The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-04-21

IN case J. myself, should fall lie ~
not III to rule. lie is not your king
But signed hereunto is the name and
the seal, u~nmistakable, done In my
blood and his, Of your king, Michael
the First, and OF your future king
Michael the Second, my son. He Is
as yet too young fully to know the
gravity of these presents. But by this
sign you shall know your ruler, shall
these presents ONE to you, we'll be
loved.
In the name OF God, amen! Mi
chaul, Rex
Below this signature OF Michael
the Good said the measured voice
OF Count Frederick. there is another
signutme-Michael the Second. Rex.
Gentlemen, there arc two signatures
to these scripts, and there are two
seals
a sigh Of wonder, almost Of conster.
nation, came from those assembled.
The only protest was from the hud
died object IN tho farther corner Of
The room, whore still remained MI.
chael. the drunken.
What then, the guard" he
ghriekel. Treason to me-after him,
inonl This pretender-what is It that
he says? What proof has he?-what
proof
This proof. sir" said Count Fred.
erick, coldly, and approached to him
the broad page Of tho parchment
sheet.
Michael gnzcd stupidity at what h."
saw. uncomprehendiag. Others gazed
also. and at first could make nothing
OF what was there. Count Frederick
went on:
Il recall now, as /. sec this page
said he, this writing Of the king, my
father-you hear me, gentlomon-my
father!
Il recall that | saw him place he.
meath the great seal, that other seal
done in his own bloCd. / saw him
draw the blood from his own arm and
put his thumb in II, and place II here,
thus sealing this document with the
unmistakable seattle one alone
which cannot show a mistaken iden.
tity.
And here, gentlemen, beneath that
other line OF signature, which you
have heard ard seen. there is another,
a smaller, a very small seal of a SINH,
lar sort II Is the print of n humen
thumb-the thumb OF a boy. OF a baby
"A baby then, a man now-who re.
calls that scene vaguely. And here
is the proof. Gentlemen, | recall now,
It was my father made this mark; but
II was his great hands which took my
little one and Dipped my thumb in the
blood which he drew from my arm.
and set II here below that name which
he has written, Michael the Second.
Gentlemen. who then is your
king?"
Even yet they could not grasp the
full significance OF what they heard,
and again the voice OF Count Fredcr.
lex resumed:
Go, now, gertlemen, send out your
agents quickly. Bring here those men
OF science skilled in the reading OF
such things as these. II was Bert!llon
who developed that science OF infalli.
wv NNRAAAhAaNNNll II was Nt WIN
showed that each man carries with
him, in his person, from his cradle 10
his grave. that unmistakable seal
which Identifies him infallibly.
Now bring here your men OF sci
ence. Here is my hand as God mad,
II, and as my father held It in his sc
many years ago. Small then-largel
and stronger now! God grant II b,
strong enough today TO do what my
ather did, and do II well. And may m,
mind have Justice and liberty befor,
it always, as those things were befort
his.
Gentlemen, you know the histor.
Of this kingdom us well as |. Yol
know the long regency following tn.
Gretzhoffen You know why tina
regency was established. Rumor wa
that King Michael died like a king
in his own bed. The truth was Other
. wise. lie was murdered here in tn
I vault below by the men Of his owi
|, foster brother.
. III that be true-and as God is m
4 witness. l believe IL TO be true-thc
we well may guess which boy wa
brought up under the regent to tax
the place Of a king, That was not. m!
' self-others. relatives OF mine, reare
me, as you know, until / am what yo
:, know. And yondcr man-this drunke
u waster-not even the son OF lnwn
. wedlock, ever the son OF a queen
: that man. he was the one accepted a
y your king! Treason, you say-wh.
! there was treason TO every human b.
y ing who lived on Gretzhonen sol
1t when that ]pretender took the throne
AS for you. sir" and he steppe
over to lay an iron hand on the shou
' der OF the covering man who san
hack upon his seat, your day is don
| do not say you were a party to tn
e l only say. YOU must go. For Il
\ rest, the parliament OF our realm sha
C. formally decide"
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