nounce them to the authorities for sacrilege;
and having stopped, he stared at Frank, and seemed unable to go
on once more. Frank now repeated his orders, accompanying them
with a threat that he would call in the police. At this the
driver's brow lowered into a sullen scowl, and muttering some
expressions of rage and vengeance, he left the room.

The boys chatted a little about the mutiny of the driver, as they
called it, but soon dismissed the thought from their minds.

After passing the night at Salerno, they prepared, on the following
morning, to continue their journey. Early in the day, the driver
made his appearance. He was quiet, and not communicative, and much
changed from his former self. Frank addressed a few remarks to
him, but perceiving that he was sulky, he gave up all attempts to
appease his wrath. In fact, he began to think that it might, perhaps,
have been as well to comply with his request, for the request for
more money had been based upon his recent rescue of them from the
hands of the mob at Sorrento. Had the driver made his request a
little more meekly, and not presented it with such an assertion of
right, there is no doubt that they would have cheerfully given what
he asked. But his tone excited their resentment; and afterwards,
when the driver chose to lose his temper and scold them, they were
more determined than ever to refuse. Had he appeared at this time
with his former good-natured expression, and had he shown any signs
of compunction for his insolent behavior, there is no doubt that
they would have brought up the subject of their own accord, and
promised him as handsome a sum as his exploit deserved. But his
continued sulks prevented them from introducing the subject, and
so they concluded to defer it to some other time, when he might be
restored to himself.

They now drove along the road en route for Paestum. At first they
drove along the sea-shore, but after a few miles the road turned
off into the country. All around them were fields, which were
covered with flocks and herds, while in the distance were hills
that were clothed with vineyards and olive groves, that adorned
their sloping declivities with mantles of dark green and light. In
the country, on either side, they also saw some indications of
Italian life, which excited strong feelings of repugnance within
them; for here and there, in many places, women were toiling in
the fields just as the men, with heavy hoes, or with ploughs