Louisiana capitolian., 1880-08-14

dark eye lighted up with the fire OF
hatred.
'Es, Frances, he is - Frenchman" en-
claimed he, clapping his hands. And
he stated that, having been TO Madrid
q few weeks before, he lad been pnt in
req,,isition to carry forageto the French
barracks; and said he, ~ recollcct that
this is the man who took my load OF
forage and gave me o receipt. was
near him an hour, and rccollect him.
When we caught him, told my COM
rade, this is the French officer deliv-
cred my forage tor
This was correct. Castanos probably
discrncd tho true state Of the case, but
he was q generous foe. He proposed to
let him pursuc his journey, for Leckzin'
ski still insisted that he was Russian,
and could not be made to understand q
word OF French. But the moment he
vcnturcd hint of the kind thousand
threatening voices were raised against
him, and he say that clcmcncy was in
possible.
"I,ut," said he, "will you then risk q
unarre with Russia, whose neutrality
we are so nnNionsIy asking Tor I"
"No,' said the officer, "bnt let us try
this man"
i.cczinski understood all, for he was
acquainted with Spanish. He was re.
moved and thrown into a room, WORTHY
to lave beer, one of the dungeons of The
Inuuistion in its hest days.
When the Spaninrds took him prisoner
he had eaten nothing since The previous
evening, and when his dungeon door wa'
closed on, hin, he had tasted for cightccl
hours; no wonder, then, what with cX
hanstion, fatigue, anxiety and the ason!
Of his dreadful sitnatioll, that the IN
happy prisoner fell almost scnsclrss OF
his hard couch. Night soon closed II
and lett him to realize in its gloom th'
full horror of his hopeless situation. ll'
was brave, Of course but to die at cigh
tcol,-'tis sudden. But youth and IN
tigue finally yielded to the approach o
sleep, and he was soon buried in pr"
found slumbcr.
He had slept perhaps two hours, whcI
the door of his dungeon opened slowl
and some one entered with caution
steps, hiding with his hand the light G
u lamp; the visitor bent over the prison
cr's couch, the hand that shaded TIL
lamp touched him on the shoulder, M
a sweet and silvcry voice, woman
voice, asked linn: v
"Do yon want to eat !"
The young Pole, awakened suddenl
, by the glare of the lamp, by the tone
and voice of the female, rose up on h
couch and with eyes only half "pc'e'
said in German:
"What do you want ~
"Givc him something to eat at once,
said Castanos, when he heard the resi-
of the first experiment, and let him &
He is not q Frcnchman. How could !
have been so far master Of himself" Il
thing is impossible"
But, though Lcczinski was supple
with food, he was detained u prisonr
The next morning hr was taken to
, SPOT where ,r could see the mutIat'
corpscs of ten !'rcichmcn, who d;
been cruelty lnassacrcd hy the peasant
of Truxllo, and he was threatened wi
the same death. But thc noble yon
had promised not to fail, and not
= word, not an accent, not a gesture
= look betrayed him.
Lccznski, Wien taken back 70
: prison, hailed il with sort OF JOY;
5 twelve hours he had nothing but gibb'
and death, in the most horrld form
I, before his eyes, exhibited to him by "
: with The looks and passions of dc!no
c lie slept however, after the harrassi
j cxcitcmcnts of the day, and so,nd
J. too: when, in the midst of his deep a
& dcathlke slumbcrs, the door opcl
u gently, some one drew near his cou'
g and the same soft voice whispered
u his car:
T. "Arise and come with me. We "
a to save yonr life. Yonr horse is read
% And the brave young man, hast
le awakened by the words, 1--WE wish
save your life, comes answered still
ID German
l. "What do yor want!' ~
III Castanos, when hc heard Of the cXl
iment and fhc result, said that the ],
- sian was q noble yonng man he I
the true state of the case. The Il
morning carly four mcn came to
III before u sort OF collrt-martial, compc
ne of Castanos' staff. During the "