, 1859-10-20

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felt Us if it would be too cruel to pursue mat
kiud Of warfare; al joined in shouting with
Fieramosca, and forbearing 10 strike any more,
cried to those who had been left in the French
ranks: prisoners prisoners.
Even among the people arose murmur, anu
it was swelling up the renoustfanee OF the
hera1ds being Of no arail; it broke out into
roa1s and shouts, and cries that there should
he an end to tue battle, and that the French
should have their lives spared Every barrier
being surmounted, tie spectators had crowded
On the eonbatants, whose lists were reduced |
to very narrow compass; some shouted, some
waved their hals and their handkerchief, hop
ing to be able to stop the fight; and sou1a also
appealed to the Judges aud marstals- Slgnor
Prospe.o ordering the people to make way: aud
approaching the champions, raised his Voice
md his trnncheon to mike the Frenchman |
yield; even Bayard, albeit lie keenly felt tue |
defeat Of Lis party, convinced that any iuEther
resistance would have been useless, and th1nk-
ing that it would have been an unpardonaole
sin to waste thus the blood and the lives q
those brave men, came forward, and cried to
his menrto yield, and to give themselves up as
prisouera But neither his voice, nor tho en-
treaties Of MI the bystanders had any power
over the vanguislcd, who scarcely looked like
uu1ua14 0Sanse4 "Ht 4!.A4 A4t"AS e"s Sf
demons or furies let loose upon earth. at last
cyeu tile Judges descended from their stand;
they mixed with the combatants, ordered the
truupets to sound, and the Italians to be pro-
claimed couquerors" etattes luen enoetsot'
ed to withdraw, but to no avail; their adver-
saries, lashed into fury by their rage, gTleI and
wounds went on, like go many tigers crushed
within the coils Of serpents, to ltarass their
enemies as much as possible.
Diego Garcia at Last: hopeless oi see'ns III
end put to that butchery BY tue usual laws o.
the tournament, resorted to M expeo!eht o. 1as
OWL, aud dashing ut Saeet dc Jacet, JUST as nc
was wrestling with Brancaleone, ana pFetea9-
ing to snatch the bastle.a1o IRON nss han1'
while the latter seemed to he debating "sth
himself whether Ae sionid tesfow upon Ass
head blow which would nave nmshea hilu'
-he seized him W the shoulders, anu VIII
wonderful strength afse'gea nun ous VI tue "sse
IN spite OF SPECTATORS III less tuoie 1nnn "
can say it, they pounceo upon tue lienSa
champions, and altnoush solae VET se'c.s!2
handled, still pushing and pulling, tearing anu
| dragging, after great deal ol s1efslon .'es
succeeded in taking those i've men away IRON
the field; and notwithstanding 1heg o'le'eu =
great deal Of resistance, ana wefel anhns WIZ
rage, they were at last disposed OF With the rest
under tho oak trees.
| Fieramoscas first care, as soon as lne ias.
embers Of tho light were e1ungu'sneu, nAs ~
leap from LIS horse aho run 70 1fsnaoo -,eu1
who lay motionIes5 on Inc pace "1'eie uc l''o
fallen. $4,000, ,,..
| When Brancaleone lad gwen inc iatal olo"'
sudden feeling OF Joy sprang up III tne s,en'
crohs heart OF fleratnosca- but tnat iceilus
was Immediately stif5ed W nobie anu s!l;u'
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and ordering the people to stand apart, ne khel1
by his side. The blood was still lowing from
the gaping wound, but slow aud cufdleo; he
lifted tho head very carefully as II ANXIOUS 70
save the lite Of most dear iflend' ana socceeo'
ed in removing tho c2sque:
bat tne pa'ee.;aae ai..a s4s'' NV sA ~ 1,a1.
hicteo WOUND ts'Fee lacues aeep' tno hnsn. !.
was dead. Ettore gave slgh IRON MS "n'osa
heart; then laying tie head OF tue SIAM war
Tior carefully down again, anu rising on ms
feet he turned to his brethren IN arms ano
more particularly addressing branc.Aeonc,
said -
"Tlis weapon Of thine and lie pointed to
the battle-sxe held in lis friends grasp, still
dripping with blood, has this day accomplish
cd great justice. But can we enjoy this TIC
tory? is not this earth imbrued with Italian
blood? All might ho not strong anu va.
liant as he was on the battle tleld have shed u
IL his and our glory against the common enc
my? Then Grasan0s tomb would have been
honorcd aud glorious! his memory monu
ment Of pride! But now there he lies IN In
fanny, and the malediction on the traitor asains
his country weighs heavy upon him.
After these words they all returned in siienct
to their horses, a deep gloom yelling thell
countenauces. Graiano's corpse was carFlce
&I,r kHn ntr{n 1S&Sftf n 1f