Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-06-18

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at once, and come out. win give you
my ARM
1.-THE wretch sank into a'chair.
Indeed, senior, ] am too III TO be
moved. Tomorrow, perhaps
"'You make a mistake ! retOrted,
interrupting him. I assure you these
rooms are unhealthy Let me see your
bedroom
While spoke went up and turned
the handle of the door. AS had an
ticipated, It was locked. Gomez sprang
towards me with flashing eyes. ] did
not hesitate moment.
Sit down, Senior Gomez, If you
please, or / will shoot you like dog.
And snatched out my revolver and
leyeled 1t at his breast.
He sank back, shuddering. turned
the key, and opened the bedroom
door"
The ambassador stopped deliberate
ly, struck match and carefully relit
his cigar, which had gone out ! did
not dare to speak.
There" he said, sending out great
pun Of there. seated on the
floor. amid a disorganized army OF
leaden troops, his hands black with
dirt, his hair rough like dogs, and
his charming lips all smeared with
jam, / beheld his majesty the king of
Spain. calmly devouring one Of his IA
vorite tarts."
And after?" l said, as the ambassa-
dor again came to full stop.
And after7 Why, is there anything
more? / caught up the young rascal
in my arms, king or no king, and made
two steps of 1t to where his mother
was waiting. Do not ask me to de-
scribe that scene. Such emotions are
sacred"
/ firmly believe that the ambassador
was actually moved ! was silent for
a moment.
i am not quite sure that have fol-
lowed all the steps by which you ar
rived at your discovery" l said pres
emily.
my friend, you cannot have been
listening. Did not tell you at the out
set that the boy left his tutors room
with only q hat on? The moment
heard of the wraps l perceived that
something must have taken place dur
ing the passage through those desert
ed corridors. When l found that no
one had seen the face, Of the boy who
entered the carriage, and that his
walk and bearing were different from
the kings the whole plot was clear
The conspirators, afraid to risk carry
ing the young monarch through the
streets Of his own capital, had disposed
Of him in the palace on the way out,
and carried away another boy to ere
ate a false scent.
1.-THE scheme was clever enough.
The moment had realized the charac-
ter Of the plot, it only remained to dis
cover whether the king had been taken
out Of the building since, and, IL not,
with whom he was likely to be con.
ceaIed. AT the same time took pre-.
cautions against his slipping through
my fingers while was engaged in the
search"
The cook, suppose, made a full
confesslon?"
7 had left him very little to con-
fess. It appeared that he had been the
chief contriyer of the plot. in revenge
Tor his own dismissal. He had got two
accomplices from outside, one of them
that doctor, who was as great an Inn
postor as was myself.
They elaborated their plans with a
good deal Of ingenuity. Gomez began
feigning illness several days before the
review, and made his nephew come to
} and fro continually, so that his appear
ance ceased to excite remark. Then
they dispatched the warning through
Pamplona, and lay in wait.
The king was, of course, brought
straight from the tutors presence into
the cooks apartment, and exchanged
for Pedrillo, and all that remained
was for Gomez to keep the child pris.
oner, by force OF persuasion, till they
! could contrive to smuggle him out OF
the way unobserved The idea Of OBJ.
tanning the ransom while the captive
was still in his own palace was a
brilliant afterthought"
} They were not punished?"
mo; 1t would have been unwise
They were informed That IL they ever
} referred to their exploit they would
be put on trial for high treason, and
they seem to have held their tongues
OF course the fiction of the illness was
kept up to the end, and the kings con
valescence duly announced.
What pleased me most in the ar
fair was the vindication of my friend
: Dom Carlos. Queen Christina was good
! enough to express regret to me fol-
' having allowed her suspicious to resi-
} on his followers. She also expressed
/. herself very handsomely about tbs
. trifling part l had been able to pla,
r in the affair-yery handsomely in
deed"
The ambassador paused. and ap
. peared to be hesitating whether TO sa,
1 anything more. At last he added:
|. When ! finally took my leave tbs
queen drew a magnificent ring from
her own finger and presented it t.
+ me.
; For the service you have renderes
to the queen regent Of Spain my prim,
e minister will thank you, she said
a For that which you have rendered tt
3 the mother Of Alfonso, she begs you t,
q accept this souvenir"
S He glanced at very fine damon,
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