The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-01-15

The oficer. not relishing the work Of
killing nm infant. had turned him over
to q common soldier. who In turn com
missioned his wife to strange him.
The woman reported that she had done
10, but instead had concealed him and
afterward brought him up as her own
child.
Great changes had taken place since
the conquest Of Thungaria. King Boris
had died and had been succeeded by his
SOU. Boris IS. who was Il weakling
The young claimant to the throne Of
Thu,garia called upon his people to
rise and throw of the yoke. 1t was
quite likely that he would have snt.
ceeded In putting himself at the head
y! an army at once had not several OF
King Bonverd's councillors. who had
been commissioned to inspect the
prince and bis foster brother when
they were babes, still lived. They at
once visited the claimant to the throne
and pronounced him an impostor. H.
was Of dark complexion. while the true
prince was fair. " 49, -.
Joseph Bernstein was at the time
serving with the army and had risen
to be colonel. He seldom saw his fos
ter mother. and she had never revealed
to him the secret Of his birth. fearing
that be would attempt to lead q re-
volt which would surely fail. and in
stead OF gaining a crown he would lose
his head. Bernstein heard of the pre-
tender and espOused his cause, think
ing II better tha even n false pre-
tender should lead the Thungarians tn
liberty thar hat they should remain
subjects of their conqueror
A secret meeting took place between
the two men Bernstein reported that
the corps he commanded was largely
composed Of ThungarianS and he c"r'h
begin !; revolt with ii The offer WAS
accepted. and suddenly the vtrer"N ANA
all the Serb civil officers IF the g"v
eminent were arrested The news
spread rapidly and the Ieui,., ~l'ttll@
to arms Not only was Il sovereign ut
hand in the riai:nant. but Il military
chieftain in bernstein The army
through IL long term OF Years II quar-
ter Of Il century had become largely
Hungarian and only needed a leader
Bernstein therefore found himself III
the head Of an army almost imnedi
ately
But a force composed entirely vi
Serbs was sent to put down the rebel
lion. and many battles were fought
At first it was a losing game for the
Thungarfans. u under Bernstein's
leadership they held their own until
gaining strength. they were able to
meet the enemy under more advan
tageous circumstances. Finally When
their general found himself In a posi-
ton to strike be sent his adversaries
back in a rout, debating terms of peace
in their capital which restored the In
dependence Of Thungaria.
When Bernstein returned with this
treaty at the head Of q victorious
army n Of the first persons he net
standing at the foot of the steps lead
ing up to the palace, where be was
oOAA6 " tSPOAk W nv piSSCAuOts wa"
his foster mother.
"Hail King Bonverdv' she SAID
kneeling before him.
What do you mean. motherY" b.
asked.
Before the thrOng that were crowd
ing upon the young victor she told the
story of how she had been his nurse
how she had put her W son in his
place when the Serbs broke into the
palace and how she had taken him
away and brought him up as her own
son.
At that moment an old nan who had
been a member Of King Bonverd's
cabinet came forward to congratulate
the a who had freed his country
arriving In time to hear JOsepha'S
story he remembered Josepha and
looking from her to the man she had
saluted AS king. dropped upon one
nee and kissed his sOverelgn's hand
The crowd. recognizing in the old man
one prominent as a minister Of theil
last sovereign. rent the air with loud
huzzas for King BOnverd IL
The claimant. as became u sovereign
was waiting In the palace to receive
the homage OF his general. when. bear
ing the shoutu ne directed an attendant
to 90 and ieaIM what they meant. The
man returned and said
please. your majesty. they have az
claimed General Bernstein king"
The %pretender. rising from his seat.
hurried III and appeared with cloud
ed brow before the king and the group
about him Josepha threw her arms
around the pretender's ueck. exclaim
ing:
MY son my son; l believed the!
mad killed you: Happy day that both
my children are restored to me-! Salute
your king!"
The proof that the blue eyed genera
was king Of Thungaria was SO com
plete that he who had believed him
self king was convinced and gave his
adhesion to the true sovereign. King
BOnverd made hin his prime minister