The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1895-01-10
THE HOUR AND THE MAN

Prince L9tar0o ruse ,losly to be iec'
satt ~ cite msliguspt elsuce 81 The prs
ousr before hin
Y5u have beard. he ssiA, shsl ls alies
81 ssstns, yoa Have you spyihies II
,oaf deieuoeY
Tue tspistcd brisand lsusbei
The time for tslk is pact, be cf'ed. Ihi
has been hoe farce Of fair ,risl lot
pssd OF Lsye va.ied 50 q uch tine cvel
~hn you cell fgldsuce. 1ku.s my doom
uLeu itll into ~ hands Ikilled you
brother. you viii kill ne. lou bsye prov
|et that I'm q murdeur aud rcbbfri
could prove the same Of you II YOU vfr,
toaud hand md loot 10 ny camp as su
bouul in your castle. IT. useless ior ne
|tot,l. you | did not krOw be was lonI
bro her, else 1t would not have happened
/ ler the small robber always respects The
lsrset aud rtre powerful tbief When =
40 ( "a down the otter wolves deSoui
him | sm down, sud you will have my
hes cnt oil or NY body drssn asundei
IL ,our courtyard, whichever pleases youi
erceilerey beat Its the fortuue Of var,
aud DO not c mplain. when ! say | am
sorry killed your brother merely mean
am .riry you were tot the man She
sto, i 10 his shoes when the shot was hr'
3D. \ usy do with me whst you please.
NV consolation is that the killing OF me
vii n1t bring to lie the man who IS shot
therefore conclude the farce that has drag
ged through so msny weary hour-. Fto'
30 ICE my sentence. ! am ready.
Thpre wss a moments silenceIa after the
brlgaud had ceased speaking, Then the
pm ce ta,d in low tones, but IN voice
that made tseli hesrd in every part OF the
Judgment hslI:
Your sentence is that ou the 18th OF
JI uaty you shall be taken from your cell
at 4 cock. cond noted to the room OF e1i
ecutlon, aud there bebesded.
Tie piuce hesitated for a moment as
be concluded the sentence, and seemed
sbc ut to edd something more, but appafl
eutIy be remembered report Of the triaI
was 10 go before the king, whose represi
erla'Iye WAS presents and be was deeirous
that nothing sboGld 20 on the records
Which s4yored OF old time msliguity for
1t was well known that bis Majesty had a
particular aversion to the old forms OF tor
,orp that ad obtained heretofore 10 bis
k,pedop. Reeollecting ths, the prin ce
sat down.
TIE origaud laughed agsio. HIS sen
t,lcs was eyi !ently not 60 erewsome as
le bad expected. He was q man who bad
i've all hs life 10 the mountains, and be
had no means Of knowing that more mer
cifuI measures had been introduced iuto
the policy Of the government
will keep the appointment. he said.
rultss have q more pressing engage
ment.
The brigsnd was led away to bis cell.
hope, said the prince, that you noted The
d, 6aut attitude OF the prisoner.
have not failed to do o,your EIcellt
cy, replied the ambassador
think, fsid the prince, that his t eat
ment has p,t been unmerciful
am certain, yCur E1cellency, said The
am basssdor, tha, his Majesty will be OF
the same opinion. For such a miscreant
behesding is too easy death
The prince was pleased to know that the
opinion Of the ambassador coinclded so
entirely with his own.
The brigsnd Toz' was taken to cell in
the northern tower, where, by climbing on
a bench, he could get view of tie pro
fonud valley, at the mouth Of which the
castle wss situated. He well knew its i'm
pr .enatle position, commanding, as it did,
the entrance TO the valley. He knew also
# ie tucceeded in escsping from the cas-
tic. be vas hemmed in by mountains prac
ricalIy unscalable, while the mouth OF the
Vorse was 20 we'll guarded by the castle
that 1t was impossible to get to the outer
vtr!d through that gateway. Although
he knew the mouDtalts well, he realized
tbgt pi,h bis band scattered, many killed
and the Others fugillvcs. he would have 9
better chance Of starving to death 10 the
valley than Of Gaping ont OF 1t. lie ss,
on the bench and thought over the situa
ton Why had the prince been so mefci
fulg He had expected torture, whereas he
" 3 10 meet the easiest death man could
die He felt satisfied there was something
in this be could not understand Perhaps
thrv intended TO stsrye tin to death, nov
that the appearance Of a fair trial was oV'
Ter. Things conld he don, 10 the dungeon
of . castle that the outside world knew
nothing Of. HIS fears OF starvation were
speedily put to 30 eud by the appearance
of his jsIler with b,t'er meal than be
bad hsd for some time, for during the last
week he had Wal dered fugitive in the
mountains until captured by the princes
men, who evidently tai criers to bring
him In slive. Why then were they so at1
IONS not TO Kill bin 10 fair fight II be
wer 10 be merely belesdet,?
Whst 10 your Dsne2 s'ked Itz'.
lam called rauo vss the answer
Do You know sm to b. behesded on
the fifteenth OF the mouth?
| have heard e., sutstrtd the man.
Add do yol st ui IN natal that timer
Ilttead you While au ordered 10 DO
30. II you talk nue. m'y be replaced
That. then. If q up tar ,i-ncs, good
.Paulo, ssid the brissud always tfest
vel. those who ssv~ ne veil, regret,
.tke,.lore. tbst ! lave 70 mol'y vi'A me,