The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-02-21

)l0 my CI8ItOIOuo luco WAI0 wy Wy Ivy
rom thine own heart" -! 'Ti,a'
Have mercy on Vi" shrteked the
,ale. faced mother on her knees, tail.
NJ before the intruders, her feight'
med boys hustliag around pet oendi
" Gold Gold! We want yopr sold!"'
the unctvtl leader, nls 5000
rous voice reverber2 ting through tnf !
massive halls. I'VE will sell our
mercy for your gold" and a. be
spoke be clutched the husband sts1s' ~
the throat! ...I
"Uumannerly coward" cried the
man, "unhand me! I have no gold,
and il I had, tbou stculdstnot have
one solitary lepton" s... 1
"Gold or no mercy! exclaimed
the sturdy young chtett&1 ~ re
grappled With tho unfortunate man
1is followers with their drawn rapters
surrounding the two struggling, meo:
:'Nut q drachm! Not = drsc1m!'
shouted the contendiDgs husband
Il would see thee charred to cir
ders-ere thou shouldst h&p ,Qne
single leptoD!' "a. al srog yIsl
a. be- was laborings to Hxtrioate|
himself from the grasp q me HthI
letic youth, q cQwardly villain te8Nsi!
him Ia the eide flpl behiNd1 tAod
the Door man bleeding, fell - the
tesasliated floor OF the; lane! The
lovely wife IN ~ agony Qt gIlst amp
fear. uttered q scream and thyeH,
herself on her husbends prQstrale
form. BRAsyLAs. my husband c0uln
not stand y passive witness g leoGn
murderOus tyranny, and Win PIE
faic6ioo smots the guilty dog 70 the
enrthl Butala BRAsYLAe-m love,
INV nusbsOdl be tv0 fell 2 Ytctl4
tn The fury u the Greeks. The lead
or Of this despicsble band seeing his
fsllen oomrade Weltering 10 hls
hi.,od. stabbed my noble husband TO
the hear! Never will I forget n,s
majestic form % It ktesed the temple
fioori ARxErA!''' che conttpued.
With paie Qu,vering lips, and eyes
madlv atarting from their eocketc.
Never viii i forged that ecculsed,
narnicioue hour. when be for whom
sione I lived. died 10 that holy lane
q oic T,nrny1l From that instant my
nature cnsaaed-I ~ vn .: no 2
more tho prSfinR. ttmtd lIll1'1veleo
Vomao but my feminacy had depar;;
edi-str0o9 grew my limbs! hard
Caxed nv sineWo! = and my heart
tmroed a cold O. the blasts Of AQoil'
oni-the Establishments Of my Ute
vere eonel AZ / looked upon my
husbands murderer! ny srms wels
neryedi and the ehrieks OF re bean
tiful widow stilled the palpttasi9f
, f:.srs OF nv rigid hearth The mock
Inc vouth whose heartlees sword va
Steened tho 10 blood Of my bRAsILAs
seised The mother by her dark how
, ina traeoes and plunged the weapon
, In the innocent matponS BOSOM
| Godsl che died without . groa9. !
} then exasperxted beyond eoeEr2l, q.
) husbands CORY falchton seized, eo
I ouietly lesping between the cryin
ornhans and their ruthless 1Qes, Do,
, I'd the flrot hell. hound among thel
a 10 put but one loot forward or reia
\ anot6eI hand against the inn0cel
striplioss! 4 deep silence ensu3e s,.
4 40 deep that / even heard the dfll
r pino gore, from my deamy lWot
q I'm % the stony pavement. 10 q
n raQo 7 trembled like an aDpoDss o.
70 nv charmed muscles had 10 the
y tbe strength Of twenty Mtlos-and
d knew ! 9xs sguerrled e the pest
"a Them. Seeing my fearless stand Il
:. I've contempttble wretcnee s!f&3e
ii ed back irom me. I rushed QPl
n. tho inhumsp brute5, ind the g
4. blow OF my good keen Nesn0n fe44,
n ona az the Ditilees dagtarde 70 q
a. mnrble fl,of. Like q maniac, p
- mn hal I laughed outright! =
"A yenae had msddened me! ! coy
?. ~ their coward faces pale wh
q thev hesrd my shrill weird voice 81
d Ing utteIance to the triumph ~
m | vengeiul hate! Hastily they pea
m retreet. NOT even deigning 70 lo
mi 6nck moon their fallen c0mpanllI
mr. n0V 01spinR y the thr0ee 81 deaf
he Iika ana with dropping tails To
he scrambled towards the d00r-ln
10 other instant the four eor1dt!d xret
1 q . Tie TS,y temple now, being vacant 4
MI my enemies, / turned 20 ne esl l !!
hs ofp6sns % ouddeply bereft q PIE
.he ri lUye and pr0leCtton, an9 p! y
,ht Vere onlOl0ed - each, QtpeFa arm
rer they slept! Az ARNETA. ney sl e
~ sna a n.acefully ID q tender 1aoe
, I'M, III mot6ers breast. and Ian! Z
So Ut hnart. 0raOfn0 anguish !
ss!st :sp:S,saes = t Ssio dssna ! ~