New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-24

,oard for she remained motionless rs before. But
ust as the official had opened ms Ups 10 IcPoa' oV
words the unhappy woman started from heI sS9O
"a il imDelled by some unseen but ntesistiDio
power Raising her fettered hands hiSu 10 lea a o
and gazing upward as II the lnVlslDo "Vi t s .d
had been suddenly revealed 70 her Sltnt, 9"O 80 .
for "a moment in ecstatic silence. mOtonless' as Il
turned TO stone. ,hoIo
Then "A sudden thrill passed through her " no,e
frame her dark form seemed To dllate anu lvoih
down upon the upturucd faces OF the rapt uluItl
tude. Ike that If sibyl uDOu expect ant HNe I
stricken gaZers. Slowly she lowered heT IettolTTi
hands till they pointed full to the lace OF the
bound Margraye. and, liking her eyes undaunten!y
upon him. with terrible meaning uashlhg Ioi.
from out their blue depths, she said, IN V0iCe
which rang out loud and clear as inc ho'o Vi -
'Bg the living God above me, by the saviour
when men, cruel ~ yourself. put to torture anu
death. | am innocent neither crave nor ue'Ie
mercy: mercy exists not for such as yOu; anu NV
death shall be your punishment. Hear me Oh
This aiold in the face Of Heaven in the presence
of all here she vazed round upon the multitude
beneath her call upon God to bear testimony 10
my innocence. And God VIII hear me. uou n'9
heard me-fOr He is not hard anu meIcIlees as Sou'
And We also. We who are here to see an innocent
woman suffer. listen 70 the WORDS oil ulle WIo.Ou
treasure them and rept at them 10 your ~. o
sAlargrave from this hour 40 hrst-Dorn OF your
race shall ever mount the throne OF ms fathers.
The hands sank, the eyes Iell ana Sno W ~ t'io
moment before had swayed all TO silence IKE an IN
spired prophecies was once again the weak. htp,'a
woman who would have fallen To the GROUND j inc
eXecutlOneT had not caught her u MS az ui''
Bat as he did 50, and almost ere the TIL gIng voice
had &c sed 10 vibrate piercing shrek echoed from
an Upper window OF the palace, ana ioi aecolIu Il
vision was seen OF pale, angulsh-strlcAen woman
with casped hands Out,trotched, as II 10 sue Iot
mercy. er eldest-born. Frederick nal fallen from
the window and Law dead upon the paSemen
The Margraviner vas whispered from mouth 70
month and every face upturncd TOWARD Tue
window whence the cry had issued. Bit notnlng
was 10 he seen there save the portly form CT Iiie
Oberhofmarschan and the crimson drapery. ne
mob. somewhat disappointed turned toward the
scutlOd once more. -,
Brittte Falk alone bad not looked mp as the
shrek rang forth. And yet she bad seen she began
to tremble in every limb. and, raising her oounl
hands to her face. Ind her eyes behind them She
knew il was the vision She had seen IN her prison on
the night OF her condemnation. Like q Guam
drawn no link bv link from some ny steIious
depth the memory Of that hour returned TO her'
She now knew what the rail- covering tnat IN
seen horror at the Marg-aves feet should signify.
Yes, she was innocent. and God would dec!ai
her innocence. And hrm in that behei she Iaid
her head upon the block
Reader since the reign of Maurice, Margraye
Of He-sia who condemned Brlgtte falk 10 deatn'
no hrst-born has ever mounted tue throne OF MS
fathers You may read 1t IN history Tue AIgosy'