Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-06-09
The Greeks Rescup,
Or, tie Dungeon OF Naples.


! happened to be residing at Ma
Piles during the reaction and prosecu
| ton which succeeded the return 0
Ferdinand sitter the revolutionary
crisis of 1896. Many Of the vic
Tins were denounced by the priest
as much for their suspected heres,
as thcit Reasonable practice Faith
er Don Alvez WAS particularly activ,
in this "pions work. = He was
younger member of Castiliar
house, and had been bred in the
strictest discipline of the Jesuits
He bad spent his lifein penances nc
intrignes, the former presume, tc
! give him a keener relish for the latter
and The latter to compensate for the
| tedium of the former. At the time
I.knew him, he was past the middle
age; his features were already wriuk.
le,l with years, but marked by that
hHughty and cruel expression SO apt
to be produced hy the indulgence Of
arbitrary power He had come to
Naples with high recommendations
tq the court, to assist in purging the
city Of the disafected. His dill
gar ce in this pursuit was truly be-
yond all parallel. | am yet unable
~ conceive by What process he be-
c4nle so minutely conversant with
the previous history Of such guam
tity lof persona ia SO short a time.
lis Information was never at FAULT
nd It's measures very rarely tllwart-
eli by miscalculation either in design
or execution. AS soon as he had
made himself master of a ST ilspC cted
person, be did not nj once hit upon
bis evidence to bring about an inst;int
iIffliction of punishmf fnt, but USED to
give the prisoner til E benefit Of a
dogmatical exposition Of what he
called 'the salvation of the holy
church 7 If 5his had the desired
effect, after IA little louger conGne-
nient, the captive was liberated on
his good bchav ior. Butt the here
tic persevcred in bis rejection of the
prescribed PROD dess he was forthwith
handed over To the headsman.
Tie society in which | moved
male me ACC uainted with Father
Don Alvez, was then young and
fond of adveH Hture and very nat
urally conceive p strong desire Of
visiting with i i'm, some of the un-
I;lri unates whoI b the police we're con-
sthntIy arrestiiIg G by his orders. BY
practising som e courteous assidai-
ties, rs well as little aattery, | in
grltiated myself with him, and OBJ
tainel permiss Fon to accompany him
Oh bis dismal yIsits TO the prison.
After visiting one or two cells, in
which we fou ld the inmates quite
willing to belH I've anything and ey-
rything which my guide thought
proper to profound, wel entered a |
marrow dismal hole surrounded by |
walls, down Which the damp trickldd |
almost in stream, and with the floor
with granite Of unevenf
surface and sharp edges. The torch |
carried by ouI attendant discovered |
j, bundle pfstr5 5w in the corner EIrth- |
est from(the d Dor, and resting upon
i a young gill. Don Alyez mo-
ioned the jailbr to withdraw. /
The creakir e of tie hinges dis-N
.prbed the prisoner. She started I
rom her recurh hbent posture, but her
Ives had been TOO long accustomed
) darkness I'd endure the glare Of
he torclrlight. She arranged her
lisordered hai and clothing as FAST
nd completely as she could, and
Ehen at length she ventufed to scrp-
inizej her yid tors, | marked theiI
!eep crimson t hat sufused her face II
hi neck.
1 had been accustomed to behold +
he exceeding beauty of the wemen
T Spain and | taly, but when | saw !
his unfortuna tie captive, / felt at
noe that had Eever met with any
he whose love Illness was so perfect s
Ehen | say THAT she was . Greek I
ild bore in ev ery Aneament the I'M {
ress Of her CLINE, and nation, ] }
eed not attem pt description, Is
Don Alvez b ad told me, previous /
entering the cell, that 1T contained J
heretic who had been sometime
nder confnem ent, and appeared re- /
lived to rejdct every chance Q t
salvation. aThis, % he added, sis v
e last opportunity of repentance i