The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-08-01

him "You are knavc he replied after q
moments consideration, however your adj
vice Is good, aud displays prudence, MS your
oiIensc shows adventurous courage. Well
then, and gave him the knight-sttoke, so !
raise YOU to nobility, who begged for grace
for your ofrense now kneels before me, rise
as knight knavish you have acted, and
Knave of Bergen shall you be called hence
forth, and gladly the Black knight rose
three cheers were given in honor of the En-
peror. and loud cries of joy testified the APP
probation with which the Queen danced still
once with the Knave of Bergen.
We stopped at hotel by the railway sta
ton Next morning, as we sat in my room
waiting for breakfast to come up, we got n
good deal interested in something which was
going on over the way, In front of another
hotel, First the parsonage who Is called
the PORTER, (who Is not the porter, but is a
sort OF frstmate of n hotel,) appeared nj the
door in n spick and span new blue cloth uni
form decorated with shining brass buttons,
and with bands of gold lace around his cap
and wristbands and he wore white gloves,
too. He shed an official glance upon the
situation, and then began to give orders.
Two women servants came out with pals
and brooms and brushes, and gave the side
walk thorough scrubbng meanwhile two
others scrubbed the four marble steps which
| led up to the door beyond these we could
see some men-servants taking up the carpet
| of the grand staircase. This carpet was car
ried away and the last grain of dust beaten
and banged and swept ont of IL: then brought
back and put down again. The brass stair
rods received an exhaustive polishing and
were returned to their places. Now n troop
of servants brought pots and tubs of bloom
ing plants and Termed them into beautiful
Jungle about the door and the base of the
staircase. other servants adorned all the
! balconies of the various stories with flowers
and banners; others assembled to the roof
and hoistcd great flag on staff there.
Now came some more chamber maids and re-
touched the sidewalk, and afterwards wiped
the marble steps with damp cloths and fin
ished by busting them of with feather
brushes. Now broad black carpet was
brought out and laid down the marble steps
and out across the sidewalks to the curb.
stone The PORTER cast his eye along it, and
found IL was not absolutely straight he
commanded it to be Strengthened; the ser.
wants made the ellort--made several efforts
in fact-but the porter was not satisfied
He finally had il taken up, and then he pu
it down himself and got it right.
AT this stage of the proceedings a narrow
bright-red carpet was unrolled and stretched
from the top of the marble steps to the curb
stone, along the centre of the black carpet
This red path cost the porter more trouble
than even the black one had done. But III
patiently fixed aud fctixcd IL until il wa
exactly right and lay precisely in the mid
die of the black carpet. In New York thcs
performances would have gathered might,
crowd OF curious and intensely intereste,
spectators but here it only captured al
audience of halt-a-dozen little boys, VIII
stood in a row across the pavement, som
with their school knapsacks on their back
and their hands in their pockets, other
with arms full of bundles, and all absorbe
in the show. Occasionally one OF them skippe
irreverently over the carpet and took posi-
ton on the other side. This always visibl
, annoyed the PORTER.
Now came n waiting interval. The land
lord, in plain clothes aud barcheaded, place
: himself on the bottom marble step, abreas
= the poriiey who stood on the other end of tn
same steps: six or eight walters, glovcd
bareheaded, and wearing their whites
!, linen, their whitest Cravats, and their fines
!, swallow-tails, grouped themselves abor
these chiefs, but leaving the carpet-wa
:. clear. Nobody moved or spoke any MOI
Il but only waited.
ing train was heard, and Immediately grouI
= of people began TO gather in the street. Tw
= or three open carriages arrived, and depositc
- some maids of honor and some male oflica
at the hotel. Presently another open ca
riage brought the Grand Duke of Baden,
'. stately man in uniform, who wore the han,
u some brass mounted, steel-spiked helmet
- the army on his head. Last came the En-
. press OF Germany and the Grand Duchess
Baden in close carriage; these passe
through the low bowling groups of servan
/. and disappeared in the hotel, exhibiting
:" us only the backs of their heads, and the
Z the show was over.
!" 1t appears to be as difficult to land mo-
=, arch rs it is to launch ship.