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Show A Roynl WnndcrliiK Mliiatrot. HjHJ Tho Archduke Maximilian, shot In H Mexico by thu Juarez Government HjHJ about tho end of our ciil war, vas in mHjHJ his younger days famous n a singer Jk and player on thu guitar. Whilo trav- HjHjHjHjj cling around on font, a pastime which HjHjHjHHHjj was n passion with ho oc-JsmHjHjHjH casloually stop along the lonely rond ''HHjHjHjHjHjHjHHH nnd a song or two or somo HHjHjHjHjHjHjHjHH HjHjHjHjHHHjH Onco ho MiVhVI heard by a number of peasants, who. VVI qulto ignorant of his identity, listened nHHHJ to hi in with rapture nnd applauded 'sHHH him witlt vigor. "If you como to the $HHHl inn," said ono of thorn, "with that ?VaVal voice and that touch 1 can promiso ijHH you a good glass of wluc, if not a !U- HjHjH tie HjHH Falling in witli tholr humor, Maxl- HjHJ inillan nccompanlcd them to tho vll- HjjH lngu tavern. HH Hero he rendoted several nhoico M melodies witli such skill and tosto that )HH ha had, so to speak, hisaudioiico at hU HJ feet, and, though, tho tavern vintage HH was not the best, hu drained glass after HH ghuH witli his new found friends. HH Finally ho announced that ho must tU go, and whon tho Jolly ISonlfaco found HHH him determined to do so lie took his 'HHH hat and went round nmong the audi. t tors, collecting a fair sum, to which ho HH nddud' something himself, and offered HH it to tho Archduke. HHa Seeing the honesty of tho motive, ho HHJ took tho coins and put them in his HHb pooket, thanking them for tholr ap- HHa pruclation und kindness. At that mo- HHJ nient the villngo 'Squire, who know H Maximilian, happened to enter. See- HHH ing tho crowd around him, and not HHH Irion iug tho causo, ho called out: .flHHHJ "Staud buck, von clownsl Don't sAIHHHVh you know tfiu Archduke Maxl- .HHHVHVHflHJ BHBHBHHHH Tho on his knees VhVhVhHHH in his thinking his money HjHHHHHHHHH generosity was tho croiitng infamy HHHVHHHI of which ho had boon guilty ho asked HHHHHHJ bo given luck. HflVlHEl "Not a bit or it,'1 said Maximilian HIHH heartily. "It's tho llr.st money that BH has been honestly earned by any of HHa our family for u thousand je.irs ami HHa I'm going to keep it us an fmlrloom." HHa i'jittadelphia Times. HHfl |