One of the Red Shirts; A Story of Garibaldi's Men

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III MINE AND COUNTERMINE " Do you wish to help your friends ?" The question repeated itself as I lay awake thinking of my guardian shut up in a Neapolitan prsson. What did Garibaldi mean to do ? What was this dangerous expedition of which he had spoken ? Did he intend to make war on the King of Naples with a handful of volunteers ? Concerning any other man, such an idea would have been preposterous; but one could never reckon on anything Garibaldi would or would not do. Besides, his influence was so great that the craziest schemes, when sanctioned by him, assumed quite a sober air. Difficulties had a knack of vanishing when Garibaldi faced them, and there were few things the Red Shirt would not face for a United Italy. That was the dream of his life, I well knew; the one fond hope of his heart. Italy free from north to south, from east to west; one nation under one ruler. The dream was bound to be realised, but few men in those days thought to see the reality. The kingdom of Sardinia and Piedmont alone was free; but its king could not move, or only very cautiously. A hand stretched out to Venice would bring the Austrian cannon about his ears; NapoleonIII., in order to pacify his own Catholic subjects, safeguarded the Pope, and was not likely to allow Victor Emmanuel to seize Naples; at least not without a heavy bribe. Certainly in 1859 he had helped the Piedmontese against the Austrians, but they had to give him the districts of Nice and Savoy in payment; and it was thought he only wanted a decent pretext to take over the Island of Sardinia. Yet something stirring was on foot, and for the sake of my friends I hoped Garibaldi would be mad enough to make a dash at Naples. The very possibility brought a feeling of relief, and I slept soundly till Menotti...

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