Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-04-10
The Story OF CoelIo.

roam the streets of his capital OF night
accompanied by faithful servant 10 dis
gusie. He was thus often enabled to dis
cover himself causes Of popular discon.
tent, trammels OF conspiracies, or wishes
for reform; also. TO perform many acts
Of muuifcenee towards the poor and
meritorious.
In the year l549 Philip paid visit TO
the capital of the Netherlands, Brussels,
where be resided some time, and was en-
tertained in a manner which recalled the
magnifcence of the days of chivalry. lie
was still the idol of his people who hoped
that the son of Charles V, BY the tread
Ing the footsteps of his illustrious father,
would continue towards them the tavors
and wise policy which has rendered both
Spain and the rest of the empire so un-
usually fourishing. How Philip respond
ed to these expectations belongs to history.
| will only mention that at the period of
the action of this story he was IN the
zenith of his popularity.
One night, when the cerimonies of the
court we're over, Philip summoned his
faithful servant, Ruy Gomez. Masking
his face with long gray beard. aud en-
veoped In great Spanish cloak, he and
his attendant went into the dark streets OF
Brussels in quest Of adventure.
They haa proceeded far in the direc-
ton of the river, when their attention was
drawn to person hurrying with rapid but
uncertain steps to the bridge. By his ex-
cited gestures the king concluded that he
was some unfortunate creature driven to
despair to seek watery grave. He,
therefore, hastened after him, and, togeth.
er with Gomez, arrived just in time tc
, prevent his leaping over the parapet intc
, the river.
"Stop for Gods sake, stop cried
= Philip Ii.
"Who may you be? Let me alone,
say. My lifle's my own, and | suppose
: may do as choose with it,"
THAT you may not. 1t belongs t'
= God, who gave it. He alone may taxi
d it,"
Wherefore then does He not provide
70 me the whercwithal to sustain it? III
n feeds the vermin, but leaves man SO dc
l. pendent that he may die of starvation, a
IN | am doing. Unhaud me, say, uuhan
r. me " The desperate man sought for hi
At rapier, but it was gone.
At 1" What misfortune has driven you ,
this rash extremity ?" asked the king.
as "Sir, this is M misfortune, and it ma
til never be yours. | have not tasted foo
y. for two days"
,g Alas poor youth" He was tai
=, lank young man who, had he been propei
We ly fed and clothed, would have been IT
IT, markably handsome. His bony fran
- was elegantly built, slender and graceful
v yet strong. His eyes were black and fel
his brow broad and and intellectual, h
Oh features regular, but at present nuc
or marred by their extreme meagerness. III
expression ofhis countenance, under favo
~ able circumstances, would have been opt
!, and engaging, but misery had stamped
- with haggard, careworn look, piteous
~ behold. The King of Spain, putting h
, ;" hand firmly on the young mans shoulde
: again sighed, Alas poor boy
Don't stand there sighing and looki
I, at me. In the name of the saints in he
~ ven, can you give me food--food and e'
ployment? Ii not let me end my m
:. cries"
W :, "Y oung man, look into my face. st
:" does it look careworn p
:: Every much So"
-, ~ "Well, young sir, when you have &C
through as much Of agony as myself. tn
may you think of leaving this world
- search of another, where, as just puni
eir mcnt for your crime, worse fate ava
It's you in eternity. Who are you? Whel
oe came you? Above all here PHI
ow searched for the tiny crucifix that ht
hov from the rosary he wore round his wr
ed { are you Catholic 2" .
: 7 "Who dares t, question it?" excla
ed the young man, haughiily. : ! am
g, /" Arc you gentleman ?" again at
less tion the king.
5 ''By my patron saint, | am, sir
true gentleman as ever wore a swoi
.unt q Gentleman or not you are Chr
cut ian. Come, follow me, and | will {
lher you some supper and bed for tho MI
18th. Tomorrow We continued King Ph
,me- who, accustomed as sovereign to sp
ls'es in the second person plural, had difflc
to adopt the first person singular in