Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-11-19
4 LOST BROOCH.

=" should think you expected them
to- Night sure! Couldn't you prepare
them something in the way of refresh
ments, and make the house look at
tractive, so they will be sure to drop
II upon us 2"
The above remarks were intended to
be sarcastic. They were addressed to
a relative whom [ had blessed with my
presence during the melting heat Of
dog-days.
1t was the programme to be gone
through each evening, just before re
firing, under which my spirits chafed.
There was just little ready cash to be
hid in the wood-box trife of silver
to be put down cellar in the churn !;
the fastening of each window to be
carefully examined, and chairs to be
put at the outer doors.
For my part I'd rather be robbed
and murdered two or three times in a
life, than so through all this every
night as you have for twenty years,
and wake up every morning to find
myself disappointed. I never trouble
my head about thieves and robbers !"
Conceit always gets punished, soon
er or later, and, sure enough, about a
year after met my reward.
A friend and [ were going from Der.
lin to Paris, via Cassel, Frankfort, and
Strasburg. We had never before trav-
eled at night on the continent, but
wishing to have a day at Cassel, we
left Berlin by the s P. NJ, train. The
conductor put us in a coupe with three
or four other ladies, and on being told
that one Of the party was inst recover
ing from severe illness, and was also
lame, he copied or remembered the
number of the coupe, and leftus undis
turbed the whole Of the night. ALI the
ladies, except ourselves, were German,
and were very chatty and agreeable.
AS we were about dispos;ng of our
selves for the night, one of the ladies
unfastened door in the middle of the
coupe, and explained that here was a
small dressing room for our accommo-
dation, and that of the ladies in the
next coupe, they entering from their
side and we from ours. [ wore a
brooch, an Oriental topaz, set in gold
with split pears. The pin in some way
interfered with my perfect comfort,
and. like the woman who said she
wouldn't care a fig to wear dress she
couldn't take a nap in, l took the pin
out Of the ribbon that tied my collar,
and put it in my travelling bag.
We arrived at Hesse Cassel the fol-
lowing morning, and went to the Vic.
toria Hotel. After breakfast, leaving
the bag in charge of one Of the wait
ers of the hotel, we drove to Wilhelms.
hohe, situated about three miles
from Cassel, chat we might see the
famous cascade of Harrisburg, which
took 2, 900 men Il years to build, and
cost the Elector Friedrich more millions
of money than he ever dared acknowl-
edge to his people. The keeper of the
p2iace-where Jerome Napoleon had
lived as king, and more recently his
royal nephew as prisoner-was very in
teresting and intelligent. He spoke
highly of the conduct OF Louis Ma
poleon during his stay at Wilhelmsho
he. ''No man." he said, scould be
more modest in his demeanor." He
gave no unnecessary trouble, always
asked politely for what he needed, and
rewarded the slightest service with a
DloaSanG Ina0k you.
The walls of the chamber which the
Empress Eugene occupied while visit
ing her hus band, were covered with
white silk. printed with bright flowers.
The bed-spread was of white satin, en-
broidered with clusters of rose-buds,
in colored silks. The pillow, which
was covered with the same material.
was perfectly round and smooth, SO
that each embroidered bud stood out
from the satin. It was very lovely to
look at, and must have been about as
comfortable to sleep on as stuffed
stove pipe. Pointing to an elegantly
wrought fire screen, the keeper re.
marked, "That is sample of the ex-
quisite taste our enemies, the French,
possess it is needless to tell you that
all this beautiful work was done by
hem"
The next stage of our Journey was
Frankfort, which we reached the same
evening. The good book gives us
some advice about taking the lowest
room, so that when our modest worth
becomes apparent, we may be bidder
to "move up higher" The waiter al
the Westendhall knew our worth at {
glance, and led us up to the topmost a
once. Upon our demonstrating he as
sured us.that this was the only vacant
room in the house, and let fall the re
mark accidentally that the Grown
Prince of Prussia had put up there
night or two ago. So this was not ONLY
a most convenient and comfortable no
tel for the ordinary man and beast, bu
one where princes were entertained
and, as in the present case, sometimes
angels unawares.
The next morning we took the ex
press for Strasburg. At CarlsrULe thu
arain stopped fifteen minutes for re