Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-04-02

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GOVERNORS DAUGHTER.
A Tale Of the Last Polish Insurrection.
NY IL. SUTHERLAND EDWARDS.
GooNTINuKD.1
CHAPTER XVII.


Wilenski, however, was not yet in the
hands of the savages. He tried to get up q
parley with his captors before rcsigning
himself finally into their power.
"Come out, and lie. your accompliccs come
out too, cried the police officer.
"Then call off your men; don't want to
be shot like rabbit in a warren"
"Come out, or you will be pricked with
the bayonei."
"Call you men off, and will be out in a
moment"
81 make no terms with rebels" said the
police officer in atone of great magnifcence.
''Scize him., he called out ut last; ''and,
it he tries to escape, bayonet him."
"No; will give myself up, said Wilcn-
ski, seeing clearly that he had now nothing
else to do.
Thereupon he crawled out, stood up,
stretched himself, and, looking hard at the
police officer, said to him 81 saw you be-
fore this morning, and / shall know you now
whatever disguise you put on"
"You threatened me! The criminal, ON
being arrested, used threats and mcnaces.
| shall remember that Mt you examination" 1"
"You will remember it afterwards as
WE'LL" said Wilenski who calculated that
Ferrari, and the officer called Eugene, had
now had time to proceed a considerable dis
tance on their retreat, and for his own part
was beginning to lose his temper. Unfor-
tunately, too, his eyes fell on the carcass of
poor little Jan. fm
"You arc looking at your dog-your
faithful dog, who betrayed you?"
g 1t is only dogs, and sons of dogs like
you, who betray men," replied Wilcnsk.
:" Let us pacily him, captain" cried sew
eral of the gendarmes. "It 10 sin to let
him speak as he does"
"Where are your accomplices ?" demand
ed the police officer.
My friends are where you will never
find them," answered Wilenski.
$50 in after them and bring them out !"
said the police officer.
Wilenski replied only with look of con-
tempt. ~
Drive him In with the bayonet," he
cried, addressing enc of the gendarmes.
"You will be followed by sufficient force. "
| Wilenski drew revolver and presented
it at the man. "Come one step nearer and
1 fire. he said. The man continued to ap-
proach, and Wilenski shot him through the
head. 81
The two other gendarmes now fired at the
same time at Wilenski, and lie fell MORALLY
wounded. u.
He opened his mouth, closed it, murmur-
ed, "Poor Thecla!" and died.
The thirty or forty gendarmes who had
remained outside now came crowding into
the ice-house. The officer was in tremen-
dous rage.
"What a couple of bungling blockheads
you are !" he exclaimed. "Why the deuce
did you kill him? What do you mean by
it? l will have you put under arrest; l
viii have you nogged One Of the chief
robbers in the revolutionary government!
would have forced him to tell everything, l
would have skinned him alive rather than
that he should have remained silent And
now!" .
The police officer looked at the scarcely
dead body of poor Wienski, and shed a
tear. 1t was probably the first time that he
had felt moved in the presence of death.
so my promotion |" he said to himself
'But for these accursed shots might have
been colonel, and have won the order of
st. George. AT present shall scarcely get
made a ajor, and shall have to put up with
the cross of st. Anne"
1t was now useless to think of pursuing
Ferrari. The gendarmes would pretend
that they were unable to make their way
along the passage, and it was probable that
the conspirators had already discovered
some means of rendering it impractlcable.
In fact, that very evening, Eugene, Ferrari,
and few others made an expedition along
the passage, taking with them some half
dozen small barrels of tai, one of which they