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Story of an Emigrant.
On Sunday, June 3d, a beautiful Italian da}’, as we were
rapidly steaming north through the Adriatic sea, we could
see the coast of Greece to the right and that of Italy to the
left. We arrived at Brindisi the same afternoon, and at
Venice two days later. Surely the beauties of nature and of
art that meet the eye in this lovely city seem to be the climax
of everything beautiful on earth, and, quietly gliding forward
during many hours through numerous canals in a
half-dreamy, halt-waking condition, with two silent gondoliers
RIAETO BRIDGE IN VENICE.
at the oars, I could scarcely realize whether this was a
beautiful dream, an illusion, or reality.
The next morning, accompanied by an interpreter, I walked
through St. Mark’s square, carefully studying its many
wonderful attractions, its splendid shops, the clock, the
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