The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-22

plank and darted over it; then, throw
ing herself ON her knees, she sought to
pull it over so that the crone should
be unable to cross. Alas, her strength
did not serve and with a moan of des-
pair she beheld the crOne runninSup,
brandishing the hatdhet and laughing
hOaTSely in a cruel eXultaltiOn. and
the crone was at one end of the plank
and Jacinta now lay in helpless terror
at the other end.
But at the same instant the black
he-goat also came to the other end of
the plank, and, seeking to cross before
his mistress, he butted ait her; where
upon She, being already in a mad fury,
struck at him with the hatchet- Then
the goat gave a great bleat of rage
and fury; his eyes cleaned like fire
Cor so it seemed to Jacinta), and ha
made straight ait the old woman.
She uttered a cry of mingled anger
and fear. Thou devil!' she cried
Thou devilr And she struck at him
again with her ak but in the wildness
of her rage she missed the goats head,
and the ak embedded itself deep in
the wood of the plank on which she
now stood; and before she could draw
out the ak the goat made at her
again. bleating loudly and butting fuIi-
ously. and then and there he knocked
her off the plank and she fell backward
in the stream.
AMI by now the rain brought by
the thunder storm had run down from
the hills, and the river was full and
swollen, so that she was rapidly car
ried away, and Jdcinta heard her
curses and cries grow fainter. till at
! last they were smothered by the rush
| ing waters. But the goat, having
stood while on the plank seeming to
watch the drowning crone, bleated
| md nd To Ia
cintas frightened fancy it appeareO in
an unholy and malicious triumph. and
then turned and bouded away into the
night-nor was ne ever seen agaf- But
Jacinta lay on the bank with her face
! hidden in her hands, and prayed for
the kidly day.
Thus nrdrvellously was Jacinta de-
livered, and Count Amadeo ran no less
| naruroW a peril of his life; for the first
ruffian corntrived to deal him sore
blow with his club on the left shoulder,
so that he could use that arm no more,
and the second drove his knife through
the muscles of his right leg, so that he
could scarcely stand.
But his soul was strong and stout
within him, and he fought as a man
who is inspired and coulforted from
heaven; so that he rose on his pallet.
and, steadying himself against t41e
W
through the eye of the first. and tho
fellow fell back and sank to the
ground; but at that moment the second
was on ATpadeO, springing on the pal
let and Selling the Count so tightly
that he could no longer use his sword,
but dropped it; and the two fell to-
gether on the bed and rolled over and
over, the robber seeking to stab Anna
dec, and A1nadeo enfeavoring to set
the knife into his own hand
Thus they struggled for many MINI
utes. But AInddeo felt his strength eb-
bling from him and because his left
arm was nJImbed me could not MAIN
tain his grip. Yet he could not believe
that a gentleman of his rank should
die thus at the hands of a knave, or
that heaven, having preserved him by
the vision of his saint, should now with
draw its favor.
Suddenly he loosed hold ON his enemy
and sprang ninIbfy away from him;
but as he sprang he felt the dagger In
his side. Yet he stayed not. but leap
| ing from the pallet, snatched the club