The Sicilian Bandit / From the Volume Captain Paul""
honest dealer in contraband, belonging to the village of Gesso, and to two females the latter had brought with him from Messina. This delicate attention sensibly effected Bru
he fortress, the most noted cooks of Bauso were placed in requisition, and all that sing
lli a letter, which a countryman from Gesso had placed in his hands.
has chosen his
, comrade?"
s from Captain Luigi Cama
rveyor of rum
ore, and has a full cargo which he wishes to dispose of
n very good company, so make yourself easy; if you are not too long gon
ring to yield to the reasoning of his host; "the be
hole night before u
is guest, proceedings did not suffer by his absence. Bruno was amiable enough for any two, and the conversation began to assume the most animated character, when the door opened,
ou have brought any of those Turkish pastilles, a packet of Latakia tob
tese; "but on this occasion, I hav
d Bruno. "Pray sit down, sit down, and once again yo
s are charming," replied the Maltese; "but I hav
" asked
u," replied
on," sa
o you alone," s
o, "I'll hear you tomor
you immediately,"
not too many here, and I make it a rule when I feel comfort
ject I wish to allude
n looks after honest men; he
e emptied
et me hear your sermon, we'll lis
give in to the whim of his host
en, what is i
hat the justices of Calvaruso, Spadafora, Bauso,
Bruno, carelessly, at the same time emptying
ause of their arrest?"
of his mistress having retired to a convent, has taken it into his head that they have been too slow, and have s
o," said t
o, "I am quite aware
se, "there may be some circumstance
but go on, and I will acknowledge my ignoranc
met together, and each has put down twenty-five
eighteen hundred and ninety livres. You see, if my books are not
his sum to two or three men, known as your common ass
am quite certain they will not mee
answered the Maltese;
his brow and grasping his dagg
purpose of purchasing some Turkish goods, when a servant entered the room and whispered a few words in his ear. 'Very well,' said the prince, 'let him come in.' He then made
" said
our fortress, and to place you in their hands unarmed while you were at supp
who this man is
aid the
me?" sa
do Tom
the bandit; "he was h
the castle?" inqu
you came in,"
the police and the soldiers; for, as far as I
I was," s
you wish to escape, you h
aughing. "Ali! Ali!" an
e of my dogs loose in the court-yard, and send the fo
n began
o, with an imperative look; "we must have no sin
women we
ese ladies company; for my
e-box, and went towards the door; but as he was a
matter?" said
you;-are they not fine beasts? Silence, my tigers!" continued Bruno, opening one of
low growl and
ent Ali entered the room with Pascal's favourite bitch, Lionna: the noble creature went straight up to her master, re
said Bruno, patting the dog fondly on th
he Maltese and the two wom
garden door and began to walk round its bounds. Suddenly Lionna stopped, snuffed the air, and walked straight up to one part of the enclosure: as soon as she reached the wall, she r
seemed to guess her master's intention; and crossing the room in which the two women and the Maltese were anxiously awaiting the end of the adventure, she went into an adjoining chamber, in which there was no light and the window was open. She had scarcely entered when, crouching
hree bounds towards an olive-tree, and then heard a cry of agony: Lio
ecognised as that of Placido. "Help, it is I! C
ed Bruno, "kill him, my goo
duel by the uncertain light of the moon. He could perceive two bodies, whose forms were indistinct, struggling, rolling on the ground, and rising again, and seeming as if they were but one: for the space
ing from wounds inflicted with a knife, and even from the bites of her antagonist, he saw the musket-barrels of soldiers glittering in the rays of the moon, and advancing up the road that led fr
said the
tain?" ans
Placido Tomaselli?
ed Bruno; "but there is another
ean next to do?" a
can in the first in
inquired t
no, coolly, "and then-blow my
this began to sc
nd give them all they ask for except a candle, for fear t
ed creatures fel
d Bruno, stamping his fe
ccent, that the two girls rose and followed Ali w
the lights, and get into some corner where the bullets cannot reach