Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-08-05

walk round the corner he would see
Caln,elo bound and fettued Inc
saints have merry upon LINZ Inc
DIS there are thick as flies rouno
honeycomb! | must so thither mysell
i would rot miss the sight TOT
thousand francs"
And he ran off, as full Of the antic-
i,ated delight of looking at brigade
as a child going TO its first fair. ru.
q, nv hat and strolled 'eisrrely rounu
+, the scene of excitement. IL WAS
nictu esuue sight enough; the square
was black with sea OF eager heaos'
and restless, gesticulating figures' ana
the center OF this swaying, mut'er'hs
crowd was occupied by compact paho
of mounted gendarmes with Drawn
swords flashing in the pale evening
lisht-bath horses and men nearly as
motionless as though cast in bronze
They we're stationed opposite the head
CHARTERS of the Carabinieri, where the
chief officer of the party had us
mounted to make his formal report
respecting the details of the capture
before proceeding further. Between
these armed and watt hful guards, with
his legs strapped to a sturdy mule, his
arms tied fast behind him, and his
hands heavily manacled, was the
notorious Neri. as dark and fierce as
mountain thunder storm. His head
was uncovered his thick hair, long and
unkept, hung in matted locks upon his
shouiders--his heavy mustachios and
beard were so black and bushy that
they almost concealed his coarse and
| forbidding features--thoGeh ! could
see the tiger-like glitter of his sharp
teeth as he bit and gnawed his under
lip in impotent fury and despair
and his eyes. like leapirg flames,
blazed with a wrathful ferccity from
under his shaggy brows. He was a
huge, heavy man, broad and muscular;
his two great hands clinched. tied and
manacled behind him, looked like for
midable hammers capable CT striking
man down dead at one blow; his
whole aspect was repulsive and ter
rible-there was no redeeming point
about him-for even the apparent
fCrtitude he assumed was mere bravo
-meretricious courage-which the first
week of the galleys would crush out of
him as easily as one brushes the juice
out of ripe grape He wore a non
descript costume of vari-colored linen,
arranged in folds that would have been
the admiration of an artist. In was
gathered about him by means Of
brilliant scarlet sash neglgently tied.
His brawney arms were bare to the
shoulder-his vest was open. and dis
| played his strong brown throat and
chest heaving with the pent-up anger
and fear that ragged within him. His
dark grim figure was set off by
curious effect of color in the sky-a
long wide band of crimson cloud, as
though the sun-god had thrown down
goblet of ruby wine and left it to
| trickle along the smooth blue fairness
of his palace floor-a deep after glow,
which burned redly ON the olive-tinted
eager faces of the multitude that were
everywhere upturned in wonder and
! ill-judged admiration to the brutal
black face of the notorious murderer
and thief, whose name had for years
been the terror of Sicily. | pressed
through the crowd to obtain a nearer
view, and as ] did so sudden savage
movement of Neri's bound body caused
! the gendarmes to cross their swords
in front of his eyes with a warning
clash. The brigade laughed hoarsely
"Corpo di Cristo." he muttered-
think you man tied hand and foot
can run like a deer? | am trapped
/ know 1t, But tell him" and he in
dictated some person in the throng by
a nod of his head, tell him to come
hither-I have a message for him"
The gendarmes looked at one
another, and then at the swaying
crowd about them in perpexity-they
| did not understand.
Carmelo, without wasting more
words upon them, raised himself as
uprightly as he could in his strained
end bound position, and called aloud:
Luigi Biscardi! Capitano! Oh he
you thought ! could not see youl bio,
| should know you ir he'll! come near
i have a parting woid for you"
At the sound of his strong harsh
voice, a silence half Of terror, half of
awe, fell upon the chattering multi
| tude. There was q sudden stir as the
people made way for a young man to
/ pass through their ranks-a slight, tall
! rather handsome fellow, with a pale
/ face and cold, sneering eyes He was
dressed with fastidious care and neat
| ness in the uniform of the Bersagliere
and he elbowed his way along with
| the easy audacity of a privileged
| dandy. He came up to the brigade and
spoke carelessly, with a slightly
mocking smile playing round the cor
ners Of his mouth
"Ebbene!" he said, you are caught
at last, Carmelo, You called me-here
| am. What do you want with me,
rascal"
Neri uttered a ferocious curse be-