The Prescott daily news., 1908-09-29

honored in an invitation coming from
 so great churchman."
 The man turned his back for a mo-
 ment. and the friar brought his staff
 down on his head. He sank on the
 ground with broken skull. You
 think it heavy?" said the friar. "so
 1t is. It is filled with lead" Then the
 ungrateful and unmerciful friar pro-
 ceeded on his way.
 The next of the cardinals intercept-
 CTS had not been so we'll informed
 as to the guise of the messenger of
 the king of the Netherlands. He was stationed at q ferry across the Weser
 river and did not suspect the friar
 Ferry you across. holy man?" he said "That will"
 There was now but one route avail able for some distance and the cardi- nal had directed that every traveller passing that way be searched. A mum. Der of times the friar was stripped and carefully examined. One party even broke to pieces the rosary that hung about his waist. For this the father called down upon the man who con- mitted the sacrilege the anathemas of the church. They were a superstitious people in those days, and the fellow. convinced that the pilgrim was what he pretended to be, begged on his knees that he would withdraw the curse. The friar told him that he had often been molested on his pilgrimage and would not remove the curse unless he were furnished with an order that he be permitted to travel without fur ther interference. This was given him. He withdrew his anathemas and gave the party his blessing.
 The friar went on. begging by the way. giving his blessing to those who gave him sustenance and shelter. till he came to the Elbe On the banks of this river the passages were all guard ed by the cardinals secret emissaries. who. had they been known to the Prussian government, would have been hanged and quartered. This was the last line it had been thought advisable to guard. The friar had crossed the river and was tramping through a wood when men sprang from behind trees and downed him. As soon as he could make himself heard he told them of his pass and produced it. They were much astonished. for they had been advised that the messenger was travelling in the guise of a mendicant. However. they knew the men who had given him free passage and let him go. This was the last time he was stopped.
 One morning the king of Prussia re- ] ceived word that an envoy from the 1 Netherlands was in the antechamber. The king, who was expecting news of | the treaty. ordered the envoy admitted at once. When he saw friar he was astonished. But the friar. who had thrown off his saintly mien, told the king that he had brought a copy of the treaty. When directed to produce it he said he must have a surgeon. A sur yeon was called. and the friar. expos- ng his side under the ribs, told him to eel till he detected small lump. The having discovered 1t, was re- luested to make an incision over 1t. This done. a piece of wax was with lrawn from between the muscles. The wax was broken and a lump of thin paper revealed. This being arefully unfolded. the king had copy f the treaty.
 SILVIA LEWIS BALDWIN.
 ectIns a Violin.
 Not one person in hundred h.
 slightest notion of how many parts or pieces there are in violin Here is ist of them: Back ? pieces, belly 2, ,oins and blocks $, sides 5, side lin ngs 12. bar 1, purfings "A, neck 1, lnger-board 1. nut l. bridge 1, tail 'oard 1, button for tailboard 1, string or tailboard 1, guard for string l, ound post 1, strings 4. pegs 4, total g pieces. Three kinds of wood are sed-maple. pine and ebony. Maple 5 used for the back, the neck, the ide pieces and the bridge. Pine is sed for the belly, the bar, the coins nd blocks, the side Things and the ound post. Ebony is used for the nger board, the tailboard, the nut, the uard for string of tailboard, thu egs and the button.