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KINSLEY GRAPHIC. KINSLEY, KANSAS. BEFORE AND AFTER. When she married, often she Forcefully asseverated. On the tbreshold-tthrone she'd be Sovereign sole, nor dominated -By her chosen minister: Others might be held and harried; None should dictate unto her When she married-! When she married as she did Found her throne of love rose-hidden. And she walked as she was bid Never knowing: she was bidden; He could reign enough for two. And ber maiden plans miscarried; She became the gentle shrew When she married! Wh"n he wedded,:so he said-. He'd none of the bonds that tie mn! She. his choice, would know who led Ere they'd quit the shrine of Hymen. She might make and mend his things; See him fed and softly bedded; He would hold the house-purse strings When he wedded! When he wedded he would check . Butchers', grocers bills and bakers'; And would find him no soft geek Milliners and mantua-makers! He would manage stern and well. Marriage he in nowise dreaded; But the records do not tell When he wedded L- -Philip T. Roxbury, In Illustrated Amer ican. Copyright, 1895, by D. Appleton & Co. All rights reserved. . . CHAPTER XIX. EXIT THE ANCIENT BRICO. I had gained my point without waste of frords or time, but it. was to be my way or not at all. My ladytwas 'in dire peril. Against this could 1 for a moment weigh any thought of myseff? What cared I whether France, Spain, or the Borgia ruled in Italy? What mattered it to me whether one crafty statesman held the reins of pow er, or another outdid liini in craft and iilched away his bone? My lady was in dan ger, and my honor might, rot, and the Most Christian, the Most Catholic, and Most Holy wolves might tear e&ch. other's throats out before I would move a finger, take one step, until she was free. If I had to pull down Baglioni's hold with my own hands, I would 4ree her. If a hair of her head was injured Jf should take such vengeance as man never lizard of, and the-"iy foot caught in the --carpeting of the passage, I tripped up and ,fell -heavily, the shock pending sttors before my: eyes. w-: " . ' ."Too much haste, cayajicre," and a hand helped me to rise. viir gained my feet 1 saw Machiavelli beside me. "I followed you yi3pnee' he said, "but you went so last Lhd-missed you but for that lucky trip. A.woVl more if you free her, take her to tne corfvehtbf St. Jerome, two miles northwcslMagione the abbess will do the rest. iMjU&efijto that." "Very well. CoA grant 1 succeed!" "Amen to that,nt5Iachiavelli took my hand. "Ad ieu, cavalftrre; xinfce 'again, I must go LacU to his emitfetice'wehave a point or two to discuss yet, but no more Falernian. Cbrpo di Bacco! I grqw cold when I think of -our escape." 5 :... "Good -by, your excellency," and we parted. I went on with a little more care, and, be ing a trifle cooled by my fall, was able to think better. By the time I reached my apartments 1 had decided on my route. 1 should leave by the Porta del Popolo, keep on the right bank of the. river as far as Borghetto, there cross tUe 'Tiber, and on to Perugia in a straight;lin"e by Narui and Todi.1 It was close three and .thirty leagues; but I did not mean to spare horse flesh.' As I reached the entrance which led to my rooms, I found Jacopo and my men ready, and Castor whinnied a glad welcome, pawing at the air with his forefoot in his im patience. St. ArmaljH&a-nd the abbe, al ready mounted anal S(t tended by a couple of men, were a little to the right. " "I will not keep you a moment, chevalier," 4 called out as 1 passed him, and, running tip the stairs to my room, began to dress rap idly. Jacopo attended me, and, as he hand ed me my Bword, pointed to the open win dow. ''.' "A fair night for a long ride, excellency!" . "Yes, the moon stands well my cloak quick," and we descended the stairs. "All ready, Jacopo?" - "Your excellency?'-' "Steady, Castor," and I swung into the addle. - There was the jingTe of bit chains, the clank of steel scabbards, the ling of iron shod hoofs on the pavement, and with St. Armande by my side and my troop behind me, I left the Palazzo Coraeto. To avoid risk of stoppage I did not go down by the Alessandria to the Ponte di San Angelo, but determined to cross at the Ri pe tta. Therefore, crossing, the Borgi di San Angelo, we went northwards by the V. d. Ire Papazzi, up the. Via Cancellieri, and then, turning to the right, rode up the Via Crescenzio. To our - right, as we rode, the moon hung over San Angelo and the dark outlines of the gloomy stronghold loomed like a vast shadow of evil above us. La front of us lay the Tiber, and the long line of fires of the charcoal-burners. The latter over hung by a blue cloud of smoke, into which the forked flames leaped and danced. At the bridge we were stopped by the guard, but the safe-conduct set us free, and we crossed at a slow pace. Above the hollow beat of the horses' hoofs I heard the waters churning around the piers, and, looking over the side, saw the gray river as it hummed past below me, flecked with white foam-tipped waves, chasing each other in tines of light across its surface, or. as they in broke catching the moon rays, and dying in a hundred colors with an angry hiss. Passing through the ruined Porta del Popolo, where the breaches made by Charles' cannon were still unimpaired, we took the Flaminiau Way, and galloped down the road almost in darkness, owing to the shadows thrown by the high walls on each side of us. We rccrossed the Tiber at the Ponte Molle, and, still keeping the Via Fla minia, turned our horses' heads in the direc tion of Castel Nuovo. Not the best horse in the world could keep up the pace we were going for long; and 1 was old enough soldier to know that our sliced must be regulated by the slowest beast it' we wanted to reach in full strength, so 1 slackened rein to a walk and gave the animals a rest. Excepting once, when Jacopq rode off to make his duty to the. Fountain of.Trevi, I had not exchanged a word with St. Ar mande, indeed 1 was in no mind to talk; but he broke the silence with a question. "Do we ride all night, cavaliere?" "We have many leagues to go, St. Ar mande." "Ciel!" he muttered under his breath, and I heard the abbe as he leaned forward whis per: "Courage! would you give way now? Courage!" Clearly there was a mystery here to which I had no clew, and it troubled me. I glanced at St. Armande, and through the moonlight saw the white of his cheek, show ing all the paler for the black patch he wore transversely across it; but looking at him did not explain matters. "What the devil does this mean?" I said half aloud to myself. "Did you speak?" "Merely something to myself, chevalier. Diavolo! But this is a dull ride." "Do you think so?" and his tone softened suddenly. 1 made no reply, but stirred up Castor, and we jogged along. I left the mystery to take care of itself, and mapped out a line of action. I would take only two men with me into Perugia, and send the rest with Ar mande to the convent of St. Jerome to await the result of my attempt to free Angiola. It sounded like foolishness to give St. Ar mande the control of the stronger party, especially if he meant treachery; but this I was persuaded he did not. On the other hand, a following of six troopers was a trifle too many to pay a peaceful visit to Baglioni, and might arouse suspicion, while they were too few tc attempt open force. In 3hort, if I could not do what I wanted with two men, I would not be able to effect it with six or a dozen, and made up my mind to split our parts', either after crossing the Paglia, or beyond at San Fortunate In this manner, sometimes galloping, some times trotting, and at other times walking our horses to give them a rest, we reached Castel Nuovo, but did not enter the town, skirting it by our right, although one of the troopers suggested our going westwards by Campagnano, a useless detour as it seemed to me. We passed the little town exactly at midnight, and the chime of bells striking the hour fell pleasantly on our ears. A short way beyond we found the road so cut into ruts and fissures that it was not possible to go at any other than a snail's pace, so that within the next two hours we barely cov ered as many leagues. The moon was now on the wane, the road became worse, and one or two of the horses showed signs of fatigue. Jacopo rode up beside me. "By your leave, excellency! We have the 1 pad by Soratte to cross soon, and in the coming darkness may possibly lose our way. I would suggest, therefore, that we halt here until dawn. It will rest the horses, and with the light we could press on." "Very well. Hark! Is not that the sound of water?" "Yes, your worship." "Then we will stop there." A few yard3 beyond we came to a ruined temple, near which a fountain was bubbling. Here 1 gave the order to halt, and in less time than I take to write this the troopers had sprung to earth, the saddle-girths were loosened and all the preparations for a two hours' halt begun. I shared a little wine with St. Armande and the abbe, and the former, rolling him self up in his cloak, leaned his back against a fallen pillar, and seemed to drop off at once into sleep. The abbe followed his example, but my mind was too impatient for rest, and I walked up and down, watching the ending cf the moon, until it finally sank out of sight, and darkness fell upon us. Dark as it was around me, my mind was in a still greater darkness, for I was unable to think of any plan by which I could gain access to Angiola, after reaching Perugia. Time, too, was short; but that did not mat ter, for I was prepared to let the affair of the ducats slide, rather than lose any chance of rescuing her. ' A straw yet remained. Luck might be on my side, and with luck and a strong heart one might do anything. There was noth ing for it but to content myself for the pres ent with this. Until I reached Perugia I could develop no plan. So I paced up and down with an unsettled mind, and finally, seating myself on a stone, awaited the morn ing, alternately nodding and awakening with a start. At last1 The east began to whiten, and, getting up stiffly, I touched Jacopo with the end of my'sword. He jumped with an ex clamation, and, recognizing me, began to apologize. This I cut short, and bade him arouse the men. "This instant, your worship. Cospetto! To think 1 should have overslept myself! Ho, sluggards! Buffaloes! Awake! Think you that you are going to snore here all night?" and he began to stir the men up. They rose willingly enough, with tremen dous yawnings and stretching of arms, and we were soon on the march again, through the increasing daylight. The coming day seemed to worm the hearts of the men, and one of them broke into song, the chorus being taken up by the oth ers, as we jogged along. When this had lasted some little time, I gave Castor's reins a shake, and off we went at a smart gallop. Shortly after passing San Oreste the road led along the side of Soratte, and, the morn ing being young, besides very bright and clear, we had a glorious view. To the left lay Civita Castellans, the walls of the new citadel standing high above the town, which lay in the middle of a network of deep ravines; to the right and behind us the Sa bine Hills extended in long, airy Ifnesv and the wooded heights of Pellachio and San Cennaro, where, close to Palembara, was an old castle of our house, rose to the south east. Abov us was the monastery of St. Silvestre, and Soratte itself reached towards where Borghetto stood, on a bend or the Ti ber, in a series of descending peaks. Cool puffs of air caught us, and freshened the horses as well as our hearts, and it was a cheery party that finally reached the Ponte Felice, and entered the town. Here our safe-conduct again stood us in' good stead. Indeed, we had difficulty in getting awayTfull, too, for the yard swarmed with people,, for the Captain Lippi, wbo held Borghetto for the Borghia, wished to press his hospi tality on us for a few days; but on my eventually taking him aside, and whispering to him that I was bound on a confidential mission, he gave in, but with some little re luctance. He, however, invited us to share his table at dinner. 1 accepted, but Sir Ar mande, who was looking very wearied, de clined, and dined quietly with the abbe at the "Silver Eel," where I quartered my men, Lippi was an bid soldier risen from the ranks, with a head more full of drill than suspicion; but in order to remove any such weed that might be growing there I af fected to be so delighted with bis conversa tion at dinner that 1 begged the favor of his accompanying me for a league or so on my way, after we had dined. To this he agreed with alacrity, and I was subsequentiy sorry for my pains, for the old bore did not quit me until we had all but reached the Nera, and saw the campanile of St. Juvenalis ris ing above Narni. We did this portion of the journey at a rapid pace, as I wanted,' if pos sible, to shake off the captain, but, mounted on an Apulian, he stuck to me like a burr, dinning into my ears his opinion as to how the cros3-bow was a weapon as superior to the arquebus as the mangonel was above even Novarro's new cannon. At length he wished us the day and departed, and the horses, scenting the end of their day's jour ney, put on fresh speed as we galloped through the oaks that studded the-yalley.of the Nera. The river here was hemmed into a narrow ravine, and, crossing by an an cient bridge of three spans, supposed to have been built by the Romans, we climbed up the steep ascent that led to Narni, and there found food and lodging for both man and beast, at an albergo, the name of which, somehow, I have forgotten. St. Armande was quite worn out, and I saw he was unfit ted for any long strain. We supped to gether, and he retired almost at once. After supper I had a detailed examination of the horses, and found that one of them had a sore back. The trooper who owned him vowed he would not part with him, so I had to dismiss the man, which 1 did. This re duced my fighting strength to six men, in cluding Jacopo. I did not include St. Ar mande and his followers in estimating this, putting them down to so much incum brance, of which I would soon take care to be rid. I was anxious, however, to hurry" on, and so altered my original plans a little, and in the morning, after we had gone about a league, I turned to St. Armande, and said: "Chevalier, it is necessary for me to press on with all speed. I want you, therefore, to do me a favor." "Anything you like, cavaliere; but we do not part, do we?" "It is this. I am going on at ones; I want you to take four of my troopers, and with Jacopo attended to the task as if he loved it. your own following make for the convent of St. Jerome. It lies a little beyond Magione. Your arrival will be expected. If not, say you are awaiting me. Await me for a week. If I do not come then, go back to Rome, and tell the cardinal what you have done.' "But I thought 1 was to go with you and share your adventure?" "I give you my word of honor, St. Ar mande, that you will share in the adventure for which I agreed you should come share up to the elbows but you will spoil every thing if you do not do what I say." "There is no danger to you?" "No more than there is to you; in one word, St. Armande, do you agree or riot?" "Very well." "Then there is no time to lose. Jacopo!" "Excellency!" "Pick out a man, and he, you, the lackey and myself, will go on ahead. The rest can follow. I have given all other orders to the signor, St. Armande." "There is Bande Nere, your worship." "I am ready, cavaliere," and a tall, thin, gray-iuustached trooper saluted as he spoke. He looked the man I wanted. My lackey was a stout horseman, and at a pinch might hold a sword as well as he held my valise. So, shaking hands with St. Armande, I put spurs to Castor, and we - dashed off. Turning the corner of a belt of forest land, I looked back and waved 'my hand in fur ther adieu to the chevalier. I caught the flutter of the white handkerchief the young dandy carried, as he loosed it to the air in reply to my salute, and the next moment the trees hid them from view. We rode hard now. Castor going almost as freely as when We started. Indeed, I would have far outpaced the others, if I did not let him feel bit once, and the noble beast, as if knowing his duty, required no further warning not to outstrip his compan ions. . Going as we were now Perugia was but a few hours away; but the pace was too great to last long, and from Todi to Perugia there were nine leagues and a trifle over of an ascending road. Castor might do it, the others I was sure would not. In order, therefore, to rest the horses, as well as to avoid question, I resolved that we should dine at-Rosaro, and after an hour or so of rest Dress forwards, passing by Todi, and j traveling -atf-night, ao-as to reach Perugia in the morning. If we went faster, we would only reach at night and so late as to find j entrance into the town impossible. We clattered past the villages of 'San Gemini and Castel Todino, and about noon drew up our now somewhat blown beasts at the gates of the "Man-at-Arms," the only inn in the village. It was a poor place 1 saw at a glance, and. as we pulled up, a crowd of yokels in holiday attire gathered around us. The inn seemed and a half-score heads of contadini were at each window, staring at us open-eyed. As I took this in, the landlord came run ning out, cap in hand and full of apologies. "Ghime! But my house is full to the gar rets, signore, and it is nothing I can do foi you to-day. To-morrow is the feast of St. Mary of the Consolation, and all the coun try is going to Todi " "I do not want to stay. We merely halt here to bait our horses and to dine. Can you manage that?" "If that, is all, excel lepcy, .yes, oh, yes. The beasts, they can rest anywhere, and there is a polenta and room for your excel lency's followers; but for yourself, signore," and he shook his head mournfully. "What is, the difficulty?"' ' And I dis mounted, my men following suit. out mis, signore. 1 nere is Dut one room in the house you could use, and that is occupied by two gentlemen of the army Violent men, signore, who will not allow anyone to share it. Lasso me! But not a paul have they paid me as yet!" "Give them my compliments, and say that the Cavaliere Donati begs to be allowed a corner of their table for his dinner." "Alas, signore! It is useless. They have been here two days "Then it is time they made room for other travelers. Give my message, landlord, and say I am following. Mine host trotted off with considerable misgivings expressed in his face, and fol lowed by my lackey, bearing my valise, I went after him at a. slower pace. When I reached the room, which could hardly be missed, seeing it was the only one in the house that had any pretense of ap pearance, I found the door open, and heard a half-drunken voice shouting: Begone dog! Blood of a king! But are two gentlemen to be disturbed because a signore with a long name wants to dine? Skull of St. Jerome! Did you ever hear the like of this? Cospetto! Tell him to go hang, or 1 11 spit him like a lark. I heard enough to recognize the voice, and, turning to the lackey, said : "Send Jacopo here at once with a stout cudgel run. The man went off on the double, and I re mained without the door listening with amusement to the ancient Brico's bluster, for it was he, and he was having all the talk, his companion, whoever he was, now and then-giving a grunt of assent. . "Mitre and cowl! Hell and sulphur! Will you begone, fool, or shall I slit your wind pipe? and I heard him beat the table with his fist. "Out, rascal," he roared, "and bring in another skin of chianti." Out came the wretched innkeeper, and, seeing me at the door, began to urge me to go; but at this moment Jacopo came run ning up with a stout stick in his hand, and, pushing the landlord on one side, I stepped into the room, followed by Jacopo. . Brico's friend, who was quite drunk as it Beemed, had fallen asleep whilst he wastalk- mg, and lay with his head between his arms, half on the table, half on his chair. The an cient was seated with an empty skin before him, and rose in wrath as 1 entered. "What the ," he began in a wine-blown voice, and then his face paled a little as he saw me. I did not waste words. "Cudgel me this fe'Iow out, Jacopo, I said, and Jacopo at tended to the task as if he loved it. The an cient attempted to draw his sword, but it was useless, and a minute or twe later he was flung out into the courtyard, beaten to a jelly and howling for mercy. He lay where he was flung, too bruised to move. His friend slept through it all; but as my lackey lifted up his head in an attempt to eject him, I recognized Piero Luigi, and felt that some more stringent action than 1 had taken with Brico should be adopted here. "This man is a thief," I said to the land lord, "and his friend little better." "Then to the stocks they go; and now," almost screamed the host, "not a paul have they paid me, signore, I swear this, the ban dits. Hi! Giuseppe! Giovanni!" A couple of stout knaves came running in, and the innkeeper, trembling with anger and fear combined, yelled out: "Bind this brigand and his companion se curely, keep them in the stables, and to morrow we will hale them before the po desta." I enjoyed my dinner comfortably, and on going out to see after the horses was met by Bande Nere, who took me aside to where, in a corner of the stables, two men were ly ing secuicly bound. One was Luigi, 6till happily drunk. 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