THE OREGON SUNDAY' JOURNAL, PORTLAND,' SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13. JCC7.
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By Salvatora Mareeco. .
AFTER pending eight years ' In
voluntary confinement, lm
. mum) la a cell of h)a own con
struction Mil undergoing great
r hardships and privations than he
would hava had to ndura had he eub-
mitted to the terra of Imprisonment
I m poiied upon him for manslaughter, an
Italian who , raa . Ira-ally an - escaped
convict, haa again fallen Into tha hands
of tha law, to discover that hla elf
Inflicted punishment count for noth
tnr. and that he will bava to awry the
whole, of tha ,tan years senteno ortg-
Inally passed upon htm.
Seldom do tha romances .of Action
yield a stranger story than that of Rat
niondo Pace' attempt to expiate his
offence by constituting- himself his own
jailer. Imagining- that thereby ho would
satisfy -the .'requirements of the law,
and that when Ms -time was up he would
b free to take hla place unmolested
am one his fellow nien ' Had he chosen
he could eaaily have made his way to
soma other country and started life
afresh with small chance of ever, being
recaptured, but hla conscience would
not permit him to shirk the punishment
be believed he bad. justly Incurred.
He was 41 years old at tha time be
committed tbe deed which brought about
his trial for murder, lie owned a la rice
farm at Foggta in the south of Italy,
and. according; to the modest Italian
standard, was accounted a well-to-do
rnaifc. lie .occupied., a -cumfortAbIt)Ci5e
and employed several, hands, lie was
a simple-minded, thrifty. Industrious
fellow, genuinely ' .devout and held In
high esteem by all his neighbors. ins
besetting; sin was a violent temper,
which ha strove in vain to control. .
Temper Bar to Marriage.
It was generally understood that it
was on this account he had never mart-lad.
bachelorhood being one of the pen
alties which he Imposed upon himself
because of his Inability to. repress his
outbursts of rage. ,
Among; the men who worked for him
was Kmmapuel Marco, a big, early, ill
favored man who took great delight In
provoking his master's too easily
aroused wrath. The other hands, who
eredvo'.ed to Pace because, despite his
hot tempor, be was, an Tndulgent employ
er, freQuently warned Marco, as was
hrought out In the evidence at the trial.
that he .would go too far some day and
i'ac would do Aim a serious Injury.
"I would like to see. him strike me,"
ha was wont to reply on these occas
ions. "I am a match for him or any
other man, Anyhow. . I would like a
nance to get the law on him.. Then I
MlMwld be even -wtttv hlnx
Even with him for what V he was
once askfd. . '; ,..,-.--.' .-...i':, , ,.;,.,
"Just because I hate him." - y-- .
"But what do you hate hire for?" "
Oh. ' just because he Is he, and I
im I." . -
And this " unreasoning ' hatred" ulti
mately cost Marco his life and Pace
"Ight years' confinement in a living
iorob which the law refuses to recog
nise as furnishing any ground for miti
gating his sentence. ' , .
One day Marco ill-treated soma of the
arm stork, and when taken to task by
'ace. replied Insolently that he knew a
ot . more how cattle should be dealt
A-lth than did Pace, and that if Pace
van tod another lesson' he would soon
FLOWERS USED TOR TOOD
Y " I MB lotus eaters of old, they telU
1, us, . were not flower esters at
all What.; they dld - eat was
- ma fiuii vi m- pricaiy snruo.
ha Jujube ires., This. fruit is atlU eaten
y the natives In parts. of Egypt and
pparently without any remarkable er
ect. But a native wine Is made from
ha Juice. But if we must give up the
xnophagl as flower eaters,' there are,
ays the London Globe, yet a number
f blossoms which are really eaten at
he present day. ' ,', ;
There la, for example, ths globe artl
hoke. tha tmstle which, according te
vlfred do Musset has 'left the ass's
aws to be flooded . with sauos in the
Ishop's silver dish." - For it is tbe
m opened flowers of this plant which ap
pear on our tables as a vegetable. If
hey are left on the plant they open
'Ut Into handsome purple blossoms. And
hB-Uf ia4he-eeullflowrf-whlch Pn-
mhnson la said to have called ths "fin-
st flower In the garden." Thla Is truly
. flower that Is eaten, for tbe snowy
egetables served at our tables ars ths
mexpanded flowers of a variety of cab
age. . -. . v . ' v
Cloves -and capers, too, are familiar
powers that ars eaten. - The former are
he Immature blossoms of a plant of
he myrtle order, growing in the Molucc
as. ' It Is a beautiful evergreen tree
9 or 49 feet high, with crimson flow
rs. Tbe ouds ars first light colored,
hen green and afterward red. At this
tags they are gathered end dried. The
ittle round knob in ths center of trfs
love Is ths unexpended crimson bios
ora. Tha familiar, trimmings for ths
oiled leg of mutton are ths unopened
lowers of a spring bramble-like shrub
f the Mediterranean region.
This trailing plant - haa handsome
Inklsh whits flowers with long tassels
f stamens. . The youngest and tender
st buds form ths finest capers, knowa
s nonpareil. As they grew larger and
rarer the flowering' they become ss-
erflna, capucln. and capot capers.. If
hs thistle may be thought to havs had
liss wbsn It left the ass's Jaws .for
hs- silver vegetable dish, .surely we
met say that, the chrysanthemum,
anan's queen of flowers," "has fallen
vhen It steps down from Its throne to
erve Itself, even with cream saucs,
s a salad on our tablea! For such is
he use to which the chryssnthemum
ower haa been put Chopped very fine
nd served with a sauce mads of cream.
t is a dainty and acceptable salad.
Another queen of flowers, the my,
ontrlbutea In a more solid form, to ths
tens) In soms parts of China. Mrs.
ushop tells us how the dried flowers
f certain species of - lily ars largely
aten as a relish with meats, especially
ork. At Chlnklang. on ths Tangtse,
less Illy flowers account zor nearly
is fourteenth of the value of tbe ex
ortav ...-..
Hooker mentions two cases of flower
Ming In the Himalaya. - The, Lepchas
t the flower buds or a plant oi-tns
inger family. And then there is a
iant which the natives call Chokllbl. a
rt of lllv of tha valley, two to Ave
et high, with crowded clusters of bell
.sped flowers. They have discovered
at ths yonng flower heads, sheathed
tender green leaves, mads an excel-
nt v.-g:table.
Another more recent Himalayan trav-
cr. Colonel Weddell. tella how the
ep'has conk and eat the flowers of
.riles of rhododendron. A, traveler In
rU. ng.ilo, relates that ths Balurhis
t the pollen-benrlng flowers of. a cr-
In tree. The name of the tree Is un
.rtwr)!y nt mentioned, but travelers
to I i tasted the flowers say they
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show Mm that he was the better man.
In a fit of blind fury. Pace seized a
fence rail and struck Marco over tha
head with It. When picked up ha was
dead. His skull had been fractured. -
Wanted a Heavy Sentence. ; ,
Pace's mad rage' Immediately gave
way to uncontrollable grief and remorse.
He asked thatiUho police bo sent for
at ones and that he be given up to Jus
tice. At his trial he rejected all the
pleas of extenuating .circumstances
which his counsel advanced in nia oe-
half. He declared that he was a mtir-
derer.'and besought the Judge and Jury
to make his sentence, as heavy as they
could. ,. . :. ..... ...
'There Is no excuse fpr me," he ex-
claimed; "I have broken God's law; I
have taken a human life, and divine
justice demands iliat l should be pun
ished." .,.'.'. : t
More merciful that Pace himself, ths
Jury brought in a verdict of mansugh
ter, and he was sentenced to 10 years'
imprisonment. .
Pace was taken to a local Jail to await
transportation to one of the state pris
ons. Because . he naa so readily sud
m It ted himself - to the disposition of
the law and had openly courted Us
most stringent penalty, no one dreamed
that he would attempt to escape, and
he was somewhat carelessly guarded.
He waa lodged In a cell on ths ground
floor, with a large grated window over
looking the street When one ot ths
keepers unlocked the cell, door the next
morning to take Pace his breakfast. It
was discovered that he was missing.
The loosely fitted bars over the win
dow had been wrenched from their fss.
tenlngs. A great hue and cry was raised
and the country waa scoured, . but no
trace of Pace was found.
' Again,' in his Journey from Tonklng to
India, Prince Henri d'Orleans found that
the- Pals made a- preserve -of the thick
glutinous calyx bf the cotton tree, or,
an It wag there calledr pagoda tree. Ths
same traveler relates now the Locba use
a small yellow Immortelle flower as
food. Flowers, leaves snd stalks were
thrown Into the pot and boiled till ten
der.
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- A favorite sweetmeat In former days
was made of ths candled petals of ths
violet and the floral dainty Is, perhaps
coming Into favor again. But ths flower
of the Mahwa tree of .India Is so full of
sugar that there la no need to candy It,
snd It Is eaten either fresh or dried In
ths sun. These flowers are largely
eaten by the natives along with their
rice, etc. They are said to havs ' a
luscious but peculiar taste when fresh,
snd to resemble in flavor Inferior flgs
when dry. It haa beert reckoned thst a
man and bis wifs and three children
EASY CONVENT LIFE,
By Edith Payson. '
A
UITRIAN society has a new
head and the imperial court a
new mistress In the person of
the abbess" of ths Convsnt for
Nobis Ladles, Archduchess Maria An
nunclsta, who succeeds . her sister-in-law,
the Archduchess Maria Josephs as
first of ths srehduchesses snd . first
lady In the empire. Through ths death
of Archduke Otto his widow, Maria
Josephs wss compelled to relinquish
her high position at court and It be
came necessary to choose another arch
duchess to fill ths plsce which would
naturally be occupied by the empress
were shs living. . .
To make a selection was somswhat
embarrassing, as half a dosen arch
duchesses wers svailsble. . Among them
was the Archduchess Alice of Tuscany,
but she' did not care .to leave her
charming house at Saliburg. ss would
he necessary . wers she to preside. ver
the Vienna court And so, sfter mucn
delay, the old emperor ' selected his
niece. Archduchess Maria Annunciate,
for the high and responsible dignity.
It is no light or easy matter to stand
at the head of the Austrlnn court Many
duties i have to be performed which
oall for ability and tact and; grnctous-
ness in no common measure? .
Maria Annunciate wilt he virtually s
deputy empress. , she will have to re
ceive the visiting royalties, snd tnkv
the most prominent part In all court
functions., receptions, balls and ban
quets. At court balls shs sits upon a
crimson sofa placed on a raised diss
at ths top of tbe ballroom. Here shs
receives ths wives of ambassadors and
ministers- and - a - few highly favored
ladies of ths Austrian snd Hungarian
aristocracy. They are brought to her
by a lady-in-waltlng, one at a time, and
sfter sitting on ths red sofa for about
two minutes trying to look supremely
hsppy snd making a fsw polite obser
vations they retire Into the crowd and
make room foe somebody else.
A, Stately Figurehead. ,
The Archduchess Maria Annunciata
Will make a stately snd striking figure
bead for the gorgeous ceremonials of
the Austrian court Just 10 years of
sge. shs la unusually tall snd distin
guished looking with a face Which pre
sents mors of the JMpsburg racial fea
ture than those of any other arch
duchess. Aa a spinster' shs would not
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After a few months had - gone by
and he still 4 eluded detection ' it was
generally concluded that he had fled to
that haven for Italian malefactors,
Amerlcai . ; ,.,
A-baent Pace la Popular. 1
Popular feeling In Italy Is always on
ths -side of the man who outwits ths
law. ' Pace's ,neighb9rs conceived a
greater admiration for him . than they
previously had felt,. They rated him as
might be supported for three or four
months on ths flowers of one Mahwa
tree. In other- cases It Is the pollen
of the flower that Is eaten. The pollen
f- -eert n-ln species -of reed 4s- msdw Into
bread, and thus eaten, both In Schlnde
and New Zealand. - The pollen of the
sago palm Is also eaten. .
; '. Dakota's Immensity.
' From ths Provldenco Journal. -"
Sir Thomas Llpton at a. dinner in Chi
cago praised America's bigness. ., .
- "I ones heard," be said, "a Dekotan
talk about the big farms they had out
there.
" We nave soms slsable farms,' he
said thoughtfully.- Tea, sir; pretty sls
able. I've seen a man' on one of our
big farms start out In ths spring and
plough a straight furrow till fall. Then
be turned . around and harvested back.'
"'Wonderful,' said -
" On our Dakota farms,' hs went on.
be eligible to preside over ths Imperial
court, but as abbess of tbe Convent
for Noble Ladles at "Prague-shs Is
qualified for tbe dignity and ranks as a
married archduchess. She became ab
bess in 18l, succeeding her half-sister,
the Archduchess Maria Sophia, who in
that year became the wife of Puke Al
bert of Wurtemburg. i
. Ths convent is one of the most fa
mous In Europe snd to belong to It is a
high and greatly coveted distinction. It
wss founded by the great Empress
Maria Theresa In 1 76S for the daugh
ters of ths highest aristocracy. Ths
members must hsvs st least 1 ances
tral quarterings and are . nominated
only by. the emperor. The convent is
built on a high eminence overlooking
the ancient city Of Prague, where stand
ths cathedral and hradschln or royal
palace of the old kings of Hohemla.
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an. honest man, but a, rather dull 'one.
Ha had, they thought, proved himself
really a smart fellow and a clever actor,
for, of course. It was assumed that his
show of grief and remorse, hla refusal
to admit that there were any extenuat
ing circumstances, his calm acquies
cence in the sentence Imposed upon him,
were all put on to deceive the custodi
ans of the law and securs tha condi
tions that . would render his escape
easy. -
Fubiano Fosco, ., an old servitor of
It's tha usual thing to send young roar
Tleo?iTOpl t Wrollk. the cowsJ. Xhelr
children bring home tbe milk.-:JZZ...
" "Wonderful,' I repeated.", , '
: "Once,', he said, -'I saw . a Dakota
farmer's family -prostrated with grief.
The women were weeping, " ths r dogs
were barking, the children' were squal
ling and ths tears streamed down the
ma a' a face aa Jie. gotlntohl 0
team and drove oil.'.
"Where, was hs going.' said I.
""He was going half way across ths
farm to feed' the pigs.' said the Dako
tan. ' . "'. ., : .. .'" .,.'
''Did he ever get backr I asked. ..
"It ain't time for him yet waa the
reply..;'.', tv.;- V; :,- -
,' Conscientious.
From the Somervtlle Journal.
Patient That's a conscientious
nurse that you selected for me. doctor.
U- Physician Do you think sot I am
giaa to near ii. --
Patlent-Yes. - fib ' waked me up
three times last night to take ths regu
lar dose of the sleeping potion that you
ordered. . ' . '.'". , ;;
TOR-AUSTRIAN GRAND DAMES
It would be hard to find s. wore beauti
ful position. !
. Each convent lady has her own apart'
menta, consisting of two rooms and a
kitchen snd her own servants to wait
on her, besides an annual allowance of
about $1,000 in addition to whatever
means she may possess. Asceticism
finds no place within Its walls.
Convent Like a Palace.' . ' r
The establishment is kept up like a
royal palace. ' Handsome carriages and
horses with liveried coachmen and foot
men are placed freely at the disposal
of -the nobl sisterhood. A-box at ths
opera is elwsys reserved for them. The
freest association with ths outside
world Is allowed them. They can romi
snd go ss they choose.- - They can re
side within the convent as much or as
little as they please. The religious
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Pace, took over ths farm. dismissed all
tha hands and worked It himself, living
alone la ths house. . His disposition un
derwent a singular change.. As Pace's
employe, he had been - a sociable old
chap, fond of a pipe, a glass and a con
vtylal gossip.- But as his own master
hs lost all- of his geniality, spoke to no
one unless necessary, and lived aa much
as possible ths life of a recluse, permit
ting no one to cross tha threshold of his
house. As ths years went by It began
to be- rumored that old Fosco had be
HUMORONfiEBBNeH
Mft. JUSTICE) MAULE, one ot
the most notable of the Vle
' torian Judges, Is the prince of
. judicial wits. - iy lord, you
OTVe me or not but I havs slated
not a word that Is false, - for I havs
been wsdded to truth from my Infancy!"
exclaimed a witness, when cautioned by
ths Judgs. '.;,..,. ' .. .. . .,-
- "Tss, sjr," said Mr. Justice Mauls,
"but tha question Is how long have you
been a widowsrt" s
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' At one time ths bailiff In charge of a
Jury was sworn to keep, them "without
meat drink or Are." It waa Mr. Jus
tice Mauls who gave tha classlo reply to
ths bailiff who - inquired whether ha
might grant a Juryman's rsqusst for a
glass of water. "Well, It Is not meat
and I should not call It drink. , Tea, you
may." - v ' . : .
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kJARpv. ANNUNCIATA.. -
duties Imposed ars of ths lightest char
acter. ;They are required to elng In
ths choir snd sttend a certain number
of church services. On the snnusl feast
day of ' the convent they hsvs to take
part. In a long and somswhnt tedious
ceremonial. But as compensation the
day concludes for them with a gala
performance at ths opera In ths con
vent they-wear a black dress with a
come a miser, an opinion which gained
strsngth from his solitary and penuri
ous habits. The house shared in the
vll reputation of Us owner. The super
stitious peasantry affirmed that it was
haunted, and that Fosco wss In league
with the evil spirits, to whom he had
sold his soul for gold. i "V
Thought' tha ' Houaa Haunted.
One day a mason waa engaged by
Fosco to make soms repairs on the roof,
which leaked badly. He was not al
lowed to enter the house: " Fosco told
him that all the work be wanted done
could be dons ifrora the outalde. After
mounting to the roof be sat down to
smoke a pipe before beginning his la
bors, and then, according to the story
he told In the village afterward, he
heard strange groans and weird mutter
tngs coming from somewhere under the
roof. That sufficed to confirm the pre
vious suspicions that there were ghosts
la ths place . r- -
' One day, when Fosco had gone off to
the -village, a lad more daring than
honest decided to take advantage of hla
abaence to see If he could not discover
where ths supposed miser hid his gold.
Hs managed to gain an entrance by
forcing a window. . He searched the
ground floors, but could discover., no
signs of any place of concealment
where wealth was likely to- be hidden.
There were no holes in the. walls, no
loose boards. - no secret panels. He
mounted to the floors above, but In the
upper rooms his . starch was equally
futile, '
. Above tha top floor waa an attle
trao door. - A ladder in a cor
ner of the room furnished m means
of obtaining access to it It was there,
perhaps, thought tha predatory youth,
that ths miser had hidden his board,
perhaps, too, ths ghosts, of whom so
far ha had discovered no . signs. had
their abiding-place there v
Voice of the Ghoat.'.- ' ' ': "'
. There followed a struggle between
cupidity and superstitious tear, and cu
pidity won. The boy adjusted the lad
der asd stealthily mounted it When
near tha top It shifted a little, and
In so doing made some noise,
. "Is that you, FablanoT" exclaimed a
voles from somewhere in the aula. In
weak, hollow tonea - .
With a yell -of terror ths boy dropped
from the ladder to ths floor, spraining
his arm badly, but that did not prevent
htm from fleeing from ths house at top
speed. - He--wes certain that the words
hs had heard had been uttered" by a
ghost. And the villagers' to whom he
told the -story of his adventure omit
ting, of course, all reference to hla pur
pose in exploring . the house declared
that- Fosco bad a . spirit .In ths place to
guard hla gold. t
Ths story got tooths' ears 'of "the
police, who were somewhat less credu
lous. - Putting this snd. that together,
they fell to speculating as to the causs
of Fosoo'g hermlt-llks life, and dismiss
ing ths ghost story theory, came to the
conclusion that he really hid somebody
concealed In the house, and thst In all
probability ha ' was harboring some
lunatic for the sake of tha money he
got for It, for In Italy there is a strong
prejudice against madhouses, and people
will go to any length to avoid sending
their dsmsnted relations to them.
One mornjng after he had milked the
eows Fosco, on returning to ths house,
found It surrounded by carbineers. -
Justice Mania's humor was occasioned
by the appearance of a little girl In the
witness box. . It was tha Judge's duty,
before allowing her to be sworn, to as
certain' whstber she understood ths na
ture of an oath aad believed In a future
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"Do you know what an oath Is, my
Child r '.. .'..!.... A. : , .... .
"Tea, sir, I, am obliged te tell the
truth." . - v. ;..
"And If you always tell ths truth
where will you go when you dieT"".
"Up to heaven, sir." ,-.
"And what will become of you If you
tell llssr . , v
"I shall go to ths naughty place, sir."
"Are you quite sure of that?"
"Tea. sir. quite aura"
"Let her be eworn," said Mr. Justice
Maule, "it Is quits elear she knows a
great deal more than I do." ,. ...
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Nearly all "Maule's good sayings had
train , bordered with ermine. - and for
headgear a long white veil flowing
from a Mary Stuart type of eapv Out
aide they can dress as they please.
As hesd of this ancient' and noble
foundation the archduehes enjoys a
magnificent suite of apartments snd a
yearly income of between 120.000 snd
I2J.00O. Such a plum as thla Is in
variably reserved for a member of
ths royal family, and there Is always an
archduchess ready to take It -whenever
a vacancy occurs.... And ss tt)S ebbeas
snd all ths other noble ladles of this
cloister srs free -to marry snd depart
from -Its walls whenever they choose,
vacancies are mors frequent and -unexpected
than i In ordinary - religious
houses.'.. .'
Mo Deairt to Wed.' , ' V
In her ' magnificent , ermine-trimmed
ecclesiastical robea the abbeaa presents
an imposing sight On the middle fin.
get of her right hand she-wears sn
episcopal ling. . and her ' headdress
studded with precious stones snd dating
from ItEt is a splendid memorial of
the renaissance period. She. carries a
bishop's crosier msds by the order of
King Weneeslsus II and bearing ths
data. 1303. a very rare and precious
specimen of . mediaeval goldsmiths'
work.- " ... .,
Among ths special privileges snjoyed
by the abbess Is that -of standing at ths
right band of the emperor at the coro
natlon In the cathedral . and herself
placing ths Bohsmlsn crown upon the
emperor's head. Her selection aa first
of the Imperial archduohesses will In
no way effect Marls Annunciata's po
sition as abbess st - Prague. She can
retain It as long as she remains single.
Marriage Is about the only )hlng thst
would disqualify her for ths offlcs and
deprive her of Its princely emoluments.
It Is on thst account perhaps, that al
though 30 she has nevermarried, and
appears not at all anxious to sbsndon
such a snug haven of slngle'blessedness
fs.the uncertainties of a matrimonial
voyage. t Boms years sgo she, wss en
gaged to Duks filegfrled, nephew of the
lata empress, but broks It. off after s
brief period, during which shs had time
to reflect on ths many good things shs
would hsvs to relinquish If she became
the duke's wlfa As a spinster, too, she
runs no risk of being deprived by wid
owhood of ths post of leading lady of
the Austrian court, Is were her mother
and sister-in-law, .
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"What An' Hiii want" 'he shouted.
"Don't go In there. I forbid you to
enter ths house.'
Found the Murderer. '
His protests only strengthened the
suspicions of the minions of the flaw
that something wss wrong within. IThey .
placed a guard over Fosco and half a :
dosen men entered the house. When
they srrtved at ths room under the
attic the ladder was gons snd ths trap
door In ths ceiling was closed. They ,
mounted to ths roof snd forcing aa en- l .
trance through It confronted -Kalmondo '
pace! .'.-'. - - '
But they did ' not recognise In the
haggard, feeble, premsturely old man '
tbe stalwart farmer who had dtsapv
pea red eight years before under such
sensational circumstances. Pace, how
ever, supposing they had come express
ly to arrest him, exclaimed "Well, you
have got me. but I hava served eight
years of my sentence, anyhow. .
On being Interrogated by the local
magistrate hs told . an extraordinary -story,
which subsequent investigation,
fully confirmed. After he had been sen- '
tenced and lodged in Jail ha bsn to
reflect on the long term of Imprisonment
that' lay-before him. . Like all Italians
he hsd a great horror of Its penal insti
tutions, lie hsd no desire to cheat 'the,
law by evading his sentence, his own
sense of Justice demanded that expia
tion . ot his crime, but hs resolved that '
hs . would serve It In 1 his own- way. Hs
reasoned that It could mako no differ
ence to the authorities at the end of his
term If he were able to satisfy tliem thst
he had submitted to punishment at least -ss
rigorous ss the law wvuld have lir
fllcted on him. '. , , , -!.
Makea H.'a Own Cell '. . " '
After escaping from the prison he made
his Way to the house ot a friend who ,
concealed him until ths hue and cry waa '
over. Meanwhile hs had seen the faith .
ful Fosco, who agreed to take over the
farm and keep secret bis master's pros-
ence in the house. -
On night after all search for hint had
been abandoned. Pace returned to hla .
house and betook himself to the attic,
and begae the jonstrucJoB of his cell.
From that -moment until discovered by
the carbineers, he declares he never Jeft
It and Fosoo's statement bears him out.
Hs held no communication with anybody
except .Fosco, and that only through tha
trap door. . His only bedding was a pel- r
let of straw. Hs Issued strict orders to
FoacO that-lhe-'nly food served -his--should
be bread and water, and to that '
diet he rigidly adhered, despite the pro- '
tests of his old servitor that he waa '
treating himself worse than he would bo .
treated In any Jail In Europe,
"I have my own conscience to satisfy,
as well aa ths law," was Pses's Invert- -able
answer to these pleadings. '-
Without artificial warmth be suffered
Intensely from ths cold of winter and
hardly less from ths heat ot umraer, '
for his cell, being right under the roof,
became .a miniature oven under the rays -of
the fierce Italian sun.. But he would
show himself no mercy. ' r ' !
"I have punished myself worse Jjsn
the law would - have punished me." he '
said bitterly, when told that ha would
hava to serve the whole of hla sen tone -ovsr
again, "and yet you tell me that :
counts for nothing. It la not Just and
to Justice I sacrificed mysslf when I
might easily have escaped to some other
country."; '..,
a strong touch of Irony. May GoV
strike me dead, my lud. if I sm guilty!"
exclaimed a prisoner, when the Jury
Mr.Justlra Maul vlta -
- - -- . w WAW 1,1 -
utes. and then said: . "Prisoner at tha
bar. as Providence has not seen At to in
terfere, the sentence of the' court' Is" -
-; e e e ' ; ' '''.'
3 ...... , - . . ,
His humor Was not ) h-j
that makes the bar merry. "I am sorry.
lawriare, nm once eoserved to- an
advocate whose anuM.K w- ,..... i
lucidity, "but do you, not think that by
introducing a little order Into your nar
rative you might possibly render your
self a trifle more Intelligible T It may
be my fault that I cannot follow you; I
know that mv bealn I- ,.H., .1 J ,
dilapidated, but I should like to stipulate
mi- mumm sinn or oroer. There are plenty
Of them. - There la the frlMtlAlAaHMl
botanical, ths metaphysical, the geo
graphlcal -even . th ,lnh.,.iu. i .
would be better than none at nlL" ;
i ' ! e e . s '. i A ' ;
. Of judicial wit there are many kinds.
Lord Bramwsll Is among the Judges
whose style of humor baa not been
wanting In varletv. A' tHu.. . '
ones tried before him at an assise town
ror stealing a nam. Ths day waa ex-
tremel v hot the muiiuI ma
and the ham tieranlnut In h. -.. -
court. When at Jaat It cams' to Lord
oramwen to aaaress the tired jury, he
summed up tbs case In these words:
"There, aentlemen. la tha -.-i .... . .
there, gentlemen,, la the ham. Consider
vur T-iruivw
Lord BrArawtaira. wlttlaf MHa .
- iig,( uvw -
evsr. belongs to the Old Bailey. A bar
rister urged that his client who was
accused of shop-llftlng. was -suffering
from kleptomania.-"That la exactly the ,
disease 1 am here to euro," was ths '
memorable reply. . '
Made Fortune) to Win Bride. .
Twenty-two years sgo Frank Roma, '
then 11. years old, earn-- to. this city
from Italv in an emigrant ahi T -
night he married Miss Mara Hesse of
orofiKiyn. a naugnier or one of ths
wealthiest Italians of this country, and
- - - -" t.i.i, ,DUV,
oo, says the Philadelphia Bulletin.
-.Antonio Sessa and hla wife came to .
America 10 years ago. "7 When their -
oaugnter wae. e years old. Roma, then
a boy of 14, met her. He became much
attached to the child, and later grew '
to love her. but resolved to make him- '
self wealthy enough to ask her hand
In marriage Without running the risk of
being called a fortune-hunter. Seasa '
was then a banker, and is now head
of Ota Banea Itallano. 40 Union street
Roma set himself to his tank with a .
will and branched out Into various lines
of business. He became a real estate -broker,
undertaker, coal and Ijs dealer,
newspaper publisher, banker and pro
prietor of barber shops, in which latter
capacity he is widely known In Phila
delphia. . ;; ; - - -
' Familiar Llnec. -
- From the Cleveland Leader. '
Too boy stood on the burning deck, 1
His fleees wss whits as snow;
"He stuck a feather In his cap, 5'"
, John Anderson, my Jo. 1 I '
- . - -
.'Te banks and braes o' bonny Doon
Across the ssnds o' lee. -Can
you forget that night In June '."'.
My country, 'tis of the,.
Of all sad words of tongue or pen, '
We're saddest when ws sing.
To besrd the Hon In his den.
Te set before ths king, "
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