Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1906-02-10

soldiers, your excellency, I followed,
but slowly, for | am an old man and
sore wounded"
would that my blow had bit deeper,
thou false priestw roared Morgan in
furious rage.
/ BE still" commanded the old vice
roy sternly. Speak but another word
until give you leave and I'll have you
gagged You said strange words. holy
| father, when you came into the hall.
You heard
"Some Of the conversation, sir, from
which l gathered that this unfortunate
! manipulating to Morgan, who as one
! of the chief actors in the transaction
| had been placed in the front rank of
/ the circle, although tightly bound and
| guarded by the grim soldiers claimed
to be the father of the brave young
| soldier"
'Aye, and he hath established the
claim" answered De Lara.
! 'Nay, my lord; that cannot be-
"Why not, sir?'' Interrupted Alvara-
do stepping forward.
| Because it is not true"
THANK God! Thank Godv' cried AL
| yarado. Indeed. he almost shouted in
his relief
How know you this?" asked Mer-
cedes.
any lady, gentles all, have proof
lrrefutable He is not the child of that
wicked man. His father is
Il care not who" cried Alvarado,
"eyen though he were the meanest and
poorest peasant, so he were an honest
man.
MY lord" said the priest, ''he was
noble gentleman. Your exceuency,"
turning to the viceroy Ibis blood is
as noble as your own"
His name:" said the old man, who
had stood unmoyed in the midst Of the
tumult
Captain Alvarado that was" cried
the Dominican. with an Unborn love of
the dramatic in his tones. stand forth.
My lord and lady and gentles all,
present to you Don Francisco de Guz-
man. the son Of his eXceIlency the for
mer governor Of Panama and Of his
wife, Isabella Zerega, a noble and vir-
tuous lady, though OF humber walk of
life and circumstances than her hus-
band"
sit is a lie" shouted Hornigold. He
is AIorgan's son. He was given to me
as such / left him at CuchfIlo You
found him. sir
He appealed to the viceroy.
"My venerable father, with due re-
spect to you, sir, we require something
more than your unsupported statement
TO establish SO great fact" said the
viceroy
''Your grace speaks we'll" said Nor
gan, clutching at his hope still.
II require nothing more. l see and
believe" interrupted Mercedes.
But l want proof" sternly said her
father
''And you shall have it," answered
the priest THAT cross he wears
LAS | am about to die" exclaimed
Morgan, Il saw his mother. wear it
many time, and she put it upon his
breastr'
Not this one, sir" said Fra Antonio.
''but its fellow There were two Sis
ters in the family Of Zerega. There
were two crosses made, one for each.
In an evil hour the elder sister mar
ried your
eve did, indeed, go through some
mockery of a ceremony" muttered
Morgan.
You did, sir and twas legal one.
for when you won her-by what means
know n0t-in Maracaibo you married
her. You were forced to do so before
you received her consent. One Of my
brethren who performed the service
told me the tale After you took her
away from Maracaibo her old father
broken hearted at her detection, sought
asylum in Panama with the remaining
daughter, and there size met the gov
ernor, Don Francisco de Guzman He
loved her, he wooed aud won her, and
at last he married her, but secretly
She was poor and humble by compari
son with him; she had only her beauty
and her virtue for her dover, and
there were reasons why it We're better
the marriage should be concealed for
awhile
"A child was born. You were that
child, sir Ihither came this man with
his bloody maraudefs. In his train
were his wretcled wife and her own
boy. an infant, bora but a short time
before that OF the governor. De Guz
man sailed out to meet them aud was
killed at the head of his troops They
burned Panama aud turned that beau
tifut city into he'll ike uoto La Quay
"a. / found means to secrete Isabella
de GuZman and her Guild The plague
ragged In the town This mans wife
died. He gave Command TO Heraigotd
to take the child away. He Consulted
me, as a priest: whose life he had
spared, as to what weec Dest ~ DO
with hinl, aud advised CuchiIlo, but
his child died with it's mother before
it could be taken away.
Isabella de Guzman WAS ILL., |
deemed it wise to send her infant
away / urged her to substitute her