CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1902-11-06

ceased his contortlons ana gave me no
more trouble. now concluded that II
vas t1me TO do something ! therefore
made the eight parades. one after the
other, followed them up with straight
thrust and a disengagement both over
, and under the arm and ended with q
fanconnade They were now evident
ly nustered with my mode Of attnck.
90 I made the celebrated feint Of dou-
bling on both sides and finished the
business by giving the lower rascal
time thrust over the arm and the other
q time thrust In the octave. and they
were both dead men.
There were now fve men outright
dead upon the stair. in addition to
which | had killed one In the cellar
and had MANNED another TO that eI-
tent that be was incapa citated from
all further offensive operations. This
made seven In nil and left but siI of
the original thirteen to oppose me. AZ
I thought OF these f1nttering results
felt quite proud Of the unaided achieve
ments OF my good right arm and at the
same time was not little discouraged
As to the nnal outcome Of the struggle.
The SIX remaining banditti. having
lust witnessed the defeat and death OF
the two last named brnyos. who were
probn bly, the best fghting men among
them. clustered around the bottom OF
the stairway nd showed their irnpo,ent
rage by the most horribl. medi1vsl
imprecations and by ribaid talk and
gestures which II would be impossible
for me 20 write down
All at once | heard n sound from the
chamber OF Ippolita and OF the lifting
Of one OF the boards OF the noor. and
at this sound all six OF the knaves left
Oh looking at me md directed their
gaze at the ceiling Immediately above
their heads Then there seemed to fall
upon their faces from the rafiers above
some kind OF bright liquid. and at
once there came from their six villain
Gus ihroats the most awful. terrible.
ear splitting. heurtrendine shrieks and
yeii- which were ever heard this side
Of hades. and they struck wildly into the
air and clasped their hands over their
eyes. and they fell upon the fioor and
eroveied there and crept this way and
that until one by one they had all dis
appeared from view. And now there
came up TO my nosgrils a foul stencil as
of burned fesh or leather. and sought
sut ippolIta. and In a moments space
I found out and understood the whole
thing which had happened.
She had found In this chamber Of the
tower the brazier's furnace. already
supplied with charcoal and upon the
top OF Il there was a small round pot
Oiled with lead. and the dear. ingen-
] - l,,., x4,l s.If hs%
medi,cvai education what the thing
was meant for. had set FIRE TO the char
coal aud when the lead was melted
had lifted one OF the loose boards Of
the noor and poured the molten metal
% adroitty upon the faces OF the six
thieves that she had burned the eye
balls out OF every mothers son OF them.
As there was now no longer anything
to fear. we decided to descend at once
to the parlor floor.
Going down the stairs. we passed to
the lower floor and found ourselves In
the banquet hall Of the palace. And
now. happening to cast my eyes upon
She hfcsIzc. full length portrait Of q
nerce old knight In half armor. which
had hung low down upon the wall In
front OF mc at the opposite side OF the
room. became, AS II were. fascinated
with II. 80 that could hardly remove
my eyes from its wriuklcd and sinister
features, and l asked lppolita II she
knew which OF my honored ancestors
the picture represented.
"Marry. that do" she answered.
'as well as thou knowest II thyself.
II is the face OF Micheiozzo de- Paxxi.
thy great-rrandfather's father. COM
uaoniy called Michelozxo the bad. Well
indeed should know II, for II was
said TINT he did most fouliy murder
Messer Ridolfo Alhixzi. the father Of
my great grandfather Galeaxzo. Mes-
ser Ridolfo was last seen entering the
castle OF the Paxxi to transact some
business with thy forbenr. and II was
thought that Mlchelozzo did away with
him by casting him into an under.
ground well which existed for such
purposes and which is even to this day
4 supposed to exist In this CASTILLO maia-
detto OF thy race All. Timoteo. thou
dost come of most desperately wicked
ancestry. and I marvel much that 1
ind II In my heart to trust my life and
happiness to thee"
"Oh. come, Ippolita." said l. They
really weren't such bad lot, after NIL.
a. men go. and. for the matter OF that,
thou hast not much TO brng of thysclf
In the line of ancestors. Take. for In
stance. thy grcat-.randfather. Galeaa-
10. From AL can learn. he was the
most INSCRIPTIONS old cutthroat that
ever the principsIity produced"
regretted instantly the having said
this. gs saw that the dear girl was
exceedingly provoketi by Il. so that ehe