I assisted the prince in the researches he was making among the classic ruins of his vicinity. His exertions15 were highly successful. Many wrecks16 of admirable statues and fragments of exquisite17 sculpture were dug up; monuments of the taste and magnificence that reigned18 in the ancient Tusculan abodes19. He had studded his villa and its grounds with statues, relievos, vases, and sarcophagi; thus retrieved20 from the bosom of the earth.
The mode of life pursued at the villa was delightfully22 serene23, diversified24 by interesting occupations and elegant leisure. Every one passed the day according to his pleasure or occupation; and we all assembled in a cheerful dinner party at sunset. It was on the fourth of November, a beautiful serene day, that we had assembled in the saloon at the sound of the first dinner-bell. The family were surprised at the absence of the prince’s confessor. They waited for him in vain, and at length placed themselves at table. They first attributed his absence to his having prolonged his customary walk; and the first part of the dinner passed without any uneasiness. When the dessert was served, however, without his making his appearance, they began to feel anxious. They feared he might have been taken ill in some alley25 of the woods; or, that he might have fallen into the hands of robbers. At the interval26 of a small valley rose the mountains of the Abruzzi, the strong-hold of banditti. Indeed, the neighborhood had, for some time, been infested27 by them; and Barbone, a notorious bandit chief, had often been met prowling about the solitudes28 of Tusculum. The daring enterprises of these ruffians were well known; the objects of their cupidity29 or vengeance30 were insecure even in palaces. As yet they had respected the possessions of the prince; but the idea of such dangerous spirits hovering31 about the neighbourhood was sufficient to occasion alarm.
The fears of the company increased as evening closed in. The prince ordered out forest guards, and domestics with flambeaux to search for the confessor. They had not departed long, when a slight noise was heard in the corridor of the ground floor. The family were dining on the first floor, and the remaining domestics were occupied in attendance. There was no one on the ground floor at this moment but the house keeper, the laundress, and three field laborers33, who were resting themselves, and conversing34 with the women.
I heard the noise from below, and presuming it to be occasioned by the return of the absentee, I left the table, and hastened down stairs, eager to gain intelligence that might relieve the anxiety of the prince and princess. I had scarcely reached the last step, when I beheld35 before me a man dressed as a bandit; a carbine in his hand, and a stiletto and pistols in his belt. His countenance36 had a mingled37 expression of ferocity and trepidation38. He sprang upon me, and exclaimed exultingly39, “Ecco il principe!”
I saw at once into what hands I had fallen, but endeavored to summon up coolness and presence of mind. A glance towards the lower end of the corridor showed me several ruffians, clothed and armed in the same manner with the one who had seized me. They were guarding the two females and the field laborers. The robber, who held me firmly by the collar, demanded repeatedly whether or not I were the prince. His object evidently was to carry off the prince, and extort40 an immense ransom41. He was enraged42 at receiving none but vague replies; for I felt the importance of misleading him.
A sudden thought struck me how I might extricate43 myself from his clutches. I was unarmed, it is true, but I was vigorous. His companions were at a distance. By a sudden exertion14 I might wrest44 myself from him and spring up the staircase, whither he would not dare to follow me singly. The idea was put in execution as soon as conceived. The ruffian’s throat was bare: with my right hand I seized him by it, just between the mastoides; with my left hand I grasped the arm which held the carbine. The suddenness of my attack took him completely unawares; and the strangling nature of my grasp paralyzed him. He choked and faltered45. I felt his hand relaxing its hold, and was on the point of jerking myself away and darting46 up the staircase before he could recover himself, when I was suddenly seized by some one from behind.
I had to let go my grasp. The bandit, once more released, fell upon me with fury, and gave me several blows with the butt47 end of his carbine, one of which wounded me severely48 in the forehead, and covered me with blood. He took advantage of my being stunned49 to rifle me of my watch and whatever valuables I had about my person.
When I recovered from the effects of the blow, I heard the voice of the chief of the banditti, who exclaimed “Quello e il principe, siamo contente, audiamo!” (It is the prince, enough, let us be off.) The band immediately closed round me and dragged me out of the palace, bearing off the three laborers likewise.
I had no hat on, and the blood was flowing from my wound; I managed to staunch it, however, with my pocket-handkerchief, which I bound round my forehead. The captain of the band conducted me in triumph, supposing me to be the prince. We had gone some distance before he learnt his mistake from one of the laborers. His rage was terrible. It was too late to return to the villa and endeavor to retrieve21 his error, for by this time the alarm must have been given, and every one in arms. He darted50 at me a furious look; swore I had deceived him, and caused him to miss his fortune; and told me to prepare for death. The rest of the robbers were equally furious. I saw their hands upon their poinards; and I knew that death was seldom an empty menace with these ruffians.
The laborers saw the peril51 into which their information had betrayed me, and eagerly assured the captain that I was a man for whom the prince would pay a great ransom. This produced a pause. For my part, I cannot say that I had been much dismayed by their menaces. I mean not to make any boast of courage; but I have been so schooled to hardship during the late revolutions, and have beheld death around me in so many perilous52 and disastrous53 scenes that I have become, in some measure callous54 to its terrors. The frequent hazard of life makes a man at length as reckless of it as a gambler of his money. To their threat of death, I replied: “That the sooner it was executed, the better.” This reply seemed to astonish the captain, and the prospect55 of ransom held out by the laborers, had, no doubt, a still greater effect on him. He considered for a moment; assumed a calmer manner, and made a sign to his companions, who had remained waiting for my death warrant. “Forward,” said he, “we will see about this matter by and bye.”
We descended56 rapidly towards the road of la Molara, which leads to Rocca Priori. In the midst of this road is a solitary57 inn. The captain ordered the troop to halt at the distance of a pistol shot from it; and enjoined58 profound silence. He then approached the threshold alone with noiseless steps. He examined the outside of the door very narrowly, and then returning precipitately59, made a sign for the troop to continue its march in silence. It has since been ascertained60 that this was one of those infamous61 inns which are the secret resorts of banditti. The innkeeper had an understanding with the captain, as he most probably had with the chiefs of the different bands. When any of the patroles and gens d’armes were quartered at his house, the brigands62 were warned of it by a preconcerted signal on the door; when there was no such signal, they might enter with safety and be sure of welcome. Many an isolated63 inn among the lonely parts of the Roman territories, and especially on the skirts of the mountains, have the same dangerous and suspicious character. They are places where the banditti gather information; where they concert their plans, and where the unwary traveller, remote from hearing or assistance, is sometimes betrayed to the stiletto of the midnight murderer.
After pursuing our road a little farther, we struck off towards the Woody mountains which envelope Rocca Priori. Our march was long and painful, with many circuits and windings64; at length we clambered a steep ascent65, covered with a thick forest, and when we had reached the centre, I was told to seat myself on the earth. No sooner had I done so, than at a sign from their chief, the robbers surrounded me, and spreading their great cloaks from one to the other, formed a kind of pavilion of mantles66, to which their bodies might be said to seem as columns. The captain then struck a light, and a flambeau was lit immediately. The mantles were extended to prevent the light of the flambeau from being seen through the forest. Anxious as was my situation, I could not look round upon this screen of dusky drapery, relieved by the bright colors of the robbers’ under-dresses, the gleaming of their weapons, and the variety of strong-marked countenances67, lit up by the flambeau, without admiring the picturesque68 effect of the scene. It was quite theatrical69.
The captain now held an ink-horn, and giving me pen and paper, ordered me to write what he should dictate70. I obeyed. It was a demand, couched in the style of robber eloquence71, “that the prince should send three thousand dollars for my ransom, or that my death should be the consequence of a refusal.”
I knew enough of the desperate character of these beings to feel assured this was not an idle menace. Their only mode of insuring attention to their demands, is to make the infliction72 of the penalty inevitable73. I saw at once, however, that the demand was preposterous74, and made in improper75 language.
I told the captain so, and assured him, that so extravagant76 a sum would never be granted; that I was neither friend or relative of the prince, but a mere77 artist, employed to execute certain paintings. That I had nothing to offer as a ransom but the price of my labors78; if this were not sufficient, my life was at their disposal: it was a thing on which I sat but little value.
I was the more hardy79 in my reply, because I saw that coolness and hardihood had an effect upon the robbers. It is true, as I finished speaking the captain laid his hand upon his stiletto, but he restrained himself, and snatching the letter, folded it, and ordered me, in a peremptory80 tone, to address it to the prince. He then despatched one of the laborers with it to Tusculum, who promised to return with all possible speed.
The robbers now prepared themselves for sleep, and I was told that I might do the same. They spread their great cloaks on the ground, and lay down around me. One was stationed at a little distance to keep watch, and was relieved every two hours. The strangeness and wildness of this mountain bivouac, among lawless beings whose hands seemed ever ready to grasp the stiletto, and with whom life was so trivial and insecure, was enough to banish81 repose. The coldness of the earth and of the dew, however, had a still greater effect than mental causes in disturbing my rest. The airs wafted82 to these mountains from the distant Mediterranean83 diffused84 a great chilliness85 as the night advanced. An expedient86 suggested itself. I called one of my fellow prisoners, the laborers, and made him lie down beside me. Whenever one of my limbs became chilled I approached it to the robust87 limb of my neighbor, and borrowed some of his warmth. In this way I was able to obtain a little sleep.
Day at length dawned, and I was roused from my slumber88 by the voice of the chieftain. He desired me to rise and follow him. I obeyed. On considering his physiognomy attentively89, it appeared a little softened90. He even assisted me in scrambling91 up the steep forest among rocks and brambles. Habit had made him a vigorous mountaineer; but I found it excessively toilsome to climb those rugged92 heights. We arrived at length at the summit of the mountain.
Here it was that I felt all the enthusiasm of my art suddenly awakened93; and I forgot, in an instant, all perils94 and fatigues95 at this magnificent view of the sunrise in the midst of the mountains of Abruzzi. It was on these heights that Hannibal first pitched his camp, and pointed96 out Rome to his followers97. The eye embraces a vast extent of country. The minor98 height of Tusculum, with its villas, and its sacred ruins, lie below; the Sabine hills and the Albanian mountains stretch on either hand, and beyond Tusculum and Frescati spreads out the immense Campagna, with its line of tombs, and here and there a broken aqueduct stretching across it, and the towers and domes32 of the eternal city in the midst.
Fancy this scene lit up by the glories of a rising sun, and bursting upon my sight, as I looked forth99 from among the majestic100 forests of the Abruzzi. Fancy, too, the savage101 foreground, made still more savage by groups of the banditti, armed and dressed in their wild, picturesque manner, and you will not wonder that the enthusiasm of a painter for a moment overpowered all his other feelings.
The banditti were astonished at my admiration102 of a scene which familiarity had made so common in their eyes. I took advantage of their halting at this spot, drew forth a quire of drawing-paper, and began to sketch103 the features of the landscape. The height, on which I was seated, was wild and solitary, separated from the ridge104 of Tusculum by a valley nearly three miles wide; though the distance appeared less from the purity of the atmosphere. This height was one of the favorite retreats of the banditti, commanding a look-out over the country; while, at the same time, it was covered with forests, and distant from the populous105 haunts of men.
While I was sketching106, my attention was called off for a moment by the cries of birds and the bleatings of sheep. I looked around, but could see nothing of the animals that uttered them. They were repeated, and appeared to come from the summits of the trees. On looking more narrowly, I perceived six of the robbers perched on the tops of oaks, which grew on the breezy crest109 of the mountain, and commanded an uninterrupted prospect. From hence they were keeping a look-out, like so many vultures; casting their eyes into the depths of the valley below us; communicating; with each other by signs, or holding discourse110 in sounds, which might be mistaken by the wayfarer111 for the cries of hawks112 and crows, or the bleating107 of the mountain flocks. After they had reconnoitred the neighborhood, and finished their singular discourse, they descended from their airy perch108, and returned to their prisoners. The captain posted three of them at three naked sides of the mountain, while he remained to guard us with what appeared his most trusty companion.
I had my book of sketches113 in my hand; he requested to see it, and after having run his eye over it, expressed himself convinced of the truth of my assertion, that I was a painter. I thought I saw a gleam of good feeling dawning in him, and determined114 to avail myself of it. I knew that the worst of men have their good points and their accessible sides, if one would but study them carefully. Indeed, there is a singular mixture in the character of the Italian robber. With reckless ferocity, he often mingles115 traits of kindness and good humor. He is often not radically116 bad, but driven to his course of life by some unpremeditated crime, the effect of those sudden bursts of passion to which the Italian temperament117 is prone118. This has compelled him to take to the mountains, or, as it is technically119 termed among them, “andare in Campagna.” He has become a robber by profession; but like a soldier, when not in action, he can lay aside his weapon and his fierceness, and become like other men.
I took occasion from the observations of the captain on my sketchings, to fall into conversation with him. I found him sociable120 and communicative. By degrees I became completely at my ease with him. I had fancied I perceived about him a degree of self-love, which I determined to make use of. I assumed an air of careless frankness, and told him that, as artist, I pretended to the power of judging of the physiognomy; that I thought I perceived something in his features and demeanor121 which announced him worthy122 of higher fortunes. That he was not formed to exercise the profession to which he had abandoned himself; that he had talents and qualities fitted for a nobler sphere of action; that he had but to change his course of life, and in a legitimate123 career, the same courage and endowments which now made him an object of terror, would ensure him the applause and admiration of society.
I had not mistaken my man. My discourse both touched and excited him. He seized my hand, pressed it, and replied with strong emotion, “You have guessed the truth; you have judged me rightly.” He remained for a moment silent; then with a kind of effort he resumed. “I will tell you some particulars of my life, and you will perceive that it was the oppression of others, rather than my own crimes, that drove me to the mountains. I sought to serve my fellow-men, and they have persecuted124 me from among them.” We seated ourselves on the grass, and the robber gave me the following anecdotes125 of his history.
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