The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-07-20
the message to the Count Sidonia de

"Gop
She took one of the royal carriages
and rode to the palace of the young head
OF that proud family, whose very name
indicates that they have both Spanish
and Moorish blood In her veins. When
the young count was told by the hand
some duenna that Donna Larga wanted
to see him, he could hardly restrain hi,
joy, ~,
Larga wants to see me~
in her bOudOir, Senior Garcia"
"In her bosdoir? And she is not an
cry with mew
"Angry? Not at all, Senior; on the
contrary, l am sure she loves YOU"
Are you joking~
l am in dead earnest. Senor."
And then the grandee, with the proud
est name in Spain, took Estrella anG
danced around the room with her.
Fifteen minutes later he knocked al
the door of the princess. She opened il
to him, and asked him to sit down op
posite her.
"Count," she said, "here is my hand
You may kiss i'll beg your pardon"
He was not slow to do So.
Princess" he said.
"One moment" she interrupted
"Look at this note. 1t is yours, is i
not?"
Certainly, Princess"
And you still mean what you say il
it, CountW
"Mean it To the last day of m,
life 7"
"Then you may have this princess fo]
a wife,"
There was long outburst of tender
ness.
When they at last sat down side by
side, with their hands clasped together
the princess said:
Snow, Garcia, my beloved, ! will con
fess the whole truth to you. My brother
does not want me to marry, because hi
is fearful lest, in such an event, / sheulC
become happy mother, and then ascent
the throne. have acted once meanly
toward you, and hope to make you moi
only king of my heart, but--King o.
SpainW
1t is needless to dwell any longer or
this curious interview, which had an
interested eavesdropper, who was none
other than the king.
He left the room adjoining the prin'
cess's boudoir, with a seemingly calm air
and remained for long hour buried in
thought in his own room. Then ne sent
for Donna Larga. She came unhesitat
ingly to him.
"Dear brother" she said to him, "will
you congratulate me? l am going to
become the wife of Garcia Sidonia de
Medinar'
He kissed her on the forehead. The
sinister smile with which he bestowed
his caress upon her she did not notice.
"Now, Largita," he said to her, in his
sweetest voice, "you must 60 down with
me to the wine vault, and there drink
with me in honor of your engagement a
glass of wine from the old tub of Ali
cante which our ancestor Philip the
Filth bought, and which is finer than
any wine which can be bought in Spain"
They went down to the cellar. The
butler disappeared upon beck from the
king. The celebrated wine tub of Philip
the Fifth was found to be open at the
top. The Princess Larga, noticing it.
said to her brother:
"But, Carlos, who had the tub
opened"
2" he cried in a terrible rage
Who? / did it. And what for? TIC
drown you'll"
So saying he pushed her into it. She
uttered single scream, and then all
was silent.
Next day the royal herald passed
through the streets of Madrid, crying:
"Put on your mourning clothes The
sister of his royal Majesty is dead!"
A curious feature in connection with
this horrible affair is that the Count
Garcia Sidonia de Medina became Min
lister of Justice under the same king who
murdered his betrOthed.