The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-11
THEODORA


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impoverished kingdom from his ances-
brs. Desirius was a good and wise
man: but. being unable to right at
once wrongs that had been perpetrated
by his father and grandfather, his
people considered him very bad man
soon after Desirius came to the
throne a sca and heir was born TO him,
Had the kingdom been prosperous
there would have been great rejoie-
ings. AS IL was there were grumblings
Of discomfort. Another Of this ac-
cursed race, they said. ito bring more
burdens upon u.s. This was absurd
for If the king and his heir both died
the government would pass into the
hands Of Theobald, who was worse
than any ruler they had ever had.
The queen could not nurse her babe.
and it was necessary to provide a wet
nurse for him. The king faneied that
his child might draw good or evil with
| her milk and wished that his nurse
should be an excellent woman. The
kingdom was searched, and a young
woman, Theodore, was found whom
every one said was as pure as a dia
mond Ifer husband had been sol
der and fallen in the kings service
her own child beng born after the IA
TIERS Death
At last and very suddenly the vol
|
forth Theodore was in the royal nurs-
cry with Prince John and her, own
son Otto, who were the same age,
when she heard distant clamor like
hurricane sweeping over a forest.
Nearer and nearer it came, growing in
| intensity. and she began to distin-
quish the bowling Of men. the rattling
Of arms and the shrlller voices OF
/ women ThGl she heard terrific sounds
as Of some heavy weight striking on
wood and at last the giving way Of a
portal. shouts Of triumph followed
and Theodore knew mob had entered
one Of the wings Of the palace.
Then the prime minister opened
the door and looked In with a face
white as ashes. There sat Theodore
between the royal, gilded, lace covered
cradle Of the prince and the woodeI
one Of her own son. calmly waiting.
"The king has escaped said Der
nard speaking hastily, but had M
time to provide for the removal OF til,
prince His majesty ser ME to be-
you to resort to some device at whicl
your sex are adopts to save the hei
to the throne You cannot take hin
away. for every exit is in possession
! Of the mob. They will be here anon
Hark. They come
! Without waiting for reply he rusi
/ ed from the room, and the nurse coul
I hear him running in the corridor. OK
ing to the princes cradle, she took hiI
+ up and laid him beside her son. In
I, prince was brunette, his ancestr
}, having been Frank, while the othe
g was fair, after his north German pa
entage. Theodore took up. her littl
= Otto. Rugged him convulsively to he
. breast and laid him in the prince
i cradle. From one end Of the corridc
n came clatter Of footsteps, the clan
d Of weapons and clamor Of voices
It Doors were thrown open as II /
4 search, and presently man arme
! with a scythe stepped into the nurser.
/ At the same moment some one raise
y the cry:
THE kings bodyguard. They az
d coming
# The man with the scythe, seeing th
royal cradle, cried:
"The prince is here! Come, let I
. finish the job
at the same moment a door at th
q opposite end Of the corridor frol
which the mob had entered Wi
# thrown open, the quick tread Of male
Il feet was heard coming along the pa
n sage, and the captain Of the guar
v sword In hand, entered the chambe
y He swung the gigantic blade, and Il
4 man who had called TO the mob re-
7. cut half in twain. In rushed a dozt
n soldiers. Their leader took the infai
lie from the royal cradle His men forH
te ed a barrier about him, and they ca
= RED the child away
y The revolution had eliminated. Mo-
II troops arrived, and within few hou
y all was quiet. But when the babe ";
Y brought to the king and instead Of h
n dark eyed son he saw blue eye
IF child he was in CONSERVATION. Then
another moment came messeng
ID from Theodore. begging that the XII
10 would come to the nursery. since
Y would not De safe for her to come
\, II him. The king eager FOR news Of i
II son, weat, as suggested, and on enfe
I. ing the room saw theodore standa
O. over the royal cradle
e, Alas, the terror or the scene threus
d, which the little one had passed IL
4, brought dire results. The child was
n commissions and IN an hour was dead
- The king was III agony Hiis que,
" had been murdered by the mob, al
Il now his son and heir had also pass,
away.
Meanwhile little Otto was be.l
It, treated as the prince 4 sud-,
- thought struck the king Might he II
be brought up as heir to tho thfonef
When quiet was restored the fir
~ act OF the king was to ennoble The
NJ dora. whose son had been returned