Show BRIGANDS OF EUROPE I THEY ARE BOLD AND FASCI FASCINATING GENTLEMEN How a 1 Robber Jobber Chief Descends on I R 11 lage laju and Carries On OlTa Ol a han linde-han- Han Han- Who then tho I la I- I f 4 orie Jero Heroes s I j I. I S jt I I t i Then Tho To brigands of f Italy and a r other foreign countries are aro not represented rep resented in America by any picturesque picturesque I esque class v writes ries M. M I I. I Payne layno In inthe the tho Detroit Free Tress Tho outlaws Detroit o f of t 91 this hemisphere are moro marc properly classed as n bandits bandits carrying oft off of tho the booty instead of or the person peron The Tho d jaunty brigands of history ran down their native natie mountains like goats goats had eyes like liko cats cats being able ablo to see ECO as well wel by night night as a by day andl whose whoso hearing hearing hearing- was as that of ot a u fox foz fox so that a D rustle ruste of If the tho leaves leaves however however slight served them theta as a warning R Added to this was a D trained in tell i- i j i gence genco of ot distinguishing people at long Ion distances of knowing the gentry gentry and I I movements movement by a system of communication com corn as ai complete as us that of ot the telegraph and a u cunning that that bu ed detection jese are aro the tho brigands of 01 f Italy of ot Spain Spam of Cuba Cuba or of any co country n try whore where brigandage Is then the offshoot offshoot off off- of shoot shoot of despotic power the tho trained army of outlawry I j Thero There is I al always ways a n leader m to those bands 0 of mountain robbers who live livo I by the tho rids rich and stop at no crime crime to to achieve their ends believing that personal indicates truo trueS prowess The Tho leader is usually an educated criminal wh who surprised in somo deed of crime hastens to the tho mountains and calls around hint him a horde of desperate men They at at- anco assume a dross that Is a display of bravado the tho gaudy colors of thel peasant combined with a part of tho tho costume of the tho noble with a a lot of jewelry and a desperate hardihood hardihood hardi hardi- hood of A rakish hat or sombrero completes this barbarous costume S Then The women women for for there thero are aro always always- woman found to wed those mountain ruffians ruffians are aro often handsome and Ire fre frequently interfere to save savo a captive for whom no ransom is offered front from a cruet cruel death They live livo idly wearing rl h clothes wrested Is-em Is travelers and their their hands are aro covered with rings twenty four being no unusual number besides a variety of gold chains thick as their fingers jit It isi tho aid that captaIn rob s x tj br V T o dosil iB it t. t U his evil evil eye eyo on some oa-some some fair village maiden ho he descends upon the tho occasion occa occa- stan sion of a dance danco on the tho and mingling with the dancers dancers- manages to dance danco with the tho fair alt one himself Then ho he charms hoe her with his grace and the beauty of his whispers whispers whis whis- pers love hove in Ia her terrified ears for ears for she well knows with whom sine sho is dancing dancing and and circling nearer and nearer to the outer edge of the company ho suddenly gives a whis whis- tIe and his men appear in a and dash olT otT with the tho prize tho thu leader covering thois' thois retreat with a fusillade of firearms which the villages vil lagos lages dare daro not return being too much cowed by the tho Honorable by n a captured priest who is hold in readiness is offered to tho girl who dare not ro- ro fuse fuso to become the tho brigands brigand's bride she sho can return to her homo home below bolow the tho mountain It is said these marriages are aro exceptionally happy and that the tho men love their abducted prize with constant affection and tho from which they are aro stolen are forever after sate safo from fire firo and rapine rapino at the hands of the tho band Tho iho capture of a rich victim puts the band into high spirits Thoro Ibero is really a certain code codo of honor observed in this high handed project The captive is treated fairly well if ho does not make mako too much trouble Ho He is allowed to cato cate with his family through members of the band and as ho he knows that treachery will cost hint his life ho he is I careful to observe the laws sot set before him The Tho utmost caution is used by bythe bytho the tho bandits they aro negotiating the tho ransom and when the money is paid over a receipt in duo form is given It happens often that the cap and then tho captors part like the best of friends oven even exchanging momon- momon the tho occasion this is duo due to a the tho of the tho grateful fooling on part captive that ho has escaped a long confinement in mountain caves or a cruel death and to a lively appreciation appreciation of the tho ducats ducate on the tho part of the tho captor m |