Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-04-14

ton of the Count Scartelli. pleaded
. his love so successfully that when he
departed with his comrades he left
: as the accepted lover of the beautiful
Alicia
His two years of probation were
nearly expired when the news reached
Milan that BreScia was again in the
hands Of the Venetians, who had sur
prised and retaken the city from the
French forces left to guard it.
The morning following on which the
meeting between Sir Arthur and Ed
uardo Colonna was to take place. broke
beautiful and clear, and the two knights
were early astir, and after making a
substantial meal set off, accompanied
by their pages for the field of battle.
They We're the first to arrive on the
ground but were soon followed by the
Colonna. who was likewise attended
by a friend and a couple of pages.
The usual prelimina1fes being got
through, the two antagonists separated
some 500 yards to prepare for the first
charge.
Eduardo Colonna. being the challen-
ged party, insisted that the duel should
be to the death.
All being now in readiness, the two
opponents incased in full suits of mail,
with visors down and lanceS couched,
stood awaiting the signal to charge,
and as the clarion sounded the two
steeds flew over the yielding turf like
greyhollnds from the H7ason their NIGH
ty hoof strokes grew closer and closer
together.
AS they clashed past it WAS seen that
the Colonna's lance glanced harmlessly
off the shield of Sir Arthur, while the
lance of the latter shiverel to atoms as
is caught his adversarys shield full i'll
the center and bore him upward from
his saddle, but beyond the shock it
gave him he suffered no harm.
The chargers were refined up and re-
turned to their starting points, and a
new lance being supplied to Sir Arthur
the second tilt was spended.
AS the two horseman drew near and
were close on the point Of meeting,
Sir Arthur's animal stumbled and in
stead of stiking his enemy full on the
neckpiece, at which it was aimed, pillow
ed it's way along the side Of Colonna's
horse while Eduardo's lance pierced
the shoulder of Arthur's charger and
thew both horse and rider to the gornd.
Quickly disincIlmbering himself from
his fallen steed, Sir Arthur sprang to
his feet just as Colonna had wheeled
his horse around to charge him as he
lay.
Drawing his sword, Arthur stood on
the defensive, and us his enemy bore
down on him jumped lightly aside,
an as Colonna passed him he sprang
UP and lunged his sword with such
true an deadly aim that it pierce his
antagonist up through his side under
the arm, bringing him to the ground,
where he Lay motionless and with
out sound.
Reckoning to the pages, Sir Arthur
babe them undo their masters visor,
when it was perceived the fallen man
was fast nearing that bourn no travel
er returns, and rs the little party
grouped itself around his spirit fed
In Il few days the orders were recelv-
ed to march on Brescia, and Sir Bay
ard, with the golden knight and 500
picked LanceS, set out to meet the re-
endorsements now on their way from
the Duke of Nemours, to retal1e the
city lately captured by the Venetians
The town was assaulted in such de
termined manner that nothing could
withstand the desperate yalor or the
French, and left after Il fierce and
bloody struggle in which Sir Bayard
and Sir Arthur showed the most con-
spicouS bravery, the town was carrlS q.
Just us s.ir Bayard, who WAS the first
of the assslulting force was crossing
the rampant he received Il pike through
the thigh, but before his assaiiant
could repeat the stroke he WAS felled
to the earth by the golden knight.
The wound at first was supposed to
be mortal, but Sir Arthur, staying by
his friend, with the help of his page
carried the wounded man to the house
OF his loyelady.
Arriving at the door, he was surpris-
eli to find it closed and barred to his
entranqe, and still further put out
when from the upper window show
er Of balls and bullets were sent to
greet him Taking in the situation,
he dispatched his page for help. In
the meantime he placed the wounded
knight under the shelter of the big
doorway.
In Il few minutes sufficient soldiers
had arrived to break in the door, when
they found the enemy had retrcated
from the rear.
Placing Sir Bayard on comfortable
couch, he secured the house from roof
to cellar for signs of Alicia and her
family, and for Il long time without
success. Then the outhouses and barns
were searched, and at last, among the
straw and hay in one Of the barns,
the Countess Scartelli and her two
daughters were discovered.
1t appeared that the news of the
defeat of Eduardo Colonna by the
Frenchmhn, as Sir Arthur was elron-
eously termed had been received in
the city a few days back, and, the rela-
tons between Sir Arthur and the
Counts family being known, they were
regarded by the new masters Of the
city as in league with the French, and
therefore fit subjects for plumber.
The count had ben dead some time;
the countess fortunately had removed
most of her valuables and wealth to
a place of safety on the first outbreak
of hoStilities, and attended by a