Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-29
ed the valet.envoy in the most gra.

ed the valet-envoy in the most gra-
ciOus manner.
81 will capture her easily" thought
Gavini, as he took his departure. 81
believed she was too intelligent to be
gulled by such transparent flattery.
Very well-sO much the better for
me-" 'i ..~s ..-
= But young admirer of the Mar
chioness, Sign0r Conae de Vrao, who
in years gone by had been ut the gay
court of France, had recognized him.
The Conde solicited 4 private inter-
view with the MarchiOness after Ga
vini had withdrawn.
= At first she hesitated to grant the
request, because the Conde had often
urged her to give him her hand. But
he was SO persistent this time that she
went with him to her boudoir.
" s'lsolena," he said to her, ''dO you
know who that man is y"
1.-THE Envoy of the King of France,
Condo" she replied. ellis credentials
s:That may be, Isolena, he rejoined,
''but l am sure that the King, in send
ing the fellow
''The fellow p
Eyes, the fellow, Isolena. | am
sure that the King, in sending the fel-
low to you, has played i contemplate
trick upon yOu!
':How so g
'sBecause this pretended Envoy is no
other than King Francis body serv-
ant"
"a menial!" she cried, with flashing
eyes.
eyes, the lowest Of the low; he who
dresses and undreSSeS his Majesty of
France"
''lt is not yet all, lsolena. This Ga.
vini is 4 Corsican, a serf of your ia
theirs, who fled the country twenty
years ago because he had committed
several disgraceful thefts.''
The beautiful Marchioness was "by
this time so enraged she uttered the
following terrible oath:
Had l to-day King Francis in my
power, l should cause him to perish Us
miserably as the dog he has sent to me.
l swear it and should lose my life and
ruin this whole island which I love SO
we'll -
At midnight on the same day, Gavini
was dragged from his bed and thrust
into Il dungeon.
Six hours later he was confronted
by the executiOner, and the indignant
MarchiOness.
''YOu are about to die" she said pit
eOusly to the Inflated man.
elbow dare you treat the sacred per-
nf in III 1,n
cried.
''The sacred person of an escaped
serf and thief!'' she exclaimed.
Gavini. know who you are.
"The Envoy Of the King of France!'
''YOu mean his valet. Now listen to
me. l shall have your flesh torn from
your limbs with red.hot pincers if 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
Gavini referred once more to the
inviolability of his office.
She ordered the executioner to tor.
tura him.
HORRIBLE SCENE ENsUED.
The prisoner was placed on wood
EN- bench, and then the executioner,
| after binding him, began to tear off
his flesh with red-hot pincers.
For ten minutes the victim, though
nttering the most unearthly yells, re-
fused to confess.
At last, when the agony became too
great, he told the Marcllioncss 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 as to be-
come his mistress! Me, who have
more ancient blood in my veins than
Valois ever had Oh, he shall rue it
He shall rue it -
She then ordered Gavini to beheal-
ed, and sent his head in glass jar fill.
ed with white Corsican wine to the
King of France.
Francis, the First, was beside him.
self with rage upon receiving this
CHASTITY present.
He organized secret naval expedi-
tiOn to Corsica, and caused IsOlena to
be Kidnapped.
She landed at Marseillies in February
1921. The King was there at the
time. He refused to see her.
'Have her hair cropped he order.
ed, shave her clad in hempen gar
ments, and then whipped through the
streets of the city! ."
This was done on the following day
The beautiful MarchiOness suffered
ed the torture with astounding fOrti.
tude.
Not cry of pain escaped her tight
ly compressed lips as t.e executioner's
lash descended upon her naked buck
At last she opened her mouth :
stream of blood issued from it.
ssWho will avenge me?' she gasped
She was avenged few months Later
when Francis, the First, was over
powered at Pavia, and so badly beatel
that he exclaimed "All is lost saw
hOnor!''
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