The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-07-17
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/ Mascali had, However, whispered !
single word iantAe DUKES sar, ard 10
stnt,d as-if struck ~ : thunderbess
but INSTANTLY recovering himself, he t.sSi-
" uncovered, snd bowed nearly to the
ground. i aa "a 'tsaeS siv
81 beg Jour forgiveness" he said,
but my eyes have grown 90 weak. md
! could 50 little expect 70 hare the hon
Or Of mcetiag you-4lDssg sitsss Il III
"For the Ioye Of 0od,'' interrupted
the lady, hastily, name me not here.
A title would too strangely contrast with
my present circumstances. Hasen Jon
boon hong 10 Colosns1'' ~ i''a NJ
gssThfss dsys. Isns ~ my Wy ffom
Italy. 4 took refags there When our
commsa eaesay adzoye me farsA, and con-
fiscated III my essthly gssds. I ~, go
ingfo Brusscls." aoa'e"aA -
"" Aud what .re ,your adviccs from
France? Il the helm still ip The haDds
Of TINT wrctchsd csitiifw ass $3.50
"IIe is in the zenith Of his power"
!" See, my lord duke, your fortunes
and my own are uuch alike. Yoa, the
son Of man who, lad he ms too much
dcspised danger, might well have Get the
crown % his own hsad, and !, once the
Queen Of the mightiest n,tien in tie uai-
verse, and now both Of ns alike. But
adiea," she said suddenly, md drawing
herself up, '.the sight Of you, my lord
duke, hos refreshed me much, and ! pray
that fortune once more may smile npon
our steps. - tqst
"Permis me to atsesd ysus majesty to
- Hs 8 a4w@
A slight color tinged the lady's fea.
lures, . she answered, with : gently
commanding tone: $50 80.
"Leave Us, my lord duke, it's eur Pleas-
urs." gka4 ats
Guise bowed low, and taking the Ia
dy's hand, he pressed it reverspuy to
his lips. At the cosner Of ths sssset he
met some one, to whom be pointed out
the old lady, and then h.stened sway.
The next morning knock At the door
announced person inquiring for Mon
sieur Mascali she had small packet for
him, and also billet. Inside this was
distinctly written: .8
"Two hundred louis 'ors constitute
the whole Of my present fortune: one
hundred l send for your use.
GUIsE.'
And the packet contained hundred
louis d ors.
The sum thus obtained was sufficient
to supply the wants Of the pair two long
years. But the last louis had been chan
ged, and the lady and her companion
we're still without frieadly succor. The
shoemaker aud his wife had undertaken
. journey 70 AK h Chapslle, 70 sake up
somc small legacy. II was the 18th Feb
ruary, 1912. A low sound Of moaning
might have been heard issuing from the
garret; q withered female form, more
like skeleton than thing of desh and
blood, was lying on . wretcAed bed Of
straw, in the sgonies Of death. The
means grew more and moro indistinct;
slight rattling in the throat Was 1t length
the only audible sound, and this also
ceased. An hour later an old man, dress
ed in rags and tatters, entered the cham
Der. One only word had escaped his
lips as he tumblcd up tho failing stair.
case" Nothing Nothing" !" He drew
near the bed listlessly, but in moment
he seized an arm Of the corpse with an
almost couvulsive motion, and, letting it
suddenly fall, he cried ha Has
dead, dead, Of hunger, cold and star
vation I" ss.-z
And this lady vas Mary Of Msdicis,
wife Of Henry w., Queen Regent Of
France, mother Of Louis KILL, Of Isa-
bella, Queen Of Spain, Of Henrietta,
Queen Of England, Of Christina, Dach-
ess Of Savoy. Of Castor, Duke Of Orleans
dad Of hupger, cold and misery, and
yst Louis KILL, the cowsrdly tool Of
Richelieu, his mothers murderer, is still
| called "the Just" A.s#s.sa..
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