altogether unten

. s w as

able as they were unable to reply effectively to the fire

,

Of their opponent and de cending the slope they joined

s, ,
s s,

their co m rade in the illage S everal de perate attacks

s v . s

were m de upon the abbey b t each w repul ed with

a ,
u as s

heavy lo ; and the carbineer had now moved lower

ss as s

down and their gun commanded the village the Nea

,
s ,

p li
o t lo t heart
an s and fell
s back .

A battalion of Garibaldi s ber aglieri now came up ’

s .

They were com manded b y Colonel W yndham and occ pied ,

u

th e village as the Neapolitans fell back q ickened their ,

u
 T HE BAT T LE OF T H E V U OLT RNO . 32 3

retreat and then descending to the fo r gun battery

, ,
u -

that had first been taken turned the guns which the , ,

enemy had forgotten to pike upon them s ,

.

In the meanti m e the fighting h d been fierce ro nd a u

S anta M aria At fir t the G arib ldian had been hard

. s a s

pr ed and the Neapolitans had carried all before the m

ess , ,

until they came under the fire of th b tterie placed on e a s

the rai lway and in front of the g te f cing Capua The e a a . s

were well erved and altho gh the a ailants several

s ,
u ss

ti m advanced with both caval y and infantry they never

es r
,

s cceeded in getting within a h ndred yard of th g ns

u u s e u .

The left wing however swept round the town and capt red
, , , u

all the out b ilding except a farmho e which w

-
u s, us , as

gallantly defended by a company of Frenchmen .

O the right the Ne poli tans f red still more badly

n a a
,

for when their attack upon the battery failed the ,

G ribaldian force at S Tamaro nearly three tho sand

a an ,
u

five hundred strong advanced and took them in fl nk ,

a ,

and drove them back with heavy lo By eight o clock ss .

’

the attack had ceased all along the line but the enemy as ,

while falling back preserved good order no atte m pt w, , as

m ade to foll ow them .

The battle had lasted fo r ho rs and the Garibaldian u u , s

were strengthened b y the arrival of a brigade with

n ow

fo r g ns fro m Ca erta where the ne had j t arrived

u u s ,
ws us

th t Bixi o w confident of being able to hold h i gro nd

a as s u

at M ad lone Two of the newly arrived regi ment w re

a .
-
s e

ordered to ende vour to reopen com m nic tion wit h

a u a s

S nt Angelo d fighting went on with the fo ce till

’
a ,
an r s

threateni g S anta M ari ; the e after u ff ering heavy lo

n a s ,
s ss,

the G rib ldi n t ten o clock drove o m e distance back

a a a s, a
’

,
s ,

and c ptured three g n d many pri oner

a u s an s s .

At eleven a f e h attack m de Count Trani one of

r s w as a , ,
32 4 OU T I
W T H GAR BALD I I .

th e K ing s brothers having bro ght ome fre h battalions

’
,
u s s

from the town Thi attack was l o repul ed the

. s a s s ,

G rib ldians maintaini g their trong posi tions B t

a a n s . u

the Neapolitan troop ere still f ll of piri t and at a s w u s

,

quarter past one made another deter m ined e ffort their

-
:

field b atteries advanced within three hundred yard of the s

town and their cav lry charged al most p to the railway

,
a u

battery but were received with so heavy an infantry

,

fire by the troops protecting the gun that they were s,

forced to fall back The infantry howe er pre ed on.

,
v ,
ss ,

covered by a storm of fi from their field artillery whi le re ,

the guns of C pua aided them by firing shell into the town
a .

The Garibaldians servi g the gun at the g te and t n s a a

the railw y s ffered very heavil y b t vol teers from the

a u ,
u un

infantry regimen ts took their place altho gh at one ti m e ,

u

their fire arrested b y the explosion of a m gazine

w as a

which killed many of the men and dismounted two or ,

three of the guns .

All this time fighting was going on fiercely round

,

S ant Angelo The two regim ent that had been sent
’
. s

ou t from S anta M aria to open communic tion with the a s

vill ge had been n ble to effect their object the enemy s

a u a ,
’

force being too strong for them to move far fro m the town ;
At eleven clock the Neapoli tan being largel y reinforced
’
O ,
s ,

m de a fresh attack on the battery and barricade in front

a s

of S ant Angelo d an ob tinate truggle took place here

’
,
an s s

b t uperior force triumphed and the royal troops ag in

u s ,
a

captured the battery killing or taking prisoners almost ,

the whole of the force that defended it .

Inf ntry and cavalry then advanc d against the village

a e

but the Garibal d ians having their le der among them ,

a ,

fought with extraordinary bravery and for three hours ,

maintained the m selve as did those in the abbey although s, ,

 T HE BATT LE OF T HE V U OLT RN O . 32 5

the enemy bro ght p their cannon and rocket batteries

u u

to withi a short distance of it The walls of the abbey

n .

were however so ma sive that even the artillery failed

, ,
s

to m ke m ch impre ion pon them S eeing that the

a u ss u .

a lt upon S anta M ari had b

s sau repul ed Garibaldi a een s ,

s llied t wi th hi enti e force retook the houses tha t

a ou s r ,

had been capt red by th enemy drove them back to

u e ,

the b ttery and at la t capt red this al o K nowing

a ,
s u s .

that some of the reserve would soon be up G ribaldi ,

a

t half past two rode t from the rear of S nt Angelo

’
a -
ou a ,

and making a wide d é to r entered S anta M ria and at u ,

a ,

once ordered a general advance E b brigade allied t . or s

’
s ou

by the C p a gate and adv nced gainst the Ca th ian

a u ,
a a r us

conve t and cemetery on the Capuan road while a brigade

n ,

moved t to ende vour once more to clear the way to

ou a

S ant Angelo
’
.

The for m er attack was succes ful A small squadron s .

of Hungarian hussars charged three squ dron of the a s

enemy s dragoons defeated them and c ptured the two

’

, ,
a

g n that accompanied them The infantry went on at

u s .

a run but it required an hour s hard fighti g to gain

,
’
n

poss ion of the convent and cemetery By this time

es s .

five tho sand men with thirteen guns had arrived from
u

Caserta and the advance beca m e general M edici i d

,
. ssu e

t from S ant A gelo and the whole force from S anta

’
ou n ,

M ri advanced the Ne politans f lling back fro m ll

a a ,
a a a

point ; and by five o clock the whole h d

s entered ’
a re -

Capu bandoning all th ir po ition out ide it and th

a, a e s s s ,
e

G ribald i an en trie we e po t d alo g the edge of a

a s s r s e n

wood h lf a mile from th ra m par ts U ntil the rrival

a e . a

of the fi tho nd m of the r erve th G ribaldi n

ve us a en es ,
e a a s

h d thro ghout the d y although b t nine thousand

a u a ,
u

five hund ed tro g m intained themselve ucce f lly

r s n ,
a s s ss u
32 6 OUT W 1T H GAR BALD I I .

against thirty thousand men supported by a powerful

artillery .

At M adalone Bixio had routed seven thou and men who s

h d advanced against h i po ition and h d c ptured four

a s s ,
a a

g ns The only reverse s stained was at Castel Morone

u . u ,

which was garri oned by only two h ndred and twenty s u

s ven men of one of Garibaldi bersaglieri regiment

e
’
s s.

They h eld out for ome ho rs gainst a Ne poli tan s u a a

col mn three tho and trong d then h vi ng expended

u us s ,
an ,
a

all their amm ni tion were obliged to rrender The u ,

su .

ba ttle f the Volturno co t the Garibaldian one tho sand

O s s u

two hund ed d eighty killed and wo nded and seven

r an u ,

h n d ed taken pri oners while the ene my lo t about

u r s ,
s

two thousand five hund ed killed and wounded five r ,

h ndred pri oners d nine g n At two o clock a de

u s ,
an u s .
’

t hmac t of S rdinianen rtillery which with a regiment a a , ,

of b e sagli ri had been landed a f

r d ys before at Gari
e ,
ew a

b ld i
a reque t h d arrived at S anta M ari and did good
’
s s ,
a a,

service by taki g th pl ces of the g nne who had been n e a u rs

al m o t a nihilated by th enemy s fi
s n The be gli ri did e
’
re . rs a e

not a ri e at C ert till the battle w ove VV i d

r v as a as r. eai e

by the d y fight the Garibaldians as soon as the long

a
’
s , ,

work of earching for and bringing in the wo nded was

s u

over l y down to leep

,
a s .

Frank and the two other aides —de camp of Garibaldi -

were however aro d within an hour of their lying

, ,
use ,

down The news had arrived tha t th Neapolitan column

. e ,

w hich had c pt r d C stel M orone had ddenly appeared

a u e a su

on th height above Caserta their nu m ber

e e timated
s w as s

at three thou and Order were ent to Bixio to occupys . s s

a strong po ition Col m ns were directed to ta t s . u s r

from S nt Angelo and S anta M ari for Caserta while

a
’
a ,

another brigade was to reinforce the garrison of S anta

 THE BAT T LE OF T H E V U OLT RN O . 32 7

L ucia At two in the morning Garibaldi himself started

.

for Caserta and moved out with two tho and five
,
us

h ndred Calabri ns and fo r co m panies of Pied monte e

u a u s

ber glieri The latter soon fo nd them selves obliged to

sa . u

take ff their knap acks hat and usele s acco trement

o s ,
s, s u s,

finding them elve picked men they were unable to keep

s s, as ,

up with the Gari b aldians clad on ly in shirt and trou er ,

s s,

and carrying no thing b t ninety ro nd of a m m nition u u s u .

There w b t little fighting The G aribaldian lo t b t

as u . s s u

seven or eight men a m ong whom were thr e Piedmonte e ,

e s ,

who were the fir t men of the S rdinian army to hed s a s

thei r blood for the emancipation of N ples By evening a .

over two thou nd five h ndr d pri oner were t ken sa u e s s a ,

an d thi n mber was do bled in the co r e of th next

s u u u s e

few day b y the c pt re of a large por tion of the force

s a u

which after being def ted by Bixio in thei a tte m pt to

, ea r

seize M d lone had scattered over the co ntry pillagi g

a a , u n

and b rning Th incl ding the f gitives w h e c ped

u . us , u u o s a ,

the Neapolit n army weakened by the lo of ne rly

a w as ss a

ten thousand m The explanation f the ing l r ttack

en . O s u a a

upon Ca erta a fter the defeat of the Neapolitan ar my

s , ,

was that af ter capturing Ca tel M orone th ir commander

,
s ,
e

had received a despatch stating that a complete defe t h d a a

b en inflicted on G ri b aldi and urging him to t ff the

e a ,
cu o

retreat of the f giti e by occ pying Ca ert u v s u s a .

N th t the ork w over

ow a d th t there w as ,
an a w as

nothing to be done until the roy l ar m y advanced f om a r

Ancon d b u hing aside all oppo i tion ar ived to

a, an ,
r s s ,
r

undert k th iege of C p a Fr nk broke do n He h d

a e e s a u ,
a w . a

not f lly r covered f o m the e ff ct of th two long d ys

u e r e s e a

spent i the pe tilenti l t m o phere of the p i ons ; b t

n s a a s r s u

h d t ck to h i work un til the Ne politans surrendered ;

a s u s a

then he rode up to Garibaldi and said , ,

32 8 O UT W I TH G AR BAL D I I .

General I mu t ask you to spare me from my d tie

,
s u s,

for I feel strangely gid d y that I can scarce keep my

so

seat .

You look ill lad Hand yo r horse over to one of the, . u

guide I have ent for my c rriage ; it wil l be up in a

s . s a

f w minute
e S i t do w n in the ha d e of that tree
s . I will s .

take you down to C se ta with me and one f Bi xi a r ,

O o s
’

doctors shall see y at once ou .

”

O arriving at Caserta the doctor at once pro ounced

n
, n

that it w a c e f m larial fever the re ult of the

as as O a ,
s

miasma from the low gro nd increased no do bt by over u , ,

u ,

f tigue Garibaldi immediately ordered another carriage to

a .

be brought round in tructed two of his m to take their ,

s en

places in it with Frank and desp tched a telegram to ,

a

P of ssor Forli at Naples telling him to have four men in

r e ,

readine s to carry him up to h i room as soon he reached

s s as

the palace and to have a doctor in waiting Frank

, . w as

almost ncon cio s b y the time he arrived at the city

u s u .

E ver ythi g was ready and he was soon und e sed and in
n ,
r s

bed ice applied to his head and a draught f medicine

, ,
O

poured down hi throat In a week the fever lef t him s .

,

but he was so much weakened that it w another fort ight as n

before he could move about agai n ssisted n u a .

You have lo t nothing things have been very qui et

“
s : ,

his grandfather said To d y th voting takes place .

“ -
a e .

Of cour e that is a mere farce and the country will

s ,

declare for Victor E mman el by a t h ou and votes to one u s .

M dici he been occupied in putting down an i rrecti n

as nsu o

in th mo ntain and Cialdini h won two b ttles on

e u s, as a

his way we t ; and a large Piedmontese force has landed

s

here and undertaken the work of the garri on

,
s .
”

How long will it be before Cialdini arrive w i th h i s s

army before Capua ?

 T HE BATT L E OF T HE V U OLT RNO . 32 9

I ho ld think th t it would be another week

s u a .

I must be able to go forward again by that time ,

Frank said I must be at Capua when it is taken

. .

I q ite nders tand your feelings and I m eager to

“
u u ,
a

be there my elf ; but we must h ve patience The Nea

s a .

p li t
o have w ithdrawn their forces from C j
an s and a az z o ,

th co ntry round into the town There are now so m

e u ,
. e

nine thou and men there and if the co m m ander i

s , s

ob tinate he o ght to be able to defend the pl ce for

s u a

so m e month S till I grant that obs tinacy has not been

s .

the strong point f the Neapolitan gener ls hith erto ; O a

though it mu t be said that their troops fo ght gall n tly

s u a

the o ther d y coming back again d again to the t

a ,
an a

tack B t the co m m nder of the to n however brave

. u a w ,

he may be mu t see that even if he can hold out for

,
s

the next ten year he would not benefi t France co T h s s . e

g me is al eady hopeles ly lo t The Garibaldian ingl

a r s s . s, s e

handed have proved the m selves cap ble of d feating th

,
a e e

Neapolitan troop ; and w i th the a my that Cialdini h s - r as

bro ght from Ancona and that which has m arched down
u ,

from the north the ca se is beyond hope The army ,

u . no w

in Gaeta and the garrison of C p a alone re m ain in r m a u a s

and I should y that ere another fortnigh t h pa d sa ,

as sse
,

Francesco i likely to have left thi co nt y for ever

s s u r .
”

Q ite gr ndfather Fr nk replied ; that i what

“ ” “
u s o, a ,
a s

I have been thinki ng for the l t we k d that i w h y as e ,

an s

I am anxio to go forward ag i
so oon as po ible
us a n as s ss .
”

Th t y sh ll cert inly do ; at any rate you h ve

“
a ou a a a a

few m ore d y t t y here then we will get a c rri ge

a s o s a ,
a a

an d go to S n ta Luci l ying high in the mo t i n T h

a a, un a s . e

change to the plendid i there ill benefit y whil s a r w o u, e a

stay t S ant M aria or Ca ert w o ld t once throw you

a a s a u a
’
b ac k f
 CHAPT E R X VIII .

C AP U A .

had been remaining q ietly at Caser ta

A R I BALDI u

when on the 2 4 th he received a me age from

, ,
ss

Ci ld ini in iti g him to cro the river and be in readine

a v n ss ss

to perate in a general action which might possibly

co- O ,

be bro ght on the next d y A bridge had to be thrown

u a .

over the Volt rno b t at fi the following morning

u ,
u ve

he cro ed with five tho nd men He found that a

ss u sa .

strong Neapolitan force had f llen back in the direction a ,

of G eta on the previo s evening Mi sori w sent on

a ,
u . s as

with the g ides to reconnoitre and at Teano fo nd the

u ,
u

e cort of the Neapolitan general who had gone on to

s ,

hold a conference with Cialdini At five in th evening . e

G ribaldi advanced eight m ile farther in that directio

a s n,

and bivo acked in the open air for the night S carcely had
u .

he re med hi march at d ybreak the next morning when

su s ,
a ,

he met the dvance g ard of the Piedmonte e The force

a -
u s .

m rched ff the ro d and encamped while G aribaldi and

a o a

his staff rode on to meet the k ing and h i general s .

The latter was first encountered and the h artie t ,

e s

greeting w exchanged between him and Garib ldi for

as a ,

they were ld friend They then rode together to meet

O s .

Victor E m m an el who e greeting with Garibaldi was ex

u ,
s

t m ly cordial
re e They rode together till the afternoon ;
.
 CA P UA . 331

Garibaldi went with his colu m n to Calvi and on the 2 8th ,

retired to Ca erta O the news reachi g Naples Frank

s . n n , ,

who by thi ti m e had al m o t recovered d ove to S anta

s s ,
r

L ciu a The Piedm ontese

. d G ribaldi ns had now an a a

taken p their po ition on the so th ide of Cap a the

u s u s u ,

former occ pyi ng their ld po ition at S nta M ri and

u O s s a a a

S ant Angelo wh i le th Piedmonte e occupied the ground

’
,
e s

between the for m er town and L F t the Pied a o r re s a

monte e gene l D ella R occa being in co mm and of the

s ra
, ,

whole The t oops were at once t to work to con t uct

. r se s r

b t teri and a t ong ch in of outpo t

a es, pu hed forward
s r a s s w as s

to within five h ndred y rd of th forti fica tion to check

u a s e s,

the f e q uent o ties m de by the Ne pol tans The l tter

r s r a a i . a

were till re ol te d ever l fierce fight took pl ce At

s s u ,
an s a s a .

fo r o clock in th af ternoon of Nove m ber 1t the b tte r ie

u
’
e s a s

opened fire d the g n of the fortre replied vigorou ly

,
an u s ss s ,

the bombardment being m int ined n til d rk P epara a a u a . r

tions were m de f a lt on the following morning

a or a n s s au .

In the evening how ver the S wi general D Cornet ,

e ,
ss ,
u ,

sent i to c pit late and hi rrender

n a accepted on
u ,
s su w as

the condition that he and hi garri on ho ld be allowed s s s u

to m rch t with the ho ours of war Frank d the

a ou n . an

profe o h d driven earl y th t morning from S nta L ci

ss r a a a u a,

an d had t ken p their po

a t high p on M o nt Tif t
u s u u a a,

w hence they could obt in a V ie of the city and rro nd a w su u

ing co ntry u .

They d ove b ck when the bombardm ent cea ed E rly

r a s . a

the n xt m orning they t t g in d m e ti g o ffice

e se ou a a ,
an ,
e n an r,

were infor m ed th t C p a h d r en d e ed Signor Fo li a a u a su r r . r

h d t
a d y previo l y gone down to C e t
wo a s d een us as r a an s

G rib ldi d h d ked hi m to give Fr nk l tt r of i

a a ,
an a as a a e e n

t d
ro ti
uc to G en r l Ci ldini re q e ting him to llo him
on e a a ,
u s a w

to en ter wi th th fir t p rty to e rch the pri on of Capua

e s a s a s s .
332 OUT I
W T H G AR BALD I I .

That I ill do right w illingl y Garibaldi said

w I , . n

deed as I rode with h i m two d y ago we naturally

,
a s ,

talked over the pa t ; and I mentioned to him th t I s a

in no m all degree owed the uccess of my expedition to

s s

the large sum of money ent to m b y M adame Percival s e ,

the ife of the gentleman who e m rder by brigand

w s u s

h d cre ted
a much stir two and a half years ago He
a so .

r m embered the circ m stances perfectly ; and I told him

e u

th t her son had ccompanied me througho t and had

a a u ,

greatly disting i hed him elf even among the gallant m

u s s , en

who accompanied me I mentioned to him that h had . e

still hopes that h i father had not been murdered and s ,

m ight be fo nd in a Neapolitan pri on and gave him his

u s ,

rea on for hopi g that he might yet be found in Cap a I

s n u .

need not therefore write a long letter

, , .
”

The general at once sat do n and wrote a note to w

Cialdini introd cing Frank to h i m and a king that he

,
u ,
s

might b nominated to accompan y the fficer charged with

e O

the duty of exa m ining the prison of Cap a As soon s u .

,

therefore they learned that the garri on had capitulated

,
as s ,

S ignor Forli and Fr nk drove to L Fortuna wh re a a ,

e

Ci ldi ia headq arter were Fr nk sent in his card

n
’
s u s . a

and Garibaldi s letter and fter waiting a few minutes

’

,
a

was shown into h i room s .

I m gl d to see y C ptain Percival the governor

“
a a ou , a ,

said w rmly Garibaldi w peaking to me of y in

a . as s ou

the highest terms and i ntere ted m much in the que t ,

s e s

y ouare making for your fa ther A p rty of our troops . a

will enter the town to take possession of the magazine s,

and that order is maintained until the evacuation of

se e

the town by the garrison which ill indeed com m ence this ,
w

afternoon I shall my elf be entering in a couple of hour

. s s
’

time and the best way will be for y to ride in with me ou .

 C AP U A
. 333

I will provide y ith a horse ; and it will ave time

ou w s

and relieve y of you anxie ty if I end ou officer w i th r s an

you to the p i on ordering that y hall at once h ve

r s s, ou s a

every facility given y for a certaining whether yo r ou s u

father i among tho e confined there

s s .
”

I thank y greatl y general Frank id ou I will , ,

”
sa .
“

not tro ble y u bo t the hor e b t will with yo r

ou a u s ,
u ,
u

permi ion drive in in the carri ge I have out ide My

ss ,
a s .

mother fa ther whom I fo nd in pr i on at R eggio i with

’
s ,
u s ,
s

m ; and sho ld I be happy eno gh to fi d m y father

e u u n ,

we then take h i m away at once

c an .

“
V ery well will rra ge it Colonel Past plea e
,
we a n so . a, s

write out an order to the governor of th tate pri on in e s s s

Capua to o ff er every facility to Captain Percival to vi it s

the j il and in pect the pri oners with po er to liber te

a s s s ,
w a

h i f ther
s a t o ce hould he find him there It will
a n s .

sa ve trouble ltogether i f when we enter the town y at

a , ,
ou

once ride with h i ca ri ge to the pri o ds that this

r a s n s , an s ee

order is co m plied with Y will al o before y t t . ou s ,

ou s e ou ,

give ord rs to the o fficer commanding the e cort to allow

e s

the carri ge to follow h i m

a .

“
I hear til y wish you s ccess i your earch he id u n s ,
sa ,

t rni ng to Frank and gain hook h i m w r m ly b y the h nd

u ,
a s a a .

S ignor Forli m ch plea ed w h en Frank told him the

w as u s

re lt of his intervie
su However my de r Fr nk he w .
“
,
a a ,
”

sa id I p ay you not to allow your elf to be buoyed p

,
“
r s u

wit h y trong hope i f y do y m y only be bitterl y

an s : ou ou a

di appoin ted You m u t re m e m ber too th t even ho ld

s . s , ,
a s u

we not find h i m here we m y d i cover him t Gaet ,

a s a a .
”

“
I ill t y not to let m y elf hope too m ch F nk
w r s u ,
ra

r plied b t at the m e ti m e I
e u th t th d e c r ip tionsa ow n a e s

yo u obt ined of
a one of th pri oner ent on here fro m N ple e s s s a s

has given m trong hope that it i m y f ther S hould

e a s s a .
334 OU T W I T H G AR BALD I I .

it not be so I will not despair altogether but will look

, ,

forward to the earch at G aeta If that doe not s cceed s . s u

I fear that it w ill be no good to hope any longer for all ,

the prison south f Naples have been pened long before

s O O

now and h d my father been confined in one of them I

,
a ,

feel re th t if able he wo ld at once have made his way

su a , ,
u

to Naple to Gari b aldi and obtain from him f nds to

s se e
,
u

enable him to ret rn home u .

Leaving the carri ge they endeavoured to obtain ome a ,

s

food for they had only taken som e coffee and milk and
,

a piece of bread before starting They fo nd it however . u , ,

almo t i m po sible to do — everything in the place had been

s s so

eaten p b t after some earch they succeeded in getting

u u s

a bottle of wine and a sm ll piece of bread at one of the a

caf és Having taken this th y went b ck to the carriage

.
,
e a ,

an d t there until they saw the general

sa d h i staff an s

come out from he d q uarter and mount Just as they a s .

were st rting an fficer rode up to the carriage

a ,
O .

I have orders sir to permit you to follow in rear of

“
, ,

the escort and to enter the city with them W ill you
, .

please d ive on at once ?

r

An hour later they entered Capua S hortly before an .

Italian brig de had marched in pl ced g ards at the g tes

a ,
a u a

an d all the public building and relieved the Neapolit n s, a

sentries on the ramparts Cialdini d i mounted at the pal ce . s a

of the governor and ten min tes later Colo el P t rode ,

u n as e

u
p to the carri ge He accomp nied by a gentleman
a . w as a

on foot who introduced hi mself to S ignor Forli as a member

,

of the M nicipal body and t k ing a eat directed the

u , ,
a s ,

driver to the state prison Colonel P to riding b y the side ,

as

of the c rri ge W hen they arriv d t the gate where two

a a . e a ,

of the bers glieri were on g ard they alighted and Colonel

a u , ,

P t knocked at the gate which was at once pened

as e ,
O .
 CA P UA . 335

I wish to see the governor of the jail he said , .

The warder at once led the way to the governor ’

s

residence followed by the colonel Frank and S ignor Forli

, , , .

The governor bo w ed with e ident tro ble in h i f ce ,

v u s a ,
as

they entered .

“
This fficer the colonel said is the bearer of an
O , ,
“

order from Gener l Cialdi ni to search the prison a ,

thoro ghly for the per on of Captain Percival a Briti h

u s ,
s

subject believed to be confined here d to free him at

, ,
an

once if he i so I l o require a f ll li t f all pri oners

s . a s u s O s

confined here with a tatement of the charge on w h ich

,
s s

they have been i mpr isoned T morrow the place will be . O-

searched from top to bottom and all pri oners — I believe ,

s

that no criminal are confined here— w ill be relea ed s s .

“
I h ve no s ch person Captain Percival here the
a u as ,

official said hu m bly .

“
N t under that name perhap
o Frank said I ,
s, .
“

dema d sir in the fir t place to the four pri oners who

n , ,
s ,
see s

were br ught here from Naple on the 5 th or 6th of S p

o s e

tember If C pt in Percival i not one of the four tho gh

. a a s ,
u

I am convinced that he is so I will postpone a general ,

search until I make it with th R y l o fficials to —m orrow e o a .

”

The governor looked o m e h at s rpri ed at the know s w u s

le d ge po se ed by the young sfli ; h owever he only

ss O ce r ,

said I will t ke you to them at o ce i ; they

,
“
a n ,
s r a re

together and as you w ill ,

comfor t bly lodged ,
se e , a .
”

I believe that they are at pre ent Fr nk aid

c an so s ,
”
a s

sternl y and h ve been perh p for the p t t en ty fo r

,
a ,
a s, as w -
u

ho r u for he felt re th t soon it

s kno n th t su a as as w as w a

th e gener l bo t to c pit l te ll the pri oner from

a w as a u a u a ,
a s s

the lower d ngeon would be ha til y rem oved t better

u s s o

q arter
u s .

I will ccompany y f C pt in Percival Colonel

a ou s o a r, a a ,
”
336 OU T W T H GAR BALD I I I .

Pasto said in order that I may inform G eneral Ci ld i ni

,
“
a

if y have m t with s cce in your earch

ou e u ss s .
”

L d by the governor they lef t the apartment entered

e , ,

the pri on itself and followed him down several corridor

s ,
s .

O neof the warders by his order followed him with a ,

s,

bunch f key Frank O very p le his face was t

s . w as a ,
se ,

an d he was evidently tr ying to nerve him elf to bear s

disappointment Signor Forli walked with his hand on

.

his ho lder as if to assure him of hi sympathy d to

s u ,
s ,
an

aid h i m to support joy or disappointment Colonel P t . as e ,

deeply interested in the drama walked a p e or t ,

at wo

behind them At last the t rnkey stopped before a door

. u ,

inserted a key in the lock and opened it The governor , .

entered with the word These are the four pri oners sir
,
s, s ,
.
”

Fra k pau ed for a moment took a lo g breath and

n s ,
n ,

then entered Three men were lying pallet beds ; the

. on -

fourth who h d been seated rose they entered It was

,
a ,
as .

on him that Frank eyes first fell and then paused i ’

s ,
n

do bt the man s hair was long and streaked w ith g ey

u :
’
r ,

he wore long whiskers beard and mou tache his face ,

s ,

was very white and his figure somewhat bent He w . as

v ery thin and hi e yes seemed nnaturally large i

,
s u n

the drawn haggard f ce As h i eyes fell upon the

,
a . s

u niforms f the Pied m onte e and Garibaldian fli

O he s o c ers ,

held t hi ar m s and cried hoarsel y

ou s I was right :
“
,

then ; we heard the fir i g ye terday d knew that n s ,

an

the town was attacked d when we were taken from ,

an

our foul dung ons and brought up here I felt s re that

e ,
u

delivera ce w at hand
n Ah Forli he b oke ff as
as .
“
, ,
”
l o ,

his eye fell on the profe sor this is all that was wanted
s s ,
“

to complete my joy Y too are re cued " and b rsting . ou s

”
u

into tear he ank back upon his pallet and covered his
s s

face with his thin hands .

 “ 6 75

HE U l’ T O PE RC I V '’
AL AN D PU l “ I S “A N D ON t S HO U LD E R
 CAP UA . 337

The professor laid hi hand on Frank houlder as the s

’
s s ,

latter about to dart forward

w as .

S tay a minute or two lad he whispered — i t may

“ ” “
, ,

be too m ch for him and he went p to Percival and

u ,
u

put his h nd on hi sho lder It is a joyf l occasion

a s u .
“
u

indeed Leon rd he said ,

You are free S ave for the
a ,
”
.
“
.

Papal S tate and Venice all Italy is free I have other

s ,
.

good news for you M uriel your boy and my wife are .
,

all well and will soon be able to rejoin you

,
.
”

A minute Forli — give me a mi nute Captain Perciv l, ,

”
a

s aid in a low voice I should not have broken down thus

,
. .

It i lmost too m ch coming ll at once after so long a

s a u ,
a ,

time of waiting .
”

Two of the other pri oner had half ri en at S ignor s s s

Forli s word ; th o ther was too weak to do more than

’
s e

turn h i face toward them s s .

The new i tr e gentlemen Colonel P t said

“
s s u , , as e .

To morro y and all within this pri on will be free

-
w ,
ou s

men C p a has urrendered and we have but j t entered

. a u s , us

the town A there are till nine tho sand of the

. s s u

Neapolitan troop here there are many arr nge m ents to s ,

a

be made d we m st find ome place for you all until

,
an u s

y ou be ent to yo r homes It i impo sible to

c an s u . s s

s earch the j il ntil to morrow but you need not reg rd

a s u -
,
a

yo r elvu any longer pri oner I have orders from

s es as s s .

General Ci ldini to the governor here th t y shall

a ,
a ou

i nthe me ntime be well d plentifully fed

a t an ,
so as o

pr pare y for leaving this place

e ou .

You hear i he aid t rning to the governor ,

You s r,
”
s ,
u .

will procure reg rdle f expen e every lux ry po ible

,
a ss O s ,
u ss ,

wi th proper supply of good wine ; and

a that all h ve see a

a thoro ghly good meal this afternoon and another thi

u ,
s

evening I request that you w ill without delay have

.
, ,

( M 6 75 ) Y
338 OU T W I T H GAR BALD I I .

every prisoner informed f what has happened and that O ,

he will to morrow be released

-
.
”

“
I will e that it is done colonel the governor said
s e , , .

I will at once give the necessary orders .

Perhaps it will be better sir he went on speaking , ,

”
,

to Signor Forli that your friend should take someth ing

,
“

before he leaves I have pleasure in placing my private

.

room at your disposal and wil l order som e refreshment

,

to be served there immediately .

”

Captain Percival w ro e to his feet with an effort

no s .

I am afraid I shal l have to be carried Forli he aid , ,

”
s ,

with an attempt at a smile I was able to walk acro s .

“
s

the room this morning but yo r news h for the present

,
u as , ,

demolished what little strength I had left .

”

“
You had better sit down Captain Percival the , ,

colonel said The governor will d oubtless send some

.

men with a stretcher at once and I need hardly assure ,

you how great a pleasure it has been to me to be employed

on so successful a m ission I shall tell General Cialdini .

that you have been fo nd And so saying after shaki ng

u .
”
,

hands with Captain Percival and the other prisoners he ,

lef t the room with the governor .

F ank also went outside as seeing how weak his father

r , ,

was he quite recogni sed the wisdom of S ignor Forli advi ce

,
’
s

that he hould not be told too m ch at once and indeed

s u , ,

he felt that he co ld no longer suppress his own emotions

u .

Leaning against the wall in the passage he cried li ke a ,

child .

Assist d b y S ignor Forli Percival went round and shook

e ,

h an d s wi th the other three prisoners .

“
I was right you see he aid I told you last night
, ,
”
s
“
,

when we were ll brought up here that our deli verance

a ,

was at hand but I hardly thought that it could be so near

,
.
 OAPUA . 339

oon you too will see your friend from whom you have
S s,

been kept a much longer time than I have .

W have only met once before he said to the pro

e ,
”

f e ssor ,when nearly two months ago we were all brought

out and placed in a vehicle together and driven here O , . n

the way we told each other what our real name were s ,

and the ad dre ses of our friends th t if by some miracle

s ,
so a

one of us should issue ali ve from our horrible dungeons ,

we might let the friends of the others know how and where
they had di ed Thank G d we shall now all be bearer . o ,
s

f good news
”
O .

I fear that I shall never be so the weakest of them

“
,

said feebly, .

D not think that S ignor Forli said cheerfully

o good , :

food fresh air and more than all freedom wil l do wonders
, , , , ,

for y I li ke yourselve have been pecial prisoner

ou .
,
s, a s

in a fortre for pw rds of three year and y see me

ss u a s, ou

now strong and well I w when I entered it

as as as as .

M ake up yo r mind that you will get well and cheat the e
u s

tyrant who had thought to kill you b y inche

s, s .
”

Fo r of the j ilors now entered ; one of them carried a

u a

s tretcher another had a bottle f excellent wi e and four

,
O n

large gla e which b filled and handed t the pri oners

ss s, e o s .

This i the first taste f freedom one s id as he

“
s O ,
”
a ,

emptied h i gla s There friend he went on as one f

s s .
“
, ,
”
,
O

the j ilors partly lifted the sick man and placed the glas
a s

to h i lips that i your first tep toward health and

s ,
“
s s s

strength I can feel it already tingling in my vein which

. s,

year g gla of pure pirit wo ld h rdly h ve done

s a o a ss s u a a .

No we will t ke no mo e now he s id
,
one of the
a r ,
”
a ,
as

men about to refill hi gl s

w as L e ve it here ; s as .
“
a

another gl now wo ld intoxi cate me after five years

as s u ,

on water alone and starvation diet .

”
34 0 OU T W T H GAR BALD I I I .

Captain Percival was now placed on the stretcher and

carried out ; Frank fell in w ith S ignor Forli as he followed
the party U nle s y .are going to tell him soo he
s ou n,
”

said I must go ; I cannot stand it being so close

,
“
,

to h i m .

I will tell h im as soon as we are alone the professor

“
,

said he has calmed down and that glass of wine will

:
“
,

do him a world of good .

”

O arriving at the governor s room Captain Percival

’
n ,

was placed in an ea y chair and the jailors left Frank s ,

.

went to the window and looked t ou .

I can hard ly believe that it is not all a dream Forli

“
, .

The strangest part is that whil e I had hoped to open your ,

pri on doors you have opened mine

s , .
”

You are wrong Leonard the same p erson who opened,

:

my doors has pened yours ; as y set out to find me

O ou ,

so another set out to find us both .

Captain Percival looked at him wonderingly .

Of whom are y speaking Forli ? M y head is not

ou ,

very clear at present B t who could have been looking . u

for both ? You don t mean Garibaldi ?

us
’ ”

N“
no L eonard ; truly he has pened the doors to
O, , O

all prisoners b t he w not searching for any one in

,
u as

p rtic lar W hen I tell you that M uriel sent out to

a u .

Garibaldi the m that you had put aside for that purpose
su ,

and that she and my wife had never altogether lost hope
that you and I were both still alive whom should she ,

send t with it and to search for y but

ou ,
ou ,

You don t mean Frank ? You cannot mean him

“ ’

he is only a boy at school .

He i nearly seventeen now d there are hundred s

“
s ,
an

of younger lad who li ke him have done their duty as

s , ,

men Y it i Frank I would t tell you at first one

. es, s . no
 CAP UA . 34 1

shock was enough at a time Frank my boy you have .

, ,

your rew rd at last a .

Frank turned and ran to w ards his father The latter .

rose from hi eat s s .

“
My h y my dear lad " he crie d as he held out his
e ,
”
,

arm this i too much happiness "

s,
“
s
”

It w ome minutes before either father or son could

as s

spe k coherently ; and fortunat ly just

a Frank pl ced e ,
as a

hi father in the chair one of the attendants bro ght

s ,
u

in a b sin of clear o p t cutle s an omelette and a

a s u ,
wo t , ,

bottle of wine sayi g that the governor had sent them

,
n

from h i own t ble with his compliments

s a ,
.

Captain Percival smiled fa intly when the man left the

room .

It i my la t meal in prison and if it had been sent

“
s s ,

to me a week ago I hould have declined to eat it for s ,

I should have made s re that it was poi oned ; howeve u s r,

as it i I will take it with thankfulne

s, ss .
”

Y and y mu t eat much you can Forli aid

es, ou s as as ,
s .

Y h ve got a drive before you we shall take you traight

ou a : s

up to S an ta Luci where we have room ; the mountain a, s

air has done wonders for Frank who h had a touch f ,

as O

the e marsh fever It would be di fficult to find a place

s s .

in Capua now h ooner you are t of it the better

,
so t e s ou .
”

Captain Percival took a mouthf l or two of so p and u u

then topped s .

That won t do Leonard — that won t do ; you really

“ ’

,
’

mu t makes effort D it in Itali n f shion p r

an . O a a : ou a

glas of wine in to it ; if you will take that I will let y

s ,
ou

off the mea t .

I could not touc h it whether you let me ff or not O .

I have t to ched meat for two year and a half and

no u s ,

I hall be ome time taking to i t gain

s s a .
”
34 2 I
OU T W T H GAR BAL D I I .

He finished the soup and then upon the in i tenc , , s s e

of S ignor Forli took ome of the omelette,

s .

Now the latter said we will be ff W hen we cam

,
”
,
o . e

in here we told the driver to find some place where h

, e

could take the horses out and feed them and then come ,

here and wait for us I s ppose we must get somebody . u

to let us out of the prison .

”

Frank rang the bell W h en the attendant came in .

,

h e said Please tell the governor that we are now leaving

, ,

and that we shall be obliged if he would send down an

o fl i i l to the gate to let us out
‘
c a .

The governor himself came in two minutes later ; th e

gate was close by the entrance to his house ; and Signor

Forli said I will go out first sir and fetch our carriage
, , ,

round if you will be good eno gh to give orders that the

,
u

gate is to be kept open until I return and to order the ,

warder there to allow Captain Percival to pas out with s

us .Ten min tes later they were on their way Captain

”
u .

Percival would not be laid on a stretcher again but leaning ,

upon his father i law and son was able to walk to the
-
n- ,

carriage .

I have a flask of brandy and water in my pocket - -

,

Leonard and if you feel faint y

,
mu t take a little ou s .

Very f w word were poken on the journey Frank

e s s .

sa t by the side of hi father and held his hand in h i s s

o w and it was not long before Captain Percival fell

n,

a leep The excitement of the past thirty six hou s had

s .
-
r

for a time given him a fi ti t trength ; and now the c ou s s

sense of happine s and of freedom aided no doubt by

s , , ,

the unaccustomed meal and the w ine he had taken took ,

the natural effect and after trying in vain to question

,

Frank as to what had taken place he dozed off ,

.

That is the best thing for him Signor Forli said in

“
,
 CAP U A . 34 3

low tones when he saw that Captain Percival was asleep

, .

“
I hope he will not wake up till we arrive at S anta
L ucia He has borne it better than I expected It has of
.
.
,

course pulled him down a great deal more than it did me

, .

A strong and active man must naturall y feel soli tary

confi nement much more than one who seldom take y s an

exercise beyond half an hour s walk in the street f ’

s O

London ; who is moreover ometh i ng of a philo opher

, ,
s s ,

and who can conjure up at will from his brain many of

h i intimate friends
s I have no doubt he will sleep soun dly
.

to ight and I tr t —though of this I do not feel quite

-
n , us

s r —that he will be a di fferent man in the morning

u e .

Of course it may be the other way and that when the ,

effect of the excitement has pas ed ff he wil l need a s O

great deal of caref l nur ing before he begi s to gain u s n

strength At any rate I shall go into Naple to morrow

.
,
s -

and send a telegram to yo r m ther and tell her to come u o ,

over with my wife at once It would be of no use goi g . n

down to C serta ; the w i res will be so fully occupied b y

a

the mi litary and royal telegrams that there will be little

chance of a private mes age getting thro gh They are s u .

sure to start directly they get m y message and may be ,

here in three or four days I shall advi e them to come . s

ri d M ar eilles ; for as the train ervice i sure to be up et

s ,
s s s ,

they m ight be a good deal longer coming b y land be ide ,

s s

the annoyance of long detention and crowded tr in ; for s a s

y may
ou be ure that there w i ll be a ru h from the north
s s

to com e down to witne the king entrance into N pl ss

’
s a es .
”

I think th t will be a very good plan indeed Frank

a ,
”

agreed ; and the knowle d ge th t they are coming wil l

“
a ,

I ho ld think do a great deal of good to my f ther

s u ,
a .
”

D rkne had fallen long before they reached S anta

a ss

Lucia The vill ge was still full of oldier As he le pt

. a s s . a
34 4 OU T W I T H G AR BAL D I I .

out from the carriage Frank called to four of them stand

ing near to help in carrying h i father up tairs ; d s s an

so soundly was Captain Percival sleeping that this was ,

m anaged and he was laid on the bed without h i fairly s

w aking tho gh b half pened h i eyes and murmured

,
u e O s

something that Frank could not catch .

W will not t y to take hi things ff S ignor Forli

e r s O ,

said but ju t throw a blanket lightly over hi m w

,
“
s no .

I w ill remain here while y go down and get ome supper ou s .

You had better stay in the room with him all ni ght there
i no getting hold of another b d but
s e ,

“
I hall do j ust as well W itho t a bed Frank said ;
s u ,

since I landed at M ar ala I have hardly slept in one ; s

beside I don t fancy that I shall sleep m ch yh w l I

s,
’
u ,
an o

have plenty to think abo t and to thank God fo and if u r,

m y father move I hall be at his bed ide in a moment s s s .

It is likely enough that he will not have the lea t idea s

where h is e .
”

Quite so Frank W hen you come p from upper

“
, . u s

bring an extra candle with you you h d better keep a : a

light burning all ni ght .

”

Captain Percival however did not wake up until it was , ,

broad d ylight He looked round i a bewildered way

a . n

until his eyes rested upon Frank who eated close , w as s

to h i bed ide s s .

“
That ettles it he said with a smile holding out h i
s , ,
s

hand to him I could not make out where I was I

.
“
.

remem ber leaving Capua in a carriage and nothing more ; ,

I must have slept like a l g as you got me t of the e ,

ou

carriage and up here without my waking .

”

“
I think it w the profe or f ult chiefly father as ss
’
s a , ,

in making y take that econd gla s f W ine in your

ou s s O

soup You see you were altogether nacc tomed to it

. u us ,
 C AP UA H 34 5

and being so weak that and all the excitement nat rally
,
u

overpowered you However I think it a capital thing

.
,

that it did You had t elve ho rs good leep and you

. w u
’
s ,

look all the better for it I W i l l tell S ignor Forli you .

are awake He h peeped in three or four time to

. as s s ee

h w you are going on

”
o .

He went out for a minute and a little later the ,

professor c me in with a large p of hot mil k

a cu .

“
You are looki ng fifty per cent better L eonard he .
, ,

s aid You had better begin by dri nki ng thi and then
. s,

I should recommend you to get rid of tho e rags you s

have on and to have a good wa h I am going into

,
s .

Naple and w i ll bring you some clothe Y certainly

s, s . ou

could not get into my coat but I will lend y a hirt ,

ou s ,

and that i all that you will want for you had better
s ,

li in bed to day and li ten to Frank acco nt of h i ’

e -
s s u s

adventures having a nap occ sionally when you feel tired

,
a ,

and taking as m ch o p you can get down with

u s u as ,

perhaps a slice of chicken .

”

W hat are you going to Naple for l s

‘

I am going to end the good news to M riel and to

s u ,

tell her and my W ife to come over at once and help you
t obuild up your strength agai I won t say come over n .
’

to nurse y for I think you can do without that — all

ou , ,

you want is b ilding up u .

Before h st rted the profe sor showed them the tele

e a s

gram he had written out .

It i rather long he said but a po nd or two

“
s ,
”
,
“
u

one way or the other makes little difference It ran .

”

“
Prepare yourself for good news and don t read farther ,
’

till you have done so Thank God Frank earch has .

,
’
s s

b en ucce f l I dared not tell you when I la t wrote

e s ss u . s

that I had found a clue le t it should only give ri e to ,

s s
34 6 OU T W I T H GAR BALD I I .

false hopes However it led us to our goal Leonard is

.
,
.

recovered and free He is weak but needs nothi g but .

, n

good food and your presence S tart with Annetta at .

once come straight to M arseilles and take the first steamer

to Naples Y will find us at the Hotel d I t li where
. ou
’
a e,

I sh all have rooms ready for you .

”

After S ignor Forli left Frank told the story of h i ,

s

adventures bit by bit insi ti ng pon his father taking ,

s u

rest and food three or four times .

The professor returned late in the eveni g I have n .

“

got rooms at the hotel he said ; and it is lucky that I ,

” “

did not put ff going do w n till to morrow for telegrams

O -
,

are coming in from all parts of Italy to secure mm acco o

dation However fortunately there were still s ome good

.
,

I oom left when I arrived there and I need not say that
s ,

I did not haggle over terms outrageous as they were on ,

the strength of the coming crowd Your father is going .

on all right I hope ,

“
Very well indeed I think I only talked for about , .

half an ho r at a time ; he has slept a good deal and

u ,

he has eaten well his voice i stronger and there is a ,

s ,

little colo r in his cheeks he was terribly W hite before

u .
”

That w from being kept in the dark Frank as much

as , ,

as from illness .
”

They went upstairs together I hear a good account .

“

of y L eonard the profe sor said so I wil l give y

ou , ,
”
s ,
ou

what I have in my pocket which I should otherwi se have ,

kept till to morrow morning He took out a piece of

-
.

thin paper handed it to Captain Percival and held the

, ,

candle close so that he should read the contents It was

,
.

but a few words but it took some time in the readi ng

, ,

for the invalid s eyes were blinded w ith tears W hen he

’
.

had read it he dropped it on the coverlet and put his

,
 CAP U A . 34 7

hand over hi face W hile the bed shook wi th his deep

s s ,

sobs Frank took p the paper and ran h i eye over it

. u s .

The good God be praised for all H i mercies Oh my

“ s ,

h sband I can y no more now M other and I st rt to

u ,
sa . a

night for M arseille — Your most happy and loving W ife

s .
”

Two d ys later the party left for Naples That morni ng

a .

Garibaldi to whom Frank had sent a mes age on the

,
s

morning after his return from Capua drove up to S anta ,

L ucia to his old frien dsee .

I am almost as pleased Percival he said after a

“
, , ,

silent hand grip had been exchanged to have freed you

-
,
“

as I am to have freed Italy a matter in which the money ,

your W ife ent me in your name had no slight share

s .

You have reason to be proud of your son he has shown :

throughout the expedition a co rage and coolne eq al u ss u

to that of any of my veterans He captured the first .

Neapolitan standard that was taken and has rendered ,

m innumerable ervices as my aide de camp

e s You are - -
.

looking be tter than I expected .

I should be an ungrateful brute if I were not getting ,

better after all my son has gone through to re cue me

,
s ,

and the feeding up that I have had since I came here .

”

You must have suffered intensely Percival ? ,

I t has been pretty hard I have all the time been

'

in solitary confinement in filthy holes W here scarce a y ,

ra

of daylight penetrated I have had nothing b t either . u

the blackest of bread or roasted maize to eat but I have ,

been kept p throughout by the conviction that ere very

u

long there must be an upheaval things could not go on :

as they were I knew that my own letter had excited a

. s

general feeling of horror at the acco nt of the dungeons u s

in which politic l pri oners were confined and I determined

a s ,

to make the best of matters A year ago — t lea t I . a s ,

34 8 I
OU T W T H GAR BALD I I .

s ppose that it is about a year for I have lo t count

u ,
s

O f time— fresh hope was given me when one of my

a ,

jail ors who was at heart a go d fellow and occasionally

,
o ,

ventured to say a few words to me told m that the ,

e

S ardinians with the help of France had re overed

, ,
c

L mbardy from Austria and that Tuscany and other

o ,

Papal S tates had all revolted and joined Sardinia That .

gave me fresh hope and courage I felt that things .

could not long remain so and that the south would soon,

follo w the example of th orth I felt sure that you e n .

had borne your part in the struggle wi th th A trians e us ,

and that just you headed the R oman insurrection you

,
as ,

would certainly throw yourself heart and soul into a

rising in the south I hear from my son ; that in
. n ow ,

fact th whole has been entirely your work

e .
”

I have done what I could Garibaldi said and well

“
, ,

have I been rewarded by the gratitude of the people .

B t I see alrea d y that the jealou y of the Piedmonte e

u s s

is carrying them beyond all bound and that I shall s,

soon be back in Caprera B t that matters t I . u no :

sh ll be happy in the though t that I have earned the

a

gratitude of ll Italy and that the work I have done

a ,

can never be undone The king is a brave and gallant

.

gentleman b t he is prejudiced by the lies of the men

,
u

round h i m who cannot forgive me for having done what

,

sho ld have been their work It is a pity but i t

u .
,

matters but little I fought for the cause and t for

. no

myself and my only regret is that my brave companions

,

should uffer by the jealo sy and ill hu mour of a handful of

s u -

miserables I shall be in Naple in a few days and hope

. s ,

to find a still further improvement i yo r condition n u .

The long d rive to Naples had no ill e ffect whatever ,

and Captain Percival was able to w alk from the carriage

 C AP UA . 34 9

up to his room leaning upon Frank s arm They learned

,
’
.

that it would be two days before the next steamer from

M arseilles arrived and these were passed by Capt in
,
a

Percival in the carriage driving slowly backwards and,

forwards along the promenade by the sea sometimes halt ,

i g for an ho r or two whil e he got out and walked for

n u ,

a time and then sat down on a seat enjoying intensely

, ,

the balmy air and the lovely view He was w able . no

to dispense altogether with Frank s assistan e His hair ’

c .

had been cut short and hi fa e clean shaved wi th the

, s c -

exception of his moustache for as he sai d he hardly , , ,

“

knew his own face with all that hai on and he wanted r ,

his w ife to see him again as h was when he left her e .

His cheeks were still very th i n and hollo w b t the sun ,

u

and sea air had removed the deadly pallor and the five ,

days of good feedi ng had al ready softened the sharpness

of the outlines of his face .

O the day when the steamer was due he remained

n

down at the sea until she sighted Then he returned w as .

to the hotel with Signor Forli leaving Frank to meet ,

the ladies when they landed and to bring them up to

the hotel Garibaldi had run down to Naples on the
.

previous day and spent some hours in endeavouring to

,

smooth matters between the contending factions and had ,

given Frank an order to the ff ers of the custom hou e O ic -

s

to pass the baggage of Signora Forli and M Perciv l rs . a

unopened The greeting between Frank and his mother

.

and the Signora a rapturous one N t ma y word

w as . o n s

were poken for both ladies were grea tly affected that
s , so

they hurried at once into the carriage Frank the . s aw

small amount of baggage that they had brought handed

up and then j m ped in
, u .

How i b looking 2 M Percival asked anxi ou l y

s e rs . s .
350 OU T W I T H G AR BALD I I .

cou se he i looking thi mother He was very

Of r s n, .

weak when we found him fi days ago but he has picked , ve

up a good deal since then and in another fortni ght he ,

will be walking about with you just as of ld O .

”

You are looking thin yourself Frank — very thin My , .

father mentio ed in his let ter that you had had a touch
n

f fever
”
O .

Y it was rather a sharp touch ; but as you see I

es, , ,

am all right now though I have t yet returned to duty ,

no .

I was able to take a part in the battle of Volturno but ,

collapsed aft r it was over e .

“
And your grandfather h not changed much you as ,

s aid 2 the S ignora asked

”
.

He has borne it marvellously Frank said As I told , .

“

you in my letter he has kept himself up by going throug h

,

a ll the authors he knew by heart You know what a .

marvello s memory he h and f co rse that helped him

u as , O u

i m men ely Of all the pri oners we have released there

s . s ,

was not one who was well and strong he I really so as w as .

d on t think that you will find any change in him ince you
’
s

sa w him last — except that of co r e his hair is rather ,

u s ,

greyer F ther i a good deal greyer mother I think

. a s , .

that perhaps it i the re ult of there being little light

, ,
s s so

in the pl ces where he h been kept Here i the hotel

a as . s .

N W I will t ke you p to them and wil l leave you there

O a u ,

while I come down and after yo r tr p I hould see u a s . s

doubt whether any E ngli h ladies ever arrived at Naples s

before with so little l ggage u .

He spoke cheerf lly for both his mother and the Signora u ,

were so much agitated that he was afraid of their break i g n

down before they got upstairs O reaching the door he . n

O pened it and closing it q ickly behind him went away

, ,
u , .

It was a quarter of an hour before he returned to the room .

 CAP UA . 35 1

All had n ow recovered from the effects Of their first

meeting .

“W e have already settled Frank that we w ill start , ,

for home at once Your grandfather says that he h . as

ascertained that a steamer will leave to morrow for -

E ngland ; and we mean to go all the way by sea It .

will do your father good and you too for your grandfather , ,

says the doctor told h i m that although you have got ,

rid of the fever altogether you need change to set y , ou

up thoroughly and that a sea voyage would be the best

,

thing for you And as we are all good sail ors it will be
.
, ,

the pleasantest w y as well as the be t Fortunat ly your

a s . e

work is done here The fighting is over and even if it .

,

were not you have done your share You have not told
,
.

us much about that in yo r letters but Garibaldi poke u ,

s

of you in the highest terms to your father ; and your

grandfather learned from some of your comrades what , ,

you really di d at C l t fimi and Palerm o a a a .

”

“
I did just what the others did mother and was luckier , ,

than most of them though I was laid up there for a month

,

with the wound I got ; but I do t how I could start n

’
see

to morro w without leave and at any rate witho t

-
, , ,
u

thanking G aribaldi for his kindness .

“
W ell then y ,
must over to Caserta and see
,
ou ru n

h i m this evening The railway is open is it not ? It is

.
,

only a run of half an hour or so .

”

Very well mother I will do that ; and very lik ely

, ,

he will be over in the morning He comes here early . n

every d y and if he h d not intended doing to morrow

a ,
a so -
,

I am sure he would come if only to see y and the ,

ou

signora and to y good bye to father and the professor

,
sa -
.

Abo t what time does the steamer start ?

u

“
At one clock O
’
.
”
35 2 OU T W T H GA R BALDI I I .

that w ill leave plenty of time ; the general is

Oh ,
a lways up t three in the morning
a .

Fr nka not mistaken at eight o clock Garibaldi

w as :
‘ ’

arrived at the hotel and pent h lf an hour wi th them He s a .

d elighted M Percival by the manner in which he poke

rs . s

of Frank s ying that no one had di tinguished himself

,
a s

more d ring the c mpaign

u a .

The voyage to E ngland was pleasant and uneventf l u ,

and by the time they arrived at home Captain ,

Percival almost him elf again while Frank had

w as s ,

entirely h ken ff the effec t f his illne

s a It had O s O ss .

been greed th t he should not return to Harrow ; six

a a

months of ca m paigning had ill fitt d him for th -

e e te

striction of chool life and it was arranged that he

s s ,

should be prepared for Cambridge b y a priv te tutor a .

He finally pa sed creditably though not brillia tlys ,

n ,

thro gh the U niver ity He and hi fa m ily had the

u s . s

pleasure of meeting G rib ldi when the latter paid a visit a a

to London four years after the clo e of the campaign

,
s

and the general in pite f h i many engagement spent ,

s O s s,

one quiet eveni ng with hi friend at Cadogan Place s s .

Fo r year later Frank m rried and his father settled

u s a ,

u pon h i m his co ntry estate to which since h i return u , ,

s

to E ngl nd he h d seldom gone down for al though his

a ,
a , ,

general health was good he never fli i tly recovered ,

su c en

from the eff ects f his imprisonment to be trong enough O s

ag in to take part in field por t He lived however to

a s s. , ,

a good old age and it i not very long ince he and his
,
s s

wife di d within a few days of eac h other The professor

e .

and Signora Forli had left th em fifteen year before s .

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.

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.

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su al rW W i t h 1 p g I ll t ra t ion b y W A PA
ar . 6 2 a e us s L G ET . 3 .

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.

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ll i c i th m ll f rc f S p i h g rill h g ll t r gim t
.

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f P rt g l v i c mm d d b y T r c k p h h l f h F r ch
,

o o u ue s e e es o an e e en e ee s t e w o e o t e en

a r my i ch ck n cr i t i c l p r i d f h
e at ar d ri g i v l bl rv ic a e o o t e w ar, en e n n a ua e se e
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s

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p g e I ll t r t ion b y W I IAM R A v
.

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R I . . r .

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s e an n e an a, sa es t e i e o a o un e ou n e

b y b c m i p r bl d h rri v l f h F r ch E dg r
.

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m k c mm c i th h B d g i t h i v d r H ft r
,

a es o i on au s e w t e e o u ns a a ns t e n a e e a e

rd t r h Bri ti h y m id h i p m i t rpr t r
.

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p lS x s .

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2 a e 6 us a s . . AR G E T S ON . 3 .

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th L rd C chr c r r h ich ppli m y thr ill i g xpl i t

,

an o o an e , o r a a ee w su e s so an n e o s

r i h ich l m t i gl h d d h c tt r d h F r ch fl t
.

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h B q d i f h gr t t f t i E gl i h v l h i t ry
, ,

i
n t e R as ue oa s s o ne o t e ea es ea s n n s na a s o .

r g tr t g k by c l h —
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ll thr ll g dv t r ll h t ric l bi g r ph c l f r t
. .

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. . .

o n th e I rr aw a ddy
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s es

W ar W i th 8 pa g e Ill tr us a

t ion b y W H O
.

s 5 . . V E R EN D . 5 .

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an e i t t hi cl i C lc tt h
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tr d r W h
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ll k ill d i ri v r v ig t i d hi k l dg f h B r m
.

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.

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a dv t r c r g d m g i mi ty r br i ll i tl y d i pl y d
e n u e, ou a e , an a n an we e an s a e .

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.

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s LF R E D E R SE an a s .

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an s o t e o sa s e s su e ss u ow e e n e n

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a to a n , an e a ns s na e oun a e t e a u e o a .

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o s now an d o e r . en s oo s of a e n u e , an d w i we o me h i s a e
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ffr y dv t r ll p rt t l th t l t h ch l y h ld
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.

i th 10 p g Ill tr t on
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by W S S T AC E
. . Y ,
an d 2 Ma p s . 65 .

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on ue s odr h e o, a s a an o es o u e en un e t e

g fic t l d r h i p f C rt z r ightl y r k d m g t h m t m t i c
m a ni en ea e s o o e is an e a on s t e os ro an
xp t h i t y W i th th i h gr d rk f h i H ty
,

e
loi s in s or
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t v h dv t r f E gl i h y th R g r H k h h
. .
,

h as i n e rw o en t e a e n u es o an n s ou o e aw s aw t e
l rv i v r f h g d h i p S h i ch h d il d fr m D v p rt
, ,

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ch ll g h pr m cy f h S p i rd i h N W rld
a en e t e su e a o t e an a s n t e ew o .

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’

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Av l f ll t r t xc t t h ch c —t l h1 r r r
.

o u me u of in e es an d e i e me n ,
w i an no fa i to c a m 1ts e ad e s
7o u r u a q/ E d u ea tzon .
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By G A . . H E NT Y .

’
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.
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G A H E NTY
. .

A me “
A K n i g h t o f th e W hi te Gr o s s '

th e S i e ge

of hod W i t h 1 p g Ill t r a t ion b y R H P A

R es . 6 2 a e us s A LP E CO C K . s .

G rv i Tr h m
e h h r h i d t r mi d f ll
a se es m i l i t ry
a t e e o, w o s e e ne to o ow a a
c r r i bl d j i h f m Ord r f h K ight f S J h
,

a ee s e na e to o n t e a o us e o t e n s o t o n

L v i g E gl d h pr c d R h d S b q tl y G rv i i m d
, . .

ea n n an e o ee s to o es u se ue n e a se s a e
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.
,

a n o t e e o s s, an a es a n t e s en e en e o

Rh d oh i i b i g d b y h T rk
es w en t s es e e t e u s .

M tb y g d y g rl ll r th t —ry th d l ght —
s , an d a m an i s, w i ea d is w i i A ca a e 771y
’

p r t d t ry f h d ch v lry
os o oo s o e .

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as i o ne i a
"
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r tt g t r t —
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t ry c t v t
.

i n u o us m o me n
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Ee ri e th e B ri to n A S to ry o f th e R m o an I n v ion f as o

B r i t ina . V VLa 12 p g e Ill t r a t ion

a us s

by W . PA R K D I S O N . 65 .

r c b y ch i f f Br it i h tr i b h i ch t k pr m i t p rt i h
Be i is a o e o a s e w a es a o ne n a n t e
d ft r h d f t f th t h r i c q
-

ins urr ct i e d r B dc o n un e oa h i ea : an a e t e e ea o a e o ue e n e

c tion h tr ggl i h f c try U lt i m t l y B r ic i d f t d d

n ue s t e s u e n t e en- o un a e e s e ea e an
c rr i d c pt i v R m h r h cc d i v i g C hri t i m i d b y
.

a e a e to o e, w e e e su ee s n sa n a s an a

l yi g l i i h r
s a n a d i r
on rd d b y b i g m d h p r l
n t e a e n a , an s ew a e e n a e t e e so na

pr t ct r f N r F i ll y h c p d r t r
o e o o e o Br i t i hr h na e es a es an e u ns to a n, w e e e
bcm r l r f hi p pl
.
,

e o i e s a w se u e o s ow n eo e .

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ch p t r
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ll v ry Fu hr of e p l ck e fo rtn of e o i s m an d u . lV o r ld .

Th e D as h in" p dm W th 1
fo r K h ar to u m x e on . i 0

p g I ll tr t io b y J H S H O B
a e us a d J N H
ns 6 O N C N E R G an . AS . 5 .

I h r c rd f r c
n t e t Br t i h h i t ry th r i m r c pt i v t i g p g
e o o e en i s s o e e s no o e a a n a e
for b y th h t ry f h N il c m p ig d h tt mpt r c
o s an t e s o o t e e a a n, an t e a e to es ue
G l G rd
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on xp d t i c t r d o r, n t e 1 cu t es w 1
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p r il h ich i v rp d d ll h xc it m t f
.
,

and i h n t e e f s w t o e ass e a re o un a t e e e en o

ll h f c t h i ch b l g r l v t
,

i o i n an c e , as w e as t e as i na i o n w e on s to ea e en s .

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vr g
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B o n n i e P r i n c e C h a rl i e C lloden W i h p g u
o

. t 12 a e

Illu tr t ion b y G
s a B W s 6 O R D ON RO NE . s .

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e e o, ou u a as ow a e, s a es e a
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.
,

ou a s a a e, t e e e ase o on ne en o o s a en s
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.

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a en u es o n e a e .

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In th e H ea r t o f th e R o c k i e s A S t o ry f o

Adv n t r e in e u

Color do W i t h 8 pa g e Ill t ra t ion b y G C H I

a . Y 5 us s . . N D LE . s .

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e g e o, hi cl i C l r d h i h t r
o n a e, oes o u t to s un e n o o a o, w o s a un e

an d g ld d igg ro G i g i q -
t f g ld mi h l ittl b d i v r
e o n n ue s o a o ne, t e e an s o e

h lm d by t rm i h m t i d c m p ll d i t r th r
.

w e e a s n o w -s o n t e o u n a n s , an o e e to w n e e e

T h y b i ld c d p ddl d h t rr i bl g rg f h R ck y
.

e u tw o an o e s an a e ow n t e e e o es o t e o

M ti d ft r m y p ri l th y r ch F rt M j
o u n a n s , an i f ty
a e an e s e ea o o arve n sa e .

b k ll p l Nor th H f
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u s ra
r s

s
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.

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M y pl an t h r i i t r f h h pp y r c ip i t f th i b k
a e as an ou s n s o e or t e a e en s o s oo

th r t k b ck h g ld g i I r i h h i t ry h K i g f
.

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,

n u e m at a a so e tw o o us n ea s a o e s o e s a re w i en

t yl c lc l t d i t r t y g p pl d M B c i ll tr t i
.

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n a s e a u a e to n e es oun eo e , an r a on s us a o ns

l i ttl h ttr ct i v f h v l m
.

a dd no t a e to t e a a e n e ss o t e o u e

h r p g k th t d k tch v v d p t r p t
.

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s a DI M s 4 . EN O E ER . s .

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na a e o a en u e O t e os o an n O o w e

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,
wo e s a .

a e us ra s

by F B WY
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Th c tr l i c id t d l i th h c pt r d r i g h
e en a n bten s C h il i ea w t e a u e, u n t e w ar e w een
an d P r f r m d cr i r T h h
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a br k
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fr m pr i i V lp r i b rd th i r h i p i h ight v rp r h
.

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tch c p d r h fi f h f rt d fi ll y ft r m rv ll
,

wa es a e to s e a u n e t e re o t e o s , an na a e a e o us

dv t r l h cr i r m g h i c b rg r C p H r
, ,

a e n u es, os e t e u se a on t e e e s nea a e o n

l d k pp r d r bly r M Hy
.

crd p t fi r t r k r t r fict b y
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se u e a os i i o n in th e s an of w i e s of i on fo r o s

W i t h 4 p g I ll t r t io by W S
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. 25 . 6d .

h
T is i s th e e e n e xt d d c tt r h ch l d r m h C l yd
lo g o f a u e w i s ai e f h o t e e to t e
z
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li u c ane e r s e as u e i n th e S a n is M ain , fo u th e n an s , i n ne as e

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t r c th h l g d t c t rtl g c d t
.

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.

us a B OW 3 6ds R D ON R NE . s . .

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se es o f N bl K ightht ed d Old R m c es o t e o es o o e n oo an o an e ,
t ld i r fi d d im pl l g g d d pt d Y g R d r A
o n e ne an s e an ua e, an a a e to o un ea e s
b kp i g r m rk bl ttr ct i f b y
.

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k p
.

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t r t ld g v r l d l ght b y v ry r t c l d r —
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B
oi e s o u me s th e s e e e s af e a esen
s of e
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ies so o as to i e ea e i to o e ag e .
7a/zn u ll .

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W ith p g e
Th e Lo g o f a P ri va tee r sman Ill t ra t ion b .
us
12 a

s y
W RA . I Y NE ,
R I . . 6s .

t r v ri b ld xpl i t i h m
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w a e s , th e D /pl l v f h o zzn
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as aw a s a u e a es ;
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ou w s s a o s an se es e s ; ct S p i h g ld h i p fr m
u s out a an s o -
s o

un d r h ll f C rt g
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as a ew a or s se es ,
r c i v l i t t c mmi i i H i M j t y N vy
,
’ ’
e e es a e u e nan s o ss o n n s a es s a

c d t f thf l i tic l c l ri g
.

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F L O RE NCE C O O M B E
B o y s O f th e P r i o ry Sch o o l W i th 4 Ill t ra t ion us s

b y H A R OLD C o p p m c
.

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.

w vo , e ,
2s . .

T h i t r t c tr
e i h r l ti
n e es f R ym d d H lW en t rth es n t e e a o ns o a on an a en w o and
h pr c b y h i ch R ym d h h r f h ch l l r th t i ,

t e o e ss w a on t e e o o t e s oo e a ns a n th e
p r f hi r id ic l d c i th r b t h rt m r h r ic th h
, ,

e son o s u e o us n e e ea s a ea o e e o an is o wn

W c gr t l t M
.

b p t ry — is s C o o m b rig h tly w ri tte n s o L a n ce t

xc ll t r k
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on

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. .

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pp g — I t is a n e of i ts i a ed w i
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by
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e en w o as s , e e us ea o s .

a o Co in . t e ra tn r e .

JA NE H S P E TT I G U E .

W i t h 4 i ll tr t ion b y p U H A Y
A P a ir o f Th em C r o n 8 clo t h l n t 6d w vo ,
us a

e e
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. .

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o s ch th r
a re wo o e s, w o are e ee to o ose ei

ow n a m m t d th i
us e b c f c tr l l d th m i t m r
en s, an s a se n e o on o ea s e n o nu e
o us dv t ra m f
e n u es,h ich m r l y c mi c l d l d crso h il
e o w are e e o a an u i o us , w e

th r h v
o e s m a h t ri i e a so B th W i ll d M il t rd y
ew a se o us s s ue o an es are s u

l f r l i t d th r ghl y l ik bl y g t r d c rt i b h ighl y
.
,

se -
e an an o ou ea e o un s e s , an are e a n to e

p p l r l ik t h b y d g irl r d r
,

o u a a e Wi o an ea e s

S h ld f v r t b k b y g rl h v ”d bt ll
.

s — as
“
ou be a a ou i e oo fo r o s an d i I a e no ou it w i b e
fl ute /ta ll R e w

and a
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S t o ry Bo o k s fo r G i

K A T H A R I NE T Y NA N
Th e Hand so me
W it p h
B r an d o n s ge
I llu s tratio n s b y
12 a

G D E MAi N
. H MM 6 A ON D , R I . . s .

A d l ight f l t r y f
e ci t I i l
u s o O an a n en i s i

f m il y
a E v ry f h i y e g o ne O t e n ne o un
Br d h d m d v ry
.

an o ns w as an so e, an e e

o ne p ir i t d d l v bl T h
w as s e an o a e e

t ry d h pp i l y f T h H d
.

“
s o en s a or e an

m Br d i th h
”
so e an b li l
o ns w t e re - e s ta s r

m t f h f mi l y f rt
en O t e a o un e s

r lly xc ll t p c r k
.

th e
is i ts
A
l tchr ryf dq t l ctty M y
i e
ea

a
ie
rk e

ua i
is i n
e en

io n
of
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i ss T
'
na n s w o

E L I Z A P O L LA R D
T h e K i n g s Si g n e t
’

T h S to ry f H g
e o t F m il y o M K a “ u ue n a .
iss AT HAR I N E M N

W it h 6 I ll t ti
'
b yG D M u s ra ons . E AI N

H AM M C r o n 8 clo t h g t 3 6 4
ON D , R I . . w vo , ei e an ,
s . .

T hi t ry l s h s o dv t r f bl H g t f mil y dr i v
i e ate s t e a en u es o a no e u ue n o a en

f th i r ch t b y h dr g ft r h R v c t i f h E d ct
,

o ut o e a e au t e a o o ns a e t e e o a on o t e i of

N tan e s

t ry pl d ly t ld v r dr g — W z
.

T he s o is s en id o , an d n e e a s . P a ll [ a ll Ga e tte .

C A R O L I NE A U ST I N
W i t h 6 p g I ll t r t ion
C O U S I I] G e o g re y an d I b '
a e us a s

y 3 s .

Th l y d ght r f c try g tl m fi d h lf pr v id d f
e on au e o a oun en e an n s e i se un o e o r at

h f th r d th d f m t im l iv d p d t p h ki
’
er a e s ea an o r so e e es as a e en an u on er ns

L if i k pt fr m b i g b r bl gc i
,

m an e sh by h e y o e n un ea a e to er er o un o us n

G ffr y l gth m t i th r i cci d t f h ich h i h ld

.

eo h e w o at en ee s w a se o us a en or w s e s e

r p ibl S h m k br v tt m pt r h l iv l ih d ti l
,

es o ns e e a es a a e a e to ea n er ow n e oo un

t rtl i g v t br g h c i G ff y d h r l f t g th r g i
.
,

a s a n e en in s er o us n eo i e an e se o e e a a n

t ry br ght cl v r ll d v l p d —
.

A t
'
M iss us in s s o is i ,
e e , a nd w e e e o e . S a tu rd ay R evi e w .

[46] 17 ) B
E L L I NO R D AV E N P O RT A D A M S
W i t h 6 Ill t ra t ion
A Queen am o n g G l rls b H A O C I G ‘
R LD
us

O PP N
s

y
Cro n 8 clo t h l g an t 3 6d
.

w vo , e e ,
s . .

A g t P mbr k i h h d f h
u us a e ch l h f v ri t f h t ch r
o e s t e ea o er s oo t e a ou e o er ea e s
d f ll p pi l h ttr ct d b y h f rl d i d p d t tr
,

an e ow - u s, w o a re a a e er ea e ss an n e en en na u e ,
an d h
b
q h c
l y b r i g S h dr m f d i t i g i h d pr f i l
er ue e n

r f h l if i ch g d dd l y b y p ty f h
ut
ea n . e ea s o a s n u s e o e ss o na

c ai e e r ; t e o u se o er e s an e su en i or er

t i mid l i ttl br th r Adr i h v ict im f h i g rd i

e o e cl h r h an , t e o s ua an u n e s
’
a s ne s s
t ry d cri b h d r i g m d pt d b y A g t f Adr i r l f
.

’
Th e s o es es t e a n e ans a o e u us a or an s e ie

A i t r t g ll r tt rr t v h ch h r k
.

h r ct r t p r c b k h pp ly d p t d in an d w e i i in i u mo u a nd for
dr d —
-w
n n e es en na a e , w a ee n e ye
“
"
c a a e u ni e to od u e a oo a i a a e fo r m o e n mai e ns . Glooe .

A G ll l ‘

O f T O D ay' W ith 6 p g Illu tr a t ion

a e s s by
G D . . H AM M ON D , R I . .
3s 6 d . .

t Altr i t ? h mbl y k m ll b y T h y
Wha are u s s l y p pl
”
u as s a s a o e are o n eo e

h lp th r r pl i h G i l f T D y T h lp th i r p r r
.

”
w h y o tr to e o e s, e es t e r o 0 -
a o e e oo e

ighb r h b y d g i rl f W d d b d th m lv t g th r i t
.

ne o u s, t e o s an s o oo en an e se es o e e n o
t h S i y f Al
e oc e ti T h t th y h v
o pl t y f f i
tr u sts i h a e a e en o un s seen n t e

h ppi g xp di ti d i h cc f l C hr i t m t rt i m t
.

s o n e e o n an n t e su e ss u s as e n e a n en .

S ch b k
p r t d
th t
It ry x 1 ch r ct r
ctly
is a s
h t dtr g
i i
v ter
ch l g crl
is
r f
s o lly
t d
r .vt l p d'
he a a e s are
i s ne e d e
u e to n a u e a n d
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a e u
in
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th e
.

d v l p t ch r ct r —
e
u
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me n
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as
of a a
is e

e .
a w a
E a u ca tzon a l T i
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to
es .
e a s oo an e es in

F RANC E S A R M ST R O N G
A F al r C lal m an t T he S t ory f G i r l Li fe o a
’
s . W i th
"
6 p ag e Ill t ra t ion b y G D
us s . E MA N I
H A M M ON D , R I . . N ew E d i ti on .
3s .

h r i h ch i ld i f d d rt d i
T he e o ne , w tti c S h i d pt d
en a s o un ese e n an a e s a o e
lth y l dy d r id br d t i l h d th f h b f ctr
.
,

by a w ea a an es es a oa un t e ea o er e ne a e ss

T h r ft r O l i v B th cm E gl d gvr d th
.
,

e ea e e e u ne o es to n an as a o e n ess , an en

b gi l r h tr g h i t ry I i t l f rpr i i g i i i
,

e ns to ea n er o w n s an e s o t s a a e o su s n v c ss
t d b i h d ll h r g pl tl y r ight d
.

u e, ut n t e en a t e w o n s are e asan e

p
.

h r f tT e e
w
t ry
is a l
th e
d
t g thk r thith h pp y m t ccr p t blh ch t t r t t d —
“
d ch r
a sc i n acta
r h r
c b io n a b o u t th is s o
an n e
o

in w i
T he
_

he i n e e s i s s u s ai n e
s en i a a e
to th e e n d ,
of th e
o
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m
o ine ,
i ne
o e e
to ma e i s o n e o f th e mo s a e a e g i ft b o o k s o f the s e as o n
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. C/ mr c/z R e vi e w .

G NO RWA Y
.

A Tr u e
C o rn i s h M ai d b F .
W i t h 6 p a g e Ill t r t ion us a s

yJ M . INN E OR E .

Th h r i ef h t l i i t r
e o ne o y g f ll h g t i t tr bl
t e a e s s s e to a o un e ow w o e s n o ou e

i l n d i g c tr b d c rg
an n h C r i h c
a t I hi xtr m it y h
on a an a o on t e o n s o as n s e e t e
g i rl t d b y h br t h r br v l y d b y m d ri g ch m h
.

s an s f her o e a e an e an s o er a n s e e e

g cp
,

m an a e s to e s a e

k
.

M
cc “
T he
r lly y r f ll
r l p c th
su
rk — M
ess r y h
o f th e ea h as a e n, w e in , to rs . No w a , w os e T rue
C o r nzs /z a id i s ea an a d mi a b e ie e of wo . R evi ew f R eo i e w s
o .

( 18 )
 F r om A QUE E N A /WON G GI R L S
By E LL I N OR DA V E N PO R T AD A M S .
3s 6 d
. .

A U G UST A PU T H E RS E LF AT T HE H E AD O F T HF .
QUA R T ET T E .
R O S A M U L H O LL A N D (LADY c ru mm y
W i t h 1 p g Illu t ra t ion b y J O H
B an s h ee Cas tl e H BACO 6 .
.
2

N .
a e

3 .
s s N

T hi t ry d l i th h dv t r f thr gi rl h i t h
s s o ea s w ld t e a en u es o ee s w o, w an O
g v r migr t fr m K i gt
o e ne s s , h W
a e t f Ir l d T h y m do e ns n on to t e es o e an e are a e
h rt il y lc m i h c bi f h p try h r th y l r m y
.

ea we o e n t e a ns o t e e as an w e e e ea n an
i rd d c ri t l fr m h f lk l r f h d i tri ct
,

we an u o us a es o t e o -
o e o t e s .

a
t ld t
e
g r
p rf ct p r t g r
Isc e
rog ht
t — d
w i h
e se n
k l d g I r h f l
fo r
k l r m k g
a e , an d
a
b i
i l in h e r
e ne
e e ns .
by a
T r n t/z
no w e
.
e of is o -
o e, a in it

H e tt G r a Y i t h Ill t ra t ion ed W us s . sh .

Th t ry f g rl h
e s o o d pt d b y r ich id
a i O h d th
w o w as a o e a w ow n t e ea

d pt i v m th r H tt y i t k b y h r l t iv dctd
.

O f h er a o e o b e e s a en t e e a es to e e u a e as

gvr v t h i ch pr v t d b y r th r r m rk bl d i c v ry
,

a o e n es s , an e en w is e en e a -
a e e a a e s o e .

hv rry gg f trtry H ttyp rf ctlyd rl ghtf

A c a min l
l tc —r t r
s o—p t t r .tr e is a e i u
i
c ea u e
"
iquan ,
e nd e , an d ue

an d h e r a in o u n e s are e e ea is . IV o e .

A NN I E E . A R M ST R O N G
V i o l e t V e re k e r 3 V an i ty
a W i th 6 p g e Ill t ra
a us
.

tio n s by G D EMA N I
H
.

A M M ON D , R t .
35 6 d . .

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