The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-26

1 patient effort The people of Ragusa, the peasants and the fishermen of the islands, were ready. and awaited only the coming Of the leaders. Even Chris. uans blood was fired by the prospect. great company Of young men belonE- lnS 70 noble Hlyrian families gath- l cred under the command of a noted Spanish soldier the Marquis of Hex eta whose ancient family aud roman. i. tic history made him almost a lekend . | ary hero When he came to pay his prospects to the Queen Elyses started With surprise. He recognised the swarthy dwarfed figure at once. It was no other than his old teacher se- It was arranged that the party should start in an armed ship which was to sail as soon as the King joined them. One by one the young men de- parted to avoid the danger of being detected. Among those who went was Herbert de Rosen. who tore himself with tears from the arms of his be-
 On the night following their depar- ture the King was to go. But he thought to bid farewell first to sephora, and of course permitted the willy wo- him,
 She succeeded in preventing him from sailing. The rest of the party, assunl- ing that he had gone ahead in another ly Into q trap, for Tom Lewis and hia associates had sent warning of the att tempt to the authorities.
 Few of the young men escaped alive. Among those who fell was young Rosen.
 Even the reckless Christian could not overcome the effect of this frightfui catastrophe. He yielded to the de- mands of the Queen and signed hts abdicatton, resigning the throne In fa- voP of his son. Then he hastened away to seek the comforting arms of Sephota. But when he told her what he had done that cruelty disappointed woman cried, "Fooii Fooir' and ran away from him. Without a sou, crown or even sweetheart, Christian went forth Into the night.
 A year more, and the ex-King was only hanger-on, hardly tolerated In the clubs. The notes that he had signed for the establishment Of the faithless Sephora were presented by the conspirators In his emergency Christian appealed to General de Ro- sen. The old soldier sent for<art deal ers and collectors and stripped himself of his treasures. While they were ex- afnining a desk he saw a bundle of letters bearing Chrisfian's royal cI- phar. They were addressed to Cofette; and the General discovered that Chris- tian, for whom he was about to ruin himself and for whom Herbert had died had betrayed and shamed them. The old man stretched out his hand to take two weapons from the wall. But he stopped. 1t was the King! One does not demand right conduct from his King! He destroyed the letters and paid the notes returning to Saint Mande quite poor and forsaken to con- tinue silently in his duties as managar Of the royal household.
 Abandoning the former King to his own low devices the Queen centered ail her mind on Zara; and under the guiding genius of Eiysee the boy'a mind broadened and grew regal so that MerAut looked joyfuily on him and said that at last he was making true King.
 Then one day while the lad was at target practice he asked his tutor to try the rifle. The bullet rebounded from an iron bar and destroyed one sf zara's eyes. Tn her grief and anger the Queen drove Meraut away. Be gone! BegoneP' she cried. May I never see thee again!'' Tn that moment every one who heard her realized that she was punishing and curing herself by confesslng before them all. It was her love that she finng Into Maraut,s face like an insult"