Italian castles and country seats . property of a small naturesoon disappeared. This testimony I can verify my-self, in a smaller degree, for we have had, as youremember, numerous Italians about our place athome, and I do not think that any one of themwould take even a cucumber from the vegetablegarden. There are other nationalities who come toour shores, who have very dark hair and cannot speakEnglish, and sometimes the misdeeds of these peopleare laid by an unthinking prosecuting officer to thedoor of the Italian, because there are generally moreItalians than any other newly arrived foreigne
Italian castles and country seats . property of a small naturesoon disappeared. This testimony I can verify my-self, in a smaller degree, for we have had, as youremember, numerous Italians about our place athome, and I do not think that any one of themwould take even a cucumber from the vegetablegarden. There are other nationalities who come toour shores, who have very dark hair and cannot speakEnglish, and sometimes the misdeeds of these peopleare laid by an unthinking prosecuting officer to thedoor of the Italian, because there are generally moreItalians than any other newly arrived foreigners, andbecause the languages of these dark-haired men areall equally unintelligible to him. I have taken greatpains to ascertain facts and figures from variouspeople who have had practical dealings with largenumbers of Italian laborers, and in every case withoutexception I have had the same answer given to me,and the same opinion of absolute trust in the honestyof these men. We are going after lunch to-day to Turin, for I have[362].
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