Tessa, Our Little Italian Cousin

le daughter with us on a journey,

home on the Monday after the carnival. Tessa had not forg

to Naples," the artist went on. "But Lucy wishes Tessa's company very

ly pleased. His face

ay. We can never forget it. What sha

, talk with your wife. If she is willing, bring Tessa here T

e first time. The cars were much smaller than we use here in America. It would have seemed odd to you to h

"We can't get out now, even if we

in Italian almost as fast

en surprise me by the good Italian they speak, when they have had so little schooling. Although their p

some people consider the most beautiful bay in the world. Everything about it

who came to meet the children with hands s

sailing on the blue waters of the bay. There was plenty to see, but best of all was the m

the buried city,"

n hundred years. One day it was discovered by some workman that he was digging into the ruins of a building. O

he city before we go back to Rome,

u miss the sight for a good dea

the little Italian answered. "It is another of the w

he almonds, dates, and figs, which had been preserved so long. Some of them looked

there were beautiful lamps and golden jewelry,-all these things made

d to leave

we cannot spend too much time in one place,"

oranges and some ornaments of coral and

to the hotel door, and the party sta

ano," said Lucy. "Now that it is active again, it must make them think of the

hat time than we feel to-night. Perhaps not so

hey could see the sky lighted up by the red flame. It looked as though a city must be on fire. The

a pouring down the side of

t. They were scooping the lava up into vessels. It would be taken down to N

hard climbing, they reach

s. Gray. She was trembling as she looked at the red-hot st

ring and grumbling, the pounding and hammering under ground. It was as though some

d it was no wonder. But after a few moments both she and her kind frie

A STRANG

said it was time to g

he hotel the children went straight to bed to dream of the plea

ne felt a little tired after the excitement of the

g in it. There were streets all laid out and the wa

The roofs had been burnt or broken down by the weight above them. After a while, soil formed above the ashes, grass began

s were destroyed. But some of them stayed too long. T

e showed where people were pressed against them. They must have fled to that place for safety, but

There were ducks and geese, ra

ll be glad to get back to a live city again." Lucy felt so,

old the children that his vacation was

d. "We will take a sailing vessel, as I t

y. The only trouble was

w," Lucy said to Tessa. The two girls were in the bow

and sail in boats through its streets. It seems as though I could hardly wait for the time to come. Just think of a great cit

st, "father says that he is going to manage next winter so that you s

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