The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-02
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 Don Nicola di Rienza, Senator of Rome impatiently tapped the gong which stoo' l upon the table by his side.
 Miguel" he asked of the officer wh answered his summons has Don Cabri, arrived%'
 | Yes, Your Excelleney," answered tn, man; The awaits your word." Ask him in. A tall man, well advanced in years entered and bowed to the Senator. An! Cabrio,' Rienza said, you ar, trific latc." Yes, Your Excellency, I was delayed hv the mob" :" lis what I would ask you. Tell me Cabrio. what means this uproar in the city-all this noise. this Turning of torch. Surely you can tell?' Don Cabrio seated himself at the table opposite Rienza.
 J had rather not say he replied. Come, come. Cabrio! Speak-what ii
 If Your Excellency commands it" ny Well then. I must reply. It means; Don Nicola'-and there was a light of secret satisfaction in the speakers dark eyes-'ft means that your people, the Roman people, have'risen. Your soldiers are everywhere being routed. and disor- der and death reign hand in hand. That, Your Excellency.. is what it means"
 Di Rienza smiled incredulously. My. dear Cabrio,'' said he, what rub bish is this you tell me? My soldiers man; 'tis nonsense. Perchance there are some few maleontents; but the people pshaw! Don Cabrio."
 Very well. Your Excellency. But me thinks the malcontents. as you are pleas ed to call them, are many" Rienza turned. almost savagely. upon the speaker.
 any? What is the cause? Speak"'
 Iris long story. Don Nicola"
 "Well?"
 Shall I speak7'
 Surely. Don Cabrio, surely"
 The courtier arose and carefully fast ened the door
 ITO render us safe from Interruption, Your Excellency," he explained.
 r,is Is the story as l have heard 1t;
 Nearly seven years ago there were a great many noblemen in Rome between whom there was constantly bloodshed and trouble. Prominent among them hstwesn these two old and noble factions was one of long standing and intense hatred. Many members of each family had been killed in street hroils or by assassination.
 About this time there arose in Rome a man who had conceived the idea of making himself head of the Roman world. By his eioquence and talent he succeeded, and was proclaimed Tribune. with absolute power
 This most noble Tribune immediately took 1t upon himself to cool the fighting ardor of the warning noblemen, and straightway set about the task. Never inquiring as to which party was in the right and which was in the wrong, he treated all who fell into his hands with equal severity"
 Rienza, T know all this.''
 "Yes, Your Excellency, but it is neces- sary that l repeat 1t.
 "One night the Tribune and his guards captured Don Emilio Orsi Ii, and in spite of his assertion that he was on an er- rand of peace he was thrown into prison. tied the next day for conspiring against the welfare of the state, and immediate ly condemned to be exec Ited.
 '"rhe great Tribune afterward learned th?t Don Orsin was seeking the aid of a leech for his sick wife. She died be- fore morning
 If the most august Tribune had in- 'quired into the cause of the quarrel be- tween the 0rsini and the Colonna, he doubtless would have been more lenient to the former; but he sought no knowl- edge.
 p p'rmiss tell you of the origin of the fcud.t
 About twelve years ago Don Juan Or ainl, then head of the family, found the body of a wounded and unconscious Co., lonna by the roadside, far up In the
 Saturdays story. THE DEATH OF DI R