Chapter 2

_September_, 1911

CONTENTS CASTELLINARIA CHAPTER PAGE I. CHANGES IN THE TOWN 17 II. FESTA RIMANDATA 36 PALERMO III. MARIONETTISTS AT HOME 53 IV. MALAGIGI 66 V. ARGANTINO 73 VI. THE ESCAPE FROM PARIS 82 CATANIA VII. THE BUFFO'S HOLIDAY 93 TRAPANI VIII. THE NASCITA 115 MOUNT ERYX IX. THE COMPARE 129 X. COMPARE BERTO 135 XI. BERTO'S WEDDING 142 TRABONELLA XII. SULPHUR 151 XIII. OMERTA AND THE MAFIA 157 XIV. MALA VITA 165 CASTELLINARIA XV. THE CARDINALESSA 177 XVI. THE CORPORAL 185 EARTHQUAKE ECHOES XVII. TOTO CARBONARA 203 TURIDDU BALISTRIERI 208 RAILWAY PORTERS 216 GIUSEPPE PLATANIA 220 GIULIO ADAMO 222 CECE LUNA 223 FUGITIVES AND VICTIMS 227 THE SLOPES OF ETNA XVIII. LAVA 233 XIX. S. ALFIO 242 XX. THE NAKED RUNNERS 248 CATANIA XXI. HOLY WEEK 261 ORTIGIA XXII. O FOUNTAIN ARETHUSE 289

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