The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-15
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Blanca felt completely par alyzed Ter
Tor and alarm had gained the mastery
over her senses. She thouhgt IL would /.
. dream which would soon be over. Blu
IL did not leave her. The hellish triumph
al procession halted before the Paiac,
Cagliari, and from the boisterous shout
ms Blanca could understand that thos'
who were gathered around the lluminatet
windows were saluting the murderer ant
his hideous procession.
What a company must that bet
The procession stops. Champagne bot
ties are thrown from the windows of tn
palace, and are caught by those below
The torch-bearers make room around TIL
throne of the murderer. and into thi
space spring wild figures, men and wo
men. who. with bottles in their hands
commence performing the most hideou:
OF dances-which seems to have been in
vented for the purpose of making woman
detestable in the eyes of man. Music
also Is not wanting, for that which issue,
from the palace windows can also BIZ
used for the dance in the street below
The street is the reflection of the palace
The people there do the same as do thoss
In the palace, but more naturally, and
without masks.
Blanca felt such irrepressible anger al
the spectacle that she wished that ths
earth would open under this Sodom, and
that the flames of he'll would devour
both the guilty and the innocent. Is there
no man who knows how to punish when
God is blasphemed? There Is one.
From the st. Angelo bridge a threaten
ing army approached with hourishing
trumpets. 1t is a whole squadron of car
abinierL The glistening of the bayonets
announces that it is they. All! now the
dancing ceases. A different kind of en-
tertainment follows. The man sitting on
the throne rises and In sonorous voice
shouts:
Onward, womenl'
Women? These gentlemen indeed know
how to wage war; Immediately the wo-
men crowd forward and obstruct the
passage. The carabinicri. who approach
rapidly, are received with an "Evviya''
which CRATES upon the ear.
Blanca recognizes In the leader the chiel
OF police, who ID riding at the head OF
the troops.
He came himself. He was the highest
officer and at the same time the friend
OF the murdered Prime Minister He will
certainly take vengeance upon the muir
derers. He Is the temporal Providence
for all Rome. 1t Is his duty to protect
society from the outbursts of evil pas
slons. Blanca saw from her window how
the great man stopped his horse in front
OF the line of skirmishing women and
commanded his soldiers to put up their
weapons.
Then. raising himself in his saddle, he
shouts:
Long live liberty Long live the peo-
pie! We belong to the peoplel"
He then allows drunken women to lift
him from his horse; he is conducted to
the throne of the murderer, to whom he
extends his hand, draws him to his
bosom and kisses him on the cheek
The rabble below:
Long live the army
EThe trumpeters of the carabinieri peal
the interruptedS Carmagnola, and the flu
rious bacchantes seize the soldiers who
had dismounted and dance with them the
dance of those who had been stung by
the tarantula.
Thus the water united with the fire;
the oil united with the water
History records the name of the muir
derer as Santa Constantine, and that of
the colonel who kissed and blessed the
assassin as Calderari