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 "Yes." He also said to her that the boy was to play the harp in Chicago. The boy said that he wanted to play the violin, but the defendant said that he must play the harp, and the boy then said that he would play the harp. The boy went with his uncle to Naples, thence he went to Marseilles and London with another boy. At London he met the defendant and other boys, and they came from London to New York in the steamer. On the way over the defendant said to the boy, "If we get arrested say we are going to Montreal." The boy had no relations in Montreal.

The story of Quirino was this: His mother is living. His father died in New York. The boy was born in Calvello, Italy, and lived there. He is a relative of the defendant. He has a sister. His family are poor. He did not work at anything, but went to school. The boy and his mother, his uncle and the defendant, being together at Calvello, it was verbally agreed between the mother and the defendant that the boy was to be four years and a half with the defendant, in Chicago, and that the defendant was to give the mother 40 ducats. The defendant said: "You live four and a half years with me, and I will teach you the business, and whatever money you make you will give to me." The mother said: "If you want to go, go; I don't want to compel you to the contrary." The uncle said the same. The defendant told the boy he would have to learn the violin, and that he would be clothed and fed. The boy said that he would go. His uncle took him from Calvello to Marseilles. There he met the defendant, who took him to London, and thence to New York in the steamer. On the way over, the defendant told the boy to tell every one that he was going to see his uncle in Montreal. He did not have an uncle in Montreal.

The story of Givrieri is this: His father and mother are living in Calvello, Italy, where he was born. He has a brother and a sister. His mother proposed to the defendant to take the boy to America. The defendant had just returned from there. He said, in the presence of the boy, that America was a good place, and he talked of the "beautiful things of America." He said to the father and mother: "If you