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falco falcone 29i
Falco was conveyed to the galleys in Augusta,
and while there became acquainted with Biagio, who
since then has followed him all through life. One
day he and Biagio and a third prisoner were
commanded to do some work in the fields. It was one of
the overseers who wished to lay out a garden around
his house. There they went quietly digging the
earth, but their eyes began to wander and wander.
They were outside the walls, they saw the plain and
the mountains, they even saw far away toward
Etna.
" It is time," whispered Falco to Biagio. " I’d
rather die than return to prison," said Biagio.
Thereupon they whispered to the third prisoner
that he must aid them. He did not want to, because
his imprisonment was soon ended. " Then we will
kill you," they said. Whereupon he yielded.
But the guard stood over them with his loaded
gun in hand. On account of the shackles Falco and
Biagio jumped with their feet together over to the
guard. They brandished their spades above his head,
and before he had time to think of shooting he was
thrown to the ground, bound and had a piece of sod
in his mouth. Thereupon the prisoners broke their
chains with the spade, so that they could walk, and
so stole away across the plain and in amongst the
mountains.
When night came, Falco and Biagio slipped away
from the prisoner whom they had brought with
them. He was old and weak, so that he would
hinder their flight. The following day he was caught
by the carabinieri and shot.
And one shudders, when one remembers this.
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