The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-08-08

Court ot France, had recognized HIM
The Condo solicited . private interview
with the Msrchioness after Gavin had
Withdrawn A. first she hesItated to
gran the re4ue.t. because the Conde
b.d of'eu urged Aer - give him her
htud But b. was - persistent this
time that .he went with him to her
bo doir
I>a.s ns. n said To her. 30 yon
kroE ~ho that man is:'
~ fh~ Envoy OF the King of France.
Coai-' sue replied His credentials
show u
=. Tia. msy II. I,olen.." he r,joiu,d:
Uu' ! aa' sure thai the KIN, ia send
ing the fellow -
" The fellow -
" Yes. the fellow, Iso.eua. / am
sure that the King in sending the f,.-
io~ TO yoa. has played a very contempt
bie trick upon yon
How 80 :"
=" Because this pretended envoy is no
other man than King Francis's body
servant"
a meni.l:" she cried, with flashing
eyes.
Yes, the lowest of the low be who
dresses and undresses His Majesty If
France"
And the King could put the affront on
me 10y sending such rascal 10 me Z"
- lt Is NO; all. lsoleua This Givini
Is - Corsican, n scrf Of your fathers.
who fled the country twenty years ago
because he had committed some dis
graceful theits"
The beautiful Marchioness was bv
this time 80 enraged that she uttered the
following oath:
Had l to-day King France
in my power should cause him to per
isIi as miserably as the dog whom be
has sent to me- swear it, and should
| lose my owt, lie and ruin this whole
island, which | love 50 we'll"
At midnight on the same dry Gavin
was dragged from his bed and thrust
into a dungeon. Six hours later he
was confronted by the executioner and
the indignant Warehouses.
You are about to die" she said
pitilessly to the ill-fated man.
How dare you treat the sacred
person of All envoy in this manner"
b. cried
The sacred person of an escaped
serf aud thiefr' she exclaimed.
"Gavini, know who you are"
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 hot pincers if
you do not confess what induced King
Francis 10 commit So infamous an out
rage rs to send you 10 me in the capacity
of an envoy"
Gavini referred once more TO the in
violabiliiy of his office She ordered
the executioncr to torture him. A hor-
rible scene ensued. The prisoner was
placed on wooden bench. and til, II the
execo'ioner. after binding him, began
10 tear off his flesh with red hot pin
GERS For ten minutes the victim,
though uttering the most unearthly
yells refused 10 confess. At last. when
the agony became too great. he told
the Marchioness what he had come TO
Corsica for. This still added to her
fury.
What :" she cried. King Francis
has believed me to be so low Me, who
have more ancient blood III my veins
than Valois ever had Oh. he shall rue
it He shall rue il -
She then ordered Gavin to be be-
headed, and sent his head in a glass lar
/ filled with white CorSican wine to the
King OF France. Francis the First was
beside himself with rage upon receiv-
ing this ghas'ly present. He organized
a secret naval expedition to Corsica,
and oaused Isolena Ia be Kidnapped.
/ She landed NJ Marseiles in February,
1921. The King was there at the time.
He refused 10 see her. Have her
hair cropped" he ordered. have her
clad III hempen garments, and then
whipped through the streets of the
city" This was done on the following
/ day. The beautiful Marchioness suf-
! tered the torture with astounding forti-
/ tude. Not a cry of pain escaped her
tightly compressed lips as the execu-
toners lash descended upon her back.
Al last she opened her mouth; stream
+ Of blood issued from It,
Who will svenge me :" she then
gasped
/ She was avenged a few months later
when Francis the First was over
: powered at pavia, and SO badly beaten
+ that he exclaimed:
" All l. lost save honor -