Sharp County record., 1915-06-25

infant.
Incredible as 1t may Seem
you-as it still seems to ma-,h,
monstrous scheme was adopted th
physician himself undertaking to GOV W.
it out. He took away the tiny princes.
without being detected, gained admit
tance to the keepers wife under ths
pretext of being sent by the kiny -
offer his services, exchanged the -
fants, and brought back the plebe,.n
child to be reared in the palacs as tha
heir to the Netherlands and I,uYors
burg.
Thus was this extraordinary n,,.
carried out with the most complete suo
cess. The early death Of the upbannv
little daughter of the royal bouss
from a congenital cause, seemed ~
condone the kings treachery to b,s
wife. and effectually stopped all fe,,
of discovery. The king and his tw.
accomplices preserved their secro,
till the moment when fit of rage leS
to the revelation Of 1t to the person
most concerned"
And what did the prince Of oran.a
do, when the king informed him .,
all this?" asked, as the ambassado,
made long pause.
That is the very question which
put to him on the occasion when ba
took me into his confidence. He "a.
piled:
my first feeling, on learning tha,
had no title to the position that
occupied, was one Of sheer dsmav
But this feeling deepened into ona
Of fierce resentment as | realized
what these men, this king and his
ministers, had made of me. was a
living falsehood, the most colossal i'm.
postor in the world, robbed of nv very
manhood, and unable thenceforth 10
look my fellow creatures in the face
If my adopted father had hoped
to crush me by the disclosure OF nv
true position, he must have been sadly
disappointed. My first impulse was
to reject the lying role he had thrust
upon me, and to publicly renounce
my borrowed rank. The first hint Of
such an intention was enough to
bring him to reason. For the first
time some faint notion of the deadly
injury he had done me appeared to
penetrate his mind. In his humilla.
tion, he condescended to implore me
not to expose him in the eyes Of
Europe.
"I could not entirely resist these
prayers. Had any other person than
myself been the victim, could not
have withheld all sympathy from the
scheme, which was intended to battle
the enemies Of Holland As II was
the evil was now past mending.
Miserable as my life had been In the
oppressive atmosphere Of court
had sense enough to know that 1t was
too late in the day for me to acoustom
myself to the obscure poverty Of
peasants life. even forbore to ask
the king for the names Of my unknown
parents.
"'Yet could not face the prospect
OF continuing to play part which ]
found 80 intoierable. discussed The
matter with my father-as have con-
tiued to call him-and In the end II
was decided that should live abroad
In a semi-private manner a subStan'
tial pension being assigned to me Oh
the condition that the secret OF my
birth was strictly kept
"'Such I am. such is my career YOU
perceive In me a monster Of the mora
world, q creature to whom every wrp
Gus and noble aspiration has been loI
hidden before he was born, wre'cn
whose life is a prolonged crime, ana
who will render the only atonemen'
to society which is In his power
fastening his progress to the grave
As the ambassador repeated NV"
pathetic words Of the prince, hs vow
shook. It was indeed necessary ow
lieve that his recollections had cau'"
him genuine emotion.
II endeavored to soothe this yOas
man, 80 miserably situated, bus v~
out success. BY this time dawn W.
approaching, and he decided 70 re'u,
to his own residence, where ne p,s''T
mo to visit him. To gratliy u"
consented but did not rum
promise. With every Sontlmcu,
pity for this impostor In spite 'a% .A
SELF did not care to ASSOCIATE "s IA
him; and, besides. his clrc,e' q
understand, was not one OF 'nu'y
which one gains reputation by ma~I .s,s
And as shortly afterwards ! ou% s.s
upon the series OF foreign wv e%', \, 4.
ments which have since alled Wv w
life, Il 30 happened that W. NV tl
met again" ,,,,, std
when did the prince diof =" A
presently. =, 1884,
81 think Il was In the year 0, .I'd
woa tho reniv "Oueon Sylvia o'e' M