Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-10-06
The Fisherman Naples
BY ALEXANDER DUMAS.

y to guill your gomrades?'
 The sentinel Tristani took a thick plank, seven feet long, to the end of which rope was fastened. He placed one end of the plank in groove chiseled out of the rock, took the rope in both hands, and allowed the suspension bridge, invented by Corcelli, to fall across the abyss.
 Conrad passed over.
 Immediately afterward he presented Pietro to the captain.
 The smuggler underwent long examina- tion, but he awaited the issue without fear. The liberty of the prisoners, and, perhaps the life of Jeannes coura GeouS betrothed, de- pended on it. The face of the person under examination was not unknown to Corcelh. The captain was cunning and suspicious ''So you are determined to enter my bandg' he said to Pietro when the latter had replied to all his questions, or dispersed almost all his doubts Conrad has explained to you our mode of life, has he not?"
 "He has,
 "A continual state of warfare"
 "Such, am aware, is the case"
 "Perilous expeditions"
 'Of those, too, am also aware"
 "The most absolute submission"
 'To that had made up my mind before coming here"
 6 J yourself, this very day." added Corcelli. "A Jew of Capua has ransomed himself for a sum of money, which he is to pay this eVen- ing. You shall go and fetch it from him." "Very good, captain. When must 1 set outp'
 Rest yourself little. and take some re- freshment. You will leave the mountain when the sun has nearly run its daily course"
 It would take too long for us to explain to our readers how Pietro accomplished his journey successfully, and, besides the money, brought back from Capua letter which he was charged to give to Corcelli. The Jew to whom he had been sent was no other than a receiver of stolen goods with whom the brig ands kept up q constant communication.
 The night was drawing to a close when Pietro regained the camp
 He was conducted into the captains pres ence, and there he witnessed a horrible sight.
 All the brigands were drawn up in a circle at the bottom of a small crater that had long since been extinst. Before them were piled up jewels, precious stuffs and the sacred vSs- sels that had been stolen the night before from the Abbey of Santa Chiara. Corcel1i was walking up and down inside the circle. and when Pietro, who was breathless and
  of what he had done, Corcelli said to him:
 Ut is good. Sit down with your con- rades; you will receive your share of the spoil"
 Each member of the band now arose in his turn, approached the lieutenant who was l charged with the distribution, and received his portion of the booty. 1 Velvet cloaks, satin vests, rich eastern 1 stuffs, magnificently chased jewels chalices | and sacerdotal ornaments adorned with gol- den arabesques-all were torn, broken up and distributed in pretty equal portions among the bandits,
 Corcelli, with pistol in his hand, presided at the distribution.
 When it was finished, the robbers retiring on one side, scrutinized, examined and weighed in their hands the lot which had fallen to the share of each one. l Lupo, the same who, in the morning, had been on guard before the cavern in which Jeanne and Isabella were confined, ap preached Corcelli.
 II have been cheated" said he to him, i'm pudently.
 ''In what way?" inquired the captain.
 ''The foot of the chalice, of which have hardly received a quarter, was only silver gilt"
 "Well, and if it were you have received
 
 And what are two ducats for three days pay!"
 "Ah! you are not contented with your pay eh?" said the chief leveling his pistol a Lupo. He fired, and Lupo fell down dead.
 A low murmur ran through the brigands
 ''lS there any other among you who is no satisfied with his pay?" asked the captain drawing a second pistol from his belt
 No one spoke; the robbers sought their sev eral cantonnlents in alright
 The next day Jeanne and Isabella wer seated on the same spot where Corcelli hac found them the day before. A man of loft, stature, with face red from drinking, ant whose lips were shaded with an immense pal of mustaches, was guarding the prisoners.
 To the great astonishment of the two maid ems, this individual, as he paced up and dow before them, threw out the following phras in fragments: !, "Pe ready to leafe my shildren-- Bietr has been here since yesterday We ar guarding ofer you, and dis efening, perhaps ve shall find an obbortunity of deliferin you."
 It is superfuous to add that this man wa Conrad
 Jeanne wished to ask him few questions but the German, still marching up and dow with military step, added:
 oueuISs oee1u IO kHOW u61UST nor Bietro-odervis all is lost" The young girls returned into the cave l and threw themselves into each other slarm They then knelt down upon the ground an v besought heaven to aid Pietro, who was risl ing his life in such a dangerous enterprise. @ They had not to wait long ere Conrad promises were realized. y That very evening Pietro was selected { guard the ravine.
 The night was dark and the wind ble tempestuously over the bare mountain top d Sometimes the thunder was heard growlin in the distance, while brilliant flashes lightning illuminated for second the cloue :. from which they burst forth
 Every one was asleep on the mountain.
 At this period a man appeared upon u l. top of the ravine, and, descending from roc g to rock, came and touched Pietro on u shoulder.
 "De moment is gome," he said.
 "Have you succeeded in sending Giacon to sleepF asked the smuggler.
 "No, he is not trunk yet"
 AS he spoke these words Conrad shove his accomplice the wine flask they hs hyro, Al,o oF