The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-10

skilIfulIy had the Lord Lorenzo per-
formed his duty and cut off TONNES
inc and his company from all arcess
to the cave, and now he himself was
gone with twenty men up the noun
tain path to take Antonio, accor ing
10 the scheme of the duke and the lady
Venusta, But Bena and Tommasino
we're sore aghast, and said to one an
other: There is treachery. What are
we to do?" For the eighty of the dukes
men were posted strongly, and it was
a great hazard to attack them, Yet
this risk they would have run, for they
We're ready rather to die than to sit
there idle While Antonio was taken,
and in all likelihood they would have
died had the lieutenant obeyed the or
derS which Lorenzo had given him and
rested where he was, covered by the
hill and river. But the lieutenant was
a young man of hot temper and impet-
uouS, and to his mistaken pride it
seemed as though it were coWdrdly for
eighty men to shrink from attacking
thirty and five, and for the dukes
guard to play for advantage in a, con-
test with a band OF robbers More
over, Tommasino's men tainted his
men, crying to them to come down and
fight like men in the open. Therefore,
counting on a sure victory, and the
pardon it would gain. about 3 o'clock
in the afternoon he cried, LET US have
at these Tascalsv' and to TOmmasino's
great JOY his troop remounted their
horses and made ready to charge from
their position. Then Tommaslno Sald:
I'VE are all ready to face the enemy
for my lord and cousins sake. But
I have need of those who viii run
away for his sake.
And he laid his plans that when the
Ieutenants troop charged, his men
ke-l,o
five men he placed on one extremity
of his line. Bena at their head: and
four others with himself he posted at
the other extremity: and he spread out
his line very wide, 50 that it stretched
on either side beyond the line of the
lieutenant. And he babe the twenty
and five in the centre not to abide the
onset and to turn and fee at a gallop.
trusting to the speed of their horses
for escape. And he made them fling
away all that they had brought from
the Lady Vanusta's house. that they
might ride the lighter.
"And I pray Cod" said he, THAT
you will escape alive; but if you do not
it is only what your oath to my lord
Bena, with our men, will not ride back
toward the plain, but on toward the
hills, and it may be that we shall thus
get ahead Of the lieutenant; and once
we are ahead Of him IN the hilly
ground he shall not catch US before
we come to the cave"
.tUnless." began Benar "there be an
other party"
Hist" said Tommasino and he
whispered to Bena. "They will fear if
| they hear ALL
Then the dukes men came forth,
and it fell out as Tommasino had
planned; for the body Of the dukes
men, when they saw Tommasino's
rank broken and his band flying. set
up a great shout of scorn and triumph,
and dug spulS into their horses and
| pursued the runaWays. And the run
aways rode at their top speed, and,
having come nearly to Relano without
being caught, there were three Of them
captured by the well at the entrance
to the village, but the rest, wheeling
to the right. dashed across the plain,
making for Antonios old hiding
places; and having lost two more of
| their number. whose horses failed. and
having slain four Of the guard, who
pursued incautiously ahead of the rest.
they reached the spurs of the hills;
and there scattered, every man for
himself. and found refuge. some in the
woods, some in shepherds huts, so
they came off with their lives. But
the men with Tommasino and Bena
haQ flQQeN straight IOE the all ROAD,
and had passed the lieutenant before
he apprehended Tommasino's scheme.
Then he cried aloud to his men, and
eight Of them, hearing him, checked
| their horses, but could not understand
what he desired Of them till he cried
aloud again, and pointed with his
hand toward where the ten. Tommas-
mo leading, and Bena in the rear,
had gained the hill road. and were