The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-10-06


the others and did not answer. The
brigand, without adding another word,
gave him terrible blow under the chin.
The cracking Of broken teeth was dis
tipctly heard all over the place. "Will
you answer now?"
The soldier lowered his head and let
the blood that filed his mouth flow orx.
Then, lifting his eyes 70 the face OF the
brigand, he stared at him with an ex-
preston of unmoved self possession and
shook his head.
The brigand bit his lips and exchanged
with his companions malignant smile.
Then he calmly put his hand into his
pocket, took n knife ont, unbuttoned
the soldier shirt and brought the point
of the blade TO his throat.
The victim shook convulsively. 'No
fear" murmured the brigand, and he
ran the knife slowly and lightly along
the mans body from the throat to the
waist as he would have done were he
tracing line on a table.
On the breast of the prisoner appeared
a long, red line like the cut Of razor,
that Immediately disappeared under the
drops of blood that ran down like tears
under his clothing to tho ground.
"Ah, ahl" cried the chief in brutal
voice. "You begin 20 see it, eh?"
''See how he bleodsr remarked the
other.
The younger brigand covered his face
with his hands
"will you speak nowg' asked tho
chief again.
Tho soldier watched the dropping
blood, and then looked mp, fixed his eyes
in tho face of the brigand, and with the
same expression as before shook his
head.
Tho three murdercrs turned TO one an
other, astonished and enraged.
"You want TO die, don't you. you
fool?" exclaimed the chief, putting his
face close to the soldiers and shaking
an open hand near his cheek "Do you
not see that you are in our hands, alone
and that we cGn cut you open like a
dog? What DO you hope? Do you expect
your friends TO como and deliver you?
Speak, Let US hear your voicel Speak
one wordr'
Ib sblNlltI Was slitnls AhihhNith hb
his obstinacy, one of the brigands raised
his knife, but tho chief held his arm,
saying, mo, not the knife lie graspcd
a musket. ~ must try this. " And lift
ing his arm he brought the weapon
down on the prisoners foot with such
force that the bones cracked.
Tho unhappy man gave deep cry Of
pain and shook as though attacked by
epilepsy. But at the same moment,
gathering renewed energy from his
agony, he stamped his wounded foot
upon the ground lifted his head and
cried with a roar, "Nov
All three OF the brigands then seized
him by the neck and were just about to
strangle him when the young man who
was ON watch, rendered daring through
the horror that was overcoming him,
cried frantically:
"Kill him at oucel Kill him with
muslet shot Why make him suffer so!'
The three brigands, astonished at his
audacity, turned 10 look at him. But
the astonishmont did not last
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