The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-24

VINO had come sionS with them spoke
10 Sancho, saying:
AT the close Of long journey you
may come at him, for there IS a way
round that can lead you by But you
WI not traverse it in less than twelve
or thirteen hours, taking necessary rest
by the way
But Sancho, counting the time, said:
II VIII servel Tor, although a thous-
and came against him. yet the count
VIII not burn the bones before the time
Df his OATH
Therefore. he left fifteen men to hold
The neck, in case Antonio should offer
10 return back through it. and with
the rest he followed the shepherd with
great stealth and quiet: by reason of
Which and the rock between them, An
tonio knew not what was TO be done
but thought that the whole company
Sa.y still on the other side of the neck.
Thus the day wore TO evening, az the
archbishop with the LORD Lorenzo and
the guards came to the spur of the
hills, ana here they found q man wait
ing. who cried to them;
DO you bring the dukes promise to
the Count Antonio?"
Eyes. we bring it, said they,
II am charged" said he, ''to lead the
archbishop ana one other after the
count" But Since the archbishop could
not climb the hills, being old and
weary, Lorenzo constrained the man
TO take with him four of the guards
besides. and the four bore the arch
bishop along. Thus they were led
Through the secret tracks in the hills,
and these Lorenzo tried to engraVe on
his memory, that he might come again.
But the way was long and devious.
and IT was hard TO mark it. Thus go
ing, they came to the huts, and pass
ing the huts, Sill climbed YEARLY till
they arrived near TO the neck. 1t was
then night, and as they guessed near
on the time when Antonio had sworn
to burn the sacred bones; therefore,
they pressed on more and more. and
came at last to the entrance Of the
meek. Here they found the fifteen, and
Lorenzo, running up, cried aloud:
We bring the promise, we bring the
bronisep'
But scarcely had he spoken these
words when a SUDDEN great shout came
from the other side of the neck, and
Lorenzo, drawing his sword, rushed
into the neck, the fifteen following,
vet leaving space between him and
pierced by Antonio and Bena. And
lorenzo stumbled and fell over the
i've dead bodies which lay in the way
of the neck. Uttering a cry, "What
are these2' he scrambled again to his
feet and passed unhurt through the
1hOOIh OF the neck, anu the Al(oeA IOI-
lowed after him, While the guard sup
ported the archbishop in their hands
his chair being too wide TO pass
Through the neck. And when they all
thus came through, wild and strange
WAS the sight they saw. For it CHANGED
shat at the same time Sancho'S COM
pany had completed their circuit and
had burst from behind upon Antonio
and the twelve. And when the twelve
saw them they retreated to the great
pile and made a ring around it, and
stood there ready 10 die rather than
alloy Saneho's men to reach the pile
And il was then midnight and the
time of Count Antonio's oath. And
Count Antonio stood on the top of the
great pile. AT his feet lay the golden
casket containing the sacred bones,
and in his hand was a torch. And he
cried aloud Hold them while I fire
the piler' and he leaped down and
came to the side OF the pile and laid
his torch TO the pile. And in an in
slant the flames shot up. for the pile
FYas dry.
Now when Sancho's men saw the
pile alight. with shouts of horror and
or terror they charged at the top Of
their speed against the twelve who
guarded the pile. And Lorenzo and
his men also rushed, but the cries Of
Sancho's company, together with the
answering defiance Of the twelve,
drowned the cries Of Lorenzoi and An
tonic and the twelve knew not that
Lorenzo had come And the flames OF
the pile grew, and the highest tongue
of flame licked the SIDE of the golden
cashet. But Antonio'S voice rose above
all as he stood, aye, almost within the
Rnbit OF the fire. and shouted:
Hold them a moment, Tommasino
"a moment Bena, and the thing is
dOneH Then Lorenzo tore his casque
from his head and flung down his
sword. and rushed unaTmed between
Antonio's men and Sancho's men,
shouting louder than he had thought
ever TO shout: ''Ihe promise! the
promisei" And at the same moment
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there came from heaven a great flash
of lightning, which aiding the light Of
the flames fully revealed the features
of Lorenzo. Back fell SanchoS men,
and AntOnio'S arrested their swords.
And then they all cried as men cry in
great joy: The promised the prom
ase?' And for a moment all stood still
where they we're. And the flames leap
ed higher; and, as Antonio had said,
they were seen by the great throng
that gazed from the city walls; and
they were seen by Duke Valentine as
he watched from the wall Of his gar
den by the river, and he went pale,
gnawing his nails.
Then the Count Antonio ieaped on
The burning pile, though it seemed
that no man could pass alive through
st. Yet God was with him, and he
gained the top of it, and, STOPPING.
seized the burning casket and flung it
down, clear of the pile, even at the
Lord Lorenzo's feet; and when Loren
20 sought to lift it the heat if it bis
tered his hands, and he cried out with
lhe pain. But Count Antonio, choked
with the smoke, his hair and his eye
broWs scorched by the FIRE, staggered
half way down the pile and then sank
on his knees. And there he bad died,
but that Tommasino, Bena, and San
cho, each eager to outstrip the other.
rushed in and drew him forth. and
fetched water and gave it to him, so
that he breathed again and lived. But
the flames leaped higher and higher,
end they said on the city walls: God
help us! God help us! The sacred bones
are burntp' And women. aye. and
men. too. fell to weeping, and there
was great sorrow, fear, and deSolatfon.
And the duke gnaWed his nails even to
the quick, and spat the blood from his
mouth curging Antonio.
But Lorenzo, having perceived that
Che greater number were against An
tonfo cried out TO Sancho's men,
&1Sieze him and bring him hereP7 FoI
the dukes promise carried no safety
10 Antonio. But Sancbo answered him;
Nov that the sacred bones are safe
we have no quarrel with my Lord An
tonic" And he and his men went
and laid down their swords by the feet
of Antonio where he lay on the
ground. his head on TommasinoS lap.
So that the whole band were now
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