The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-04-10

ty-'hH, is, a FrenGhman-to fall upor,
and muller him.
But their fntv was raised TO a height
which the gereral.himself could not con
troll hy an incident which seemed to cut
off thr unhappy prisoner from every hope
o. escape. One Of Caslanos, aitfde'camps,
one of ,lf fa"s'icsl pa,,io's who were SO
Numerous iu this war. and who from the
trH, had denounced Leekiu.kfas a French
spy, burstinto the roons dragging With
h'm man wearing the brown jacket,
tall hal, and red plume of Spanish
! peasant.
The ofiiHer confronted him with rhs
Pole, and sail:
"Look At this man. and then say If il
is tine That he is German or Russian.
He is spp. | swear by nv soul"
The peasant. meanwhile. was eveing
the prisoner closely Presently his dark
ewes lighted IN with the Ere of hatred.
"Es Frances q! he is a Freuchman."
claimed he, clspping hS hands And he
stated that, having been in Matlrid few
weeks before, he had been IN, in reoni
s'tion to carry forage 10 the French bar.
racks, "and," said he. Il recollect that
this man took my load Of forage, aud
gave me receipt. was near him an
hour and recoVec, him. When We
! caught him, told nv comrahe he was
the French officer | delivered my forage
t..
This was correc,. Ca,tanos probably
discerEed the true s,ate of the case. but.
he wa. n generous 'oe. lie concluded TO
'e' him pnrsue his journey. for Leckinski
still insisted he was Russian, aud he
coud not be made to understand word
Of French. But the moment h e vsntured
a'h'nt OF the kind n thousand threaten
ing voice. were raised. against hin..snd
he saw ths, fEemeucv was inpo.s,tae. .
But" said he. "will Won then risk a
quarrel with Russia, whose neutrality We
are. so .anxious'y asking for =
No." "said the ofIice:; but le, us try
this uran." .
Leckinski understood al. f.r he wa.
acquainted wilh Spanish. r. He was re
| moved and thrown into room worthy
T. have been one Of the dungeons Of the
ioqnIsition m its best days.
Wien the Spaniards tnok. him prisoner
he had eaten nothing sipce the previous
evening, and 'wnsn his dun ceon door was
closed on him he bal fas,,d dsior eighteen
hours no. mouder, then, that with eY,
ifsus'ion. fatigue, anxiety and the AZ sony
OF his dreadful situation, a,e unha ppv
pris0ner'fslI almost senseless on his hard
couch. Night socp. closed in aud LETT
h'm TO realize. in his .g,oom the full hor
ror Of his hopeless situation. "us was
brave, OF course; but to die at eighteen
its sudden. Bot youth and fatigue
finally yielded to the approach Of sleep,
aud he was soon burisd.ip profound sIum.
bsr. ... .. t... ..., r...
lie had slept perhaps two hours, when
the door Of his dungeon opened slowly
and some enc snter-d with Cautious steps
hiding with his hand the light. .af a lamp;
the visitor beat over the prisoners couch,
the hand that shaded the lamp toucbe
hrm on the shoulder, and a sweet and s,I.
very voice, and womsn's voice, asked him:
'Do.you wait to eat I"
The young Polls. awakened suddenly
by the glare ot the lamp. BY the ,ourh
and word.'of the female. rose up on his
couch. and, with Ills ewes only half open
ed, said in Geunsn, 'Wh4, do you .ap,i'
"Givs the man something to ca, a,
once" said Csstauos," when he heard III q
result OF the first experiment, SAND ls,
him 90. He'is pot = Frxnchman. How
c"o'd he have been 70 far ms.tsr Of him.
seItf The ,hinc is impossbIe.s- 1.'hrns
| But fho"gh hccKlnski wass supplied
With food, be was dstained a prisoner
The next morning be WAS taken to a spot
where he could see the mu,i'ated corpss
OF the Frenchman, Who had been cruelty
massacreed by the pessantry Of Trusillo
aud he ~as threat-ned wifh tha sam.
death. But the noble vonth had promis
ed'not TO fail, and not word. no, an &C
cent, no, a gesture or look betrayed him
L~ekinski, when taken back Ia the prison,
IL hailsd With q, sort of jov Gt twelve
: .bors he had had nothing bat .gihbe,.,
snd death in its most hor'id' forms, he.
fors lis ese', exhibited 10 him bv men
with the iook and passions Of Demons
lie slept, however, after the ihafrass,ne