Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-10-23
when they come to present their credentials

when they come to present their credentials
to meF
.sBut You viii, at least, lessen the expense
of your stud | can easily understand that
you will soon cure yourself Of that mania OF
yours for horses, which causes 10000 ducats
to pass annually from your pocket into that
OF the Arab horse dealers"
''Silence, Fernandez, you irritate me, and
want all my patience for the approaching
interview"
"Wil you hive patience enough, mi senior,
to listen to the complaints Of your munich
palities and corporations, when the fat citizens
who form them come to clamor about The
maintenance OF their privilegesi WIN you
have patience to worm out Of them, ducat by
ducat, the sums necessary to supply the oxpen-
ses Of your household II Marguerite, the re-
gent Of the Low Countries, were still alive, she
could tell you Whist she had to put up with
from the snarling disposition and sordid ava
rice Of the magistrates Of Brussels and Ant
wsrp; she could also tell you whether she
ever had an instant'srepose, when the worthy
states general OF Flanders, Of Brabant, or of
any other province were assembled. The
Emperor Charles the Fifth, mi senior, had,
you see, been brought up among all these
Flemish creatures; be had mania for char
tiers; and the consequence was, that, at his
death, the immense empire he bad founded
fell to pieces. It would be better for you to
abdicate at once than to grant these Neapoli-
tan scoundrels the charter they persist in en-
deayortng to regain
Isabella, my dear daughter, Isabella has
fallen into their hands, Fernandez" muir
INJURED the Duke of ARGOS, and tear started
from his eye
"Alasl mi senor," replied Don Juan, ~
made snperhuman efforts to save her: and
one would think that your Spaniards are
in league with the people, for they all took
to fight at the first cry OF the multitude,
and was separated from Isabella by the ia
furiated crowd"
There was moments silence between the
viceroy and his counselor.
sand them" continued tho former, "what
will his majesty Philip the Fourth say when
return to Spain after having lost one Of
the brightest jewels Of his crown9 The Duke
of ARGOS will be banished from court, ban
ished and dishonored Oh, Godl oh, God!
how will it all end~
"Well, il you choose to listen to me-
"What would you have me do, thenP'
the Fifth all that refers to the privileges OF
the corporations and municipalities and to
the rights and immunities OF the mobiles, the
clergy and the citizens. would then put
my seal to the act thus modified, and would
order the chancellor 10 restore the article
suppressed when he read the charter to the
lazaroni and mendicants of Naples; should
thus gain time. mi senior; and TO gain tins
is something when we arc pressed by revolu.
tions."
Sand in the meanwhile his Catholic mai
esty could send feet to Naples with re-en-
forcements," added the viceroy
ITO speak frankly, think that the vessels
Of the king Of Spain would arrive too late"
said Fernandez.
"You think, then, that the insurgents
would discover our stratagem, and immedi-
ately take dire revengeT
''They would, on the contrary, be crawling
in the. filth out of which they never ought Co
have come, long before the arrival of the
fleet"
''You mistake. AS long as Masaniello Lives,
Naples will never be tranquil"
mi senor," said Don Juan, "will your
highness allow me to invite two of my friends,
the prince Of Caraf2a and the duke of Mon
teleone, to accompany us to the intcrviewT'
"Most certainly; even beg you to do So"
'Good," said Fernandez. "Now, Duke Of
ARGOS, remember my words: before night
descends from the heights of Pausilippo, you
will have returned to the Vicaria, and the
whole kingdom Of Naples will again be under
the rule Of King Philip the Fourth.