Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-07-25
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REVENGE RUINED QUEENS LIFE
Became Wanderer After the Brutal
Murder of Her Faithless Lover.

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Became Wanderer After the Bruta
| Murder of Her Faithless Lover.
Queen Christiana of Sweden, onl!
daughter of the great and good Gusta
vus Adolphus. kept all the gossips o
Europe in ferment for many years
After holding down the throne Of. he
father for four years, she voluntaril!
abdicated in favor of her cousin, II
! order that she might travel and enjo!
herself. At that period she was youni
and beautiful and the most Learned
and accomplished woman Of her time
and it Is not strange that the "Wel
come to Our City" sign was hung ou
whenever she deigned to visit a burg
Toward the close Of the year 1855
she honored France with her presence
and the palace Of Fontainebleau wal
turned over to her with the compli.
ments Of the season. She was attend
ed by a royal retinue Of servants, ant
also by her grand equerry, the Mar
quis Monaldeschi.
This gentleman, as his name sug'
gests, was an Italian. and for con-
siderable time had been the queen:
favorite. They were recognized as
lovers, and, since the queen had abdi'
Gated, it seemed more than possible
that they would be married and to &c
housekeeping. The marquis was
extraordinarily handsome and gifted
in all the graces and polite manner
isms Of the time. He was charming
man, but entirely unscrupulous. Wher
duty took him away from his roya
mistress they wrote love letters, just
as ordinary people do, and the letters
of the marquis always breathed undy-
ing devotion. And, while thus con-
vincing the queen that he lived for hel
alone, he was quietly laying siege to g
young Roman girl Of wealth and beau.
Ity.
D In his letters to this girl he ridiculed
the queen shamefully, applying con-
temptuous names to her; and, not sat
isfied with this baseness, he sent sew
eral Of the queens love letters to her
that she might enjoy a good laugh
But Nemesis was on the false lovers
trail.
There was a certain cardinal who
had long been jealous Of the marquis
and who was anxious to be the queens
favorite. The cardinal had his spies
and soon learned the details Of Mon
aldeschi's treachery. BY some means
|.he secured possession of the entire
with the Roman gir
and turned the letters over to the
queen. Christina must have had bad
hour when she read those letters, ir
which her love and trust were ridi-
cnled.
| On Saturday, November 10, the mar
|,quis was summoned to the Galerie des
Cerfs, long and gloomy apartment oi
the palace. He entered. bowling and
smiling in his accustomed manner
The queen was there with Father le
Bel and three armed strangers. Chris
tina's face was as cold and rigid as
marble. AS the marquis advanced
smirking, her glance brought terror tc
his heart, although he had no inkline
of what was in store. Turning tc
Father lie Bel, she said:
Hand me those papers"
He produced the letters, which had
been intrusted to him by the queen
She in turn handed them to the mar
quis.
DO you recognize these?" she asked
There was an icy sweat on the brow
of the marquis and his legs trembled
under him.
81 have never seen them before" he
stammered, at last.
Look again." said the queen. stern
/ ly, Are those not your seals?" ..
He could say no more. Helpless
speechless, trembling in every limb, he
could only look imploringly at the
merciless woman. The three men clos
ed around him and drew their swords
You are a traitor" said the queen
and turned her back on him. The three
armed men drew closer. The marquis
saw that his hour had come. He hat
been known as man Of courage, bu'
in this extremity he was picture ol
abject terror. He seized the queens
gown and entreated mercy. He walled
and wept and howled. And she looked
down at him with unforgiving eyes
and lashed him off with her riding
whip.
Father lie BEL" she said, 'you art
witness that treat this dog fairly.
give him all the time he needs to justi'
fly himself, If he cam"
Hearing these words, the marquis
began a long plea, trying to explain
trying to apologize, trying to convince
the queen that his repentance was sim
cere. She stood like a statue and lis
tened to 1t all. When he had said al
he could think of, the queen turned
again to the priest, as calm and mex
orable as ever.
Father" she cried, do what yot
can for the good of his soul. He has
failed to justify himself, and he must
die"
The good priest dropped on his knee:
before her and prayed that she would
have mercy.
Il have said the words" answered
the queen, "and no power under Hea'
ven can make me unsay them"
Then she left the room, and Monal'
deschi was left with the priest and thu
three executioners. H groveled on hi!
knees in a sickening way, like Mon
mouth at the feet of King James, ant
implored the priest to make one more
effort. So the priest went to Christina
and begged for the wretched man''
life, but she was adamant.
lie Bel returned to the gallery ant
announced that his errand had beer
useless.
| Prepare yourself to die!" cried th'
chief of the executioners, and the mar
quis and the priest prayed together
Then the butchery began. The marqui:
wore a suit Of mail under his clothes
and this turned the swords Of the exc
cutioners, so they hacked him over th'