The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-01-31
An Old Story Retold.
PART 1.

whom he lived happily, that ne INTENDED
to invite his old friend Paul, King of |
Bohemia, who had been his schoolfel- |
low. to visit him. At length Paul came |
to the Sicilian court, and the two old
friends greatly enjoyed each others So
ciety. When it came time for Paul TO
return home, his friend Leonard insisted
upon his remaining, but it was not until
Helen Joined in the entreaties, that Paul
agreed to prolong his visit. Though
Helen had insisted upon PauPs staying,
at the request of her husband, the lat
ter, probably because of his love for
Paul as well as his wife, became extreme
w and unaccountably jealous of the Boz
hemian King. Leonard's disposition
seemed to change, and he began to treat
Helen with the greatest unkindness.
His passion grew to such fury that he
sent for Lord Campbell, one Of his at
tendants, and commanded him to poison
Paul Instead of this, Lord Campbell,
who knew that Leonard's suspicious had
not the slightest foundation, took Paul
safely to his kingdom and became one OF
his chief favorites.
The escape Of Paul and Lord Camp
bell enraged King Leonard greatly,
and he placed Queen Helen in prison
and consulted an oracle in the temple
Of Apollo as to whether the Queen had
been unfaithful to him. Helen had
not been in prison very long before she
had beautiful daughter born TO her.
She was fond Of the dear little babe,
and spoke of her as little prisoner,
and said to her: IL am rs innocent as
you" The Queen had good friend in
Pauline, who went to her and said that
she thought that King Ieonard's anger
would soften at the sight of the babe,
and begged the Queen to allow her to
take it TO its father. The Queen reluc-
family assented, and Pauline took the
babe to the King, and in her speech told
him how much the little one was like
him. i'll the pretty dimples of its chin, its
smiles, its hand, nail and finger. This
only made Leonard more angry, and he
ordered Pauline from his presence.
Pauline went away, but left the baby at
the Kings feet, thinking still that after
she had gone the King would relent.
But Leonard had become a monster, and
instead of plying the poor babe, he or.
dered one of his attendants, Anthony,
who was Pauline's husband, to take the
babe to some desert island. The ship in
which Anthony sailed was driven on the
coast of Pauls kingdom, and here the
babe was left. The wicked Anthony
never got back to tell his master of the
result, for as he was returning to his
ship bear came out of the woods and
! killed him. Meantime the oracle which
I the King had consulted said that the
Queen was entirely blameless and thai
the King was a jealous tyrant. On hear
ing this, King Leonard ordered the
Queen to be tried for her life, and hel
oldest son died of grief at hearing of thi,
determination of his father, When Heller
: heard of the boys death she tainted, an(
Pauline told the King she was dead. Thi
news had a wonderful effect on KIM
Leonard. Almost instantly he repentet
of his cruelty to her, and acknowledged
that his tyranny had killed his wife.
PARTm.
WhenI the wicked Anthony deserted
the little babe she was handsomely dress
ed in rich clothing and wore magnificen
Jewels, which Queen Helen had PLACED
upon it when Pauline had volunteers,
to take it to its father. As bad as An
thony was, he had some feeling, and h
pinned the name Pardita to the babe
clothes, and an obscure note, which CAV
vague idea of the babes origin. TIL
child was almost Immediately found by
| poor shepherd, who took her to hiscottagt
A His wife nurscd Perdita carefully; bu
wishing to hide the fact that he ha
found rich prize in the jewels upon tn
: child, the shepherd removed to distar
part Of the country and became wealthy
As Perdita grew up she became Lowell
and beautiful maiden. One day Flo
| ence, the only son of King Paul, wa
, hunting near the shepherds cottage, an
he saw the charming Perdita. He a
most Immediately fell in love with he
because of her beauty and modesty, an
under an assumed name he frequentl
visited the shepherds dwelling. Kin
Paul noticed the absence of his son frol
s the court, and ordered Lord Campbell
4 his trusty friend, to discover the eau.
y OF it, and the latter soon found out a
!. about the love match Disgusting then
q selves as country gentlemen, the Kir
j and Lord Campbell soon repaired to Il
J shepherds home, for Paul had stran,
= desire to see the young lady his son ha
: fallen in love with. The occasion WI
the time of strengthening, when a
Q strangers were welcome to the heart
It of the shepherd. When they arrived
e merry company had assembled, and Il
9 boys and girls were dancing on the gre,
and enjoying themselves in the fashiC
q of young country people. Floren
> and Perdita sat together some distan
: off in quiet nook, apparently in Il
/ full enjoyment of each others societ
The King and Lord Campbell, who we
unknown to Florence in their disguis
" stood by and watched the happy coup
@ with some admiration. Lord Campb,
&c declared Perdita to be the prettiest 10
IS born lass he ever saw. A very quee
Il he said, of curls and cream. In cow,
d sation with the shepherd and Floren
n himself, King Paul discovered fully t
is great love his son bore to the maidC
for Florence called upon him as VI
: cradle stranger to witness solemn pi
= mise of marriapa which he then mar