Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-05-07

lhc iiui-tHis, anu thab thc my hoischieh
were to hurry to the support of Fcrrari as
quickly as possible.
Konradin wished for nothing better. He
thought he knew a ride through the wood
which would bring him out very near the
position taken by the Russians. He rejoin-
ed the lieutenant, told him the state of
affairs, and then, leading him and his fifty
men by the road in question, found that he
would come out on the very flank Of the
Russians, which, thinking the wood itself
sufficient protection, they had left entirely
unguarded
Ferrari had imprudcntly left the wood to
attack the enemy in the open field; and
Konradin saw that he was already paying
the penalty of his rashncss, and would soon
have to retreat.
"If we could only let him know that we
are here, and about to make dyersation y
said the lieutenant.
'.There is not lime" II swercd Konradin.
''Iet us make it he will know quite soon
enough.
s.Wcll," said the lieutenant who had
served in the Austrian army in a regiment
of Hungarian hussars, 'it will be a fine
charged They can only get out Of the wood
three at a time, and they don't know how TO
| form in line. 1t takes two years 10 make a
cavalry soldier, and these men have only
becnan hour together since they were mount
| ed and half of them can't ride
"Bui they can stick on TO their horses,
answered Konradin, ''and will answer for
the horses going. Fifty yards gallop on
grass and down gentle slope; think the
Russians will I've astonshed."
"rne improvised cavalry had ridden
through the wood three abreast, and this
was the only formation in which they could
attack the enemy. Tac lieutenant said at
forwards that it was terribly unscieniiiic, and
that his Hungarian hussars would have trot-
ted out three by three, formed in line, and in
less than half minute reunited the foe Sc
cuntlem artem.
However, the insurgents did what they
could Konradin and the lieutenant started
first at the racing pace, and their fifty fol
lowers galloped after them, rushing and
riding at no very precise mark, but making
for the body Of infantry generally just as
the worst possible marksman might aim a
hitting it.
The Russians were thrown into as mucl
confusion as if whole regiment had CONT
down up IN them. Fcrraris infantry attack
ed at the point Of the bayonet those com
panics which still held firm; the cavalry, a
least those of the cavalry who had not beei
run away with, chased! the fugitives; and
in fine, Ferrari gained Il victory.
s'We must not pursue them too far, sal,
the lieutenant at last, '.tor they could bca
us now il they liked. Why, you have onl.
u riding hip, count, he added. 81 woul,
have lent you my sabre for half u minute
just for a few cuts. You might at least hav
taken II revolver
Konradin thought 50 too, for at that mo
ment they saw half dozen Cossacks comm!
towards them.
II 10 nv uoN bSiiis, wv III SUN
Il case as this we must rum said the lieuten
ant. They turned their horses heads. Blu
the Cossacks fired, and Konradin's horse icl
mrrtally wounded. The lieutenant wa
thirty yards ahead before he saw, on looking
round, what had happened. He had thel
some difficulty in stopping his horse. BIZ
the count was already in the hands of TIN
Cossacks
g You see thai am unarmed, he said Il
Captain Leonteii, who, at that moment, rod
up.
II shall report the exact condition il
which found you, replied Ieonteil.
Il was merely riding here when Nigh
have been riding somewhere else, he con
tinued.
1T would have been better il you ha
been riding somewhere else," said Leonteil
drily. :" Ii is indeed II strange thing, count,
he added, ''to find you mixed up with sue
rabble. But we have made them pay 10
1t inside Michailowitza; scarcely one es
capped. Whit madmcn! Their leader rush
ed with lils saber upon an artileryman VIII
was about to fire, and was simply blown t
pieces.
What was his name 2" asked Konradin
with sinking at the heart.
8 Jankowski, answered the officer.
Konradin din not speak. Silently he al
lowed himself to he conducted, first TO III
own house, where he found the steward cS
. hibiling the paper that he had made Jan
kowski sign, and swearing to some infantr
soldiers that the count, if he was with th
insurgents AT ALL must have been taken pris
: oner by them and afterwards, when II fu
domiciliary visit had been made in hi
, presence, to MichailowiiZa, where lie WA
thrown into prison.
In the meanwhile Fcrrari had re-eniere
the wood with about two hundred and tiii
men out of four hundred that he had com
manded the day before Of the others som
: fifty or sixty had tired of the insurrection a
soon MS they found themselves under fire
and he had lost from eighty To a hundred
killed, wounded, and prisoners. But III
| @hhotiihii WIN ipitl NNfhi't J''''
ed him soon afterwards, 50 that he had a
: together about two hundred and min. ny me
+ under his ORDERS The Black Man wa
t alive and well, and Fcrrari sent him in I'll
. middle Of the night to Konradn's house
ask for news, and TO state in what part I
I the forest the detachment would take up i
d quarters for the next few days and uni
il further notice.
CHAPTER XNIX.
AFTER RATTLE.
y The reader must have perceived that I'll
e production in the form of u novel is more
e study of revolutionary and anti-revolution
d ry manners than history of revolutiona
e feats of arms. 1t will be enough, then,
le mention that the insurgents at Michailowitz
S. as at other places, fought and were beate