The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-08-04
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The Hunting King EncOgnito Among

Piedmont Correspondent of The London News.
The sporting districts of Italy still
TEEN with stories of Victor Emanuel
which have not yet become current
| outside the peninsula. He hunted
| down his game with the perseverance
and sagacity of q good hound, and
often left far behind him invited
guests, equerries, beaters and keepers.
On one occasion of the kind he found
himself on entirely unknown ground,
and he climbed down the mountain
side to hut to ask the names of the
surrounding peaks and to have drink
of goats milk. To the old dame who
made him welcome and gave him both
drink and information he said:
Cannot do anything Tor you, good
woman -
have IA gun. Maybe you could rid me
of the polecat that eats my chickens,
and even killed my cat
And nothing ell e - asked the King.
Il see no one about the house. Are
sou quite alone here %
She replied sadly: There was the
graudson-the only one of all of them
left with me-and the King took even
him away. All the young fellows are
taken for soldiers now. Some tell me
tbs not all the fault of the King, and
that he's forced to do if. Rnt il is
soreIy hard on lone folk. like me
The King asked: "WelI, what's his
regiment
sob, that | can't tell YOU" she said.
"bnt / have a letter from l. i'm in nv,
pocket. The schoolmaster,I road +
for me next Sunday when 90 to mass.
Perhaps, NV, YOU could even make
out the regiment from if y,
The old woman nroduoad +bo Iottor
and fumbIed tin she tore Oman tho an.
yelone with her toiI-blunted fn0orS
and she stared hard Mt tLe sh.et of
paper. which His Majesty conneJ 70
some nurnose for he paya,II raon;s;t<,
particulars TO one of his ofioa,S MEL,
orders that when fornd tLo ,,a ",
shonIi he sent hack with bis disnLar-io
10 The old grtndmother and tn 49,
tain farm Moreover no sbot +haf' -,
that had killed cat and nonltru nnd
the Good woman mave linn thrsoy,,,on ,ana
haIf1,ennv for Ills tronbin hosiSss
MANY thanks and BLESSINGS
A wear later tie King nassed that
wav. and was again alone Tho yo,,h
md lie grandmother were - worl, -,
their potato match and tho ey-"oI,iia -.
in great astonishmeut, saInted Rain1
agitated, he struck his 1emnIe with he
earthly hand AGAIN and ava;n sarinn,
"It's the X mo Grannia it;s Tho go
Won fool >, cried bis nran n,S,
laughing heartily. ",t,s o,I1 TIC III
yagabOnd | gave nv halfnence 70 for
killing the polecat. It's il caccia tore
isportsman or oacherl, that | was teIl.
inc Won about Are Ion Graz LA -,
for the conscrint cnntinneJ bis fr,n-
tic saluting.
laughing. the King Iool,ipo across
the fence of Loose stones fin tito orona
heoam roughly to shoke ber how 1no nv W. the
shonlder and to call him hard n ny ,mo
Then, in mercy. lie rof chassenr Ias he
is called on hi monument in Aosta1
volunteered some ordinations The
grandmother was a trife abasbed for
a moment. but when she brought ont
q ing of milk the trio made marry
together.
Another day, near the Val de Coone
accompanied by one of the GENERALS
(who was as enthusiastic a Snorts,nan
ss bi,nseIf Victor Ensn,oI 800 '. a y
tbirstr honnad fn,. 80 80 e, 'lteu any
at a cottaSe door Tbo ho VI nnrn
thought they were two profesSiono |
chamois hunters and barino1 ~ aid-I' :
on her mind took tha onnnntunitE nS
,nh,1rdoninr borsai In of Gppoi' uni'y VI
III ..mnII I'M f,id SCI t ~ ~.
san ;, ia f. trna s rhat I -, sue me- ne,
1eigbbors are saving that te tha Ein ne
is Coming Now / mnst End ont tnhoSS
he'll he near for nv girI iS 49, Uu nr IT,
~, mt her nnder ioel- onG l, pieSIH Wy, !,
NAV hava heard of her for sbo,o tIa
| finest ,,irl in the VALLEY Thov toII ,no
that tho King's a tarribiv IN oo, IL ta
49, vi 49, go - 10y NJ ., oon t ~
nvar, nice oiri he S So Sui ra Sn ieau VI
Give me- ~ hint of his oo UGna t tha to1
1igb, SLntnnth a oh;Id inaaaI &c %, >
TThis nnnht W ~ ba,.a h b. So sin
o.,n us w ou shn E ~ m.''e oeen capi'al
l th;rS ~ 80 ade n shsw
liaht II 800 oo" no I'm ~ - a peeIel
~ rast If tha s%ootiIo, W s srai1 nSioae
Stonnod ohnrt bw L,a IL anu W. a.
forrant ViotnI Ewa "mei S nUu o4 taii