St. Paul daily globe., 1890-04-13

jesty were loaded with game when a
partridge rose under the feet the two
sportsmen. Two shots went OFT slmui-
taneously. The partridge dropped,
"Who killed that bird?" said the king
to the gamekeeper.
II did, y was the reply.
You lie, you ScOundrel, said the
king, in rage.
Thereup0n the guard unceremoniously
siogged his majesty. The first move-
ment of Charles was to try to kill him.
but fortunately the gun was unloaded.
Then his second and more successful
effort was to save the man from the fury
of his attendants, and to send him off to
prison with the recommendation TO pre-
pare for death, remarking also that hi
offense was all the more atrociOuS be-
cause he could not say that he really
did not lie, inasmuch as it was do ubtful
who shot the bird.
II have no doubt about it, SIRE" re.
piled the prisoner. ''Permit me to eX-
anime the bird.n
The king ordered the partridge to be
brought to him: and after having exam
ined it, the guard affirmed that it was
he shot it, because it was hit by bullet,
and he had used bullets all day long,
while the king had used shot. A further
examination of the dead partridge by
the king and his attendants proved that
the gamekeeper was correct.
The king was sorry, but he neVerthe-
less sent the prisoner to Madrid, where
he was placed in the cell of offenders
condemned to death. AT the last mo-
ment the king promised him pardon if
he would repent, but the guard re-
fused. Charles ordered the gamekeeper
to be brought into his presence, aud
again asked him if he repented.
''Sire," replied the guard, "if had
thousand lives, and your majesty should
tell me thousand times without reason
that lied, thousand times L would
punch your majesty'S nose, and
thousand times would go quietly to
execution
"And you would thus be loss to my
reign" exclaimed the king. would
that were surrounded by men like
you. not only pardon you. but l at
tach you to my person, and make you
Count of PunonrOStO O(FiSt-in-theFace)."
In 1928 the title was formally bestowed
upon the new count, and until his death
he was one of the most faithful yasSaIS
of Charles V.
Seeing Mrs. Williams, says the New
L
Mrs. w. j. Florence are sisters. They
used to live i'll Richmond, Va, before
they married the two comedians and
their names were Pray. This gave rise
to a cOnundrum, frequently asked in
: ears agOne:
'Why is Billy Florence the most re-
ligious actor in the United States?"
because. whenever he does wrong
he gets down on his knees to Pray"
A rather singular accident brought
Mr.. Florence into the companOnship of
his wife. He had gone to Richmond to
answer an indictment for having boy
under age in his company. 1t appears
that the lad had run away from his
home in Philadelphia, and his father
was so incenSed at what was no fault of
Mr.. FlOrence's that he had him arrested
under some old Virginia statute, and in
going there to answer that indictment,
met his wife and married her, Her sis
ter afterward married Barney Williams.
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Judge M. F. Tuley, chief justice OF
the superior court of Cook county, i'm
response 10 a request for story about
his first case and fee, tells the Chicago
Tribune the following:
"My first fee? What reminiscenee
it recalls!
'My first real fee was in murder
case. l was appointed by the court to
defend. The prlsoner-a Mexican-was
charged with killing his wife and his
wife's sister, both enceinte. His only
friend, his mother, undertook to raise
a subscription for the attorney. Raised
$3.50. Upon the eve of the trial
asked the mother for the fee. was
then living upon 81 per week. She re-
piled that she was very poor and had
concluded to keep the money, and that
the Lord would take care of her son il
he was innocent. What | replied:
-. Defense, temporary insanity;
verdict, two years i'm the penitentiary,
with q recommendation for pardon. l
got the fee L was working for-reputa-
tion-and the next years receipts ran
close to S40O0' e--.- -a-