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Title: Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860
Year: 1860 (1860s)
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Publisher: New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
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ind aid of a felloAv-passenger,he made his Avay to the town Avhere he ascei-tained the robbers liA^ed. But he sought forjustice in A^ain. Poor, friendless, and a for-eigner, his words had no Aveight Avith the au-thorities, but the story of his Avrongs awakenedthe sympathies of several noble families in theAicinity, and they entertained him hospitably.His fine personal appearance, agreeable conversa-tion, and chivalric ardor, made him a favoriteamong the young ladies, and loA-e and valor hadstrong conflicts for a while. But a life of easeand a sense of dependence Avere unsuited to hisspirit, and soon, with high resolves, a trustySAvord, and a lean purse, he turned his face to-Avard the field of conflict in the East. The young adventurers means Avere soon ex^hausted, and he suflered greatly from hunger,fatigue, and exposure. One day, Avhen utterlyovercome, he lay down on the margin of a springto die. He Avas discovered by a Avealthy farmer,who became his friend, and furnished him AA-ith
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means to raach the Mediterranean coast. In asea-port town he met one of the rascals Avhorobbed him. Both drew their swords at the<;ame moment, and a desperate fight occurred.Smith was victorious, and in the presence of acrowd he compelled the culprit to confess hisvillainy. The confession was all he obtained,yet it satisfied him. Finding himself in the neighborhood of theseat of the Earl of Ployen, with whom he hadformed an acquaintance in Paris, he went thereand was very hospitably entertained. lie didnot tarry long. His purse was well filled by hisnoble friend, and in high spirits he journeyed toMarseilles. There he embarked for Italy, witha large crowd of Roman Catholics of all nations,bound on a pilgrimage to Rome. A heavy stormarose. They touched first at Toulon, and tbencast anchor under shelter of St. Marys Island, off the coast of Savoy. The storm increased.The tempest howled terribly, and the supersti-tious pilgrims regarded Smith as the cause oftheir peril. Always bold in

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