The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-12-14

Guire no confirmation from your lips But
by the heavens above US, unless You make
full confession Of your unexamDied VII
lainy. viii have you torn 10 pieces limb
b. limb without ruth or mercy. You have
heard me. Now speak What have you
done Tith ms brother?'
Before SastrOwitch could answer Sir
John inter2osed respectfully.
Perhaps. sire" Ire said, since 1t he's
fallen TO ny lot 10 disclose this laInnetabie
history so far, you viii permit ne to ex-
pain what remains to be explained. Count
Sastrowitch can correct me where I may
he ~ fault, and supply. If ne 50 VIII. such
details / in my ignorance may omit.
That Jour majesty had been king Of Bal
kama FOR four wee,zs was apparent to me
from the moment / set my eyes upon this
sorry counterfeit of royal majesty As
your majesty is doubtless aware. four In
mates of the late kings household sue
cumbcd 70 the epidemic rlalaGy which
BROKE out within the palace walls two
months ago. q these, one apparently died
with a suddenness unusual, if rot Unpre-
ccdcnted, in the ease Of this particular dis
ease: fact which PASSED at the time
without attracting attention for the sup
posed victim was a personage Of Httle
consequence; no other indeed. than tho
body servant Of the deceased monarch"
"Mercifui powers," the prince broke in.
gazing of sudden intently at the wretch
ed man in the chair. ''Valetzi1i, I sec Il
all 1t is Valetzzi himself. the late kings
valet"
Precisely" Sir John resumed. 1T was
his majesty the king who died Of typhoid
fever. not his servant. The mans natural
resemblance TO his ROYAL master. which
vanity had lea him to cultivate by arti-
fetal means. no doubt FIRST suggcs ed %
Count Sastrowitch the possibility OF tho
fraud which has now been so opportUaeiy
exposed. How It was effected, probably
no one is better qualified 10 explain than
DR. LoSeIief. his late maiestys body
physician. who certified the supposed fact
OF NaieszhIs death, and arranged for the
intermcnt OF the kings remains in place OF
those of his servant"
All" the prince exclaimed. covering bis
face and shudde~ing. Ny brother buried
in Wallets grave. The villains. the VII
lalns"'
As the whole details Of tho das.ardly
plot broke In uoon his intelligence, Ia
seemed for the first time 20 realize the loss
OF the brother he had loved and rcvered
50 deeply, and he gpve way 10 a burst OF
grief which was affecting 70 behold.
your majesty" said Prince Scratch. tho
Russian plenipotentiarv. stepping forward.
after a pause, with an air OF deep con
Germ. will scarcely need my assurance
that the august government I have the
honor TO represent never entertained the
faintest suspicion of this vile plot. This
worthless parchment -flnging the treaty
upon the table with q gesture Of disgust
proves conclusively that M sovereign
has been 10 less tho 6upe % yO1der craven
schcuer than your majesty yourself
1T is We'll" the prince said. roaming
his self-Cou troll once more and speaking
in q cold and d.S1alnfUl tone. y have, as
you say no need Of your excelIeucy's as
Client As for You, gentlemen he conttl-
ucd. addressing those around hia general
Is you will. I beg, observe the strictest
silence on what you hcye Witnessed here
this evening. The punishment OF those
concerned in this audacioIs crime. re-
serve for my future consideration
While the officers OF his suite, with tbs
two v-retchcd couspirators IN their midst.
passed slowly from the room. the prince
turned impuIziveIy 20 SIR John Templetons
gyho, with tho two ambassadors, was pre-
pairing - follow them
"Ah. Sir John he exclaimed. You have
done well. marveloUsl.- Well 7 understand
ROW why YOU have acted thus, and not
otherwise There were ve.gltier things 70
consider here. than the tender feelings OF
"a brother; else might perhaps have Just
cause Of complaint that You did not eIl-
.lov Feutler means than these of removing
thc VII from my eyes But rest assured
o. -iiJ 5t.e-a~tte4e- ra-e--- -i'~ +-SN what
You have done FOR my country as wen as
Tor him who now rules It,"
He waved his hand in token Of farewell
and SIR John Templeton bowed N silence
and withdrew.
II WIN be remern6e-ed that the sudden
accession Of Prince GreEor alexander 10
the throne of F.1li..lnit al one Of the most
critical moments of European history.
solving almost teursa-IT, rs men
Thought. @ political complication. the con-
sequences OF W1.Cl We're ilcalculable, TOOK
ali the world bE surprise.
or the fake ~ Count Sast-oTItch. DR..
I.o1elieI ana Tale-zi-i. the present writer
can say no-flnE- There axe certain things
they Ihaua-a very, very quietly n Bal
kama.