St. Landry democrat., 1882-10-28

the little village below there.
81 remember the day on which he |
brought home his bride, that lovely lady
up there-the Princess Natalie. A
magnificent hunt was planned in honor
of the great event, but l heard my moth
er say the poor young bride hung her
head, folded her thick veil more closely
around her face as she neared her future
home, pleaded a headache and soon re-
tired to her own room, while the BRIDE
groom and the guests started OF to the
hunt.
"Ahr' added the guide, Il was then
a great man. l was at the head OF the
Princes equerry, and had q hundred
horses under my care, with almost as
many grooms.
Gas bad luck would have it, masters
favorite hunting mare was lame, and L
did not know it.
cit was an awful moment for me.
The Prince flew into a terrible rage and
foamed at the mouth like a wild ami
NAL, and ordered dozen of the attend
ants to have fifty lashes forthwith, while
he rode off on the thoroughbred hunter.
Il had already had two or three such
misfortunes, and it was my pride that
before | was twenty | had had five hun
dred lashes, and every one Of them laid
on with a right good will.
"Oh dear! but it was a sight to see
the Prince in rage. He jumped up
and down, clapped his hands on his
thighs, roared, screamed and swore,
until the curses seemed to roll out of his
mouth like melted butter. The wild
beasts of the forest were no match for
him when he was in a passion. All!
but he was great and awful man!
"Well, time passed on. 1cannot tell
you all that happened. But the gentle
Princess was treated harshly by the
Prince. His fits of ungovernable rage
grew worse. The Prince and Princess
had only one child. He was boy, and
bright fellow, too. One morning, not
long after his fiftieth birthday, the
Prince received letter from this son.
whose name was Boris. He glanced at
its contents and then began to roar like
a bull and to smash the looking glasses
and tables. The attendants who were
present tell on their knees and prayed
to the Virgin to avert the coming storm,
while those who could, rushed from the
palace.
THE Prince, raving like maniac,
rushed up to the chamber of the Prin-
cess Natalie, his wife, who was lying or
her couch i'll and in great suffering, anC
poured upon her torrent of abuse; &C
cusing her of having connived at the
marriage of their son to a low-borr
maiden. In his fury he dragged bel
from her sick bed and hurled her out o
the room. Finding that she made ne
resistance, he rushed Oft to spend the
. rest of his Indignation on the first I'm
| fortunate servant he might encounter
"Not until he was out OF the castle
did the Princess maids venture 10 he
, assistance. Arena, her chief attendant
lifted her from the floor where her crue
husband had flung her, and laid her OF
her couch. But in moment, as sh
{ looked at the pale face before her, sh
saw that her mistress was dying.
$50 my lady! o my beloved mis-
J tress!' she cried; what shall do with
out you? Oh, don't die! Don't deser
your faithful slaver and Arena wrun!
T her hands and sobbed aloud.
1.-THE Princess opened her eyes ant
3 gazed around. Becoming conscious Q
: the grief of her faithful servant, she pu
out her hand and drew her towards he
t and whispered:
: "Areena, | am dying, but it was nc
| his fault Tell him so if he should b
e shocked at my death. He cannot hel
3 his temper. o Jesus, forgive him an
forgive me, thy erring servant. Areens
[ give my dying blessing to Boris and t
his Young wife. Oh that I could see hi
L face.
J. "sPray, Arena, pray for me! sh
s murmured, then closed her eyes and la
e very still, while her breast heaved wit
pain. After a long pause, she opene
n her eyes and whispered: Give my low
d to my dear Prince. FAREWELL
II Next morning the lovely Princes
e Natalie was found dead by her husband
n No one had dared to tell him Of he
death. [ think she must have died {
S grief at her sons marriage added til
e guide He seemed to be trying to sati
O II any lurking doubt in his mind as
D the real cause of her sudden death.
"a year or more after the Princes
70 Natalie's death, the Prince receive
= another letter from his son telling hi
r that he was going to bring his brio
J. home for a visit. The Prince called tt
r head butler and said:
e 80 Borkha' Gas he called his son II
s shorD will arrive here tomorrow
d bringing his low-born bride with hin
Now mark my orders. No one ml
, take off his hat to them. Let every OF
d who meets them bark like dogs in the
le faces.
'. ".When they reach the palace |
r no one unharness their horses, so tina
is as soon as l have given them both
lie sound whipping, they may start {
ID again without delay
ID 1.-The Princes instructions were 4
ar carried out. Prince Boris and his brit
c,,Horod ouo,.u indinnitN that cQnld