Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-10-26

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TRANSLATED FROM THE Fa2ScH OF
ALEXANDER DUMAS.
CHATTER VII.
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From the top of the stairs Of eight steps.
which led to the gate of the castle, inhabited
+ by Madame de Franchi and her son, the whole
+ place could be commanded.
( The public place, contrary to the previous
evening, was filed with people; however the
crowd was composed of women, and children
under twelve years only; not single man
was to be seen. Upon the first step OF the
church was a man solemnly girded with
7 tFi-colored scarf, it was the Mayor
Under the portico man dressed in black,
stood before table, on which lay written
paper This man was the notary; the writ
ten document was the act of reconciliation L
took my place on one side of the table with
Orlandini's witnesses; on the opposite side
were Colonna's witnesses behind the nota-
~ Lucien placed himself, who was equally
for the one as for the other.
In the back ground, in the choir of tho
church, we saw the priests ready TO celebrate
mass.
The clock struck ten.
At this moment thrill went through the
crowd, and all eyes were directed towards the
exuemeties of the street, if the irregular in
terval, left by the capriees OF seme fifty hous-
es built according to the fancy of their pro
prietors, may be called street
There appeared at the same moment, from
the side of the mountain, orlandini; and
from the river, Colonna; each was followed
by his partizens; but, according TO the pro-
gramme, none carried his arms: one might
have taken them, except their somewhat crab
bed countenances, for honest cauTch wardens,
following procession.
The two chiefs of the two factions present.
ed a very decided physical contrast; orlan-
DIM, as / have said was tall, Thin, Drowned,
quick Colonna was short, thick, vigorous;
he had red hair and red beard; beard and
hair were short and curled.
Both held in their hand an olive branch,
symbol of the peace they were about to con-
clude; it was poetical invention of the May
or's.
Besides, Colonna held by its legs white
hen, destined to replace, as damages, the hen.
which ten years ago, had given birth TO the
quarrel. The hen was live one.
That point had been discussed for long
time, and came very near breaking oil the
whole affair; Colonna considering 1t as
double humiliation to restitute alive the chick
en-, which his aunt had thrown dead at the
head of Orlandini's cousin. However, by
the strength of his logic and eloquenee, Luz
Glen prevailed on Colonna to give the hen,
and OH Orlandini to receive il. At the mo-
ment both enemies came in sight, the bells,
/ that had been silent for some moments, began
to toll with all strength.
+ Upon first perceiving each other OrlandlnI
and Colonna made like motion, clearly in
dicative of reciprocal repulsion; they howev-
er continued their road. Opposite the portal
of the church, they halted about four steps
from each other.
For about five minutes there was a silence
not only in these two clusters, but in the
whole crowd, which had nothing very pacific
in it.
The Mayor then taking the wand said
+ - Well Colonna, you know very well ii IS
your turn to speak.
/ Colonna made an effort and spoke a few
words in Corsican. | thought understood
I
for ten years in vendetta with his good
neighbor Orandini and that he offered him as
d Ieparation the white hen nc held in his hand.
I OrIandini waited till his adversary had
plainly finished his phrase, and answered in
few Corsican words, promising to recollcct
nothing but the solemn reconciliation which
was taking place under the auspices of the
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under the seal of the notary.
After which both kept silent again.
( - Well, gentlemen, said the Mayor, it ap-
pears to me that there had been an agreement
to shake hands
By an instructive movement both enemies
threw their hands behind their back.
The Mayor descended from the step on
which he was standing, and went to seek
Colonna's hand behind his back, then took Or
landini's hand from behind his back also, and
after some effort, which he tried to conceal
under smile, succeeded in joining the two
hands.
The notary seized this moment, arose and
said, while the Mayor continued holding fast
the two hands, " hich a, first did all they
could to disengage themselves, but resigned
themselves finally to be locked together.
- Before US, Giuseppe Antonio Sarrolla,
royal notary At Sullacaro. province ofSariene.
= On the public place Of the village, in
front Of the church, in presence of the Mayor.
the witnesses and the whole population.
- Between Gaetano Orso Orlando, alias
Orandini, and Masco Vicenzio Colopna, ALI
as Schioppone.
The following articles wore sole1nnly agreed
TO:
81 From this day, the It'll day of March,
1911, hencsforward the vendetta, which had
been existing between US since ten years shall