OV£ DJLLAS PES ANNUM, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
'I'OWANDA :
Cdinriian fllorninn, 'April \\, 1533.
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WE WATCHED HER 3REATHINO.
BY THOMAS HOOD.
" Sin 1 -le?y>®;
11-r smile hath I'.wsA awav.
As dies a rii-ple uu lU .-en.
We watched her breathing through the night.
Her breathing soft and low.
.\® on her breast the wave of life
Kept heaving to and fro.
S> silently we seemed to speak.
So slowly niov>'d about.
As we had lent her half our powers
To eke her being out.
Oar very hopes belied our fears,
i ur tears our lie pes belied ;
W t th -ujiht her dying when she slept.
And akeptug \> mn she died.
T t when tlie morn came, dim and sad.
And chill with early showers.
Her piiet eyelid® cL>sod ;—she had
Another morn than ours.
SEVENTEEN.
J seventeen I the sweetest age
l'luti ® entered on fair beauty'® page ;
1.1. - ke the rvvse-bud cleft in twain,
Kio- :.kr tiu stars beneath Miue cloud,
1 • .t , me® their sparkling light to shroud ;
R: h tresses of the auburn gl->w,
Tree wav ing o'er a brow of snow.
And the bosom hea\ me. swelling:
W k l.g Cnpid holds his dwelling;
O: woman's life, no year, 1 ween.
Lik* soft, ®eet. pouting Sktiititot!
>rlr c t r b fal r.
[i>. m Cook's Journal.]
M ATIX> I'ALCOXE.
The people of Corsica are amongst the most
peculiar in Europe. They remind one of the
i.niniie ages—or its
veofjtfiifaKfk feadal contentious, and savasrc
aart are C>r®ica i® a department of France,
but it has nothing Frenchabont it. Corsica is
Italian —and more ltaliau than Italy itself.—
I; i® what Italy may hate been hundreds of
r® auo. before it was civilized by art®, mau
:. r®. and education. Napoleon was a Corst
. and never a Frenchman, though he made
France and its glory the stepping-etone to his
7.: km. The i'orsicans to this day are little
Niter than a colony of banditti—it is parcelled
it a® it were, among some two hundred rob
ler chieftains cech confaiiy ftutnsdf to his
particular distriet. from which he draws a re
venue ot irrcs.vb.ir impost.®, and periuaneut
lack mail. Deadly feuds are stiii commou
amongst these "mile families and i'..e ] ri
vate war® which decimated Europe in the
eleventh and twelfth venture®, have still their
counterpart In that island, and display them
selves in a perjvetual play of sanguinary out
rages of whioh. howcv r.civilized Europehears
little or nothing. Vet. a® recently as I
we did hear of a terrible encounter which took
place x*iween the Fikppi ami IVsriumani—
two irrcat families of VonriMtg n few miles
from Bastia. iu which two person® were killed
a: I a large numler wouuded. The rule of re
ui. ati.vn i>eing customary iu (\>r-ica, ten jht
- ® w ere afterwards takt a off by private assas
.t. a in cousequcnce of this quarrel, one of
persons killed being a priest, a partisan of
- F ippi. who was shot while descending the
s'ejvs of the altar.
I . t tscts nobles live in houses orcastLs
w . r> _!),urty ; rt.m-ii and seiiliiw lied—
and this is the ease even when they live in
towns—the rival families sometimes, as in the
0 of the two families above named. living
• ate side* of the same Street, so that a ,
t f hot f. ud. a monse dare scarcely vea
t m Uof the opposite and rival hi ■>••. with®
Vine a mark for sundry rifles from the
• ■ -r s ie of the way. When the vi!!avrs
naw a* of d- vr*. ail of them belonging to '
one or The <v?her factkms. they take their rifles !
' * -'i us a matter of conn*: and they
-*at their taUMS,or are Shot aft by them.
* ' Deadly enmities are
;• slight matters. F-r instance, a
- j demon, the son of a M. Mihqff*.
8 I: " hand of the daughter of an oUgCß
rvg to the oppose fart;- .n The j
- v -a> r-e'.i®-d. and forthwith s! t the oki
- 'w ... v h me j*' *mt. vcs c, I .ie mur-
V mi waged the usual Cursku u 1 intfi j
rderer and al! his kin. the issue of 1
< as -sit \| \{a la spina the father of
15 : jtocih was shortly after as
• d. r .® occurrence took >dace only a
Shl a the character of the nobles, th*: |
conr. ?n twvple tr.ay easily 'no imagin ®1 i
banditti abound in *1! rv-irt® of (.'•arsiea. ;
- - tre fmjuentiy taken into the pay of toe
' at..' ivvii.aa ot a feudal *-uAreak. ,
A "_ ' ® fay plunder {<<? themseivo,
jnd ca.tt ...n their own f-mds. Every man of j
ks armevi in broad daylight, and is
r in x to ®rv .i a ballet through s nval on a mo
' ' '*vv Yet, w'vuid yhi K-liere it,
- >; r.i c.-hi® ®c'.v®e c<l " U\<nor~ j
■ c ;.r. r®t baadi'.tt, —wt.er. h*:u
--7"• c " ' ''/.. thev will i-.ril their lives
® me su-Tor of their felh>w<.—ami on sve-h oc- i
s' ivo ji 'al. and if need be. uetetwi a
■■.' v® is nciir,.*.*, .ti.cv® m
"• v: ;. ®.v.r®i duty, a. ia mind
y* owndulsw, the rv ader lable to
' d the dark trasredv which we are now
1 to relate, his n < mere invention. Iwit
• *" irrt e. the i> ac.tur facts v f which
'■ asaa®.; in the French papers a few
' •a".; we tn,*y .. id, :> thoroughly
' *• r'.st f the savage and ftndom fca
~^v*s Kff
A ' ie n rth west td rortoYtokw.
• m® r jkvdy fr ai the ®c® ore tvaards
-• • 5-w's walk
THE BRADFORD REPORTER.
ing tlirougli tortuous roads', sometimes cut
across by ravines, and in many places obstruc
ted by rocks, the traveller at length reaches an
extensive copse, knowu iu the island as the Mur
quis of Porto Vecchio. The copse is so dense
iu many places, so twined and interlaced togeth
er by strong weepers, tlmt even the sheep fail
to penetrate them.
\\ hen a Corsicau kills another Corsioau iu
a feud or quarrel, he takes to the copse ; and
it he be provided with gun, powder, and ball,
he will be able to live t tore for sometime in
perfect security. The shepherds all provide
the fugitive with bread, cheese, and chestuuts,
and he has uothiug to fear from the relatives
of the deceased, except when he next descends
to the towns to lay in a Vesh store of ammu
nition.
Mateo Falcone 1 irod on the skirts of this \
copse, iu the year 18 —. lie was a man mo
derately well to do in the world—a sort of far-,
mer, though he did not work himself; he lived '
on the produce of his thvek®. which his shep
i herds, a kind of nomadic nice, pastured among ;
i the neighboring hills. Mateo was about titty j
i years ot age at the date of our narrative. Im
agine a little thick-set man. with frizzled hair,
black as jet. an acquiliue nose, compressed lips, j
: and large l.hu k lustrous eyes lli.® dexterity ;
with his gun was cited as extraordinary, even
in a country where mas'; of the natives are ex-;
pert marksmen. At a hundred and twenty pa
ces he could send a bullet through the shoulder
i or head ot a deer with precision and certaiuty.
llis fire was a® deadly at night a® - by day. and
some of his rejtoried feats of dexterity iu this '
way would appear incredible to those who have
not travelled in Corsica.
Mateo Falcone was a warm friend, but a
deadly enemy. Kindly and charitable amongst
h;s neighbojs, he lived at peace with them, and
wa® much r. spected iu the Poto Vecchio dis
• triot. notwithstainiing sereral feats j.>erfornied ,
with his deadly rifle, which would not have ad
ded to his respectability among a le®s savage
community. For instance, it was curreutlv re
lated of him. that at Corte. from which place
( he had married hi.® wife, he had summarily dis
embarrassed himself of a rival, almost as good (
a shot as himself, and who was formidable,
alike, in love as in war : at least. Mateo jrot
till th- cmlit of a certain rifle bu let which sur
prised this ri\ ai of ho . as he was one day shav
ing umtself ix'iore a little mirror hung iu his
window-frame. But the affair Laving blown
over. Mateo married the object of Li® rivalry ;
and his wif\ (iui<ej])a. brought hint. fir®t. three
daughters, at which Mateo was much annoy
ed, and lastly, a son. whom he named Fortu
nate. lie wa® the hoje of the family, and the |
ir.heritor of the family name. The daughters
were all well married : and Mateo, at need,
could reckon '.uavn the jxfinani® andenriunes of
ho sons-in-law. The ®on. Fortunate, was, at
the date of our story, only ten year.® old, and i
he already gave indications of a good di>po>i-1
tion and character.
One day. in autumn. Mateo set ont carlv, '
with his wife, to visit one of his thicks, which !
was ijrarang in a distant part of the copse.—
L;tt.v L rtuuato wished, to accompany him. but
i the place was : i £ar off, so the boy was left.
to take care of the house. Mateo had l>eeu
gone Sbme h-mrs. dad the little bo? was lyinsr 1
La®kiug in the suu. paring at the blue moun
tains in the instance, and congratulating hiui
eioalnj Sunday, he should sro j
, to the n •:g!ib..ring town to dine with his uu
e!" the when he was suddenly roused
y the r port of a cum. He ro®e and hketi
aero®® the plain, towards the place from whence
tne noise j roeci-ded. Other shots followed,
firm at irregij'ar intervals, and alw ay® coming
nearer and nearer. At lost, along the path!
wh: •.. fed flmdttt plain, towards the house of'
Mateo, there appeared a man wearing a point
ed bonnet, such as the C'orsiean mountaineers
usually wt-ar ; L-. was a bearuid. wsld-iooking
' fellow, covered with rags, and he dtiggjed him
self ai' -ng with difficulty, leaning heavily on his
carbine. He had just received a ainsket bullet
in his thigh.
Tiiis man was a audit -®-a prcril*xl Forsi
ean—whi', hat .i-j t oat I y night, to bwj gun-'
pow ler in the town, had fallen iu-.
to on oadfturadi -f n i.-.nue®. After making 5
a vi<r>rous defetwe, h- to retresit, firing
u|su hi® pursuers, woo followed him from rock
to r>K.k. and gain-, i rapidly ajon him ; but his
wound ® ri u:®'y hii{®:.d hi® flight, and lies- :
pah ug of ret hing the hnfe, In his wounded
state, he Unlit with made for the dwcMtng of
Mateo
\ 2 are te s>u of Mateo 1 aicune said
he to Fortonato. s® At dr w uc^r.
Yes."*
"Then lam Giaaetto Sonpiero. lam pur-*
sitf-i by y llow-aeck®. Hide me. for 1 car pro®
cc*d no further.**
" And what w: M . my lVttK-r say. if I conceal
you without hi® permission V
•• He will say thou hast done well.""
" How d 1 know that T*
I " Come." said the Btt, eagerly. " hide me |
qu Ait ; th- y will le here direc tly "
• Wait till tay father comes."
" Wait ? i arses .' Hide me at oitoe. or I
kill you."
F rtunato r ; i*>i with the greatest u v
chv'.ar s? —Your gun is discharged, and y u
have no ui.>r\ eharsre® in your cartoo<-he-box."
i iia.e my dagger."
" And can you run as quick *> I r oskeii
the I- y. ®jcringing lightly berood lac bainbi's
reach.
•Ha ! yon are rx>t. then, the c on of Mateo
Fakvue. He would aver let me 1* ATT- -ted
■ a? hi- door.*
Toc boy moved. " Vfu.; will you!
c -err.-," said he. ap}rcach:: g idc xao. "if I
conceal roc T*
Ti c 1-oad.t fell within a leather pouch that j
h„® -rv reutnl Lis wa..®!. an ! drew forth a five
fraiw tiiece. which he h*.i d m'-tfess intended
to sjxad oo ammunition. Fononato* smiled
at sigh: of the nxmcv. He took it, and iaki,
i wil hide you, then ; fear nouiiog."
3'c-ry near to the hex®* was a hayrick, into
z hole ir. the bottom of which Fortunate di
rected the Kac-.iit to Then hastily <*o
eericg up tine ojweing. the boy the
i rst and its h;*r of k twa.®, and p'-td ticm
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over tlie hiding place. Seeing traces of blood !
along the path, he ran and sprinkled dust over
them, aud then lay down again in the suu, as
if asleep.
In a few minutes, six voltigeurs, commanded '
bv an adjutant, appeared before the door of:
Mateo. This adjutant happened to be a dis
tant relative of Falcone. He was called Tio-,
doro Gamba : he was an active fellow, some 1
w hat of a terror to the bandits, several of whom
he had tracked and captured.
Good-day to you. my young cousin." said I
lie, accosting Fortunato. " Dear me, what a
big boy you have grown ! Have you seen a
uian pass this way, just now
" Yes. I am big ; but I have not grown so
tall as you yet, cousin," said the boy, assuming
1 a simple air.
i "Oh 1 you will be very soon : but tell me—
I Lave you seen a man pass by ?"
j '3es a man with a pointed black cap, and
a red and yellow waistcoat ?"
" Have I seen a man pa®s by ?"
" A man with a pointed black cap. and a red j
i and yellow waistcoat
" Yes ! aa>wcr me quick, and don't repeat
iny questions."
"Well. then. M le Cure passed this morning, '
on his horse IV*ter. lie asked me how father !
did. and 1 sjiid •"
i "Ah ! you little Rogue, you are up to tricks!
Tell me at once if Giauetto, the bandit, ha.®
passed, for it is him we seek ; 1 am quite cer
tain that he came this way."
" How am 1 to know f"
1 " How are you to know ? Why 1 kuow very j
well that you have seen him."
" I)u vou think 1 can see people when P am
asleep ?"
" \ou have not been asleej), vou good for
nothing. The firing must have awakened !
you."
■ " You think, then, cousin, that your muskets
make so big a noise. I tan tell you that fath- :
er's carabine makes a far bigger."
i " May the devil confound you. you little re
probate. lam rertaiu you have seen Gianetto.
1 shall not be surprised if you have even cou
, ceah. d liim. Ho ! comrades, let us search the
house. Hv wa® along on OIK- k-ir.and
1 could mat have gone far. Besides, here are
the tracks of blood."
" And what will papa saya®ked Fortuna
to with a grin—"what will he say wheu he.
learns mat you have entered his house while
he wa> absent ?"
" tvainp that you are !"* cried the adjutant,
seizing the boy by the ear. " i have a trood
inind to make you change your tune : perhaps
twenty ®truke> with the flat of a sabre will
make you speak out."
Fortunato grinned acrain. " But my father
i< Mateo Faleoue. you know." said he. with em
phasis.
i " Don't you know, you little fool, that I can
i carry you to Corte or to l>a®tia. where 1 could
! put you into a dungeon, with irons on your lej^.
• Now. sirrah. I will have you xuillotined. unless
! you tell me at one? where Gianetto San]aero
i k- " i
j The boy burst into laujiter at his eou-in's ,
threat, lie only related, " But my father is
Mateo Falcone."
" Adjutant." said one of hi® men to him in a
low voice. " pray, don't get us embroiled with
Mateo."
Gainba was evidently emljarrasseil, and was
in doubt as to how he was to proceed. He
went to a siue with the men, and consulted
with them in an under tone. By this time they
• had thoroughly searched the he use. bat eonH
fimi no traces of the fugitive The search did
not take them K>ng ; for Mateo's cabin eon
si® ted of but one -quare roi>m. with the usual
furniture of table. ®-a : ®. chests, and articles
for hunting- or domestic uses Meanwhile.
I ortumtto lay duwti and ouvsfed the cat aud
her kittetis, and ®< mvd maiicicusly to enjoy
the cottfnsioo of the roUgtos and hi® e>>usin.
One of the men approaehxl the hayri k ; h*
saw the i*at. ami gave her a pa®®m:r poke with
his bayonet amount the nay : but he
sred his shoulder?, a.® it" he felt that to search'
there were < idy absurd. Nothing >tirretl. r.or
did the face of the boy betray the slightest
emotion.
Tste adjutant and his men utter® 4 -! impreca
tiu® at the continued obsliuaey c;* Fortunato.
Tacy already b _an to thiuk of proceeding
across the plaiu, when the adjutant, seringthat
al! threats vain, d-tvnniaed to try a dif
ferent < • urse. axsd see what flatten- and bribe®
would effect.
" little cowb, euroe here," said be : 4 *yna
: seem to be a nurry fellow, man are lilijiug
tlie rogue with me a bit; and if it wt-rn'i for
. the nwqiiHMm that I would be causing to my
coQsin Mat-.-o. ! ->n!! certainlv carrv voa off
with uie."
" Bail !"
But w hen my ou®ia I do not
tell him of thi? affair, and then ®<-i if he will
I not flog you within an inch of yo ir life for hav
ing Hed to nte s v"
• How do y<.m know that f"
j " Well, you will ee. But coiue now, if you
I will only he a g>i boy. 1 * ,i! give y-.u sooto
j tbiux nice."
'■ And I will give a bit of advice." sawl j
i Fortunato. "which is, that <f you waste n;or
time. Giaiv-fto will - rely get into the cop*
aud then it wii; be of no more u®e for you anu
: your louis to go in sean h .f hua."
• The adjutant bad drawn fr ai hi® fob a sil
ver watch, worth ab- at ten crowns! and ob
®r. .g the i-ycs of the little F -rtimato sparkled
as he ;t. holding it no by its copper chain,
| he sahi to him—
" Now. yoc little r.xru-\ you ' Wcaki'nt yi>n
like to have a wau-h roi ad y xr mx * ?
And theu you coukl wxik the ,®'rc of Poto 1
\ Vecchio as cay a® a peaovk ; and then pe>
\ pie woukl ask of y>;m : " >Yhat o'chvk is rt.
Master Fortunate F or wfl—h you would say,
I" Look at oy wat.-h and see !~
Oh, ye?, when I a.ma duie b-igger. lnyon
cie, the corporal. to give me a watch."
Bn*. the son of thy ancle La® already gct
one. a.tborarii be is yr anger than y-u : ard
then his watefc is ootbtßg like so fiat a one as
this ~
T> b.\v sighed
" Well, will you have this watch or not, mv
little cousin.
Fortunato, glancing at the wateh with the
j corner of his eye, looked like a eat to whom a
' whole chicken is offered. He fancied that his
j cousin was only mo. king him, and he durst
j not clutch the watch. From time to time
I he turned his eyes away from it, as if to avoid
' the temptation ; and the expression of his face
' seemed to .®ay. " How very cruel this pleasan
i try is !"
i But the adjutant seemed to be quite iu ear
nest. and ®tiil he licit! out the watch. At
length Fortunato cried, " Why do you mock
me so ?"
" By heavens ! [ do not mock you ! only !
tell me where Gianetto is, this wateh i® i
yours."'
hortunato still suiileil iucreilulouslv. and fix- ;
iug his iilack eye® on those of the adjutant, he
fancied he saw there an expression of that good I
! faith which his words pretended.
" May I lose my epaulette," cried the adju
taut. "it I do not at once give you the watch i
j ou the condition I have named. Comrades, vou
are wiiacsses ; and I cannot go back from mv J
word." ~ " j
llius sjieaking. In- brought the wateh nearer '
: to the boy ® eyes, tili it almost touched his pale j
j cheek. One might ®_-e the struggle going on 1
jin his bo®om, between covetousuess aud the
right® ot hospitality—regarded as almost ®ac- i
red by Lorsieaus. His breast heaved, and he :
! seemed ready to choke. The wateh was still
j before his eyes : it turned round and swung
j before him, almost touching the point of his
| nose. At last, little by little, the bov's right '
hand raised itself towards the watch : theti]>.®!
j ef his finger® toa-hed it ; and theu it rested
within hi.® hand, without the adjutant quittincr
the end of the chain. The dial was azure; the j
| ease had been newly polished : shining iu the
sun. it apjiearcd al! on lire.
ihe temptation \\u too strong, audit master
ed the boy.
F< -rtuuato raising his left hand, pointed j
i with his thumb -ver hi® shoulder at the hav- \
rick asrainst which he was leanin-r. The a.lju
tant instantly comprehended the meaning of
the sign lie let go the chain, and Fortuna
to found lumselt the jossessor of a watch !
lie -pruiu up with the aarility of a vouiudei-r.
an-1 beuinae-l off some ten paces from the hav
rick, which the voiiigeurs were now bustiv
searching.
1 hey soon saw the hay .-tirriiij" ; and then a
man. a.! bloody, with a dagger in hi.® Laud,
• emerged from the bottom of the rick : but a®
he attempted to gaiu his feet, his stiffened
wound prever'cil Iroin hoklinar himself njiriirht.
and he fell. The adjutant threw himself ujwju
the mau a;c; snateiied iu® dacc-.-r from him, aud
in a few I®. despite a -\ii desjverate re
i sistaui-e. the bandit was tightly bound with
i conl®—a king's prisoner.
Gianetto. lyintr ou the strouiid. buandlike a i
f ig>t. now turned hi.® iiea-i towards Fortunato.
' who by this ftimc had drawn uigh. " Ah. trai-.
tor. sou of !" Hi® r-.pr ach was dcliver
• e-i in a tone of infinite contempt, rather than
of an-r- r. The boy threw at him the piece of
silver which he Lad received from the roober
a® toe price >f iu® concealment, as if conoowma
tnat ue did not now deserve to retain it -. but
the bandit took no notice of the ac'. lie cool
ly said to the adjutant. " My dear Gamba. I
( cannot nft : yon w:i] be oUgri to carrv me j
to the town."
\\ iv. ®aid G.. ;'>a. "only a few minutes
ago. you rau like a roebuck ; but be at your i
ea®e ; I am well ph-a®ed to have taken vou.
and I wiKiid L- willing my®c!f to carry y--u a ■
leiurne upjn a- k. Nev-rthci—. comrade, i
we w ill make a litter of brunches for you. and
spread jour doak over it : we s!ail v -.- able to
get hvr®- ® at the farm of
" G-'-xi !" Sahl the prisoner : "ami put a lit
tle straw up>: the iitt-r. that I may be some
what ei-mfor tabic
M"hi:e the v .hig. l-® were thus busy. ® ene
' onstrm ting the litter, oth r® in dres®i; lw - Gl
anetto's w- and. Ma*- • Falcone an ! hi® wif
' sotfenly ani-are 1 at the tnm of the pstn !
wjuch led into the e-te. The wife w-j® hea
vily laden with a grtA ®a< k of cLotuuts.while
| h-r imsbOnd strutted ■ >ti before. "" ii> onlv'
- his sruu in hi® baud, with another dim ia hi®'
ahonMerdielt : for it is th-wxrht un®- riv
amonjst men of his class in Onß t j carrv j
any other burde . than fire-arm®.
At sight of -tie >>idivrs near his house. Ma
teo's first thought was that they had come lo
fairest kin. But wherefore? Nad he donei
anvthimr of la: to embroil him with the an
thorit'.o ' N : u- •-■x.d mi. to d'.d _•
Hv CUj yid _ it vharo.ct.-r—a® r:. ! .-rs
CO in I <r-.00. He la. ; a very fair re* ute ;
• but tlien he was a Corsican anl mountaineer :
and iherv ar? |tcrhap® f-w of such who. if the;
raD®ack * . dr ineui-ry. r-.-t find recorded
there one pnefodiUo or other—®uv h .v.® * rau® ]
ket >!.*. a <Sagg-r >lroke, and such small mat-:
• tors. But theu at this present time. !
l.a-l hi® •'.-■ 7r. v: ' ar **l ..3 m ®t t
p!e in tkia jwyoU ; for it wa® now s-.-me top j
jnnfs s.uce he lia '. uraw a trigger on a man.— ;
B ax ai-ays wxry. .. w-\..r. de}x: ; .:.® d i
. .- A.-<y. . 1- .v 3 iii-l-fui.i®! t.< ;VC
vai- canxioaslv.
r ®a . - *■■ G down th
: ®*ck. ami hold yourself in readiness ~ Slie dni
100 in OB intut Ho onslunj: hi® scven-I gun.
and cave lo —r • h-.-ii. i.'arryiasr :h- otb
er iu hi® hand, be advanced .®e-*iy toward® tLc
I honor, ready at the slightest hisfilc demon*
j®t rat sou. to thow himself Ijefcind the lirsiest
trunk of a tree he e-wr'd first, fr -m thecv-vrrof
which he uiiiritt ®*-> ir.!y drfvtr I.i® fire. Hi®
j a;te quietly fi-Mowed his steps. The basMa
lof a good help male in Corsica, we may re
mark. i®. in cane of a fight, to charge the anus
of her busband
O" the other ba>i. the as : utatt wa® verv
mo- it I'Mnmcc at .x Ms' oe advance in
this uxaOrr. with cautxsis step®, bis in his
and his fittger or. the trigger If. by chance.
, G:aneto. his pn.->ner, sucbi fwe a relative
4 no Loattci how di?-a_t—of Mateo or oi® wife,
then the adjutant *..• uiniv.-!f. the contents
of those two z*re® will certainly Ve kdg-td ia
two of u®. a® stir-, a? a letter by the post, atsu
utu.h 'i it', k- frea -x i." . I h ® relative
In this dilemma, Gumba veiituretl on a IhjUl j
course, which was. to advance frankly to Ma- |
teo aud tell him of the whole affair. So he j
walked forward to meet him ; but the short j
| distauce w hieh separated him froth Mateo j
i seemed terribly long.
| "Hullo! ah! my old comrade," cri-d he
i advancing, " how goes it with you? Don't
| \ou know me? 'Tis I. your cousin Gamba." }
Nnloe, without replying a word, stopjKd, j
and, a.® the other spoke, he raised the barrel of |
his gun, and placed it over his shoulder, us the j
adjutant joined him. I
"Good day, brother," staid the adjulant, i
holding out hi® hand ; " it is a long time .®.iuce
I have seen you."
" Good day, brother."
I had come to say * good day' to you in
pa-sing, and to my cousin Pepu. We have had
a i.hig journey to-day ; but we must not com
plain of our fatigue, for we have made a glori
ous prize. We have just taken Gianetto
piero."
" God i-e prais.-d. exclaimed Guiseppa, " he
stole a m-ik goat of ours lasr week."
ih'-se word® di lighte-1 (iambi.
" Poor devil !" said Mateo, "he was hun
gry." - t
" The fellow fought like a lion," continued
the adjutant, somewhat mortified ; "he has !
killed one of my men, aud not content with
that, lie La.® bn-kf-n the arm of Corporal Char
dou—but that doesn't matter somu<-h. as he is
only a Frenchman. He got himself so th<>
roughly concealed among your hay that the
d— l himself could not have found him out. had
it not been for ray little cousin Fortunato." j
" Fortunato?" cried Mateo.
" Fortunato ?" rejieated Guiseppo.
\ es. Gianetto lay hidden beneath the hav-;
rick there, but my little eou.®iu pointed out toe
s- t>undre! I will t-.-li liis uncle of it. to his :
praise ; and hi® name, a® well a.® their shall ap
]<ear in the r. jvrt of the transaction wuieh I !
will seuu to the Advocate General."
" Cur.®es !" muttered Mateo to himself,
i hey had by this time eoine up to the group \
b-.fore the cot t a ire. Gianetto i'av stretched j
upon the litter, una the party was ready to
star: for the tow n. When the pri®oner saw j
Ms.t-.-o advancing w.tL (aii.i>a. he sm-ici bit
t riy. and turning his head towards the door ,
of the hou®.?. and he spat at the threshold. J
cryinsr, ' llou®-- of a traitor !"
Only a man reckless of death durst venture j
tliu® to pronouiw e the word " traitor." opplv- [
imr it to Mateo Falcone. A thrust of the dag- [
ger, not needing to e r jK;-at'?d. woul l in-taut- j
ly have paid for the insult ; but now Mateo 1
made no other ®i_ru than to carry hi® hand to hi- .
face, as a mau would do who feels over- ■
helincl w :h ®!.arue and ignominy.
lortunato iiad entered the Lou.®e on seeiair ■
hi? father come up. He now approached the ]
isjuiid bandit, bearing a bowl of m ik. which j
he prescuted. with abashed eves, to GiaiK-tto. j
" Be off. far from me !" cried the prisoner I
with a thundering voice. Tfeo, toning t>- f
wards one of the soldiers, he said, "Comrade, |
give me drink.' lire soldier plac.d a gourd i
water in his hauls, ami ti; • bandit thanked
him—the roan with whom but a few uiiaiMs j
before, he had been ex'cLaugimr deadly shot-, i
*1 lieu he r-c. ucsteu the mau to fasteu lis baud?
? j that they iie a-.ro?.® Lis brea®t. in
i>iaee of Laving them tied behind at® back —-
" I ~ke." said he. "to !x* laid at my ease."—
They endeavored to satisfy him ; th.-n the ad- \
i-uai.. -.< the -xual to d-jirt Ink wfiew to -
Mi t-.-o and i. • '-.ii off m me direction oi tne •
tow n at a qiack pa> e.
Mateo, Gai- 'ppa, at,.! the IjOv. eut into the
c itage Mre than teu m nutcs ela; ®s !>.®
t -re iMatoo opened iL® tips. ILe boy .v-eiue-I <
I Vry a:. -a®y. alio .il;Xcre-_'.r-ied hi® father
2iU-j mother bv turn.-, while Mateo, leauiug'-u
■ - c ;u. eyed Li? wilk a look of terrible.
anger.
•Y u ria well!" a: last cried Mat o. la
a c:ilm voice, but frightful to those who ki.v
the nature of the man.
I ataer . cr.c-i t r,e '--y. n.-an .c w . *:.
tear.® in hi® eye®, a® if tatfeuv hnndf on hi*
knee® But Ma'-ij fur; u®ly exclaim-?' ' (.•;
tbee behind ne !* And the ter gfemri an-1
>••' : standirg immoveable at a0 ir paces
distant.
Guiseppa approached. She had cau_-;.* ®tgh:
•' t • w.-.t !.- Lair. *: - r-t of which Lui .*f* m
the ®L"-t breast of Fortunato.
• Who Las given thee thi® wat--h ?" ?h • ask
ed, in a severe tone.
" My cousin, the adjutant."
Kkine ®e:z- , 'l the watch, ami dnKnfit vi
oiei-tiy ou the heartu . i.-roke it into a
hii'. p <-?-®
" crietl he, " is this 'ony min - ?"
The brown >-L - it of Gnisepjia in®-an>e ia
-a y r 1. "What -ay yevu. Mateo? Dj
you know what friebtful w --rl® yoaiiar. said?" (
" Well ! this boy i® she first of nis race
iia® piayi-ti the traitor "
flat crying and MtUiing of Fortaaatortdoub-
M at Mi!'®', kept Lis lynx eye-. ut
■ "... a kind of suf-iced fury, constant:y f-xeu
-n him. Al !*®x he siruek the ground *itn
tuc .i < f in? rua. t • u rw. tLr v i:
over ais sL-adtkr, and i>.k the rood lannis
1 t-- C 'lts'. - A-. !X OB I -rtaXT-.' tv fo.. L-X.
1 ti- !--y o -eyed.
Guo-j mn after Mateo, ami sciz d hint
|by the aria. "He i? th} " ®a!i ®!;e. *■.:!,
•: voice full of teuibL an-i f.x rx her uxk
?ye® upon t !.®e of L r hx-liand. a.® if to read
| what wc® pa-dug in h - dark-mc-i s xi.
Le®vr us' aioi.c." -a i Mateo, sLakiix Lir
ioff: ■ 1 am Id.® fat .er."
bu : ;-a - -:a..-'-d kisse-l Ler -"-o. a: i
i rctiißiftl weepfng mto the cauu. She thr-
her®-" if "A her knee® before a nide image -f
I the Yrciu, r;. prayd to it with ft rv- r
Meanwhile Fakoae proceeded *b at two
..a-, .rel :-ex? ai.- x v-.; 'oot-path. and t .?-a
f-sceiMied into a little ravine mnert be suijp
i ed. Hi ® xaded the earUi w;tc toe but: of
i.® gaa. i fouu-i ii was ® >;': aud easy to Jig.
Ihk | iacc was suitable for ii.® purpose.
: Fortssuto, p.- oad sLiad beade that b'g
! stone."
Th- boy did a® Ise was bid-lrtx, az-i then he
j knelt down
I " Ssy thy prsTcn." I
VOL. XV. —XO. 44.
" My father, my father, do not kill urn."
" Huv thy prayers !" repeated Mateo, in a
terrible voice. The boy, sobbing and weeping
repeated the Pater uutl the Credo. His fulh
j er. :n a loud voice, responded A men, at the end
j of each prayer.
" Are these oil the prayers that you know?"
Mv father, I still know the Ave Alitoa
; and the Litany . which my aunt taught ffie."
*' It ie very long—but nevermind, goon."
The Ijoy said the Litany in a faint voice.
" Have you uone V*
) "<)h, my father, mercy! Pardon rne ! 1
will never do the like acain ! I will pray mv
i eou-iu, tiie corporal, to get (Jiaaetto forgiven.'
I He went on speak: ug. Mateo raised his
gun and levelled it at the youth, saying,
" Muy God pardon thee !" The boy made a
desp'Tatc effort to r<— and run to his fathers
knees. Hut there was no time. Aiateo tired,
and Fortnuato fell dead.
Without easting one glance at the eorj*se,
Mateo took the road towards his home for a
spade where* itii to dig a grave tor his boy.—
He had not got: • many steps before he met
Gui>ep|iu, ..i,j . ran out alarmed at the
aOUud of the guu-.shot.
j Wua* thou done?" she critd.
" Ju-tie,!"
\\ here 1~, oe ? '
" lu the ravine ; I am going to bury him.—
He died like a Christian ; I w;:i have a maos
a.d tor the repose of his soul. Let my sou-in
law, I'.odoro Jliunch .be nt fur tooome and
live with Us now."
<1 R' MBI.ING AT At'VEßTrsFifE.vrs.—The follow
ing sensible remarks we clip fr -m the Colum
; bu.-> Statesman
M -u. at tine are very unreasonable, and <f
-- n practice one thing und preach another.—
For example, a firmer has beef. • orn and f*-
baeeo to sell. .Should u purchaser wish to bov
Hi; beef without the bon> the fom without the
! cob. or the tobacco v. ihuut the stem, end this
1 without peyini an extra price over the regi'ar
1 terms, the farmer very proj>erly regards the
| proposition u- oatrageoos, and -elis the bone
'as w-li as the beef. aad thinks it right,
! as :a truth it •< ; and yet we constantly find
them grnmbling a* newspaper publishers for
refus:mr to do it. Owners of newspsoera re
fuse to sell corn without the cob, and beef
xituout toe bone unless an extra price is paid,
—i. e.. th-v refuse to publish newspaper
.without advert.-em-Hits. la doinsr this thev
t only do what ttc ir readers practice iu all mat
-1 t r- of bu-iness of anaiagous character
Th-r fore a ruau complains to us for
: having adverti-eraeats in our paper. and ex
| pr.'-->'-- a wish that they may b -taken out. and
■ reading u.att .-r substituted, we avow our per
: feet wiilingne— to second his wishes on the
jayinir of an extra pri'-e. To ek us to exclude
i ali from our columns, and to
: -eil our j taper at present price?, wuuhl be a*
unreasonable a- to a-\ or. • of oar farmers to
soil u- beef wit; out tie- bonc. at five cents per
I pound. while every!<oJr else w a selling both
! t'V'th-r at that -urn. I • you see?
i In short, that i- the uuestioa. Will voa
; nave a paper with no fidvertiscniott?, or r.o pa
■ ]>er ..t all ? Tli.= -j the true .--u--. Trie hones
as v.••]! as tic he- -f. or c-♦thing, for a pa*rr
could le no !:;• sustained without advertise
me:it> than a far r..-r coold raise a crop with
out m .;. Wit:. few thoughts for a Cext.
fe- ery me of our readers can tcake * seiuiL-..
' sermon ju this subject.
— m . ■ ■
S ,xr. >T.M- ln the f undatloD platform
nt on wiiich the aricl-nt t moles s.-.-od in Ha&i
be<-. there ore • -.even stones, ea h of which is
th rty-two t<-:t . nr. twelve in heitrht, and tea
in t.' i.iaess. In anoth-r part of the -nine
foundation wai. th r-; are lure? -avne.-. the nni
" tei ienrth of v iii a i- one hundred ami eight j
- ven Twi —two - ! ih -m bvinsr s itv two and
"her - xty-tnrec i" -" "n ienirtk. cut with
faaltka exactand .:ii of them ■so iMritih
h rc-tj to each o'rcr. that JM Cuiat forco
a ca: ;lr noeu. - :Lt" icrevice. i>
♦ u: joint eo pwfr t Uwt it can only !••• di&ieru
ed by the mimut-st search ; it is not erea
perceptible as the juncture of two panes of
jcr nuek have bccg pasted togetbai 1 . La per i
V'*>.ilLi- .1 a-r-. p-to ; :ivirrv out, ami cu%
*Ld .u■ - til- -C i :.n! •' • .1. t_c -mi.
ttxr Tiie E—i-l :eno Lasran-!. : derive
from the Ai|la£ltin words iu and >i*J,
wbach ugxitj the ü band of tba Loose tn; ic
was a . i :.t'y =..-U ' bOMet .mi." and CMMtiBB
t-1 to be thi?-= in some eviltion.- of t^a
Bibb ifter tbe tr i: lion of print
ing. A auslmad. then, is a -rjoDti—th -rjoDti—th -
l*eei o: the ha- —ti.at oi a cagirdl s tiw
: .n...y nto si.* oc.Ou : eDOtaj :f .. - e
ftci Tbe ancle of a Welsh
sr ;y ■ ff- Ki- 1 .- -far-, i :—t he ehoz 1 aever
f•♦roivv fh' icr.
Th • r. : : :-i-tvr a-k-i hirr. if Lc knew what tba
bfljie said. .
** No.** si'A he. ' *Vat doe- It
" A' _-~r mhdi in At of fv c- "
" Well. Thomas."* .-aid be. " goin-innt'T nl
tJI tia 1 ' nan tnat 1 fcrrive him all. I w|;'
not >K a f'>.4 to jet* nan any VjJt el l * *
I* - - i ~-..r! *' 1
l-.i'i - ra ile • Han to •rn-r a psadm at a -a1
■fk iJcafh lied : better to hare s care h. -
•nd s i<ar-t,i'u to -as. tnan %'hea tba
..-at o-he-i th- ina;t of the u-rgi-a -1
hloss* ui.
j-.-x. 'I- . •' a- -• -- : i t-' - an
f •" : i jlaar tavm* *■> sc.! Sow on
•a* '. a'.v eirps trareiera
- " r -T" : l!tfQ si tO®HB W<l- SfH&Q
walk'n; troand *ift a vail-e i hand. I*o
vid-Ik ixac- ia J ' " Ingenious poop *
th rc and --i_-ar ifrkbe.'S.
A- exptvaoed assorts, thsd
rrLtra men break tv.ir trins. it is a" the ; -srr a
4= whoa * '••"jster breaks sk of birr "aw*—ar
; otkrr - r HV-_vng .<*istely. rr:w rg 12
j its pkc*.