The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-02-18

ana I am here to carry you TO the duke"
And ne touched Antonio's sword with mis-.
saying: Guard yourself"
1T IS with great pain and reluctance
that l take my sword, and 1 call YOU 10
witness Of it; but If 1 must, / must" and
the count took up his position ami they
Now. Carouua was Wen taught and skill
III, but h ul1 NOT know the cunning winch
Antonio had learned at the school OF Ga
como an PaGua, nor had ne the strength
ana endurance of the count. And Antonio
would fain have wearled him out, and then.
giving him some slight wound to cover is
honor, nave LETT him and escaped; bat The
younS man came at him impeIuousIy and
neglected to 2GaTd himself while ne thrust
at his enemy; once and again the count
spared him. but he did not know that ne
had received the courtesy, and, taxing
heart from his immunity. came at Antonio
more Hercely again. until al last Antonio,
breathing a sigh, stiTened his arm and,
waiting wariiy for the young man again
20 uncover himself, thrust hard at the
young mans heart. and the yOunS man
staggered. and would have fallen, dropping
his sword. but Antonio cast away his own
sword and supported him. st&nchinE the
blood from the wound and crying: God
send l have not killed him.
And on his speech came the voice OF
IommaSlno, saving carelessly-
Here in truth, cousin. is a good prayer
wasted en- Spanlard"
And Antonio. looking UP. saw Tommasino
and Bena. And Tommasinc SAID:
when you did not come back We set
out 10 seek yu fearing that YOU were
fallen into some snare and danger. And,
behold. We find YOU with this young spark;
ana how YOU missed his heart. Antocic. 1
know not. nor what GiacOmo OF j'adua
would say to such bUngiing."
But Antonio cared not for his cousins
words, which were spoken IN The banter
that man uses 10 hide his true feelings;
ana they set themselves to save the young
mans life. for TammaSinO ana Bena had
seen the better part of the fight and per-
ceived that ne was gallant youth. But,
as they tended him, there came shouts and
the sound OF horses hoofs mounting the
hill by the winding road that led past An
.tnIo house. And Tommaslno touched
Antonio on the shoulder, saying: I'VE can
DO no more for. him, and if We Hnger We
must fight again"
Then they laid the young man down. An
tonic stripping of his coat and making q
pillow of it, and Bena brought the horses,
for they had led one with them fer Antonio
In case there should be need of il; and
they were but just mounted when twenty
Of the dukes guard appeared 800 yards
away, ascending the crest OF TIE hill.
THANK heaven they are SO many, said
Antonio. for now We can fly without
shame" ana they set spurs 10 their horses
and fled. And certain OF the dukes guard
pursued, but only two or three were so
we'll mounted as 10 be able to come near
them, and these two or three, finding that
they would be man 70 man. had no liking
fer the business. and eacb called out that
his horse was fo~,udaTe,f: and thus it was
That none or them came up with count
Antonio but all, after while, returned
together to the city, carrying the young
Spaniard COroGua their captain. But as
"a his eyes and murmured some soft syl-
Tabled name thai they could not hear,
and, having with faiiing fingers signed the
cross turned on his side and died. And
they brought his body To the great hall or
TIE dukes palace.
There in the great hall sat Duke Valen-
tine. His face was pale and his frown
heavy and he gazed on the body of the
young man and spoke no woTo
But the Lady Lucia, hearing this, SAID
boldly:
My lord, it is by your deed and through
your devices that this gentleman has met
his death. and the blame of II is yours
and not my Lord Antonio's"
And at her bold and angry words DUKE
Valentine was reused. and the last of his
languor left him, and he glared at her IN
wrath crying: Go 10 your house,; and he
rose up suddenly from where he sat and
went into his cabinet, Lorenzo attending
hIrn And on the day after he walked
first behind the bier of Coroqua, and his
face was very pale, but his air composed,
and his manner 5 it was wont to be. for
the spell had passed and he was his own
man again.
But Count Antonio heard with grief OF
the death of the young man, and was very
sorry that he had been constrained to kill
him, and took great blame to himself for
seeking counsel Of the wizard Of Baratesta,
whence had come death to the young man
no less than to the wizard himself.
Cro be ContinuedD