in their walks they a tree bearing in the garden of an english merchant ran back to the prison to get a shilling and came and offered to purchase i am not going to sell to you people said the merchant come and take what you like here interrupted himself to say it was the only tree bearing in the the governor had none or he would have given it to me on the passage from the to germany he had great delight to see the cliffs of england he saw the rocks shining in the sun and three hours later was surprised to find them sunk in the heavens he saw also and immense buildings perhaps and eight years of trouble in its castle in after breakfast mr who had now finally ceased from troubling came on board and carried him ashore in a steam to a large house of the government where he stayed till noon at noon told him he was going to the place where ships are that go to and led him to a very magnificent house with carriages inside and a wonderful roof of glass to wit the railway station they were on the train and then went in something with a house drawn by horses which had windows and many decks plainly an here at or i believe they stayed some while in a house of five hundred rooms then were got on board the as they understood for in england on a sunday were joined en route by the famous dr passed through a narrow passage where they went very slow and which was just like a river and beheld with curiosity that red sea of which they had learned so much in their at last at the hour when the fires bum red they came to a place where sorrows of was a german man of war was called with one of the boys on deck when he found a german officer awaiting him and a steam alongside and was told he must now leave his brother and go elsewhere i cannot go like this he cried you must let me see my brother and the other old men � a term of courtesy who seems always to have been good natured his orders and consented not only to an interview but to allow to continue to accompany the king so these two were carried to the man of war and sailed many a day still supposing themselves bound for and lo she came to a country the like of which they had never dreamed of and cast anchor in the great of and upon that narrow land the were set on shore this was the part of his on which he looked back with the most bitterness it was the last for one thing and he was worn down with the long suspense and terror and deception he could not bear the water and though the were still good to him and gave him beef and and tea he suffered from the lack of vegetable food eight years of trouble in such is the narrative of this simple exile i have not sought to correct it by testimony it is not so much the facts that are historical as the man s attitude no one could hear this tale as he originally told it in my hearing � i think none can read it as here and � without the and simplicity of the and wondering at the want of heart � or want of humour � in so many successive that they should have continued to surround this infant with the secrecy of state chapter iv september to august so was on the throne and behind it and i have now to deal with their brief and reign that it was the reign of needs not to be argued the policy is throughout that of an able over hasty white with eyes and ideas but it should be borne in mind that he had a double task and must first lead his sovereign before he could begin to drive their common subjects meanwhile he himself was exposed if all tales be true to much and interference and to some aid from the and the firm and to one of these the of the i am inclined to attribute his ultimate failure the white enemies of the new were of two in the first stood and eight years of trouble in � the of the two chief rivals of the firm who saw with jealousy a clerk or a so called clerk of their advanced to the chief power the second class that of the officials numbered at first exactly one the english acting is understood to have held strict orders to help germany commander of the the american captain when he arrived on the th october and for some time after seemed devoted to the german interest and spent his days with a german officer captain von who was beloved by all who knew him there remains the american general marsh a young man of high spirit and a generous disposition he had obeyed the orders of his government with a grudge and looked back on his past action with regret almost to be called repentance from the moment of the declaration of war against we find him standing forth in bold consistent and sometimes rather opposition stirring up his government at home with clear and forcible and on the spot grasping at every opportunity to thrust a stick into the german wheels for some while he and fought their difficult battle in in the course of which first one and then the other paid a visit home to reason with the authorities at washington and during the s absence there was found an american clerk in william to perform the duties of the office with remarkable ability and courage the three names just brought together and make the 