IX. GUESTS AT CAMP 269 X. THE VILLAGGIO REGINA ELENA 293 XI. TAORMINA 312 XII. SYRACUSE 344 XIII. PALERMO 377 XIV. MR. ROOSEVELT AT MESSINA 427 XV. EASTER 446 XVI. MESSINA (AVE ATQUE VALE!) 466 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS From Drawings by John Elliott THE TELL TALE TOWER _Frontispiece_ _Facing Page_ RUINS OF THE AMERICAN CONSULATE, MESSINA 20 MESSINA. THE TORRENTE ZAERA 244 REGGIO. QUEEN ELENA’S GROUP OF AMERICAN COTTAGES 248 HOTEL REGINA ELENA AND CHURCH OF SANTA CROCE, AMERICAN VILLAGE, MESSINA 282 MESSINA. AMERICAN COTTAGES, VILLAGGIO REGINA ELENA 304 VIALE GRISCOM, AMERICAN VILLAGE, MESSINA 436 A MAKESHIFT CHURCH AND BELFRY 448 PAY-WINDOW AND THE ARCHBISHOP’S BELL 454 SCYLLA 468 VIA BELKNAP, AMERICAN VILLAGE, MESSINA 472 ELIZABETH GRISCOM HOSPITAL, VILLAGGIO REGINA ELENA 476 Illustrations from Photographs MESSINA IN FLAMES 10 THE MUNICIPIO IN FLAMES, MESSINA 10 RESCUE PARTY OF RUSSIAN SAILORS 11 THE PALAZZATA, MESSINA 11 THE WATER FRONT, MESSINA 40 A FUNERAL BARGE 41 THE KING AND THE WOUNDED OFFICER 41 THE BARRACKS, MESSINA 44 RUINS OF A CHURCH, MESSINA 44 DIGGING FOR THE BURIED-ALIVE 45 THE KING AT MESSINA 45 MESSINA. THE CATHEDRAL BEFORE THE DISASTER 50 THE CATHEDRAL, AFTER THE DISASTER 50 ARCANGELO’S HOUSE 51 MESSINA. WHERE MARIETTA LIVED 51 STROMBOLI FROM THE “BAYERN” 114