Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-03
The Fisherman Naples
 BY ALEXANDER DUMAS.

You did not keep watch over the brI- gands, thenp exclaimed Masaniello.
 II never quilted them for an instant"
 "And yet you did not let me know thisI" cried the fisherman, tearing his hair.
 He fell into a chair, and long cry of grief and despair escaped his lips.
 ''Run to the harbor," said he to Pietro; 'call to arms all the fishermen and smugglers you can find Adeu, father! This evening Jeanne and Isabella will be free, or Masa- niello will have ceased to breathe"
 Are you going to quit Naples, then!" asked Dom Francesca.
 Do you know which road Corcelli has takenq' asked the fisherman of Pietro.
 "The road to Capua."
 "Yes, father, yes; I am going to quit Naples," added Masaniello, turning toward the Benedictine; Il am going to attack this vulture's nest, in which Jeanne and Isabella are held captive.n
 But all will be lost if you abandon us. The Duke of Arcos may attack us, and who will there then be to lead the people on?n
 What do I now care about the revolu- tion of Naples, or the efforts of the viceroyl Dom Francesca, your heart is dead to every human passion; cold calculation only guides your steps. But by the holy Madonnai I am a man; I am young, and may l never sec the light again if, ere the day has sped, Cor celhs prisoners are not free"
 "What streams of blood will have flowed, what numbers of victims will have perished, oh, heaveny' murmured the Benedictine, "by the time Masaniello returns to this city, which Providence seems to have abandOnedF
 'Sangue di Cristo!" exclaimed the fisher man, half suffocated with rage, you talk like madman, father. For Jeanne, whom this rufflan Corcelli holds in his claws, is my sister"
 ''Is it solely on this account that you are about to take this journey into the Apen- nines?" asked Dom Francesca, coldly.
 II go to rescue both her and Isabella" re piled Masaniello; that angel of beauty and love, who, but yesterday, whispered ill my ear, at the convent of Santa Chiara, such sweet VOWS, and such ineffable promises. Oh! father, one must be mad and cowardly indeed not to try to redeem, at the cost of all his blood, the honor and liberty of these poor women who now hope but ill me" "Then you have seen the daughter of the Duke of ArCos again, Masaniello:"
 ''She had taken refuge with Jeanne ill the convent of Santa Chiari, and I went there to sec my sister"
 You ought to have told me this, my son, when read you the draft of the constitu- tion; we should have avoided a good deal of diScussion," added Dom Francesca.
 At this moment an arrow, shot from the place before the Vicarla, struck against the wall facing the window and fell at Masani- ellos feet
 A letter was attached to 1t Masaniello snatched it up and read the fol- lowing words, in a painting voice: ''MaSaniello, when you read these lines Isa- bella and your sister will be my prisoners If, three days hence, you have not placed hapeath fha ir5 C+o nAS in, Ina midst of the plain of Portici, facing the tav- ern of Buona Fede, 10, 900 ducats for Jeannes ransom, and 5O,O00 ducats for that of the noble Isabella dArcos, two women will never again go in your bark to eat oranges at Pro- cida. Recollect that it is dangerous to de- ceive Corcell."
 "You see, father, how necessary it is to treat with the viceroy and to obtain the money required for the ransom of his daugh- ter and Jeanne. For if, after all, our expe- dition should not succeed! if ill three days but it is too horrible to think of, Dom Fran cesco! Therefore, take pity on us father; we were once dear to you. Go to the Castel- | Nuovo, and come to some understanding with the SpaniardS, while I lead the expedition against these brigands. The viceroy will grant you, who are all eccleSiastic, and whose | virtues are known to the whole town, what he would refuse poor fisherman like Masa- niello.n
 My son." replied the monk, ''1 wish to warn you against an unfortunate love; I | have tried all I could to stop you on that 1 perilouS way, at the end of which you will find nothing but death, and perhaps dis honor. But, alas! l have not succeeded. 1 Yet, will not abandon you in misfortune. 1 l will go to the Duke of Arcos; he will per haps consent to meet you on some neutral 1 Ch hN- Py,f lat the people remain under arms if you wish to conquer the yiceroy' pride. Dictate to him yourself the wishes of the Neapolitans, and let him know that you have at your orders 20ooo muskets, ready, at moments notice, to maintain your demands" Thanks, father, thanks let my interview with the duke take place about o'clock, i'll some church or other, in that of Santo Do Inenico, for instance, which is half way be- tween the Castel-Nuovo and the Vicaria; let also my edictS and the charter of Charles V be published toward the evening, so that I may efterward be able to go and inhct on this Corcelli just punishment for his perf1dy.' Dom Francesca withdrew.
 Listen, brother" said Pietro to MaSa- niello, after the departure of the monk, ''you must not quit Naples. Besides, by openly attacking Corceli in his den, you would ex- pose Jeanne and Isabella to the greatest vio- lence. l have means of getting at Cor 1 cell."
 What is it?'
 Pietro related to the fisherman the events of the preceding night, and told him how one of the banditti, Conrad, had remained ir the tavern of Il Cappucino. Then he ex- plaired tho manner in which he hoped tc bring the prisoners back to Naples; and tc do which he would not hesitate, if necessary to cut the throats of those who had carried the two young girls off.
 Masaniello approved of his project.
 It was therefore agreed that the fisherman should only employ himself in procuring the young girls ransom, while Pietro was intro duced by Conrad into the fortress occupied by CorcelG and bis band.
 CHAPTER XVI.