Show ta LAN S GOLDEN KEYS LOST on to austria abed of colleoni Col leonis a will and be bergamo have anz 1 the loss of certain grow 1 fastres agures from prom the great astle sacred to the memory ct cf the dukes of milan vilan the ta fa and historical golden keys ot of milan are missing they had always been kept in a glass case in the Renal renaissance sance museum pf f the castle reposing on an antique brocade cushion whose warm red tint carted arved to throw into relief the huge olden keys kepi to the milanese these keys have a great it if painel interest as they were specially made for the symbolical ceremony of the submission of milan to austrian domination and so until lately served to keep patriotism awake in the hearts of the milanese who hate austria much worse than they do the devil no trace ot of the thieves has yet been found fhe ilie theft Is quite In compre hen hensl sible ble as the intrinsic value of the keys Is small bergamo bergamos s loss Is heavier both sentimentally sen timer tally and berga too wo was the birthplace of the great med laeal warrior bartholomeo col leoni leont who made the raine of venice ring throughout the world and who had as ruskin said the most ful monument in the world raised to him by a grateful republic but his last r tc aUment remained to his birthplace and it is this which has been stolen from the town archives archiles when and by whom nobody knows it had been cared for jealously for or years by proud fellow townsmen it is now probably repos ing in some foreign collector collectors s cabinet |