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him, and yet where have I met with a man of more admirable courage and of a more charming character? Born of a rich family, he had come to offer his gold, his genius, and his blood to the nascent republic-and he gave it all he had offered.

One day a letter arrived from his relations in North America, inviting him to return to the enjoyment of a colossal inheritance, but he had already gathered the most splendid inheritance reserved for a man of conviction and good faith-the palm of martyrdom; he had died for an unfortunate, but a generous and valiant people. And I, who had witnessed so many glorious deaths, I had seen the body of my poor friend separated in two, as the trunk of an oak is by the axe of the woodman; the bust remained standing upon the deck of the Cassapara, with his intrepid countenance, still purple with the flame of fight, but the members, broken and detached from the body, were scattered around him. A cannon-shot had struck him at the distance of twenty paces, and he presented himself to me thus mutilated the day when I and a companion, setting fire to the flotilla by the order of General Canavarro, got on board Griggs' ship, which had just been literally battered to pieces by the enemy's squadron.

O liberty! liberty! what earthly queen can boast of having in her train such a host of heroes as thou hast in Heaven!

CHAPTER XXIII.

ST. CATHERINE.

THE part of the province of St. Catherine at which we were wrecked, fortunately, had risen against the emperor at the news of the approach of the republican forces; instead, therefore, of enemies, we found allies; instead of being fought with we were feasted; we had, at the very instant, all the means of transport at our disposal that the poor inhabitants of whom we had asked hospitality could offer.

Captain Baldonino presented me with a horse, and we immediately set forward on our march to join the advanced guard of General Canavarro, commanded by Colonel Texeira, who was proceeding as fast as possible towards the lagune of St. Catherine, in the hope of surprising it.*

I must admit that we had not much trouble in gaining possession of the little city which commands the lagune, and which has borrowed its name from it. The garrison beat a retreat pretty promptly, and three small ships of war surrendered after a feeble resistance; I passed with my shipwrecked companions on board the goëlette Itaparika, armed with seven pieces of cannon.

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During the early days of this occupation, fortune seemed to have entered into a compact with the republicans not at all expecting so sudden an invasion, of which they had but vague intelligence, the imperialists had ordered the lagune to be furnished with arms, ammunition, and soldiers; now, arms, ammunition, and soldiers arrived when we were already masters of the city, and consequently all fell into our hands, without any trouble on our part. As to the inhabitants, they received us like brothers and liberators—a title we did not justify during our sojourn among this friendly people.

Canavarro established his head-quarters in the city of the lagune, named by the republicans Giuliana, because they had entered it during the month of July. He promised the creation of a provisional government, of which a venerable priest, who exercised great influence over all this people, was the first president. Rossetti, with the title of Secretary of the Government, was really the soul of it: it is true that Rossetti was cut out for all kinds of employments.

Everything, then, was going on wonderfully well:

This province of St. Catherine is that which was given, as a dowry, by the Emperor of Brazil to his sister on her marriage with the Prince de Joinville.

Colonel Texeira, with his brave advanced guard column, had pursued the enemy till he had forced them to shut themselves up in the capital of the province, and had gained possession of the greater part of the country. On all sides we were received with open arms, and gathered into our ranks a good number of imperialist deserters.

Magnificent projects were formed by General Canavarro, a loyal soldier if ever there was one; rough in appearance, excellent at bottom, he was accustomed to say that from this lagune of St. Catherine should issue the hydra which should devour the empire; and he might have told truth, if more foresight and judgmer had been exercised in this expedition; but our haught behaviour towards the inhabitants, and the inadequacy of means caused the fruit of this brilliant campaign to be lost.

CHAPTER XXIV.

A WIFE.

I HAD never thought of marriage, and considered myself perfectly incapable of becoming a husband, from my great independence of character and my irresistible vocation for a life of adventure; to have a wife and children appeared to me a sovereign impossibility for a man who had consecrated his life to a principle, the success of which, however complete it might be, could never leave him the quietude necessary for the father of a family. Destiny had decided otherwise; after the death of Luigi, Edouard, and my other companions, I found myself in a state of complete isolation; it appeared to me that I was alone in the world.

I had not left a single one of those friends of whom the heart stands as much in need as life does of aliment. Those who had survived, as I have already said, were strangers to me; they were, doubtless, valiant, goodhearted men, but I had known them too short a time

to have become intimate with any of them. In the immense void made around me by the terrible catastrophe, I felt the want of some heart that would love me; without this heart, existence was to me insupportable-almost impossible. It is true, I have recovered Rossetti, that is to say, a brother; but Rossetti, confined by the duties of his post, could not live with me, and I scarcely saw him once a-week. I then wanted, as I have said, some one who would love me, who would love me without delay. Now, friendship is the fruit of time; it requires years to ripen, whilst love is sometimes lightning, the son of the storm. But f what importance is that? I am one of those who prefer he storms, whatever they may be, to the calms of life, to the quiet slumbers of the heart. It was, then, a wife I wanted; a wife alone could cure me; a wife, that is to say, the only refuge, the only consoling angel, the star of the tempest; a wife, that is the divinity who is never implored in vain when implored by the heart, and, above all, when implored in misfortune.

It was in this mood of thought that from my cabin in the Itaparika I turned my eyes towards the land. The manse of Le Bana was not far distant, and from my ship I could discover pretty young girls occupied in various domestic employments. One of them attracted my particular attention. I was ordered on shore, and immediately directed my steps towards the house upon which my looks had been so long fixed. My heart beat, but it contained, however agitated it might be, one of those resolutions which never know diminution. A man invited me to enter. I should have entered even if I had been forbidden. I had seen that man once. I saw the young girl, and said to her: "Maiden, thou shalt be mine!" I had by these words created a tie which death alone could break. I had found a forbidden treasure, but a treasure of such a price! If a fault was committed, the fault was entirely mine. It was a fault if, in uniting, two hearts rent the heart of an innocent man. But she is dead,

and he is avenged. When did I become acquainted with the greatness of this fault? There, at the mouth of the Eridan, on the day when hoping to dispute with death I pressed her pulse convulsively, to count its last throbs; I observed her flitting breath, I drew in with my lips her trembling sigh, I kissed, alas! dying lips; alas! I strained a corpse to my breast, and I wept the tears of despair.*

CHAPTER XXV.

THE CRUISE.

THE general had determined that I should go out with three vessels to attack the imperial flags cruising on the coast of Brazil. I prepared for this rough mission by assembling all the elements necessary for my armament. My three vessels were the Rio Pardo, commanded by myself, the Cassapara, commanded by Griggs, both goëlettes,-and the Seival, commanded by the Italian Lorenzo. The mouth of the lagune was blockaded by imperial ships of war; but we stole out by night, without being observed. Anita, henceforth companion of my whole life, and consequently of all my dangers, had insisted upon embarking with me.

When off Santos, we fell in with an imperial corvette, which uselessly gave us chase for two days. In the second day we approached the Isle d'Abrigo, where we captured two sumaques, laden with rice. We continued our cruise, making some other prizes. Eight days after our departure I turned the head of our vessel towards the lagune. I do not know why, but I had a sinister presentiment of what was going on there seeing that before our departure a certain dis

*This part is designedly covered with a veil of obscurity, for, when after reading it I turned towards Garibaldi, saying, "Read this, dear friend, it does not appear clear," he did read; and then, after an instant, "It must be so,' said he, with a sigh. Two days after he sent me a MS., entitled "Anita Garibaldi."

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