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regaled us with . Ms conversation while we w _^ ere waiting for the carriage .
However , the blacksmith , the shoemaker , and several others , attended us faithfully , and so we sat and talked in the garden .
Commend me to a blacksmith for good company ! A very intelligent man was this one , anxious for news from all parts of the
world , who paid his share of several newspapers from Palermo , and read and thought about things . A strong Garibaldian , of
course , and proud that his town of Partenico had been one of the first to rise and send help to the ee Padre del Popolo " in 1860 .
The Signora F and Janet went , while I was making a sketchto a well in the garden to get some water , and presently
came , back with their hands filled with fennel plants , the white roots of which they were devouring with perfect complacency ; and
when Mrs . B and I exclaimed with horror , they both declared fennel-roots to be far nicer than celery . " Every one to his taste . "
While my blacksmith , and I are in a hot discussion on the war in Americacrack ! we hear Giuseppe ' s whip on the highway ,
, and every one sets up a shout to stop him . So we go down accompanied by our friends , and get into the carriage and drive away ,
with , their best wishes for a successful journey , and hopes that we meet again
may The country between Partenico and Alcamo is well-cultivated , especially as you approach the latter town ; it is for miles an
unbroken sea of green young corn , showing how Sicily only needs labour to become again the granary of Europe , as of old .
We readied Alcamo a little before sunset , and stopped in the narrow shabby street—the principal street of the town , at the door
of a very poor looking house . No sign over the door , and a narrow fliht of dirtwooden stepsat first do not suggest to us that we are at
the g " Locanda y del Tempio , di Segesti , " so we sit quite quiet in the carriage . But Giuseppe jumps down to hand us out , and is rather
shocked at our blank faces ; when he tells us we have arrived at our halting-place for the night . But we resolutely gather up our
skirts and pick our way uj ) the stairs , avoiding chickens and puppies as well as we can . We are met dozen by irls a sweet and -looking lot of
men woman . and , with lads a , who very had pale hurried face , backed out of by the a kitchen g to , stare a at the " Forestiere" and shown into a very bare room , with four little
beds made of , boards , in the four corners , and a table with four legs in the middle , and four rush chairs against the wall . We
each , take a chair , and sit down , each shouting with laughter at the other's distressed countenance ; so when Giuseppe comes in
with , our bags , he is delighted to find us all so merry ; and assures us they are all honest peopleand that there is in fact nothing
, better to be had , so we must just put up with it !
We unpack our provisions , and make a very comfortable meal ;
320 . Journal Ok An Excursion From
320 . JOURNAL OK AN EXCURSION FROM
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1863, page 320, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071863/page/32/
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