The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-10-02

I the bear to his den, and vanquished him in
! its Depths answered Raoul, stretching
! forth an arm whose muscles swelled out
like tense cords
T But wild beasts have neither my obstina.
J cy, nor my ferocity.'
, Il fear you not said Rnoul disdainfulIy.
. Then this is what we are about TO do
They shall tie US firmly together, leaving
only the right arm of each free, in which
shall be placed poignard; they will then
; place US in this carriage which your FRIEND
is bringing, ard fastening the doors, we
, shall owe our mutual vengeance only to oui
own strength and our own courage, what
ever be the result
Il accept said Raoul, shortly.
During this conversation, the commands
of the Colonel had been executed. The
daggers were ready, and the carriage, from
which they had compelled a couple oil
peaceable, homeword jogging citizens to de.
scend, was at their disposal. The coach
man, somewhat frightened, had been re-as-
sured by large 'douceur,' and had yielded
his place on the box to one of the seconds.
Everything was arranged in advance -
At the word Go! given by one OF the par
ty, the carriage was to start at full speed,
and make the tour Of the Place Carrousal
twice, always at the same pace, in order
that the clatter Of the huofs and the wheels
might drown the noise of the terrible strug-
gle within. At the end of the second tour,
the combat was to cease, whatever might
be the result They then attached the two
foes toSether--leg against leg, breast to
breast, and with the left arm wrapped TO
the side, like that OF an Egyptian mummy.
While they were thus forcibly brought in,
to immediate contigu,y they regarded each
other with kindiing eyes, and seemed ready
to gnaw each other like furious beusts.-
They would have been willing that their
minglng breaths were subtle posons, that
each might exut in the deuth agony of his
enemy, and their whole expression was that
Of resolute hate and stern despair.
They were placed in the carriage. A
dagger was put into the hand of each. The
door was closed, and voice trembling with
emotion pronounced the fatal " Nord-'Go!
The horses started at the instant, and Il
double cry, cry of savage fury, like that oil
the tortured and the torturers in hell, broke
forth from the parting coach, freezing eacl
listening heart with horror, and dying imme
dately away in hoarse nurmur and an in.
artcnlate groan.
The carriage made the double round d
the Place Carrousal. The second who
drove pushed the poor horses to the very ut
most, and lashed them into most unaccus.
toned rapidity, but still the two circles oc.
cuped over five minutes
Five minutes! When the spirit waits
they are five uges!-ive centuries, when i,
waits in all the agony Of despair for a cher
ishcd life!
When the carriage passed, in commencing
its second round, thefearfully anxious sec.
onds bent breathlessly forward to listen
They heard nothing but low, smothereG
growing, such as wolves mike in devUuring
each other.
4 When the death. car halted at it's last
round, in vain they listened! Not a s)und
broke the stiffness of that awful mystery
they must needs EXPLORE!
I With trembling hands they sought to open
the doors, and when they at last succeeded
they recoiled with horror from the sight tha,
met their ssraining eyes: The curtains, the
cushions, the straw on the floor of the vehi.
Gle, were delugcd in blood. Dufoy lay still
gazing with CLASSY eye upon the corpse o.
Raoul lifting its ghastly face to his. The
body of the heroic youth was drilled with
wounds, and the fatal poignard was driver
with the last strength Of Dufay into his eye
He had only conquered the terrible resis
tance OF Raoul by this last fatal blow
| The young mountaineer had fought to the
last with desperate strength. Outlay hat
four times received the blade Of his enemy's
poignaru in his breast, and fnaIly, driven tc
extremity, Raou had encircled him with hi:
hercuean arm, and broken three Of his rib:
/, il death hug, while at the same time he
had fastened his teeth upon his face, ant
gnawed with the fury Of despair, till Dufay''
jaw and under lip were but a mass of bloody
strips Of lacerated flesh. /, had taken Du
fay to conquer.
As soon as the dead was loosened from
| the dying, and while PROSTATE on the earti
they lay stretched cut in all the horrible
), spectacle of their mutilations, Dnfay, max
, ing an effort to hold together his mangfet
Jaw, murmured to the seconds, Men may
, wish to blame me on account Of bis age, bu
you will do me the justice, gentlemen. Il
proclaim that equalized the chances, ant
that have slain him fairyH "s
This was the only expression of remorse
that the death Of Ruoul inspired him with
and when spoken to again upon this sad af
! fair, he only expressed his regret that the
young officer had not attained his majority
TIE day he killed him!
Justice endeasored to take cognizance o.