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

square. prepared to receive the sacred
bones and so with them to the cathe-
dral. where they were to be exposed to
the gaze of the people at high mass.
And they set the archbishOp's chair
down before the dukes seat and the
archbishop came and stood before the
duke, and his priests and the pikemen
with him And the duke started up
from his seat. crying, What ais your
and sank back again, and sat waiting
to hear what the archbishop would
say.
Then the archbishop, his robes stil
damp and greatly disordered, his
limbs trembling in anger and in fear,
raised his voice; and all the multitude
in the square were silent while he de-
clared to his highness what things
Count Antonio had done and rehearsed
the message that he had sent. And
when the archbishop told how Antonio
had sworn that as God liveth he would
scatter the ashes Of the sacred bones
to the winds, the men caught their
breath with gasp and the women.
nurmured aHrightedly, Christ save
u.s. and Duke Valentine dug the nails
of his hand whereon his head rested
into the flesh of his cheeks. For all
the city held that according to the
words st. Pgisian had uttered be-
fore he suffered the power and pros
perity of the duchy and the favor of
heaven to it rested in the presence
among them, and the faithful preser-
walton and Veneration Of those most
holy relics. And the archbishop, hay
ing ended the message, cried, God
pardon my lips that they repeat such
Words" and fell on his knees before
Duke Valentine, crying: Justice on
him, my lord, justiceW And many in
the throng uttered his cry. but others.
and among them many of the appren-'
ticed lads, who loved Antonio. NUT
tered low one to another, 'But the
duke has taken the sweetheart from
him." and they looked on the duke
with no favorable looks.
Then Duke Valentine rose from his
seat and stood on the topmost step. Of
it, and he called sundry of his lords
and officers around him, and then he
beckoned for silence and he said:
Before the sun sets tomorrow the
Lady Lucia shall take the VOWS" and
he with his train. took their way, the
pikemen clearing a path for them, to
the palace. And nov. indeed, was si-
lence; and ali marvelled, and were
struck dumb, that the duke said
naught concerning the bones of st.
Prisian, and they searched one an
others faces for the meaning of his
words. But the archbishop arose, and,
speaking to no man, went to the
cathedral and knelt there before the
altar in the chapel of st. Prisian, and
there abode on his knees.
Il care not" said the duke. "She
shall take the VOWS. Let the pikemen
scatter them"
Lorenzo then besought him, telling
him that all the city was in arms, and
that the conflict would be great. But
the duke said still: "She shall take
the vowsw Nevertheless he went with
To nd
most step of the portice. And when
the people saw him they ceased for
moment to assaiI the pikemen, and
cried out: Give US back the sacred
bones
Scatter those fellowsr' said the
duke to the captain of the guard.
My lord, they are too many And
If we scatter them now, yet when we
have gone against Count Antonio they
may do What they will with the Nity''
The duke still, pale and again gnaw-
ing his nails, and the pikenlen, finding
the fight hard, gave back before the
people, and the people pressed on.
y Then Peter, the furrieT, came for
ward, and the hottest with him, and
Knocked the pikemen; and -one Of the
plkemen suddenly thrust Peter through
with his pike. and the fellow fell dead,
on which a, great cry of rage rose
from all the people, and they rushed
on the pikemen again and slew and
we're slain; and the fight rolled up the
steps, even to the very feet Of the duke
himself. And at last, able no longer to
contend with all the city. he cried:
'Holdl I will restore the sacred
bones!' But the people would not
trust him, and one cried: Bring out
the lady here before us and set her
free or weswill burn the palace" And
the archbishop came suddenly and
threw himself on his knees before the
duke, beseeching him that no more
blood might be shed, but that the Lady
Lucia should be set free. And the
duke, now greatly afraid, sent hastily
to the lieutenant of the guard and ten
men who came to the convent where
Lucia was, and, brooking no delay
carried her with them in her bedgown
and brought and set her beside the
duke in the portico of the palace. And
the duke raised his hand to heaven,
and before all the people he said: "Be-
hold, she is free. Let her go to her
own house, and her estate shall be.
hers again. And by my princely word
and these holy bones I swear that she
shall not take the VOWS, neither will
I contrain her to marry any man"
And when he had said this he turned
sharply around on his heel, and, look
ing neither to the right nor to the
left, went through the great hall to
his cabinet and shut the door. For
his heart was very sore that he must