The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-28

tNOk b9ev@ % uSe oe0F Msbk0Dpsh Wssn y
bpTstipg heart. but he resolved 10 meet
dntb Ike maD, ard walked with 15m
step ~ the place Of dsstb. Ascending the
scanoId. he looked With hurried glance
upon the vast crowd which had assembled
% ses him die. A body of tho town guard
surrounded she scaiYold TO keep on yns
throng wb,cn completely filed tho square,
while every window and house top was CO.
cupied by the bnrgbsrs and their families.
The melancholy sound Of the death boil
mingled with che nurmur of tho immense
crowd, from which Karl endcavored To
avert his face, but NJ bs did 80 his eye
rested on tho athletic figure and stern fea-
turos Of the sxecutioncr, whose brawny
arms, barred 10 tho elbows, Ycposed on his
huge two handed sword, which, already
unshsathsd, cleaned brightly In the morn.
ing sun.
"Alss," thought Karl, "what prepars-
tlon for the death of poor tailorP'
A priest, unobssYved, assembled the scaf.
fold end kAslt W .hts side. II was be Who
bad visited him In prison.
Karl wyDck," Whispered the temper,
~ ssp save thee even Dow."
How murDursd the tailor, bic blood
eurdling at tho sound Of thst voioe.
4 G'Aoknowlsdse ahysslf mine. aDd I win
Nansport thss In IN tnstsnt 70 scns far
distant country"
Karl started on his fest 20 suddenly tbat
tbs guards gyasped their halberds, svppos-
ing bs meditstsd IN ssoaps; bat be bsd NO
Guob intsntiOn.
"Avaunt, Aendv' hs cried, shuddsfipg
violently. "Rsmember the rsproof which
our bIessed Lord gave thes OF old. 6etapss,
avauntH
The beadsman's assistant here advapced
and babe Karl prspsre himself. The suf.
feyer said that be was ready, and begged
that the false priest might be dismissed,
but when fhey turned to bid bim bseops
he was Dowbsre TO be seen. Karl kDelt
again to rsOsivs the fatal blow. The h>ads.
man approached and raised his hugs
sword, but suddenly withhsld the blow,
for . thouasnd voices bude him desise, and
Q borseman was ssen 10 urge bic f0aminG
s4eed through the denss crowd.
"Hold! Hoidp' cried the DewoomeY.
"Fop heavens sake, forbesr. Stay tho ex
Ocutiop. / Am the slayer and that pool
man n Innocent Of murdeYl'
u was indeed the cavalier who had pos
esssed himself, Of Kari's sword, and thu
poor youth, overcome BY this unexpsetet
rescue, fell ssnssless into the arms Of th(
sxecuuonss.
"Eir," said tho cavalier, surrenderinl
himself 30 the officer Of the town guard
"ths crime II mine, II crime IL be 10 Dc
stroy one of tho most barefacsd villaini
that ever soourged society. ! am gentle
man OF Leghorn. Ny name IL Bernardo
Strozzi. The man I slew was Of good fam
lily, but he robbed me of all valued II
this world, and I resolved to seek hin
wherever he 1ed. Chance led me to youl
city, and, walking out without my sword
I met my foe In the street. He w0uk
have avoided me, but resolved TO possss
myself Of even q knife, 90 that Nigh
destroy him. / luckily seized sword II
the house Of this poor man. vsDgeanc
nsrved my arm, and he fell almsss a. soor
a. our weapons had CROSSED. The oomba
was fsir and equal. left Ansssrdam Inn
mediately, and at the next town ha<
for tho slayer. The saints be praised cha
my good steed bore me here In tiIns!''
Crowds pressed around Karl TO congrat
ulste him upon his escape from death
while the cavalier placed In his hands
purse filed with gold.
Friend" said he, "take this ana
uuppy. To8Ics sno ihsScHy you nov" 0ui
fered, but this may make you som
amends
Our tale IL ended, but as some may nee
a postscript, we add for their especial in
formation that Karl, with such an acqui
sition of wealth, forgot the suffering he ha'
endured and was the happiest man Il
Holland. He married his dear Elizabeth
by whom he had many children. becam
rich and died at an advanced age. Th
house In which no lived was formerl,
shown to the curious, and there was al
inscription over the door recording In
few brief lines the history we havo endeav
ored to give In detail, but modern i'm
provements have crcpt even into Holland
and the dwelling Of honest Karl Wynck !
no longer shown to the inquisitive traveller
New York News.