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"Ihduced you to break your word, y
she said, in cutting tone. "Oh, yes,
you crowned heads have always such
excuses, which other people would look
upon as fiimsy and dishonorable.''
"Rosanna, he said softly, "I have
a great mission to perform. e-ril
] "a / know it, King of Sweden.'' I
"For years, it may be, my career
viii be no bed of roses, but one of hard
ships, sufferings, dangers. Do not
make my heart heavy at tins terrible
hour. What has become of our sonP'
"You mean my sonP Thank God,
he is Dead" she replied, in the most
icy Tone .s.,-,
Have you come to solicit any favor
from meP NameT it, Rosanna, and i
will grant it."
81 have come to save your life, King
of Sweden" she said, solemnly
"That shall be my revenge for your
treachery."
"My lfel" echoed the King. "Is it
in danger, them"
'sIt is in imminent peril"
:" From what quarterly
"Listen to me, King" she replied,
in a still lower tone.
- He motioned her to seat. For a
moment she seemed to struggle with
her emotiens. Then she burst into
tears, and, averting her face, said, hur-
riedly:
"Gustavus Adolphus, in spite of all
you have made me suffer, | still love
you. am proud of your glorious ca
reer. have come all the way from
Vienna, where / have lived with my
father for the past five years, in order
to warn you against great danger
which threatens your life. But, before
proceed, let me ask you to give me
your royal word not 10 injure my father
in consequence of what am now going
to reveal to you. You know he has had
to leave Sweden on your account, and
he has been drawn into the meshes of
this conspiracy gradually, and because
his evaporation against you has been
skillfully famed by your mortal enc
mics in Vienna. VIII you pledge me
your word not to hurt my father, King
of Sweden?"
81 will; but tell me what danger
threatens mePn
"Well, then, when it became known
in Vienna that you were coming with
Swedish army to Stralsund, the court
clique on the banks of the Danube re-
solved to bring about your death"
g In what way?"
"By poison" - rr g
"Oh, " he said lightly, al am always
on my guard against that
You are going to banquet which
the Burgomaster and the municipality
of Stralsund will give you tomorrow"
Yes, Rosanna.n -rs..r
''Your favorite dish, partridge pie,
win be offered you and the other promi-
nent Swedes there.n lEE.
''Very hkely,' remarked the King,
almost laughing.
.'That partridge pie will contain a
deadly poison. All who partake of it
will die In less than "a hours. nE
"Who will put the poison there?"
"a Spaniard, Don Esteban de Ceval-
los.v my - E@aS
s'Nyhau the diplomatet who pretends
to be here ION asecret mission to me
from the courts of Bavaria and the
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1.-The same. He is an impostor. He
lis here to poison you. He has estab-
lished communication with the Burgo-
master's cook, and l heard him say to
my father this afternoon that the poison
was already in the huge partridge pie
destined for the royal table" r
"Humph; that is a serious affair.
But what has your father to do with it,
Rosanna?'
"The Spaniard understands neither
Swedish nor German. My father is to
throw himself on his knees before you
and solicit permission to return to Swe-
den. He believes you will grant it, and
then the Spaniard is to be introduced
to you by him, so that the poisoner may
have access to you, and administer
more poison to you and your generals
in case the original dose should not
produce the expected effect"
The King reflected for several min
utes. Then he kissed Rosanna's hand.
"What reward do you expect for this
important service?"
"None."
"Don't you want to return to swe-
@Yes, witS - my !, father"
"Very well, Twill issue orders to one
of our ships to take him and you there.
When do you want to start for Stock
holmp"
sob, Iwant to leave with my father
tomorrow morning, if possible"
ssYes, bat win he go?''
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"Leave your address with the BHrgo-
master. The necessary papers will1be
sent you tomorrow morning"
They parted after mute but fervent
pressure of the hands.
Next day there was an air of festivity
about the city of Stralsund. Two whole
oxen were roasted on the market-place
for the poor people, and the troops
were treated TO extra luxuries on ac-
count of the Kings arrival. At 10
O'Clock the King held a gala reception
at the City Hall, where the royal BAN
quet was to come off. Among the dis
tinguished persons that were presented
10 his Majesty by the Chancellor Ok
enstiern was Don Esteban de Cevallos.
\ Gustavus Adolphls received him in
the most gracious manner, indeed with
such extraordinary cordially that the
Spaniard was perfectly delighted. The
King seemed deeply interested in what
Don Esteban had 20 tell him, and when
the time for the beginning of the ban
quet arrived, he invited the Spaniard to
take seat near him at the table. Don
Esteban did so with true Castillian po-
liteness.
The feast opened with bumper drank
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