Out with Garibaldi

he principal street; then he returned to the hotel, and stood at the entrance until his three friends arrived. He had ag

if you will take your places with me, I will

ok thei

ing it; but when we discovered that there was a spy in the house, and that our cabinets had been ransacked and our conversation overheard, it was thought almost certain that an attempt would be made to rob me of the letter on the way. Finally, after much discussion, it was agreed to send the letter by post to the care of the Countess of Mongolfiere, who is an old friend of Signora For

is certain that Francisco's agents must have obtained information that you were carrying money, and perhaps documents of importance, and that they would not take their eyes off you

in his card, and on this being taken in, was at once invited to ent

" she said. "I have received the letter

"as a proof of my identity; for the matter is of importance, as you may well suppose, fr

ither contained money for the cause or secrets that the agents of the foes of freedom would be glad to discover. The mere fact that she gave no particulars convinced me that she considered it best

uld no longer give personal service, but as he had for years put by a certain portion of his income for this purpose, my mother had it in her power to send this money. It was intended that I should bring it; but we found that all our doings were watched, and

he countess said. "And have

once in the train on my way to Marseilles,

e lonely place; you might be accused of a theft and given in charge on some trumped-up accusation, in order that your luggage and every article belonging to you might be thoroughly searched, before you could prove your entire innocence. I can quite understand that, when you first started, the object was simply to search for any papers you might be carrying, and if

ribaldian officers waiting in a carriage below for m

" she said, "this has been a visit of business, but I hope that when you have this charge off your mind you will, as the grandson of my old friend Signora Forli, com

g that he should certainly avail himself of it, he

all as you wishe

the letter

sh, I did not feel at all sure that they might not in some way have learn

er where to go, they chatted as they

l received the telegram we had for some time been hoping for, with the simple word 'Come.' H

n with me to s

have come here to stay for a time with our friends is natural enough; but we may be sure that everything that passes at the villa is closely watched. It is known, I have no doubt, that an expedition is intended, and Cavour may wait to prevent it from starting, until the last moment; therefore I should say that it is

your track," Sarto remarked. "It would be such a satisfaction to laugh in their faces and to s

rk their hardest for their employers, and it is not very often that they fail; and you have a right to congratulate yourself that for on

along the coast road towards the Villa Spino

ut there being any one to notice the affair. I have no doubt that even now there is a party somewhere behind a wall or a hedge, in waiting for you; they would probably be sent

ntroduce you to numbers of our friends, all of our way of thinking, and will do our best to make your stay at Genoa as pleasant as possible. It may

at pleasure to me to see something of Italian society, and I should find time hang very hea

said, pointing to a large ho

take my ve

e failed, after all the trouble they have taken in the matter. I don't say that they will be watching for you; but if they should come across you

, after looking through a grill in the gate, came out; and then, feeling that thei

present, signor," the man said, as Frank w

card to him, I am sur

ank entered on foot, and would have left t

gnor; carriages standing a

fterwards learned, Bixio and Crispi. Garibaldi had risen from his

, on the part of my dear friend your father. Has he

general," Frank replied. "I lost

ade; this is indeed a heavy blow to me. I looked forward so much to seeing him. Oh, how

ive you this l

siastic in the cause of Italian liberty as was his father, having, as you may well suppose, learned the tale from my husband and myself, and my father and mother. As you will see, he speaks Italian as well as English, and I pray you, for the sake of my husband, to take him on your staff; or, if that cannot be, he will shoulder a musket and march with you. He does not come empty-handed

lled with tears as

hter of Forli and the wife of my brave comrade? Surely you will be most welco

was directed to himself, and to

them to him. "They are drawn upon a bank at

t mean, surely?"

they are Eng

gratification broke from Gari

This will indeed be aid to us," he went on, holding out his two hands to Frank. "We are strong in men, we are strong in brave hearts, but money is scarce with us, though man

th ammunition. When, a few days before Frank's arrival, Crispi, with some other of Garibaldi's officers, had gone to fetch them, they found that Cavour had placed a guard of royal troops over the magazine, with orders that nothing whatever was to be taken out. Heavy though the blow had been, the Garibaldian agents were alr

n, now that the war-chest had been so unexpectedly replenished. Then Gar

e can be happy in the knowledge that it will be largely due to her. You will, naturally, yourself write home and tell her what joy her gift occasioned, how much it added t

al; I hope to prove myself

you advise me as to

up at the Ho

e should be no appearance of any gathering here, and my friends will not as

; the carriage is

r a movement, they will leave me alone. As probably your prolonged stay at the hotel may excite curiosity, it is well that you should visit the galleries and palaces, and take excursions in the neighbourhood. It may be as well, too, that you should mention casually at the table-d'h?te that you know me, as your father was a great friend of mine when we were together in South Americ

entlemen would go back in the carriage in a few minutes. "As I took the carriage from the hotel,

out, and thanking Frank for the accommodation, dro

oom where he had left him. "It is very pleasant to me to t

gh the general had ordered one or tw

nd the servant had retired, "tell me firs

he had been captured and killed by brigands. As the general listened, his kindly f

it. I would wager any money that they hired the men of the mountains to disembarrass them of one who was exposing the horrible

searched everywhere in the neighbourhood of the hut, he could find no traces whatever of a newly made grave. I may say

to carry his body far, but would have dug a hole close by and thrown the earth over the body; and in that case, when the band returned, one or the other of the men who did the work would most likely have carelessly pointed to the spot, and said, 'There lies the Englishman.' But

n the brigands in order that none of these should have power to betray them, so they might have preferred putting him in prison to having

e hopes. Even if both were once in the Neapolitan dungeons, they may before this have succumbed to their treatment there. You have mourned t

k of my father as in prison; and it was not until she received your letter, and thought that at last there was really a cha

find those dear to you, you will have aided in restoring fathers and

rce you are likely to tak

authorities, and we have therefore so worded them that it may be supposed that the expedition has been altogether given up. A thousand men is the utmost that we can hope to embark secretly. These will be all picked men and gallant fellows who fought under me in the Alps, or men who have, like myself, been for years living as exile

bably form the Neapolitan States, if

practical, they commit terrible blunders, and the matter ends in a dictatorship, as has twice been the case in France. Mazzini would sacrifice the practical to gain his ideal. I care nothing for theory-I want to see Italy free; and this can only be don

ng will not hesitate to accept the possessions that I hope to gain for him. With Victor Emmanuel King of Northern and Southern Italy, the rest is simple. Then Italy can afford to wait its opportunity for dri

his ideas, which were that the people of a constitutional monarchy, like that under which he lived, were in every respect freer and better governed than under any republ

d it a terrible responsibility

letter to you, sent by post to the care of the Counte

d, shaking his head. "To trust ten thousan

over to see my mother at her request, as she wished to hear every detail about my father's last days. He profes

. These scoundrels have their agents in every town, men who keep them informed as to persons travellin

ting as a spy, had been opening her desk, examining her letters, and listening at the door. She and Signora Forli had no doubt whate

cisco would keep an eye over what was being done there, and would, if possible, get one of their agents into it. This man, who had no doubt acted as a spy over your father when he was in Italy, would be naturally chosen for the work; and his story and p

op, as the man would doubtless telegraph to agents out at Genoa, and they would get possession of it; so instead of doing so, they enclose

letter off by post, it would render your journey no

they did not think that they would try to take my life; for after what had happened to my grandfather and father, there

hes or baggage, they would not have hesitated to use their knives. I cannot now understand how you have come through without their having meddled with you. It might have been done when you were asleep in an hotel, or they might have drugged you in a railway carriage, or in your cabin on board the steam

however, that at Vienne the last of those with me alighted. It was one o'clock in the morning when we left the station, and I felt sure that if an attempt was made, it would be before we stopped, especially as a man looked into the carriage just before we were starting, and then went away. I had a load

nately, a steamer left at twelve. When I went on board I made the acquaintance of three young men, who were, I guessed, on the same errand as myself; their names were Rubini, Sarto, and Maffio. We soon became very friendly, and I found that my conjectures were correct. This being so, I told them what had happened; and as there was no one besides myself in my cabin, Rubini most kindly laid a mattress across the door and slept there. As I had not had a wink of sleep the night bef

hat Francisco's police were on your track. You have a right to feel proud that your vigilance and quickness defeated their attempt. It is well that you met Rubini and his friends; for as the spies would know directly you entered

place, and ask that three of your officers might accompany me to get the letter; but, of course, after having found frie

ink, therefore, if I were you, I should abstain from going out after nightfall, unless with a companion, or if you do so, keep in the great thoroughfares and avoid quiet streets. That habit of carrying a loaded pistol in your pocket has proved a valuable one, and I should advise you to continue it so long as you are here. If you see Rubini, tell him that I thank him for the aid he and his friends rendered you. He and the others have all been instructed not to come here until they receive a communication that the time for action has arrived. My followers send me their addresses as soon as they reach Genoa, so that I can summon them when they are needed.