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

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On the following day Gavini, to
whom royal credentials had been CIV
en-, to the dismay of}the Kings Minis
ter of Sta tie, set out for Corsica. He
had large ,retinue of servants, and
acted in perfect keeping with the ex-
allied position to which his master had
SO suddenly raised him.
In due course oftime he arrived in
Ajaccio, and called with all his attend
ants upon the Warehouses Isolena Del
Ia Ballo. Il. :, s;:.sss ssiss.5ssg
He had not exaggerated her charms.
She was, indeed, i most charming and
attractive woman.
Upon presenting the credentials to
her, he said:
my royal master, your Excellency,
has intrusted me to bring about more
cordial relations between France and
the island of which you are mistress,
If not by Divine right, at least by the
right of your
SURPRISING BEAUTY,
us 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 valet-enyoy in the most gra-
'cious manner. ~1='<--z= ~'~','''@."S '.-~
Il will capture her easily, thought
Gavini, as he took his departure. 81
believed she was too intelligent to be
guided by such transparent tlattery.
Very Well-so much the better for
me-
The Condo solicited private inter-
view with the Warehouses after Ga
vini had withdrawn.
At first she hesitated to grant the
request, because the Condo had often
urged her to give him her hand. But
he was so persistent this time that she
went with him to her boudoir.
''lsolena," he said to her, :'do you
know who that man is p
1.-The Envoy of the King of France,
Conde,' she replied. ellis credentials
show it,
':That may be. Isolena, he rejoined.
:'but am sure that the King, in send
ing the fellow
"The fellow -
Eyes, the fellow, Isolena. l am
sure that the King, in sending the fell
low to you. has played a contemplate
trick upon yCu?'
''How so =
Because this pretended Envoy is no
other than King Francis body serv-
ant:
"A mental - she cried, with flashing
eyes.
:'Yes, the lowest of the low; he who
dresses and undresses his Majesty of
France
lit is not yet all, Isolena. This Ga
VIM is a COrsican, a 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 | to-day King Francis in nv
power, should cause him to perish as
mis7rably us the dog he has sent to me.
[ swear it and should lose my life and
ruin this whole island which / 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.
''1low 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 exclaimed.
Gavin: l 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 to commit so infamous an
outrage as to send you to me in the
capacity of all envoy
Gavin referred once more to the
inviolability of his office.
HORRIBLE SCENE ENsUED.
The prisoner was placed on a 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
uttering the most unearthly yells, re-
fused to 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 as to be-
come his mistress T.. 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 behead-
ed, and sent his head in a glass jar fill
ed with white Corsican wine tn the