The Red Cloud chief., 1878-11-01

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We caugh, him. ! told .ny conrade. this
i. the trrnch officer ! delivered my Tor.
ag to-
This was correct. Castnnus probably
discerned the true state ~ the case. but
he wa u generous foe. lic proposed
To- let him pursue his Journey. Tor Leck-
inski still insisted he was n Russian. and
he could no, lee mad. Ia understand n
word II French. hut the moment he
yen,urcd "A hint of that Kind. u thou.
sand threatening voices a.r. raised
agains, him. aud h. saw that clcmcncy
was impossible.
But said he. "wilI YOU then risk
a quarrel with Russia. whose neutrality
We are 80 anxiously asking forr'
NO said the officer. but let H. iry
,hi. man
Ieckinski understood all. for b. was
ac1uairt.d with spanish. II. wa, re-
moved nnd ,hf5sn into Z room worthy
To hav, p-ea one ~ the dungeon. Of the
inpuisitioh ~ IT. worst DAYS.
When the Spaniards took him prison.
cr he had eaten nothing since the previ.
M evening, and when his dungeon
door WA closed upon him he hsd tasted
eighteen houis; no wonder. then. what
with exhaustion, fatigue. anxiety. and
the agony 81 his dreadful situation. tina,
the unhappy prisoner fell almost sense.
less OF his hard couch. Night soon
closed In aud left him to realize, In his
gloom. the full horror Of his hopeless
situation. lie was brave. NJ course, but
Ia die nj e~ightccn-so suddenly! hut
youth and fatigue finally yielded To the
approach III sleep, and he was sOon bu.
ricd In profound slumber.
Tie had slept perhaps two hours. when
the door Of his dungeon opened slowly.
and some u entered with cautious
steps. hiding with his hand the light of
= lamp; the visitor bent over the pris.
Oner's couch. the hand that shaded the
lamp touched him on the shoulder, and
n sweet and silvery voice, n woman's
voice. asked him:
do YOU want TO catp'
The young Pole, awakened suddenly
by the glare Of the lamp. BY the touch
and words Of the female. rose up on his
couch aud, with his eyes only half
opened. said In German. What 10 %
wantp
Give the man something to cat nj
once said Castanos. when he heard the
result, of the first experiment, and let
him 20. lie IL MOI u Frcnchman. How
could he have been sO far master Of
HIMSELF The thing Is impossible
But though l"ckinski WAS supplied
with food he WAS detained n prisoner.
The next morning he was taken To "a spot
where he could see the mutilated corpse
Of tho Frenchman, who had been cru.
ely massacred by the p%casantry Of
TruxillO. and he WAS threatened with
the same death. hut the noble youth
had promised not to fail. and moi one
word, not AL accent. not n gesture or
look betrayed him.
l.eckinski, when taken back To the
prison. hailed II with u shout Of Joy;
Tor twelve hours he had nothing but
Gijbets and death. in its most hOrrid
forms, before his eyes, exhibited to him
by mon with the looks and the passions
Of demons. He slept. however. after
the harrassing excitement Of tho day.
and sOundly, too; when In the midst II
his deep and death.like slumber. the
door opened gently. some one drew
near his couch. and the same voice
whispered In his ear:
"Arisc and come with mo. We wish
to II V your life. Your horse Is ready"
And the brave young man hastily
awakened by the words, 1--WE wish To
saw your lie. come" answered still
In German, What do YOU want"
CastanOs, when he heard of this ex.
pertinent and It's result. said the Rus.
sian WIS n noble young man; he saw
| the true state of the cASr.
The next morning, early. four men
came to take him before n sort Of
oourt-martial, composed Of officers of
Castanos' staff. During the walk,
they uttered most horrible threats
against him; but true to his determin.
alton, he pretended not Ia understand
them.
When he came before his Judges. he
seemed to gather what was going on
from the arrangements Of the tribunal,
and not from what he heard said around
him. aud he asked In German where
his interpreter WAS. He was sent for.
n the examination commenced.
1t turned at first upon the motive of
his journey from Madrid to Lisbon. He
answered by showing his dispatches OF
" WV his DNSS IpOTt.
Spite.of the presence AMI vehement as.
sertions Of the peasant, he persisted in
the same story, and did not contradict
himself once"
ASK him." said the presiding OH.
Ger, ut last. ''if he loves the Spaniards.
rs he Is not a Frenchmanp"
The interpreter put the question.
Certainly" said Leckinski. IL like
the Spanish nation; | esteem II for its
noble character; | wish our two nations
were friends"
Colonel" said the interpretert to the
president. 1.-the prisoner says he hates
US because We make war like banditti.
that he despises us. and that his onl,
regret Is that he cannon unite the whole
nation rs one man TO end this odious
war ~ a single blow"
while he was saying this, the eyes of
h whole tribunal were attentiyely
watching the slightest movement ofthe
prisoners coantenance, in order to see
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