Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-07-03
BURLINGTON, IOWA, JULY 3, 1915.

reign. and gladly aid him IN his calam.
ity." And with these thoughts he
wrapped his cloak around him, and
sough, the house of the good duke.
Jovinian knocked a, the gate Of the
dukes palace. and the porter opened
the wicket, and seeing halt naked
man, asked him why he Knocked. and
who he was.
"Fripnd." replied the Emperor.
"Jovinian. | have been robbed OF my
clothes willis, battling and am now
with no apparel. save the ragged cloak.
and no horse; so tell the duke The En-
peror is here.
The porter. more and more aston
ished at the Emperor's words. sought
his master, and delivered Jovnian's
message to him.
Bring in the poor man. said the
duke; ..peradventure he IS mad"
So they brought. Jovinlan unto the
dukes great hail. aud the duke looked
on him, but knew him not And
when Jovinlan reiterated his story and
spoke angrllv unto the Duke, he pisied
him. Poor mad fellow" SAID the
Duke. II have bu, just now returned
from the palace, where | lief, the very
Emperor thou assumest to be. Take
him to the guard house. Perhaps
few days close confinement on bread
and water may cool his heated brain.
Go. poor fellow; | pity ,hee'
So the servants did as their lord
commanded. and they fed Jovlnian on
bread and water, and after time turn
ed him out of the castle; for he still said
he was the Emperor.
Sorely and bitterly did the Empe-
ror weep and bewall his miserable
fate; when The servants drove him from
the caste-eae ALAS, alas! he ex
claimed in his misery, "what shall
| do, and whittier shall RESORT
Even the good Duke knew me not.
but regarded me as poor madman.-
Come, will seek nv own palace. and
discover myself to my wife. Surely
she will know me al least
WHO ar, thou, pnor man! asked
the Klug's porter OF him when he
stood before the palace gate and would
have entered in.
Thou oughiest 10 know me- re-
piled Iovinan. "seelng thou hast SER
we'd me these fifteen years
"Served YOU, YOU dirty fellow"
rejoined the porter. Il serve The
Emperor. Serve you, indeed
II an the Emperor. Dost thou not
know me! Come, my good fellow,
seek the Empress. and bid her. by the
sign of the three moles on the Emper.
or's breast. send me hither the imperial
robes, which some fellow stole whilst
| was bathing"
"Ha! hal fellow; well, YOU are roy
alv mad Why the Emperor is at
dinner with his wife. Well, well. I'll
do thy bidding, if il be but TO have the
whipping of thee afterwards for an
impuden, mailman. Three mnes on
the Enpernr's breast! how royalty
thou shalt be beaten, my TREND.
When the porter told the Empress
what the poor madman at the gate had
said. she held down her head. and said.
with sorrowful voice. unto her lord.
MY good lord and king, here is
fellow at the palace gate that hath sent
unto me. by those secret signs known
only to thou and me, TO send him ,he
imperial robes, and welcome him as
nv husband aud nv sovereign"
When the fictitious Emperor heard
this, he babe the attendants bring IN
Joeinian And 10! as he ltered the
hall. the great wolf hound, that had
slept al his feet for years, sprang from
his liar, aud would have pulled him
down, had no, the attendants prevented
him; whilst the falcon. that had sal on
| his wrist in many far days hawk
| ing. broke her Jessie. aud flew out of
! the hall; SO changed was Jovlnlan The
| Emperor.
..Nobles aud friends" said the new
Emperor, shear We what | will ask Of
this man."
And the mobiles bowed assent, whilst
the Emperor asked of JovinIan his
name, aud his business with the EN-
| press.
"Askest thou me who | am and
wherefore am comet" rejnined Jov-
inian. IAN not thy Emperor. aud
the lord of this house and this realm!"
"l'hese our mobiles shall decide"
replied the KING. "rell me now,
which Of US twain is your Emperor,
| And the mobiles answered with one
accord: Thou dosl rifle with us
sire. Can we doubt that thou art our
Emperor, whom we have known from
his childhood! As for this base iel-
low, we know not who he is"
And with one accord the people
cried out against Jovinian that he
should be punished.
| On this the usurper turned 10 the
Empress of Jovinan-"Tell me, said
he, ION thy True fallh. knowest thou
this man who calls himself Emperor Of
this realnl'
And the Empress answered, "Good
my lord. have not thirty years passed
since first knew thee. and became the
mother of our children! Why askest
thou me of this fellowe and vet it doth
surprise me how he should know wha.
none save YOU and can know!'