Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-08-15

He had not proceeded far before he
heard the jahh@r Of voices, the rattle Of
side arms against cantecus and tin
cups, denoting that some soldiers OF
the retreating army were ahead Of
him Thinking they would afford him
n good opportunity to make his expert
mcnt of playing ghost. he urged his
charger on till he came in sight Of four
men, whom he suspected to be those
who had been sent back to iind him.
Hearing the pattcr of the donkey's lit
tie hoofs ON the road, they turned.
For Il moment they stood paralyzed.
Santa Marta" whispered one to the
other. Its the miller. lie must have
been murdered"
Go back" cried out Guardet. "and
bury me, King Bomba's men have left
my body IN n thickct near my mill.
will haunt YOU till you place II under
ground and put cross over IT."
AS he spoke he kept ON ut the same
pace The soldiers rccoiled before
him to the side OF the road and IA
soon as he had passed began to con.
suit AS ~ NHat NhNN ShNNN wv ANNN
one Of them dared to stand against the
threat he had made In the mtllcr's
name. and, trembling, they retraced
their steps and spent hours In fruit
less search for his hody
Meanwhile Guardct, encouraged at
his success, rode on, keeping NJ n safe
distance behind the advance Of the re-
treating army. till he came to the top
Of dcclivity from which he could look
down on Palermo He saw king Bonn
ba'S flag dying over the palace, the
Neapolitan ships of war in the harbor,
besides several war vessels Tying the
British flag, He noticed the enemy's
camps and. considering their extent,
could not conceive how his general
could prevail against them, He oh
served their positions and saw that
they were ON the farther side OF the
city. while the decliVity on which he
stood led down to the narrow streets
on the hither side that had been left
without protection. All this he Consid-
cred, and II occurred to him that 1t
would be well for his general to know
what was before him.
by this time darkness had come on,
and he determined to take advantage
of II to ride back To inform Garihaldi
OF what he had seen
There was another road leading to-
ward the revulutionists which Joined
the one on which they were advancing.
Guardet made for this road. Just as
he was about to ride into 1t, looking
over an open space, he saw the dark
forms of men marching westward
AHA" exclaimed Guardet To him
self. "A force Is moving by this road
either to strike the general on the
flank or cut him off. We shall see
about this
For some distance the road on which
these troops were marching lay over
partly open ground. and Guardet hoy
cred on their flank, He appeared now
and again to the soldiers as II white
mass moving In the same direction as
themselves, He was minded to block
the road before them to delay or turn
them back. but he remembered that
their leader would be Mt their hend
and, being of superior intelligence. was
not likely to be frightened by an ap-
partition. So he fell back to the rear
with view to detaching some portion
OF the force When the dawn was
far enough advanced To enable the
troops to see him he put himself on the
road between the main body and a
company marching short distance In
the rear, \ bomb dropping among
them could not have more etfectually
scattered them
Without waiting for them to investi-
gate him Gunrdet, who every moment
was becoming more convinced OF the
Importance Of bearing the information
he possessed TO his general. crossed
from the road on which the Neapoli-
tans were marching to the one on
which Garibaldi was advancing and
| during the morning took position at IA
point where the general must pass He
had not waited long when the head
OF the revolutionary column came In
sight Guardet rode to meet them.
and the skirmish line melted away
llht iSt hIhlti tue ldSS VI hot pun
| Guardet kept on causing commotion
In the little army TIL he approached
the general and his staff
whats this?" the general demand
ed. who are You who have rugged
yourself like It phnntOmT
Il am Private Giuseppe Guardet.
taken In yesterdays fight by King
Rumba's men escaped and hid In a
mill That's what gives me II ghostly
appearance. | have been To the crest
Of the hill overlooking Palermo auG
have noted several features that It
may be we'll for you to know"
"What are they
There must be 10000 troops In Pa
lermo. but they are all near the palace
at the other end Of the city There Is
a fleet Of war vessels In the hurbor.
some Of them bearing the English
flag"
/ Ia