The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1853-01-26
MIDDLEBURY, VT, WEDNESDAY,, JANUARY 26, 1853.

Mascali had, however, whispered a
single word in the dukes ear, and he
started as if struck by u thunderbolt
but instantly recovering himself he has
tily uncovered, and bowed nearly to the
ground.
IL beg your forgiveness" he said "but
my eyes are grown so weak, and could
so little expect the honor of meeting
your"
"For the love of God" interrupted the
lady, hastily, name me not here. A title
would too strangely contrast with my
present circumstances. Have you beer
long in Cologne ?"
"Three days, l am on my way from
Italy l took refuge there when oui
common enemy drove me forth, and con
fiscated all my earthly goods. am going
to Brussels
SAnd what are adviccs from France
Is the helm still in the hands of that
wretched caitiff2'
ale is in the zenith of his power"
"See, my lord duke, your fortunes and
my own are much alike. You the Sol
of man who, had he not too much de
spised danger, might we'll have set the
crown on his own head; and l, once the
Queen of the mightiest nation in the un
iverse and now both alike. But adicu.'
she said suddenly, and drawing herself
up, "the sight of you, my lord duke, ha.
refreshed me much, and l pray thai for
tune once more may smile upon youl
steps"
Permit me to attend your majesty
A slight color tinged the lady's fea
lures, as she answered, with a gentl,
commanding tone
leave us, my lord duke, it is oul
pleasure"
Guise bowed low, and, taking the la
dy's hand, he pressed it roverently t,
his lips. At the corner of the street h,
met some one, to whom he pointed ou
the old lady and then fastened away.
The next morning knock at the dool
announced person inquiring for Mon
sier Mascali she had small packet fol
him, and also billet. Iuside this wa.
distinctly written:
1.-TWO hundred louis d'ors constitute
the whole of my present fortune ont
hundred send for your use. GUisE."
And the packet contained a hundred
d'ors.
The sum thus obtained sufficcd to sup
ply the wants of the pair two long years
But the last louis had been changed ,anc
the lady and her companion were still
without friendly succour The shoema
ker and his wife had undertak jour
ney to AK la Chapelle, to take up som,
legacy. 1t was the 18th of February
1912. \ low sound of moaning nigh
have been hoard issuing from the garret
withcrcd female form. more like .
skeleton than thing of flesh and blood
was lying on bed Of straw, in the ago
nies of death The means grew NOR,
and more indistinct; slight rafting il
the throat was at length the only au
dible sound, and this also ceased Al
hour later an old man, dressed in rag
anu ldlteIS, cuttIcu tuc CHuulUcT. OnS
only word had escaped his lips as h,
tumbled up the failing staircase-"No
thing nothing +" He drew near til,
bed listlessly, but in moment he seizec
an arm of the corpse with an almost con
vulsive motion, and, letting it suddcnl,
fall, he cried,-
"Dead, dead, of hunger, cold, and star
vaton !"
And this lady was Mary of Medics
wife of Henry ~, Queen Regent o
France, mother of Louis Kill, of Isa
bella, Queen of Spain, of Henrietta
Queen of England, of Christina, Duches
of Savoy. of Castor, Duke of Orleans :
dead of hunger, cold, and misery; anc
yet Louis Kill, the cowardly tool 0
Richelieu, his mothers murderer, is still
called "the just"