The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-30
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'I?' returned VaIcour- BY no means,
senior 1t is better she should die than
marry this brutal Captain de Souza"
This speech seemed to confirm my sus-
piciOn that ValcoUr himself loved Lesba.
But PaOla cast one Of his quick. search
ing glances into the spy's face and
seemed pleased by what he discovered
there
May I speak with my sister?'' he
asked, moment later.
Impossible, senior She must remain
in solitary confinement until the hour
Of execution, for the captains galIantry
will not permit him to bind her.
Then. approaching de Pintra. VaIcour
stood a moment looking down at him
and said:
Sir, you have made a noble fight for
a cause that has doubtless been very
dear TO you And you have lost In
these last hours that you a. permitted
TO live viii you not make a confession
10 your Emperor, and give him the de-
tails Of that conspiracy in which you
were engaged?"
In Rio?" answered Dom Miguel,
quietly, there is now no Emperor. The
Republic is proclaimed Even at this mo-
ment the people of our country are &C
claiming the United States Of Brazil.
Senior, your power is ended. You may.
indeed. by your masters orders, murder
US in this PARKWAY province before as
sistanCe can reach US But our friends
Will exact terrible vengeance for the
deed, be assured
NaIcour did not answer at once. Ha
stood for a time with knitted brows.
thoughtfully regarding the white-haired
chieftain of the Republic, whose brave
utterances seemed to US all to be
fraught with prophetic insight.
If your lives we're IN my hands," said
the spy, with a gesture of WEAKNESS.
you would be tried in a court of JUS
tee am no murderer, senior, and
sincerely Grieve that de Souza should
consider his orders positive"
He turned abruptly to Mazanovitch.
and throwing arm around, the little
man 5 shoulders, bent swiftly down and
pressed kiss upon the pall1d forehead.
Iheu, with unsteady gait he walked
from the room, and at last L saw the
eyes OF MazanOVitch open wide, a gaze
OF ineffable tenderness following the re-
treating form, until NalcOur had dis
appeared. PaOla also was staring, and
the disgusting shipper had left his face.
FOR time, at least.
Silence now fell upon the room Bas-
tro, in his corner, had gone to sleep, and
Dom Miguel seemed lost in thought
From the chamber in which Lesba Was
confined came 10 sound TO denote
whether the girl grieved over her ap-
preaching fate or bore il With the grim
stoicism Of her doomed comrades.
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The guard paced up and down before
the closed door, pausing at times TO
mutter word 10 his fellows, who stood
watchfuliy over Us. From my station
on the chest L could gaze into the yard
and note the shadow of the house
creeping further and further out into
the sunshine, bringing ever nearer the
hour when the bright orb would sink
into the far-aSyay plateau and our eyes
would be closed forever in death.
Yet the time dragged YEARLY, IL
seemed 10 me When one is condemned
to die it is better to suffer quickly, and
have done with ii. To wait. to count
the moments, is horrible. One needs to
have nerves Of iron 10 endure that
Nevertheless, we endured it. The
hours passed. somehow, and the shad-
ows grew dim with stretching.
Suddenly l heard a clank of spurs as
de Souza approached. He gave a brief
order TO the Uruguayans, who were
lounging in the yard. and then stepped
through the doorway and faced US.
Get resdy. SENIORS" said he. The
hour has come"
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