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 The Plosuee eessespssaaeat ~ tls knaaea Fsstce relates sSngaiaf aastMtnea tk&1 f04MNfle occurred at Pisa, whefe young nsSss af enF nsAn- ners sad fnipufaa ne. wga cut oA N tho miA4t af his sluss Scapegece es n wns, hs drciiwsa 4ha s.s9's.ses ss q os ssss.ss ' s,s sst ss ans ss. veHai. in saim aa axceg AhE aud psaus nst6t tpeMA Of his immortal rpSi, ard tAa penaltisa peRfsaseA In another wDgld hw thass who take lhasa 6f fAle n final inpenitenee-i in yasn did the fsstA deeiafs ,Aas the desH would sisla hun ss AIs cwn tAe osse oF tAs reverend geaseneN seeoamt hSWsis a v<iaa he saw hss tafesnai majesty maiseat isssds eaed ssnner en q similar aeeAslan. The l1nth died game, as tue greatest erninals often dos but before be gave np the ghost De made enr Of hts friends. Gsss.:, ssssssas =s s'isa p1unsise fAas he s-SalA watch over sh4 body in tha CAnnegle Moftuaifss and never leave is nntl it was son- sEned 10 it's iasi home, The CefsclaH kep. kis words sud alone, In the aead of ghe nlRht Ks xat by the saae of his departed ftiend in tha cnasens chapel. where eogpaes gre expuzed twenty -iaar hours before burial. eishcf ia eonsecEated oT un romseefased ground.
 But just as the clock struck twelve, a aeepxsean, accompanied by the Eatsling of chaias was heard. aHd Fhe watcher t0 hN hArftY SEW Exafk enle, arVsesl according to the nDst aptsxaved rnrkip fs hiitne pp devil, wsth tremendous hoFns. a lonx tau, eAani gnt round his sidy dgapea ta Fed and black, as His Satanic Majesty should be. The Co.siean had tusd heart, and lfe askedth& Devil what hF wantet4 The Dssi9 Fepiied hy m stai gr, aH, the tattiing of chalas aad shs oniapsasa- ing ol hs claws to selxe hls prey, The Cufweaa, stili andaunied dsclascd that he would Doi allow the body to Ae touched and he watnea tk6 Ilevil that | he dsd net leave the place he mun ki scnA hin back l0 his infeTaal faglaass faster than he case from them. To ihls $peerA the nevii fe. plied hy scoynfui laugh sarh as zauiief in Der fresseA,ttx used, and with another rattle cf the chains. advanced 10 inc coffin side, on which the faithful friend prednced 9koedrd pistol, and tax iug sure aim, shot the Uevii ihFasgh the AeaFf, dropped him at his feet dead, as they say in An steTdatn. as beTring, or Bsflningham. as door nail. The reToft of the pistol atafned the police and number of thase guardians of the nigh AAx- ing appeared, they saw to their aafonisnsncnt tAe corpse iy,ng in Us proper place. the cogscian sit ting ifanquiiiy by ifs side, ana a bleeding mass. covered with red and black, with tremendous pair of horns, and the we'll knowa tall. An ex- plnnaion was so0n gwen, and when the Devil was stripped ef bs fifefy he turned ont to bc the beiln3an of tho convent, employed by the fEiars whose religions asslstaHee was Eefused. hss the purpose Of giving striking proof of the danger of dylng without the eoEsoAAiioas of the Church and of the fate tn which an npeuiteAt sinners are ex- posed. The Corsican was traed and acquitted as he showed that in the Tuscan code there was as penalty attached to shooting the Devil. and d he persisted ia saying that whea he fired. he believed he had to deal wlih His SataAic Majesty.