Mezzoni the Brigand — page 174: what you’re looking at

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166 MEZZONI THE BRIGAND. — to give them information of my proposed departure.”’ “Yes, as a witness.’”’ ‘“‘T presume so.”’ ‘Won’t an affidavit answer?”’ ‘*T will see.’’ ‘Ho! for merry England,’’ said Marion, delighted. While this conversation was taking place, or rather at the moment of its close, Walter received a summons to the government office signed by the prefect, to which he at once responded. Arriving in the Strada St. Carlo he was shown the body of aman who had been found murdered upon the road just this side of Resina, and which he was able to recognize as the market man who drove them to Naples. This was a part of the brigands’ pitiful revenge. But beside that body lay another which had been found by the vine-dressers of the hills. It was the mortal remains of Vecchio. Walter’s affidavit re- lating to these bodies was duly taken. He could not but mark the different expressions of the two faces, as they lay there in death. That of the market man, though he doubtless suffered severe pain before the last breath, yet looked calm and peaceful, almost child-like. Vecchio’s features, on the contrary, were distorted, an evident frown being noticeable on the brow, while the lower features were drawn and rigid. The bullet from Walter’s revolver had Se quite through his body, just below the heart. The market man had been stabbed in the back by a dirk, doubtless the cowardly perpetrator of the deed com-. ing up unobserved from behind. ‘ comicbooks.com —