. Three Vassar girls in the Tyrol. ! that is exactly, what for I make my reproaches to thecount, said their escort. Why does he such a rabble of fisher-men allow that they encroach to the borders of his pleasure grounds ?If the island were to you, signorina, without doubt she would sweepit of its beggars, and make also of it a garden; but we Italianslack what you call the initiative. Where would these people go if they were dispossessed of theirhomes, Dorothy asked. I do not know, the count replied; to America the signorina derange herself to visit the palazzo, to beholdthe paint
. Three Vassar girls in the Tyrol. ! that is exactly, what for I make my reproaches to thecount, said their escort. Why does he such a rabble of fisher-men allow that they encroach to the borders of his pleasure grounds ?If the island were to you, signorina, without doubt she would sweepit of its beggars, and make also of it a garden; but we Italianslack what you call the initiative. Where would these people go if they were dispossessed of theirhomes, Dorothy asked. I do not know, the count replied; to America the signorina derange herself to visit the palazzo, to beholdthe paintings before it shall be quite dark ? LA GO MAGGIORE. S5 It was the first palace which the girls had visited, and smoth-ered exclamations of surprise and admiration escaped them in spiteof their desire not to appear deeply impressed by any of thismagnificence. The grand staircase, with its many coats-of-armsand heraldic ornamentation, all telling of noble families connectedin some way with the Borromeos, and its long suite of state. FISHERMEN ON THE LAKE. apartments and guest chambers, once occupied byages, gave an impression of ceremonious grandeuro-irls were entirely unaccustomed. This magnificentcrimson brocade and gold was Queen Carolinesthis simpler room was occupied by Napoleon afterMarengo. Here was a throne-room with canopiedraised dais where Cardinal Borromeo received hisvisiting at his ancestral home, and leading from it noted person-to which theapartment all bed-chamber; the battle ofchair upon a friends whenwas a picture- 86 THREE VASSAR GIRLS IN THE TYROL. gallery filled with copies and originals by the greatest Italianmasters. There were long suites of tapestried chambers, and hallsdevoted to statuary, and little boudoirs in the coquettish style ofMarie Antoinette, as well as grand salons in the pompous modeof the Grand Monarque, in which, as the evening advanced, thecompany were assembled for music and dancing. Dorothy had nolack of partners; the statuesque Americ
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