Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-29

teau, not without wounding two OF the
salors, who could take no further part Ia
the fray.
-FOUR or i've rounds we're all that re-
malued TO Inc defenders OF the casa degl
4Eglest. Under these circumstances re-
treat eveu during daylight had almost De-
come impossible. They felt tnat tney
were lost If Esip did not come But "neTe
could help come from! InlortuhaUey
they could not expect mat Llrohe anu LID
companions would give up thelr enter
prise. They were still nearly forty IN
number, unhu-t. aud vel armeda, Ihey
knew that the besieLed would soon pc I'M
able to reply TO tneir fire, and they re-
turned 70 the chRYue. .r
Suddenly enormous blocks ike lns
rocks OF an avalanche came rolhng oo"n
the slope, and crushed three DelWeen
them before thew had time 10 step aside.
Cape MatifOu had started the fpcAs IN
order TO burl them over the crest OF Tue
Piarro del Lago. But this means ofdetence
Was not enough The heap OF rocks
would soon be USED up, ami me oeslegeo
would have 70 surrender Qr seek heip
from outside .-1s ~
suddenly an idea occurred 70 Folnt Fes-
cade which he did NOT care TO menaon 10
the doctor for fear that ne Wollld not give
his consent Butt he vent ana whispered
it to Cape Matifou
he knew from what he Aad heard at santa
Gfotta thai detacAment q. sgeqd}frmes
WIS Al eassone. 10 reac4 "a .s9n9I Fsodld
0aaEitah5 an hour md ltG ls8Rlq take an
Ot1er hOGef 10 get1tt 10! Could he not run
away and fetch tais detachnlantr es,
hut only BY passing through the.besiegers
ana making OF to t4e ~eslwardG;1--s.
is necessary ior me 70 20 tAI9ugn,
ana wAEgo through" he saldooiek am
q = 1fqar rNf4sa ssr.ft
And he told Cape Mautou what ne pro-
posed to do, o- ls5
80. But" said Nation, ''youriSk1762.
o ~ Wil gO'' , r9omr-
Z Cape Malifou never dared3to resist
PO1nt Pescade. = %
aBorif then went to the right OF the Casa
degit Jngiesi, where the snow had accu-
INFLATED To a considerable deptA. -o-
l54ea minutas altsrwardssg While the
struggle continued atgDg h9u9nH Cape
Mstlleu appeared pushing befOTechim
huge SNOWFALL, and am9ng the focks that
the sailors continued 10 hpTt 81 - their
assaiiants be seut tne sRoW bail (which
rolfsd do an the slope past HtroDe's men.
and stOpped5 kitf y4d7ls IA the reH at the
bottom OF a geatle hollow. 10 bdif broke
with the shock; il opened, and from
it emerged a living man, active, and
"a little malicious as be said OF
himself.
1t was Point Pescade. Inclosed IN the
carapace of hardened snow he had dared
being started on the slope Of the mountain
at the risk of being rolled into the depths
OF some abyssl
And now he was free, he made the best
haste be could along the fOotpaths to Cas-
some.
1t was then hslf-past twelve.
at this moment the doctor not seeing
Pescade thought he was wounded. He
called MIN.
"Gonem said Cape MatifOu.
"GoneW
"Yesi To get some helpp
And now 20
I'm a snowballw
And Cape Matifou told him what Pes
cade mad done.
"Ah! Brave felloww exclaimed the
doctor. Courage, my friends! The
scoundrels viii not have us after all.v
And the masses Of rock continued to
roll down on the as5ailants, although the
means OF defence was rapidly becoming
exhausted.
About O'Clock in the morning the doc
tor, Pierre, Luigi, Cape MatifOu and the
sailors, carrying their. wounded, would
have 10 evacuate the house and allow it
to fail into the possession Of Zr0ne
twenty of whose companions had been
killed, The retreat would have to be up
the central cone-that heap OF lava,
scOria, and cinders, whose summit, the
crater, was an abyss of fire. Al how
ever, were to ascend the cone and carry
their wounded With them. OF the 900
feet they would have to climb, over
700 feet would be through the sulphurOus
fumes that the winds beat down from the
top.
The day began to break, and already
the crests Of the CalabrIan mountains
above the eastern coast OF the traits OF
Messina were tipped with the coming
light. But in the position in which the
doctor and his men found themselves the
day had no chance of being welcOm-
ed. They would have TO fight as they
retreated up the slope, using their last
/ cartridges and hnrllDg down the last
masses OF rock that Matiiou sent flying
along with such superhnman strength.
| They had almost given themselves up for
| lost when the sound of guns was heard
| below them. A moment OF indecisiOn
WAS observed among the bandits; they
hestated; and then they broke INTO full
flight down the mountain side. They
had sighted the gendarmes who had ar
rived from CassOne, Point Pescade at
| their head.
| He had not had to go as far as the viii
l. lage. The gendarmes had heard the iring
and were already 9tbthe rOabos AJa hethad
/ TO do was to lead them 20 the Casaldegli
.tn<test. -.-. e. -. -.----
Then the doetors aud his men took the
offensive, Cape MatifoTls as ii he were an
ava aneie himself, bounded On the near
est and knocked down two befote they
had tirne TO get away; and fHeif he rushed
ut Hlfone. ra 7-- 1q9H'T0
| aod.Brayo, old Capel Bravo ri ehouted
'Pesesde, running up. Down with him !
Lay him fiaJh TIE contest, gentlemen, the
DESPERATE contest between -zlfoneo and
Care Matifoui s<-,i' V, n s,s
Znone heard him, and With the hand
tRat remained free he fired his EeYol8er at
Peseade--who fell tOthe grOunaH af
81 Aud Ehen there's was 4 tSfribfe scene.
Gaze Matifoa had seized Zfg6nee and
was dragglng him Along by hts heck.
The Wretes, haf strang lelt, conld do 10th
1Rg 70 heip himself 81 .assa-
In vain the doctor. who wished % have
him alive, isA0t4tea1 for him % te
spared, In vain Pierre Ptid4E Njd rushed
upIo stop bin. Cape Matitoh tndF~ht of
one thing only Zifone bad saly rtally
wounded Point Pc scsde. He hea al 10th
ing, he saw nothing. he gave one last
leepOu 10 the edge OF the gstpiRg crater Of
. saiatara, aud hurled the bardit into the
ABYSS Ofiire., s.ef t..e -,s
Point Pescade, seriously welladeG, was