Out with Garibaldi

y to him: they introduced him to their families and friends; one or the other of them always accompanied him to the th

ly for the aid that his mother had sent to Garibaldi to enable him to carry out his plans, he was everywhere most warmly received. He himself had not told, even his thre

better class had been bought. These latter were for the use of Garibaldi's own band, while the others would be distributed among such Sicilians as might join him on his landing. The

to the Villa Spinola. On the previous day he had sent on there a saddle and bridle, valise and holsters. The horses were to be bought in Sicily. Outside all seemed as quiet as usual, but once within the gates there was a great change. A score of gentlemen were strolling in little groups in the garden, talking excitedly; these were almost all new arrivals, and consequently u

avow us, but they will not dare to stop us. They must know what is going on; there are too many people in the secret for it not to have leaked out. I don't know whether you noticed it, but I could see, when I was in the city this morning, that there

," Frank said, "though I agree with you that

and indeed all the officers, with the exception of two or three of Garibaldi's most trusted friends, were still in ignorance as to how they were to obtain vessels to take them to Messina, and Frank, who was behind the scenes, listened with some amusement to the wild conjectures that they hazarded. He knew that the matter had been privately arranged with the owners of the Rubattino line of steamers that the Lombardo and Piemonte, both of which were in the harbour, should be seized by th

however, some anxiety on the part of the leaders lest, at the last moment, the government should intervene, seize the arms, and take possession of the steamers. The seizure of the great magazine of arms at Milan showed that Cavour was in earne

he preparations, the purchase of fresh arms, and the arrival of so many men at Genoa, was certain; but he could not know the exact hour a

. All was well; there was no unusual stir among the troops. The police went about their usual duties unconcernedly, and apparently without noticing the suppressed excitement of the population. At nightfall the word was passed round that all were to lie down as they could, as there would

h two other members of the staff, serving out rifles and ammunition, from an outhouse which had been converted into a magazine; the men coming in a steady stream through a back entrance into the garden, and passing again with their arms through another door. Another party were at wor

d twenty-eight thousand regular troops. Success seemed altogether impossible. But Frank had deeply imbibed the conviction of his mother and Signora Forli that the people at large would flock to the standard. He had been carried away with the enthusiasm of the general and tho

rma, and Modena to the Kingdom of Sardinia. The greater part of them were Lombards and Genoese, but there were many from Turin and other cities of Piedmont. Some were exiles, who had received a summo

roadstead at two o'clock; but at four there were still no signs of them, and the fear that he had failed, that the government had at the last moment in

sed by the difficulty Bixio had had in finding the two steamers, which were anchored in the extensive roadstead of Genoa among many other ships. The stores were hastily transferred from the boats to the steamers, and these at once started for the spot where two boats, laden with ammunition, percussion caps, and rifles, should have been lying off the coast. Either through

on board. They had neither a reserve for themselves, nor any to hand over with the guns to those they expected to join them on landing. It was, therefore, absolutely necessary to touch at some port to obtain ammunition, and Garibaldi chose Talamone, at the southern extr

xpedition with enthusiasm. For this conduct the governor of Talamone afterwards 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 Maria, under the order

ates. The expedition seemed a hopeless one with so small a force; and it would seem that Garibaldi assented to it in order to rid himself from some whose impetuosity and violent dispo

he ships of war of that country would be on the look-out to intercept them, it was decided, at a council of war held by Garibaldi, that instead of landing near Messina, they should make for the little island of Maregigimo, l

they arrived there, and hostile ships cruising near might take them for ordinary merchantmen. There was also the advantage that, being only some seventy miles from Cape Bona, in Africa, it afforded a better chance of escape, should they meet with misfortune after landing, and be obliged to re-embark. As they neared the coast they made o

n the line of fire, and consequently the whole of the men were landed before the Neapolitans could bring their guns to bear. Two-thirds of them were still on the quay, getting the ammunition and stores into the carts, when the enemy opened fire upon them with shell and grape; fortunately the discharges were ill directed, and the Garibaldians marched off into the town without loss. They were

their work without interruption. During the voyage the force had been divided into eight companies, and a ninth was now formed from the Sicilians who joined them. The enthusiasm, that had been necessarily shown rather in action than in shouts by the people of Marsala, who, with Neapolitan ships in the bay, feared that any demonstration might draw upon themselves a terribl

nd deputies from villages round, assumed the title of dictator, in the name of Victor Emmanuel, Kin

r 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 insuperable difficulties had been overcome; the hindrances thrown in their way by the Italian government

dition owed to his family, and who saw the almost affectionate manner in which Gariba

him many questions about his school-days, and were intensely interested in his des

; "you seem to have done just what you liked, and your m

school, they had not

as if you were grown-up men? It is astonishing," Maffio sai

oys, 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 ourselves, instead of being marched about and herded like a flock of sheep, that our public school boys, as a r

in Italy; perhaps we shall have some day. We have many universities, bu

or great oarsmen-that is, they have rowed in their university boat. A master who has done that sort of thing is more looked up to by the boys, and is thought more of, than fellows who have never done anything in

ho has been, as you say, good at sport

actions. I heard, some time ago, that one of our masters had been appointed to a church in some beastly neighbourhood in Birmingham or one of those manufacturing towns, and the people were such a rough lot that he could do nothing with them at first. But one day, when he was going along the street, he saw a notorious bully thrashing

almost of awe, "that a minister should fight w

n or insulting a lady, or if even he insulted yourself, what would you do? I am

do," Rubini said gravely. "

what would be the good of that? He would knock you down, and perh

ds looked grave

his man was a priest, a

d at sports, and have learned to use his fists. It is good for him, whether he is going to be a soldier, or a colonist in a wild country, or a traveller, or a clergyman. I am saying nothing against learning; learning is a very good thing, but certainly among English boys we admire strength and skill more than learning, and I am quite sure that as a natio

is a great deal in what you say, still I suppose that even

equally brave meet, it is the one with most 'last'-that is what we call stami

don't mean it offensively-that yo

you will do it, because I also believe in you. It is that feeling among our soldiers and sailors-their conviction that, as a matter of course, they will in the long-run win-that has carried them through battles and wars against the biggest odds. That was the way that y

will send them over to be educated at one of your great schools-that is, if we have not, as I hope we

nd whenever I was in London during the holidays, I went pretty nearly every day to Angelo's, which is considered the best school for fencing we have. Of course my father, being a soldier, liked me to l

take them for, there will be no hand-to-hand fighting. If, on the other hand, they do stand their ground well, I do not expec

is not only the effect it will have on the Neapolitan troops, but on the people. We cannot expect that the Sicilians will join us in considerable number until we have won a battle, and we want them to make a good show. Eve

n, seemed a presage of further good fortune, and they now marched forward with the buoyant confidence, that in itself goes a long way to ensure success; the thought that there were fifty thousand Neapolitan troops in t

t be able to act with effect. The ground, too, as they learned from peasants, was covered with ruins of buildings erected by Saracens, Spaniards, and Normans, and was therefore admirably suited for irregular warfare. Garibaldi, with a few of his s

ttack one flank or the other, the rapidity with which his men man?uvred giving them a great advantage. While, therefore, the six little guns he had obtained at Talamonte were to open fire on the enemy's centre, covered by a couple of hundred men, the rest were to

, that it was only occasionally that a glimpse of a red shirt or the gleam of the sun on a musket-barrel showed the enemy that their assailants were approaching. On ground like this horses were of little use,