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Show Browiilug and tlio Sea Captain. j Browning once asked the captain of : ae vessel in which ho was sailing from , 'icily to Naples to' awake, him in tho ".orning when they came in sight of apri. The captain was astonished that ay one should wish to be summoned utofbedatan unearthly hour merely u look at a rockly island, and he asked 'ir. Browning why he was so anxious to ''e it. "It ia a very interesting place to lie," said tho poet; and he tried to con-"ey con-"ey to the captain some conception of iie marvelous history of the Emperor iiberius and of Ms dark seclusion at upri, as the story stands out in the immortal im-mortal picture of Tacitus. The captain istened open mouthed and next morn-?, morn-?, calling Mr. Browning on deck, he minted to the island and said: "There, r, is where the great Mogul lived:" change. '. |