The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-05

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On the following day ~Gavini, IS
whom royal credentials hadlbeen. Civ
en-, to the dismay otythe KiIg'si Minis
ter Of State, set out afor Corsica. He
had la1ge Setinue lpf servants, and
acted; itI peffect keebhg With the .ex.
allied position I'd hl6h hi9 master had
30 suddenly rais llim. l
"a due course lie arrived lin
|Aiaccio, and cal1W ithall hissattend-
aanlta npe slft M CO isoness 1solena Del
Ballo sssSssfss wa --.
Z HeIh had ~ Exaggerated her charms.
sasxas; i,a eesa,1 4 most charming and
Upon presenting the credentials to
her, he said /. ~ s,gs T. H., i :, -
"My royal master, your, Excellency,
has intrustede me to bring about more
cordial relations between France and
the island of which you are. mistress,
if not by Divine right; ut FEAST by the
right of your --~-.- - ~~'
SURPRISING BEAUTY, 81
as well as by virtue of the time-hon-
ored claims of your ancestors
The compliment was not lost upon
the handsome creature. She dismiss
, ed the yslst;snxex II tie most gras
Il will capture ker easily, I Thought
Gavin, as he took his departure. 'sI
|9belieVed she was too intelligent to be
|%gul1ed} by such transparent fattery.
Very well-so much the, better for
me-
The Condo solicited private inter-
view with the Marchioness after Ga
|svipi had withdrawn. '.H!S&ss - -: = "
+ At&frst she hesitated to grant the
request, because the Condo had often
urged hi r to give him her hand. But
he was 50 persistent this time that she
( went with him to her boudoir. RI;
I '''lsolen a,'' he said to her, :'do you
know who, that man is g. ;,
4 ':The Envoy of the King of France,
Condo, she replied. ellis credentials
show it,
':That may be, Isolena, i; be rejoired,
''but l am sure that the Kihg, ia se1ld-
ing the fellow "a 81 L.
''The fellow -
Eyes, the fellows Isolena.: I am
sure that the King, in sending the fell
low to you, has played a contemplate
" i'm up y'O
GLOW so!''
because this pretended Envoy is no
other than King Francis body serv-
amt
~. "a menial!" she cried, with flashing
eyes.
ssYes, the lowest of the low; he who
dresses and undresses his Majesty of
France .,s,ysss.or
''It is not yet all, Isolena. This Ga
VIM is Corsican, q serf of your IA
theirs, who fled the country twenty
years ago because he had committed
several disgraceful thefts.''
The beautiful Warehouses was by
| this time SO enraged she uttered the
! following terrible oath:
Had l to-day King Francis in my
power, I should cause him to perish as
mis9rably as the dog he has sent to me.
swear it and I should lose my life and
ruin this whole island which 1 love so
we'll -
| At midnight on the same day, Gavin
was dragged from his bed and thrust
into dungeon.
| Six hours later he was confronted
by the executioner, and the indignant
Marchioness.
''You are about to de-" she said pit
eously to the Inflated man.
"HOw dare you treat the sacred per-
| son OF an Envoy in this manner?' he
cried.
1.-The sacred person of an escaped
serf and thief =. she 4 Exclaimed:
! Gavin, know who you are.syx
"The Envoy of the King Of France!''
''You mean his valet. Now listen to
me. shall have your flesh torn from
your limbs with .red-hote pincerssif you,
do not confess what induced King
Francis to commit so infamous an
outrage as to send you to me in the
capacity of an envoy <g'>sEs - =. = -
| Gavin referred once more to the
inviolability of his Office.
~ < HORRIBLE SCENE ENsuED.
q The prisoner was placed on a wood
en- bench, and then the executioneY,
after binding him, began to tear off
his flesh with red-hot pincers.
+ For ten minutes the victim, though
uttering the most unearthly yells, re.
fused to confess.
At last, when the agony became too
great, he told the Warehouses what he
had come to Corsica for.
This still added to her fury.
"What - she cried" tsKing Francis
has believed me to be SO low as to be-
come his mistress!. e,seWhos. have.
more ancient blood in my veins than
Valois ever had r. Oh;E he shall rue it
He shall rue it -
She then ordered GAVIN to behead-
ed, and sent hissheaditi 4 glass jar fll-
Il