The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-04-04

will give light without OIL"
"Only magician or wizard could
work such prodigies. You must, there
fore, be one or the other
The judge uttered these words in
such a decided voice that Menico
raised his head and gazed upon
him. Behold he was none other than
the giant whom he had met in his
dream. A gown, a well-groomed
beard, and round-spcctacles hid from
view the pecuiarities evident when
Menlco had seen him before. This
discovery left Mcnico with but little
hope.
The judge spoac long, but of all his
speech Menico heard only these words ::
"To-morrow you will be burned in
| public at the stake !" Menico bent
his head, and resigned himself to his
cruel sentence.
The next day the bailiffs came to
take him to the place of execution. AS
usual, there was large gathering of
people to witness the burning of a
wizard. Menico passed through the
crowd, pale with fear and with falter-
ing step. No one showed him any
| commission. until he met a peasant
woman with baby.
80 Mary, my. dear Mary!' he cried,
"have l found you at last ?" and he
ran to her side as we'll as his bonds
would permit, and began to shower
kisses upon her and the child, believ-
ing them TO be his own wife and
child. Tears coursed down his long
beard. The woman and child so close
" resembled his own wife and daugh-
ter as he remebered them that Menico,
forgetting his own aging, forgot also
that both of his dear ones must have
been dead and buried for long
time
| The young woman, though startled
and modest, pited the poor old man,
and permitted caresses.
"Can it be-" he exclaimed, that
YOU do not remember Menico the
hunterr'
"Menico the hunter. | have often
heard my grandmother speak of him
He was her father"
"l am he! am he y cried Menico.
At this moment woman of ninety
years approached him, forcing her
way through the crowd.
eff you are called Menico the hun
ter" she said, land are really he, / am
your niece, and this is your great
granddaughter"
The crowd, as crowds will, suddenly
passing from one extreme to the other.
cried out:
GA miracle! q miracle!'
Menico strained his granddaughter
to his bosom. Then he inquired:
"My Dorine! Where is my Dorine?'
"Twenty years have passed over her
grave"
"Tell me all about it! Tell me all
that has happened!'
Burn the wizardn' came from a
rough and cruel voice in the crowd.
IL is no ward! He is the father
of our lost Dorine-Menico the hunter
who long ago disappeared from Mt.
Amin. We will never permit him to
be burned y
"Give care to what | say, good
friends" exclaimed Menico, "for among
so many defenders l have no fear. No
longer need you suffer from cold or
hun ger. In the heart of Mt. Anzin
lies an immense store Of black and
brilliant stones which burn like dried
twigs, and you will see the time when
by their power wagons will move with
out horses, ships cross the seas without
sails, and lamps burn without OIL"
"And you," shouted the young men
to the judge, "rogue that You are, who
would burn him who made these dis
coveries! TO the fire with you! TO
the fire with the Judge? To the fire
with"
And in less time than it takes to tell it
they were at his back and pressing
him forward to the very stake that had
been prepared for Menco; but as they
were binding BIN to it, however, it came
about, the sun was obscured by seem
ing cloud, and the judge disappeared
toward Mt. Amin, while all looked on
in amaz 'ment.
"He was Satan T. cried they all, with
one accord.
A few days after, several of the men
of Escopont, guided by Menico, and
carrying the necessary implements
visited Mt. Anzin. They found no
hut no opening, nor any ladder there
but they set bravely to work at spot
pointed out by Menico, and in due
time coal mne-their tirst-was in
active operation.
And today through the use Of these
black stones, which our legend has
called the treasures of the Evil One
vehicles are moved without horses
ships carried across the seas withou,
sails, and lamps give light without
oil.
1t often happens that the candidate
who is cheercd most before election
don't find much cheer after the vote