The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-05-01
Warko'Sch. your Majesty.

=" hat Baron Warho,sca. the Ty-
rolese rebel asked the empress. in sur
prise
Tue same, your maj ->ty.
Bat tie Is 10 be broken on the wheel
:or high treason. - morrow, kanni'z'
The Prime Minister stepped close III
- Maria There's an whispered feu
words t. her
She gave a Start.
Can that be true. haunlt1: she ex-
claimed
It = literally true, your uaje>ty
Aud you say, kanultz. that Warkotch
will enJrap the King Of Prussia. - that
we can hold him prisoner
He has been ia Prussia before All
that be demands is fnll pardon ami
one hundred thousand florins
He shall have both
Will yOnr majesty see him =
Why not, kanpitzs
He stei ped 20 the door ana called =
chamberlain.
send 10 the governor Of the stock
house the criminal Jail and have
Baron Warks;ch conveyed before her
majesty without delay
An hour afterward u middle-aged
ran. heavily ironed. was ushered into
the boudoir Of Maria Theresa. where
the empress had remained in the mean
time engaged in an animated conver-
ss,lon With her Prime Minister.
The prisoner was a man Of command
; ing appearance. His face was indica-
tive ot considerable presence of mind.
He looked fesrlessy both at the en-
press and at kauniiz. The latter sad
stcrnly 10 him,
Warkotcl. you have deserved death
the prisoner made a disdaiuful yes
ture.
4 lw.,h to speak to her majesty alone,
he SAID haughtily
Impudrut fellow cried kanntz
Who are you replied Warkot h,
Hi:h eyes flashing fire. i am
Maria Theresa interiered She had
closely watched the prisoners face.
Some, hing III it hal evidently inter
c>:"d her greatly.
k.rn,tx.' she whispered to him,
step sato III" adjoining room for few
moments"
The Prime Minister bowed deeply,
and Withdrew.
No sooncr had the door closed after
him than Maria Theresa Lur.cily
stepped up to Warkotch.
Are you realty She asked, stop
ping short.
+ know what your majesty means,
he repl.ei Listen TO this
Iic whispered halfa-dozen words to
her. For moment she stood as if pet
riticl WITH an.szement. Then she said:
And what has become Of my
sister =
she !, my wife, he replied.
w here Is she >
Herr, il Vienna, your majesty
4 will see her this very day. But.
Bsron-let me apply that name to you
yet it is shameful that have not yet
ordeted thcs" fetter, 10 be removed
from your body.
She rang the bell The Chamber
lala stepped III.
i, the jailer outside > asked Mari.
ihete>l
lie l.. Your majesty.
'tsil lini IL, SIR.
The .jtilcr stepped IN.
'Cnsh,Ckle this gentleman sali the
empress. aud thea 60 back 10 the
S,o.k House and tell the Governor that
have granted uncondltion. pardon
To Baron Wsrkotch. -
The prisoner was relieved Of bis fct-
ter. til" empress called kannitz lack
iutn her bouioir. and long converse
'ion took place between fh. three.
Two weeks later Baron Warkotch
nrnved at the camp Of the Prussian
army
lIe solicited an aHdience from Fred
cricls the Second, and told him he had
galuly tired 10 uniurl the standard of
ln>urrcction sgains. Maria Theresa, in
Tyroi, that he had been taken prisoner
with arms in his hands aud had been
sentenced 10 bc broken on tie wheel
IL hai, however. effected his escape
from the stock house in Vienna. and
hal crossed the SIiesian frontier with
one hundred thousand forms
This sum he hSnded to the King Of
prd>>ia. and begged him to sell 10 him
tor the amount one Of the royal estates
In Silrsia
Frederick, Il. this time. Was riuched
iof '~oncy H. gladly took tho prof
i,fci sum. aul appointed Warko,ch.
whose manners and intelligent face
greatly rleas i him. =. one Of his prl-
Natc secretaries
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