Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-12

| us. Pray to her, and promise to re-
| main unmarried, unless King should
come to solicit your handv
''IsQlena took that pledge. and now
! one of the most beautiful women in
the world
The King, who acted as if he had
already got rid of his legitimate wife,
had by this time become deeply inter-
ested in the subject
"Gavini," he said, chow does this
| Warehouses look?
| "Your Majesty. have truly never
seen lady worthier to adorn throne
| than she. She is the fairest daughter
whom Italy, the land of pretty wom-
| en-, ever gave birth to- Tall, slender,
majestic with a complexion of mar
bic, and features which Phidias would
have gladly chiseled in stone. she has
on her lips the tempting smile of Gu
pid and in her black eyes all the fire
of the goddess of love-
In this manner the artful valet slim
| ulated the desires of his Royal master.
| until the latter said to him:
Il should like to make her acquain-
lance: but that has to be done in a
very discreet manner
After hemming and having for a
long time, Gavin suggested that he
himself might 60 to Corsica and make
overtures to the beautiful Warehouses
The King eagerly embraced this offer.
"You shall go, Gavini,' he cried
SEQ to Montpas, my treasurer. and
draw as many livres in gold as you
need"
But. Your Majesty" said the
valet, money is not sufficient for
such mission. l ought to have to
that and Also
"What?'
A POSITION
"What position %
81 ought to be clothed with the
rank of Minister, your Majesty"
The King looked at his valet for a
minute without saying anything. Then
he burst into laughter.
"Gavini," he exclaimed, "you are
the most impudent rascal l ever saw
But your idea is good one. Yes, you
low-born villain, shall for once go rs
my envoy to Corsica Prevail upon
the Warehouses, whose charms you
extol so enthusiastically, to come to
Paris, and l shall reward you right
royalty
On the following day Gavin, to
whom royal credentials had been
given, to the dismay of the Kings
Minister of State, set out for Corsica.
He had large retinue of servants,
and acted in perfect keeping with the
exalted position to which his master
had so suddenly raised him. In due
course of time he arrived in Ajaccio
and called with his attendants upon
the Warehouses Isolena Della Ballo.
He had not exaggerated her charms.
She was, indeed. most charming and
attractive woman. Upon presenting
the credentials to her he said:
"My royal master. your Excellency,
has intrusted me to bring about more
cordial relations between France and
the island of which you are mistress,
if not by divine right, at least by the
right of your surprising beauty, as
well as by virtue Of the time-honored
claims of your ancestors
The compliment was not lost upon
the handsome creature. She dismissed
the valet-envoy in the most gracious
manner
Il will capture her easily" thought
Gavin, as he took his departure. Il
believed she was too intelligent to be
gulled by such transparent fattery.
Very well-so much the better for
me-"
But young admirer of the March
ioneSs, Signor Condo de Nrao. who in
years gone by had been at the gay
Court of France. had recognized him.
The Condo solicited private interview
with the Marchioness after Gavin had
withdrawn. At first she hesitated to
grant the request, because the Condo
had often urged her to give him her
hand. But he was so persistent this
time that she went with him to her
boudoir.
"Isolena," he said to her, "do you
know who that man is ~
1.-THE Envoy of the King of France,
Conde," she replied. His credentials
show it."
i nat may ne, lSOlend, lie IeJoineu,
"but | am sure that the King, in send
ing the fellow -"
1.-THE fellow"
eyes, the fellow, Isolena. | am
sure that the King, in sending the fell
low to you, has played a very contemp-
tible trick upon your
How sou
Because this pretended envoy is no
other than King Francis's body
servant"
a meniali" she cried, with flashing