The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-08-13

were iOunu ueh0 IN lonely DthCtS
disappeared and were never seen
again. An immense amount Of prop
srty was destroyed. Great numbers
u Innocent people went 10 daily fear
Il their lives.
Ceremony o. Reeonciiiation.
Two hundred members came from
fnr and near to attend the ceremony
Of reconciliation.
The. boys OF Temple seminary
walked first In the procession. Thea
came Monsigor Sauna. bishop Of Tenn
pio and CastelsardO, followed By the
parish, priest. the mayor with an Ital-
lan flag and an enormous crowd from
the whole countryside. Penitential
hymns were sung and mass was ceie-
brated In the open air amid deep emo
ton.
Then Father Deligios. famous
Franciscan preacher, spoke OF the
beauty Of Sardinia, the hospitality Of
her people, always generous except
when carried away by traditional hh-
treds. He alluded to the rs victims
and invoked the blessing and pardon
OF heaven on the survivors.
Then the members Of the hostile
families were divided into two long
files and went up side by side to re-
csive the episcopal benediction. There
was Paul Lepori. uncle Paul." as he
Is known to the whole countrywide, the
father-in-law and alleged ayenger Of
the nrst' victim, now ninety years Of
age. and very hoary. but still erect
and vigorous.
Beside him was Salvatore Pes, tho
son OF Martin Pes. whom old Lepori
wss accused OF killing. Salvatore 10
now some forty years OF age, Then
there were Mario and Arnold Stangoni.
sons OF the first victim, well able to
remember the horror OF their fathers
murder, Arnold In the uniform Of an
ardltO (stOrm troopers), with two sil.
yer medals earned by prowess in the
war
After the bene;iictiOn. old Paul Le-
pori and Salvatore Pes solemnly en-
brnced and wept on each others
shoulders, amid the intense emotion
and loud applause of the crowd The
kissing became general and there wero
solemn VOWS of mutual love and TO
spect.
The Last Combat
This Is the story Of the latest rec
OnciliatiOn. Two families carried ON q
feud until they were both nearly de-
stroyed. They fought like wild beasts,
concentrating every nerve, every emo
ton, In the business OF killing the ira
dltionai foe. Year after year. in aui-
bush and open fight. members OF both
families fell victims OF the Implacable
rancor.
Oddly enough, however. the two
heads OF the respective clans, sturdy
old men, remained unmOiested.
Youths and even children we're laid
low. but the chiefs remained. like stall.
! wart oaks, undlsturbed by the raging
! tempest OF crime.
At last they remained almost alone.
A few more murders and they would
have been the solitary representatives
OF their slaughtered lines. They took
no special precautions to guard
against attack. In fact. one afternoon,
one of them was riding quietly back
70 Sassari accompanied by servant.
A few miles from home a shot re-
sounded from behind u hill and he bit
the dust. He shook himself and rose
TO his elbows. but he knew that his
hour had struck.
He called quietly to his servant.
Take Off the saddle" he said
When this was done he took JcoyGl
very stealthily behind 1t, pointed his
gun In the direction from which death
had been let loose upon him.
Then he babe his servant run to.
ward the town, shouting as he ran
"AIy master Is deadw
Deceived by Ruse.
The man who had fired the shoi
was completely taken in by this do
vice. First. he peered out cautious
ly; then his whole body appeared
above the hill. 1t was the chieftair
Of the other family.
The wounded man took a long. de
llberate aim, fired and saw with sat
isfaCtlOn that he had hit his mark
The servant came running back. no
called by the shot, and to him the ole
man said grimly:
'rell them to bring two biers, fol
We are two dead men" And SO Il
proved.
They found the chieftain with hi
head resting on the hard pillow az
forded by hiss saddle, and in death h,
still chung to hs gun. After this las
tragedy the few survivors Of the TIVE
families consented to make peace, TO
1t seemed TO them that they had car
ried out the law Of vendetta TO IL
bitter end.
But vendetta is In their blood-th,
very children play at vendetta, jus
~ little Spanlards play at bull fights
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