The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-04-09

! lcft some substantial token ol goodwill
for his little god-son before taking !eavc,
Once ne was expected to pass through
small town in France, and the good people
were on tiptoc 10 see the emperor. 1t 50
happened that he arrived there alone, and
before any Of his suite,
The landlady Of the little hostelric where
he put mp, being gossiping sort Of old
| body. put all sort OF questions to mm to find
out whether he belonged to the
cmperors suite, and the way in
/ which he PARTED them convinced her tina,
/ he did. AZ last as she brought him some
hot water for shaving, unable to control her
/ curiosity any longer, she asked the stranger
/ boldly, what kind Of 4 situation he filled
about the Emperor! u sometimes shave
him, replied he, Iathcrng his chin with
| great composurc.
| When at Paris, he once hired carriage
to take him to the Luxembourg gardens,
/ As he was on his way, the driver expressed
much satisfaction at being engaged to 60
there saying that the Emperor Joseph was
expected to be At the Gardens THAT very
day, and that he should like above all
things to see him, hoping that they night
arrive in time, The stranger assured him
there was no fear Of the Emperor arriving
there before they did, and, on being set
down at the gate, handed him a piece Of
money, rolled up in paper, On opening
the wrapper, the driver found that he had
received double louis, and running after
the stranger, showed it to him, saying that
he must have made mistake. Pleased
with that proof Of honesty in man whose
calling is not usually named in connection
with that virtue, the Emperor desired him to
| keep the golden coin, and the nan, struck
with surprise, Tor many Of tie passcrs-by
now recognized and salutcd the stranger,
went back to his carriage, eSclaiming Its
the cmporcr himself; I've sen the cmpor,
erw
Wandering in the nicgLborhood Of Rome
once, the Empolcr Stoppd to refresh him
self at an inn, and a,ked the landlord
whether there was any traveller staying
there at the tine who would give him the
pleasure OF has company. There was arev-
creud bishop there, the landlady said, but
he was tatiguh with bis journey and had
retired to rest, The secretary of the bi,h-
op was awake however; would his company
be accepted; tie secretary was intro
, duccd-a clever, witty man, who partOok
of bottle Of wine with the lonely stranger
and entertained hin grcatcly with his talk.
9 The emperor, still perseycring his incog
nito, SO unded the rood priest with regard
to the object Of hisbishop's visit to the no.
ly see "Ic went tcrc," replied the secre-
e tary, "to apply for. vacant bencticc, al
p though very agcdman and already in
possession ofnumciols church perfermcnts,
This gift he hoped D obtain through the
S offices ofthc Austriai Ambassador, to whom
q he had letters of Recommendation. The en-
porer was so much pcascd with the man
5 ners and conversational the secretary that
= he gave him letter q introduction 10 the
same ambassador, wb he said, might be
able to serve him in ne way or another,
Shortly after his arrival at Rome, the sccre-
, tary bethought him Of his letter, and pre-
scntcd it, without imagining, however, that
it would be Of immednte service TO HIM.
Great was his surprise, then, when inform
ed by the ambassador tlat the letter was an
autograph one of Joseph H., desiring him
to obtain for the secretary the benefce
sought for the ayaricious bishop.
A rebuff at which the emperor was much
amused, was one experienced by him in
Holland. Having heard about the extreme
cleanines OF the villagers in that country,
he wished TO see the interior Of one Of their
houses, at the doors OF several which he
knocked, without seeming to arouse any
Of tie inmates. At last door was opened
to hm. and he requested permission Of the
master Of the house TO enter. II hear that
Emperor Joseph is expected in the town,
to-day said the DutChnan, but were you
the emperor himself, could not let you in
side this house without first obtaining
leave from my wife ! am the emperor
then. said the stranger displaying the dia-
mond star on the breas OF his inner cost,
Thcrcupon the Dutchnan went in great
haste to his wife, and E'sged her to admit
the royal stranger 10 'iew Of the premises
but she only said: Ping an emperor as
be IS We could not expect him to take Of!
his shoes at the door and in this house he
doesn't came one step With them on, en-
, pclor or not" and the loor was shut in his
I t,n, Nm, N,rly