Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-08-10

acquainted with Spanish. He was re-
moved and thrown into room worthy
to have been one Of tho dungeons of the
Inquisition in it's best days.
When the Spaniards took him prisoner
he had eaten nothing since the previous
evening, and when his dungeon door was
closed on him he had tasted for eighteen
hours; no wonder, then, what with cx-
haustion, fatigue, an"iety and the agony
of his dreadful situation, that the tn
happy prisoner fell almost senseless on
bis hard couch. Night soon closed in
and leu him to realize in it's gloom the
fu' horror of his hopeless situation. lie
was brave, of course; but to die at eigh
tccn-'tis sudden. But youth and ia
tigue finally yielded to the approach of
sleep, and he was soon br' iel "a pro-
found slrmbcr.
He had slept perhaps two hours, when
the door ofhis dungeon opened slowly
and some one entered with cautious
steps, E'1'ng with S hand the light of
u lamp the visitor bent over the prison
cr's couch, the hand that shaded the
lamp touched him on the shoulder, and
a sweet and s.lvery voice, q woman's
voice, asked him:
"Do you want to eat I"
The young Pole, awakened suddenly
by the glare Of the lamp, by the touch
and voice of the fcmalc, rose up on lis
couch and " I'll eyes or'y9 haF opened,
said in German:
"What do you want - %
"Givc him sonlct]' ug to cat ut once"
Said Cast?nos, when he heard the result
of the f st expc .mcnt, and let him go.
He is not -enc]''nan. How could he
have been so f." master of Himself! the
ting is impossible"
But, though Lccz;ns'; was supplied
with food, he was dcta ned u prisoner.
The next mo. ,g he We, taken to a
spot where he could sec the mutilated
co; pscs of ten F:cnc' ncn, who had
been cruc''y massacrcd by the pcasantry
of T.rxillo, aHh he was threatened with
the same death. But the noble youth
had prop scd not to FIJI, end not
word, not an accent, not gcstr'U or
look betrayed r'm.
Lcczlnsl-;, Allcn taken back to us
p. son, hailed it " .th Il sou of joy for
twelve hOr s he had notl 10 but sibbcts
aud death, II the most hol Id folms,
before Us eyes, exhibited to h''n by men
with the lool-S and passions of demons.
lie slept, however, a,Icr the ha. 'sss;ns
excitements Of tic day, and sounf'y,
too; when, in the midst of Is deep and
deatl,'ike slumbcrs, the door opened
gently, some one dew near his couch,
and the same so, voice whispered IN
l;S ear:
"Alisc and come with me. We wish
to save y0r" re. Yor" horse is rcady.'
And the brave young man, hastily
awakened by the words, eve wish to
save your FEC, Gomez answered still in
German O
"W nat do you want"
Castanos, when he heard of the cxpcr-
''ucnt aud the result, said that the Rus
sian was noble young man he saw
the tue state of the case. The next
morning early four men cane to him
before sou of coult-maltial, composed
of Castanos' staff. Dr,iAS the walk
they uttered the most horrid threats
against BIN; but, true to Eisadetcrmi-
nation, he pretended not to understand
them. o
When he came before the judges he
seemed to gather vhat was going on
from the arrangements Of the tribunal
and not i',oB what he head said around
Inn, aud lie asked y German where his
int, prefer was. He was sent for and
the examination commenced.
1t IT, led first upon the motive of his
journey from Madrid to Lisbon. He an
swcred reproducing the dispatches to
Admiral Siriayjn and his passport. Spite
ofthc presence and the vehement asscr
tions of the peasant, he persisted in the
same story, and did not contradict him
self once. o. o @
"Ask him." said the presiding officer,
ut last. eff he loves the Spaniards,A hc
is not q Frcnclman."
The interpreter put the question.
"Ccrtainly," said Lcczinski, 81 like
the Spanish nation; and | esteem it for
it's noble character ! wish or" two ma
lions were friends"
"Coloncl," SAID the interpreter to thu
president, ''thc prisoner says that he
hates us because we make war like