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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1907-10-10, Page 7144 lee** leee4 leieeletetenteleteteleteletlet w• risoner i44 ri °PP y... fir'` 1 1ANTRO v0 i't7�Ci Zenda I HOPE y_t_ 4..�-� y� coma -Witted, 1894. 1898, by' 'Hsollt} t'.,k CCo�mp'�szw y,t,y 'Wany a . man has cursed this red :flair before now," + muttered the old lady, and I remembered James, fifth .earl of Burlesdon, "But never a woman!" cried the girl, "'Aye, and wotnen, When it was too :late," was the stern answer, "reduclllg the girl to silence and blushes, ""How comes the king here?" I added. to break an embarrassed silence. "It is the duke's land here, you say," "The duke invited hire, sir, to rest +here till Wednesday. The duke is at :Str'eslau, preparing the kin 's recep- +tion," "Then they're friends?" "None better," said the 010.. lady. But my Sy damsel tossed her head again. She was not to be repressed for long, and she broke out again: "Aye, they love one another as men ‘do who want the same place and the •same wife!" The oid woman glowered, but the .last words pricked my curiosity, and I interposed before she could begin scolding: "What, the same wife too! Bow's that, young lady?" "All the world knows that Black Mi- •cheel--well, then, mother, the duke— woeid give his soul to marry his cou- :siu, tato Princess Flavin, and. that she •iS to be the queen." "Upon my word," said I, "I begin to •be sorry for your duke. But if a man will be a younger son, why, he must "take what the elder leaves and be as :thankful to God as he can," and, thlek- ing of thyself, I shrugged my shoulders and laughed. And then I thought also of Antoinette de Mauban and her journey to Strelsau, "Id's little dealing Black Michael has , with"— began the girl, braving her mother's anger, g but as she spoke n a• heavy step sounded on the iloor and a ; gruff voice asked in a threatening tone: "Who talks of 'Blaek Michael' in his highness' own burg"?" The girl gave a little shriek, half of fright—half, I think, of amusement. • "You'll not tell of me, Johann?" she said. "See where your chatter leads," said the old lady. The man who had Spoken came for- ward. "We have company, Johann," said .my hostess, and the fellow plucked off •itis cap. A moment later he saw me, :and to my amazement he started back a step, as though he had seen some- thing wonderful. "What ails you, Johann?" asked the .elder girl. "This le a gentleman on his 'travels, come to see the coronation." The than had recovered himself; but • he was staring at me with an intense, searching, almost fierce glance. "Good evening to you," said L "Good evening, sir," he muttered, still scrutinizing me, and the merry girl began to laugh as she called: "See, Johann, it is the color you lover Fib started to see your bajr, sir. Its not the color we see most of here ht 'Zenda," "I crave your pardon, sir," stammer- ed the fellow, with puzzled eyes. "I expected to see no one." "Give him a glass to drink my health In, and I'll bid you good night, and thanks to you, ladies, for your -cour- tesy and pleasant conversation." ' So speaking, I rose to my feet and with a slight bow turned to the door. The young girl ran to light me on the way, and tree man fell back to let me #pass, bis eyes still fixed on nee. The • %Moment I was by he started a step Forward, asking: "Pray, sir, do you know our king?" "X never saw him," said L ""I hope' too do so on Wednesday." A Surprise in Biscuits Ever box ofMooncy'sperrettion. Create Sodas you •open• -•--you will find a new ,delight in ,these dainty biscuits" When•you.wat►t•tosutprise youtself,, give year appetite.st treat with • • . MooreJi s Sat PerfectionCreaniSodas Ile said no more, but I telt hie eyea following me till the door closed; be- hind me, My .saucy conductor, look- ing over her shoulder at me es she pre., ceded me upstairs, said: "There's no pleasing Master Johann for one of your Color, sir" "Ile prefers yours, Maybe?" I sug- gested. "I meant, sir, in a man," she anseVr- ed, with a coquettish glance. 'What" asked I, taking hold of the other side of the candlestick', "'does col- or matter 1n a man?' ":day, but I love yours—it's the Elide r� d. Elide - berg d re ' "Color in a man," said I, "Is a mat- ter atter of no more moment than that!" and I gave her something of no value. "God send the kitchen door be shut!" said she. "Amen!" said I and left her. In fact however, as I now knee, color Is sometimes of considerable mo- ment to a man. CHAPTER IIL WAS not so unreasonable as to be prejudiced against the duke's steeper because he dig" liked ray complexion, and If t had been his most civil and obliging conduct (as It seemed to me 'to be) nest horning would have disarmed me, Ilearing that I was bound for Strelsau, he came to see me while I was break- fasting and told me that a sister of his, who had married a well to do tradesmag and lived in tiie.capital, had invited him to occupy a room in her house. Ile had gladly accepted, but now found that his duties would not 'permit of his absence. He begged, therefore that if such humble (though, as lie added, clean and comfortable) lodgings would satisfy xne I would, take bis place. He pledged his sister's ac- quiescence and urged the inconven- ience and crowding to which I should be subject in my journeys to and from Strelsau the next day. I accepted his offer without a mo- nient's)iesitation, and be ~vent off to telegraph to his sister, while I packed up and prepared to take the next train.. But I still hankered after the forest and the shooting lodge, and when my little maid told nee that I could, by walking ten miles or so through the forest, bit the railway at a roadside station I decided to send my luggage direct to the address which Johann had given, take my walk and follow to Strelsau myself. Johann bad gone ofr and was not aware of the change in my plans, but as its only effect was to delay my arrival at his sister's for a few hours there was no reason for troubling to inform him of it. Doubt- less the good lady would waste no anxiety on my account. I took an early luncheon, anct, having bidden my kind entertainers farewell, promising to return to them on my way home, I set out to climb the hill that led to the castle and thence to the forest of Zenda. Half an hour's leis- urely walking brought we to the cas- tle. It had been a fortress In old days,. and the ancient keep was stili in good preservation and very imposing. Be- hind it stood another portion Of the original castle, and behind that again, and separated from it by a deep and broad' moat which ran all round the Old buildings, was a handsome modern chateau, erected by the last king and now forming the country residence of the Duke of Strelsau. The old and the new portions were connected by a drawbridge, and this indirect mode ot access formed the only' passage be- tween the old building and the outer world, but leading to the modern chateau there 'vas a broad and hand- sate andsame avenue. I't was an ideal resi- dence, When Black' Michael desired Company he -could dwell In his chateau; if a fit of misanthropy seized him he had merely to erose the bridge and draw it up after him (it ran en rollers), and, nothing short of a regiment and a train of artillery Could fetch him out, 1 went on niy way, glad that poor Black Stichael, /though. he could not have the throne or the princess, had at least got as fine a residence as any prinee In Europe. Soon I entered the forest and 'walked on for an bour or more In its cool, Som- ber shade. The great trees enlaced with one another over my head and the sunshine stole tbrough In patches - as bright as diamonds and hardly blg ger. I was enchanted with the place and 'finding a felled tree trunk, :prop- ped my back against it and, stretching my legs out, gave myself up to undier tuel)ed -contemplation of the solemn beauty of the `woods and to the tones fort of a good cigar. And When the cigar was finished and I had, I sup - pest, inhaled las beech beauty as lC could i went oft into the moat delight- fur Sleep, regardless of my train to Strelsau and of the fast waning after noon. To remember a train to such a spot would have been rank sacrilege. Instead of that Y tell to dreaming that I `vas married to the Brineess rtavla and dwelt' to the t astie of Zenda and beguiled whole days 'with my tore in the glades of the forest, which made very tlleaeint a ream. itt tact, 1 Was $ust impressing a fervent kiss oe. tiast charming lips of the prineeeis when 1 bel l otitic Vet a settncd at hest rt TUB WIN(liAM TIME, OCTOi31u.K iQ, I+9(i7 part of the dream) some one eX-claim in rough, Strident tones: "'Wily, the devil's In It; Shave him, and he'd be the it.ingr The idea seemed whlmslcal enough Por a dream. By the sacrifice 02 my heavy naustaehe and easefully . pointed Imperial I was to be transformed into ea anonarchi I was about to stags file princess again when I arrived (very reluctantly) at the conclusion that 7: was awake. I opened my eyes and found two tnen regarding nae with much -curiosity. 1?,atl► wore shooting costumes and car- ts sled guns. One was rather short and very stoutly both, with a big, bullet shaped head, a bristly gray mustache aid small pale blue eyes, a trifle blood, - shot. The Other was a siender young fellow of middle height, dark in corn- . plexion and bearing himself with grace and distinction. I set the one • ldown as an old soldier, the other far a gentleman accustomed to move in good society, but not unused to mill - :1 tary life either. It turned out after- ward that my guess was A. good one. The elder man approached ane, beck- oning the younger to foiIow, Ile did , so, courteously raising his hat. I rose slowly to my feet, "IIe's the height, tool" I heard the 1 elder murmur es he surveyed my six • feet two Inches ot stature, Then, with . a cavalier touch of the cap, he ad- dressed me: , ."May I ask your name?" • "As you have taken the first step in the acquaintance, gentlemen," said I, with a smile, "suppose you give me a lead in the matter of names." The young man stepped. forward with a pleasant smile. "This," said he, "Is Coronet Sept, and I am called. Fritz von Tarleuhetw. We are both in the service of the king of Ruritania," I bowedand, baring my bead, an- swered: "I am Rudolf RassendyIl, I am a traveler from England, and once for a year or two I held a commission from her majesty the queen" "Tben we are all brethren of the sword," answered Tarlenheim, holding out his band, which I took readily. "Rassendyll, Rassendyil!" muttered Colonel Sept. Then a gleam of intelli- gence flitted across his face. • l "By heaven," he cried, "you're of the Burlesdons!" "My brother Is now Lord Burlesdon," said I. "Thy head be ra eth thee," he chuc- kled, painting to my uncovered poll. "Why, Fritz, you know the story?" The young man glanced apotogetie- ally at me. He felt a delicacy which my sister-in-law would have admired. 1 To put him at his ease I remarked, with a smile: ".&h, the story is known here as well as among us, it seems." I "Known!' cried Sept. "If you stay here the deuce a man in all Ruritania will doubt of it—or a woman either." 1 began to feel uncomfortable. Had I realized What a very plainly written pedigree I carried about with me I should have thought long before I vis- ited Ruritania. However, I was in for it now. At this moment a ringing voice sounded from the wood behind us: "Fritz, Fritz! Where are you, man?" Tarlenheim started and said hastily: "It's the king!" Old Sapt chuckled again,. Thea a young man jumped out tram behind the trunk of a tree and stood beside us. As I looked on him I utter- ed an astonished cry, and he, seeing me, drew back In sudden wondeteirSav- ing the hair on my face and a manner of conscious dignity which his position gave him, saving also that he Iacked perhaps half an inch—nay, less than that, but still something—of my height, • the king of Ruritania might have been Rudolf Rassendyll and I Rudolf the king. For an instant we stood motionless, looking at one another. Then 1 bared my head again and bowed respectfully. The king found his voice and asked In bewilderment: DR. FOWLER'S EXTRACT OF WILD STRAWBERRY CURES Summer Complaint, Diarrhoea., Dylsentery, Collo and Cramps, Cholera Morbus, Cholera, Infantarni AND Alp Fluxes of the Bowels, It is without doubt the safest and most reliable remedy in existence. It has been a household remedy for sixty-two years. Its effects are instantaneous and it does not leave the bowels in is constipated eendition. 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They are certainly a blessing. E:y husband Is also receiving i,reat benefit f'out nt. I s. u eh t �• t i i i I a tact • ea pain n the J. tt les 11 1 h , 1 ria U his bacL-, but is sa much better now " Mics. A. t: Kinn, Mr. ]. IT. Cairncross, of Toronto, urges everyone to give liu-Ju a fair trial. In. a signed statement he says, after telling how Bu -Ju cured hint: " In my own case I had taken t'lrre boxes be. fore I felt I was recelvi n j any benefit " 3u -Ju must cure you of Ilidney and Bladder Troubles and Rheumatism, or your money will be. promptly refunded. sec, a large box. Sent on receipt of price if your druggist docs not have it, ;q The Claflln Chemical Co„ t.[J., Windsor, Ort. "Colonel--Fritz--who is this gentle- man?" I was about to at►swer when Colonel Sept stepped between the king and me and began to talk to his majesty in a low growl, The king towered over Sept, and as he listened his eyes now and again sought mine. I looked at him long and carefully. The likeness was certainly Astonishing, though I saw the points of difference also. The king's face e was slightly more fleshy than mine,' the oval 'of its contour the least trifle more pronounced and, as I fancied, his mouth lacking something of the firmness (or obstinacy) which was to be gathered from my close shut - Meg lips. But for all that and above all minor distinctions the likeness rose striking, salient, wonderful. Sapt ceased speaking, and the king still frowned. Then gradually the cor- ners of his mouth began to twitch, his, nose came Flown (as mine does when I laugh), his eyes twinkled, and, behold, he burst into the merriest At of irre- pressible laughter, which rang through the woods and proclaimed him a jovial soulW. "ell met, cousin!' he cried, step- ping up to me, clapping me on the back and Iaugbing still. "You must forgive me if I was taken aback. A man doesn't expect to see double at this time of day, eh, Peitz?" "I must pray pardon, sire, for my presumption," said I. "I trust it will not forfeit your majesty's favor." "By heaven, you'll always enjoy tbe king's eauntenance," he laughed, "whether I like it or not; and, sir, I shall very gladly add to it what serv- ices I can. Where are you traveling to?' "To Strelsau, sire --to the corona- tion." Tim king looked at his friends, He still siniled, though his expression hinted some uneasiness, But the hu- morous side of the matter caught hits again, "Fritz, Fritz!" he cried. "A thouSand Browns for a sight of brother Michael's face when he sees a pair of us!" and the merry Iaugh rang out again, "Seriously," observed Fritz von Tar- lenheim, "I question Mr. Rassendyll's wisdom in visiting Strelsau just now." The king lit a cigarette. "Well, Sapt?" said he questioningly. ""He mustn't go," growled the old fel- iOw" "Come, colonel, you mean that I should be in Mr. Itassendyll's debt If"— "Oh, aye, wrap it up in the right way," said Sept, hauling a great pipe out of his pocket, "Enough, sire," said r. "r'lI leave Ruritania today," "Now, by thunder, you shan't, and that's sans phrase, as Sept likes it, Por you shall dine with me tonight, happen what will afterward. Come, man, you don't meet a new relative every day!" "We dine Sparingly tonight;" said Peitz von Tarlenheim. "Not we, with our new cousin" for aL guest!" cried the ,king, and as Frit& shrugged his shoulders he added, "Ohs I'll remember Our early start, Fritz:' "So will I•—tomorrow morning," said old Sept, pulling at His pipe. "Oh, wise old Sept!" erred the king "Come, stir, Risseedyil. By tato way, What name did they glee you?" "Four majesty's," I answered, bow- ing. "SSW, that shows they weren't ashamed of tis," he laughed. "Come, then, cousin Rudolf. i've got tie house of my own here, lent my dear brother Michael lends tis a place of his, and we'll matte shift to entertain yea there." ,And be put his arm through Mine and, signing to the others to ac- Campany its, walked Ino Off westerly through the forest. We walked for mote than half an hour, and the king stin*ked elgarettrs and 2hatteted ineessantly. He was full of interest in my family, laughed heartily when i told ham of the pole traits With 11phberg ieair In our gal,. 1ptl and yet more itettrtityy wheel he heard that my expedition to Ustrltanza Was a secret one. "Yon have to visit your disreputable cousin on the Sly, tiev yorl?" said he. fauddenly .emerging Fant the wood, we carne on ,q small and' rude sheeting lodge. It was a one story buiIdiug, a sort of bungalow, built ealtirely of wood. Aswe approaehed it u. little man in te plain, livery came out to meet us, The only other person I save about the place was a rapt elderly woman, whom. I afterward discovered to be the moth- er of Johann, the duke's keeper, is dinner ready, Josef?" asked tate king. The little servant informed us tb.atit was, and we soon sat down to a plead-, tut ureal. The fare was plain enough. The Icing ate heartily, Fritz von Tar- lenbeim delicately, old Sept voracious- ly. I played a good knife and fork, as my custom is, Tbo icing noticed my performance with approval "We're all good trenchermen, we Elphbergs," said he. "But what?— we're eating dry! Wine, Josef; wine, man! Are we beasts to eat without drinking? Are we cattle, Josef?" At this reproof Josef hastened to load the table with bottles. "Remember tomorrow!" said Peitz. "Aye. tomorrow!" said o1_ d Sept The king drained a bumper to his "Cousin Rudolf," as be was .gracious -•- or merry --enough to eau nee and I drank its fellow to the "Elphberg ted,'" whereat he laughed loudly. Now, be the meat what it might, the wine we drank was beyond all price or praise, and we did it justice. Fritz 'ventured once to stay the king's hand. "What?" cried the king. "Remember you start before I do, Muster Fritz -- you must be more sparing by two hours than I." Fritz saw that I did not understand. "The colonel and I," he explained, "leave here at 6. We ride down to Zenda and return with the guard of honor to fetch the king at 8, and then we all ride together to the station" "Hang that same guard!" growled Sept. "Oh, it's very civil of my brother to ask the honor for his regiment," said the king. "Come, cousin, you need not start early. Another bottle, man!" I bad another bottle, or, Lather, a part of one, for the larger halt traveled quickly down his majesty's throat. Fritz gave up his attempts at persua- sion. From persuading h e feI 1 to be - Ing persuaded, and soon we were all of us as full of wine as we had any right to be. The king began talking of 'what he would do in the future, old Sapt of what he had done in the past, Fritz of some beautiful girl or other, and I of the wonderful merits of the Elpbberg dynasty. We all talked at once and followed to the letter Sapt's exhortation to let the morrow take care of Itself. • At last the king set down his glass and leaued back in his chair. "I have drunk enough," said he, "Far be it fromme to contradict the king," said I, Indeed his remark was most abso- lutely true—so far as it went. While I yet spoke Josef came and set before the icing a marvelous old wicker covered flagon. It had lain so tong in some darkened cellar that It seemed to blink in tbe candlelight. "Hiss highness the Duke of Strelsau bade me set this wine before the king when the king was weary of ail other wines and pray the king to drink for the love that he bears his brother." "Well done, Mack Michael!" said the king. "Out with the Cork, Josef! Hang him! Did he thick I'd flinch from his bottle?" " The bottle was opened, and Josef fill- ed the king's glass. The king tasted it. Then, with a solemnity born of the hour and his own condition, he looked round on us. "Gentlemen, my friends—Rudolf, my cousin ('tis a scandalous story, klttdolf, on my honor!)—everything Is yours to the half of Ruritania. But ask me not for a stogie drop of this divine bottle, which I will drink to the health 0f that—that sly knave, my brother, Black Michael." And the king seized the bottle and' turned it ever his mouth and drained it and flung it from him and laid his head on his arms on the table. • And we drank pleasant dreams to his majesty—and that Is all I remember of the evening, Perhaps it is enough. CHAPTER IV. IIETIIEIt I had slept a minute or a year I knew not. 1 awoke with a start and a shiver. My thee, hair and clothes dripped water. and opposite me stood old Sapt. a sneering smile on his face and ne empty bucket In Ws baud. "IVNAT IS DYSPEPSIA?" There is no form of disease more pre- velcnt than dyspepsia, and none so pacttlies to the high living and rapid eating of the present day mode of life. Among the manyr symptoms are ; Variable appetite, faint, gnawing feeling et the pit of the stomach, with unsatis- fied craving for fondt heartburn, feeling of weight and wind in the stomach, ba breath, had taste in the mouth, low spirits, headacheand/�coonstipation. ea unnocK BLOOD err S stilt cure the worst case of dyspepsia, by regulatingthe bowels, end toning up the digestive omens. Mrs. Geo, It. Riley, West Liscombe, N.S., writes : "1 euffercd for years from dyspepsia and could get Flo Mitt Until I started touse rltlitnoCt Moen]3r'r'et:es. 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I Pi THC CENTAUR COMPANY NC11/ YORK CITY is 1!.+>7V0.' . %,°.' . 140. il''•.0 eeni ' 1!t• • + On the table by him sat Vete von Tar- lenheim, pale as a ghost and black as a crow under the eyes. I leaped to my feet in anger. • "Your joke, goes too far, sirs" I cried. "Tut, man, we've no time for quar- reling. Nothing else would rouse you. It's 5 o'clock," "I'll thank you, Colonel Sept"— I be- gan again, hot in spirit, though I was uncommonly cold in body. "Rassendyll," interrupted Fritz, get- ting down from the table and taking my arm, "look here." The king lay full length on the floor. His face was red as his hair, and he breathed heavily. Sept, the disrespect- ful old dog, kicked him sharply. He did not stir, nor was there any break in his breathing. I saw that his face and head were wet with water, as were mine, "We've spent half an hour on him," said +Fritz. "He drank three times what either 0f you did," growled Sept. I knelt down and felt his pulse. It was alarmingly languid and slow. We three looked at one another. "Was it drugged—that last bottle?' I asked in a whisper. "I don't know," said Sept "We must get a doctor." "There's none within ten miles. and a thousand doctors wouldn't take him "itias it clrttgod?" to Strelsau today. 1 know the look of it. He'll not move for six or seven hours yet." "But tbe coronation!" I cried in hor- ror. Peitz shrugged his shoulders, as I began to see was his habit on most oe- e eiOuS. • `` t *rust send word that he's III," ire said. "I suppose so.• s:.:a I. Old Sept, who seemed as frena as e ditisy, had lit his pipe and was puffing bard at It. "If he's not erotrned today," saki be, "1'11 lay a crown he's newer ci'owued." "But, Heavens, why?" "The allele nation's there to meet hien-•-halt* the army, nye, and Meek Michael ut the head. t'ilutll 'we send Word that the king's d tank?" "';'Hatt bei"s ill,' said 1 in eortectian. "1111" Wined Sept, With a scornful laugh "';'Hey tow his illnesses too went. nee i Feu '111' before."' "Welt, we trust rbltnee what they think," said Fritz htlpiceely. "I'll car- ry the news tatei melee the best of it." Sept tidied his hand. '"!jell tire=," multi 19, "do you think the king was tt►ngged." "1 ci0" said 1, "Arid 'v i:o drugged iii:n?" "'Ttntt it tl tumid, Black t,t1O1i- el," said I•'rite between bis teeth. "Srlyei" said Sept, -that he might ( re be eoatinued.) Indiana Aro Pagans Still. Rev. Z. Samans, Indian agent, has just convicted his annual tile p amo s the Indians on the. 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