Part 4 (2/2)

Then he looked around once more

Then, for the last ti the knife so as to cut the tassel But the cord which bound the tassel to the drapery was strong, and the knife was very dull, and David found that it was not so easy as he had supposed But he was deteret it, and so he saith his dull old knife, at the cord, severing one by one the filaan to grow ier To ith one hand was useless, and so he reached forth both hands, and began sawing away orously than ever But his is, produced an effect which he had not expected The heavy drapery, which had been loosely thrown over, began to slide off towards him as he pulled David did not notice this, but continued his work, looking around to see whether the woth he had sawed the cord alave a quick pull at it to break it

The nextdoards hi with a crash on the marble pavement

In an instant the toe and the drapery Then their wild eyes caught sight of David, whose frightened face would have revealed hiuilty cause of this catastrophe, even if it had not been shown by the tassel and the knife, which were in his hands

With a sharp, shrill screa towards him

David instinctively leaped back, and eluded her The woed her around a pillar

The woed behind another pillar

The woman cried out, ”_O Scellerato! Birbone! Furbo! Ladrone!_”

And though David's knowledge of the Italian language was but slight, yet it sufficed to show him that these nanification

Thus David fled, dodging, the woth he came near to the door Had the other woman taken part in the chase, David would certainly have been captured But the other woman did not She stood as if petrified-- at the fallen sanctuary, and overwhelth, reaching the door, David s could carry him The woo into the hotel Then she returned to the church, after which she went abroad with the story of the horrible desecration through all Sorrento

On reaching the hotel, David found the rest of the party there, at dinner He said nothing of his recent adventure, but took his seat at the table

Before long, the party becareat tumult and uproar in the street in front of the house Frank and Bob went to the s, and looked out A sudden exclaht Clive and Uncle Moses to their side David followed sloith a strange feeling of apprehension, and with the recollection of his late flight still strong in his reat crowd presented itself to his horrified eyes--a crowd representing all Sorrento; old, the ; the rich, poor; male and female; old men, old women, boys, and children At the head of this, and immediately in front of the door, was the very old woe, and had chased hih the cathedral Now he had hoped that the old wootten him; but her appearance noas tenfold reat following, whoesticulations, to do so or other which David could not understand, but which he could well i that had reference to his own humble, unworthy, and very rasped the whole of the scene that was thus so suddenly presented, they were accosted by the landlord and the driver, who entered the room hurriedly, and in sorand meesfortune haf arrive,” said the landlord ”De people declare you haf insult de Baeance How is dis?”

”What?” asked Frank; ”insult what?”

”De Bae--de Bae, de pride of Sorrento; an dis is de day sacred to hirand calamity--for you--eef you do not take care”

”Ba whatever They're crazy”

Here David, finding concealment useless, confessed all The boys listened in astonishment The landlord shook his head with an expression of concern and perplexity

Then he had a long conversation with the driver

Then they both left the room The landlord went outside, and tried to appease the crowd He ht possibly, have succeeded, had it not been for David's old woman, who shook her fists in his face, stamped, appealed to Heaven, raved, and howled, all the ti The consequence was, that the landlord's words had no effect

He then entered the hotel oncea feords, he hurried up to our party, who by this tieneral alarm

”You must run--fly--leaf Sorrento--noidout delay,” he cried, breathlessly ”I haf order de carriage I sall tell de people dat you sall be arrest, an pacify deet start”