The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-09
King DOT2V9rGa al. A Legend oi a Lost
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 Since tnr dawn of history lar map or Europe nas been rhau..s Many years ago there was a ua5:.a .hr very location UG which nas been Io>!, but it
 Is supposed to have occupied part of
 Austria and part of northern Italy
 rher, is lrgG.J connected with this country which hts Uc.u handed down pg woyd of mouth for many centuries. r,a.us of iJ uavr been found among GcrrJau >praalug people and among
 Italians
 There was a king of this couutry-so the story goes-who was at continual
 war with people living 10 the east of
 u.s territory supposed tu have been
 &IuvS. whose descendants now occupy
 ;nr Balkans. lie appears in different
 versions of the trad.I'u under differ unr names, but usually H3nryrd. Ibc
 name Ut tul nation ac governed was Thwgaria. supposed ny sumc To have been luc origin ol Hungary.
 While King Buuvyrd wa~ hurI press
 ed by his enemies u suI waS born to
 hfn There was a prophecy that the Serbs would ovcrpow,. .,HGu-arta, but
 that Eouverd born uJ ,ay time of the ro..urst w0u.d re.csta1..-h lHo ,aug
 lom and subject the couG''r"rs iaiS rr,alrcy. which reasara lne S.EHS. arrd t1em with u desire. ~anad ,h'} succeed iu fulfilling iIr '.g~t pHtt Q. il. to uulIfy the Srgo-I part h} n'JA'r killing the ufIul u.u w&~. when
 grown. to work their G.#.uaeaou or make him a captive
 At the birth of tly ao.- Go ,ac -hrnue ,Bouverd H.. if ue a.rl his morAer
 was unable to uugSo n.ul. and a peasant woman who gave .Iith Co H w"u child
 at inc same time was uai.va in to give SurNIe to the prince ~u. "1s assign
 ed rooms in wing ut ra. Ia.@re and brought Ter own chil with h'r The woman. whose name was jo sepla. was dark and her chi'd was oi like romrjeXion. wh.." tar heir appar
 e0t to thc throne wH~ fair with blue eyes The king. when josruha and
 nor son. who waa called Herman,
 were brought to Evp#mcc, called upon his councillor to make #n inspection of rbr two infants lu order that the peas ami noy rould not b. substituted for the prince. They reported Io the king that. since o"J Wis ItgHt and the oth
 pr dark any one whG had seen them knowing which was ihr prince. would alwayS be able to judge correctly be iwcrn the two. Thi~ satisfied the king and he Nalr nu oHjr.t..a 'o i"S'rha having her OWE >ou N..h hrg Meanwhile the Ssrlss were slowly rp0ro.rh.a. thr .a;.:d of ThW"-aria
 their Eisg. "nris. he.." 70 greet "'n"ra. and urrHrl HGAi.>l 8 v"um1nIe!
 who WIS urs iuGort,I rul NmG Hon yyrl WI, uat ..r":u' and was
 ouI.cd lo ysc3 .ar ..'.1""". nt h,S
 tr. ..us ru nnarlr- I'i, m-u rtsEcd all
 d rr, .af..a u.d ". ag.st Il. and the 1 whole or Tnuu@aria wa~ "pvu to the enemy. wGu had advanrrd rapidly on rar capital Indeed. they came as
 fist as the news that they were com ug.
 One morning josrrna hrard a din
 below and. }uohf#. u.n"gn B window
 SEW the street filled wllh the cncmy's troops. The prime" waS asleep in bis
 rradIc. covered with drap"ry of the finest texture and bearing the royal arms.
 i Josepha's own son was in his own cradle. made of oak and unldOrned 1 Hearing a noise in the corridor and l believing that the Serbs had broken i into the palace and would murder the prince she laid him in her sons era 1 de and put her son in the place of
 the prince. Then. PasSion0tcly em
 bracing her offspriug she went into m adjoining room that she might not see him killed.
 She had scarcely done so when the nursery door was thrown open and
 armed men entered. In a few minutes
 they were gone, and Joscpha went ! uurk. expecting to see the body of her murdered son. The cradle was empty, and the prince was lying where she | bad placed him in the Oakpn cradle. 1 King Bonverd was killed Ggbting at
 the head of his bodyguard. and all his
 cnmtters who OutIlved the taking of