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

himself prone to the floor by the wall Of
the vault. behind two of the collins which
( the efforts of the dukes man had dis
! lodged; and there he lay hidden, SO that
| for the corner where the hermit erouched
was dark but the voice Of the mailman
came, saying. WELCOMED Do you bring
me another OF the PescheIH? He is well
comet
Then the dukes men, having pushed
aside all the collins save one. came tun-
! bling and serambIing over into the vault,
where they found Lepardo and his fol-
lowers. and hot on their heels came Bena
and his five, so that the vault was full
of men. And now from outside also came
the olatter of hOofS and hoarse cries, and
the clash of steed, for Tommasino had
come and had fallen with great fury on
( those of LepardO's men who we're outside
and the syndic's leyies that watched
from afar off. And fierce was the battle
outside yet it vas far fercer inside,
where men fought in a half light, scarce
| " knowing with whom they fought. and
| tripping hither and thither over the cof-
fms of the Peschelti that were streWR
about the floor.
Then the Count Antonio arose from
me- to mel To me, Antonio of Monte
YellutoH and he rushed TO the entrance
of the vault Bena. hearing, his voice
way, ran to Antonio in great Joy to find
/ him alive and whole And Antonio came
! to Lepardo, who stood his onset bravely,
[ dlIUOuEH S1CdLlJ UCNlIUCIGQ u IlIlI q
/ party of Antonios men where he had
! looked for Antonio alone. And he cried
I to his men to rally round them. and
/ keeping his face and his blade toward
! the count began TO fall backward
/ toward the mouth of the vault. in order
\ to rejoin his outside, for there also
! he perceived that there was an enemy.
| Thus Lepardo fell back and Antonio
! pressed on But, unnoticed by any, the
| mad hermit 5prdng forth from the corner
I where he had been, and as Antonio was
( al 10 Thrust at rdO the hermit
caught him by the arm and With the
I strength of frenzy drew hirn back and
! thrust himself forward, running even On
I the point OF Lepard0 S sword that was
| ready for Count Antonio, and the sword
| of Lepardo passed through the breast Of
4 the hermit OF the vault and prOtruded be-
! hind his back between the shoulder, and
/ he fell prone on the floor OF the vault.
/ crying exultantly DEATH Thanks be TO
God, deathg And then and there he died
OF the thrust that Lepdrd0 gave him.
But Antonio. with Rena and three more
J for two of Bena's FIVE were slain-droYe
I Lepardo and his men back before them.
the vault. where, to their joy, they found
that TOmmaSinO more than held his own.
for he had scattered Lepardo's men, and
! the 5yndiGS were in full fight, save eight
or ten of the old soldiers who had served
in free companies, and these stood in a,
group their swords in their right hands
and daggers in their left determined TO
die dearly, and the grizziy-haired fellow
who had killed AntOniO'S horse had as
sumed command of them
Here are some fellows worth fighting.
my lord" said Bena, joyfully, to Tom
masino. Let us beat them, my lord,
I man for man, an equal number of US -
For, although Bena had killed q man and
manned another in the vault, he saw no
reason for staying his hand.
Aye, Bena,'' laughed TommaSino.
These fellows deserve TO die at the
hands of men like us"
But while they prepared to attack. An
tonic cried suddenly: Let them bel
There are enough men dead over this
matter of Cesare's treasure" And he
compelled Tomma5ino and Bena to como
with him, although they were very reIuc-
tant; and they seized horses that had be-
l0nged to LepardOS men. and one OF
TOmmasino's men also being dead Bena-
took his horse. Then Antonio said to the
men OF free companies. What is your
quarrel with ne2 | do but take what IS
mine. Go in peace. This Syndic is no
matter of yours. But the men wondered
and stood their ground. Then Antonio
turned and rode TO the entrance Of the
Lepardo, and he cried to Lepardo. Con
fer with me, sir. You can come forth
q safely And Lepardo came out from the
vault, having lost no less than FIVE men
there and having others wounded. and he
was himself wounded in his right arm
and could not hold his sword. Then the
count said to him. Sir il Is no shame
against him. And I trust that am ono
to whom gentleman may yield with
out shame See, the syndic's men are fed
and yours are scattered. and these men.
who stand hraVely together, are not
enough to resist me, And Lepardo a5az