The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-03-14
RIENZI: THE LAST OF
THE TRIBUNES
,-,n1fnued from page fourteen-)

* MARITIME Iii Porto who bids
ne smile on him.
1--we di Rienzi, for it was she.
~rngyled and shrieked as h ruff
ran laid hands upon her. aho Aorian
,Hionra ran TO her rescue. Selling
- ION the hands OF her aSsailant
80 rev his sword and placing his
- agains, a buidino laid about
nTr, in such a fierce ann that he
Eepr the foe at bay while he
Colonna TO the rescue
attracted by the cry. two armed men
-lme running TO the assistance OF
,sr+ar. They were tall, powerful
.,Irriors whose fresh compiexionS,
which even the suns Of Italy in many
.srpaigns had not been able to de-
,rrov. long yello" locks and ferce,
.a0rnfui faces proclaimed them to be
IF one OF those companies Of free
r+7eas. hardy soldiers from Germany
md France or from still more north
m realms, who, formed into mer-
.-enarv bands, were then hattening
upon the decayed carcass of ITALY IN
der the patronage Of any ambitious
-.r5rre or noble who had the money
~ buy their services.
-Ha. gentlemen" cried the fore
most of these two men, a man whose
-.ance was high and naughty. and
who seemed to address even a Roman
noble with q h~alf-veiled contempt,
~ nat are the OOOS Dix TO one !.
will take the weaker side" Who
are vou?" asked Martina haughtily,
araHing back from the sword OF
Adrian. Walter de Montreal, gen
-i-fnan of Provence and knight Of St.
Iohn.' answered the At
thai redoubtable name, the narne of
one Of the boldeSt warriors and the
most accomplished freebooters of his
time. even Martino's5 cheek grow pale
and his folk wers uttered a cry Of
terror. AT the same time the torches
we're seen waving and the bands Of
The donna were heard approaching.
MARITIME and his men retired with pre-
,ipitation. Thus was Irene saved by
the man she had long secretly loved
and returned in safety to her brothers
home.
adrian CoIonna now saw much Of
his former friend and found him no
longer the dreaming boy, but a man
before whose vast plans and com
mauding intellect he felt huInbied.
Ills a~dniration for Cola di Rienzi, MS
real sympathy for the cause of the
people. and. more than all perhaps.
his love for Irene seemed to chain
him 20 the side of the rising plebeian.
But. on the other hand. could he de-
Srrt his family and his caste No.
he would play the mediator between
he factions which would rise and the
mobiles who would be cast down. He
would aSsuage the savage rage Of the
one and the newly liberted frenzy of
the ot~her-though as regarded the
latter he had no doubt hat the calm,
and inhexible Will Of Rienzi would be
able 10 calm the tempest which he
was about to raise.
That Adrian should marry his siste Ell
was q pleasing thought to Cola. There
would be a concrete exam pie of that
for which he sought, the bringing OF
AL classes into one common brother
hood. Also. amid the mysticism and
The patriotism which thrilled through
evety fibre of Cola di Rienzi, there
Iurhed that ambition of which there
Ms never q plebeian raised to high
state entirely dest tute, the NIB
ton for an alliance with an old fam
lily Cola himself now loved. and
though it could scarcely be said tina
lurking sentiments which gave a par,
Of his qualification to the thought OF
his sisters marriage With q Colonna
entered into his own love-for he
roJld have aSpired higher-yet his
affections had become fixed upon the
daughter of one Of the lesser mobiles
Nina di Raselli. AS yet he saw Nina
III secret. for ne would not stoop t
seek her hand from that Impoverished
noble. her father, until he could Offer
her a place of dignity and power
which he felt was soon to be his. Fol
me evolution OF the plebeians wa:
impending, and Cola di Rienzi wa
he idol Of the people of Rome.
one day Sir Walter de Montrea
said 70 stephen Colonna: Al lord
J warn You to beware Of Cola q
Hlenzi-" But the naughty baron re
died: Bah. he has mingled with thu
mob and takes its breath for power
/ 20 with my knights and follower:
On the morrow to Corneto. l wish {
numerous train. for I would not only
impress the of the cOuntrl
Nho have pillaged my conveys O
power
So he noble s1ephen and all th<
following he could muster rode ava
- corneto. And then the storm
4roke. The people Of Rome un.
Ter the leadership Of Cola di Rienzi
ne Orsini and two OF three others o
the noble families fled and the forti