New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-10


answered the endnored monarch. hereup"n L"p-
Hceois made his best DOW aud Withdrew "4He ms
Majesty valets came id To Dress t5eI i'll" '.'
md started as the King himself had done. to see
vtrqor,lin5rv change IN his hair. eyebrows aiid
mou,tacne. whereby lis lace seeh'u ~ NC fNi'0
re-uvenIued.
Nov il Glanced that on that day the King Of
Swa ia was 10 hold q review of lis troops. II was
i'm the sWcltering hot weather; ana about Two iu
the afternoon the news WAS hrou-h 10 LoJrs,'i' 5
shop that his Majesty hac dropped on MS Ho' ~
uuder sur--truke His Ma esty was mol 50 pop
Mar that this accident excited much comm
tiou :mauy rather blamed MN Tor nor i1hl"- "1''o
c,re OF himself AMI his soldiers. But the lldlH-7
threvv poor IODliscol~ into an aW,ul panic LOT
.i,nrIt,ueouslv tie maid oi traulcu sophie hoOb-.
the ctre,s whose head lac had dyed tue o1{ before
,afnr running into tne shop ami eAcl3ln ell - OF
Hea,eu's sake come and see my mis- les~. W htt
diI Won put on her head Shes ST ark MAJ Win
pain and the doctor can Z make - ont
horrible preSentImeut seed upon LODI =
and squeezed hs heart ia a wee. lie can3ht "p ms
hat and ran to the actress mouse. maj uuloI-
innate ladv had been rushing about hef ROOMS AID
buurinr her head against the wall In agony she
,,,s nov heinz held down on "A bed amt screamed
n, stericallv " nile doctor was applying lcei
loti,r,s 10 her head. The skin around her eyebrows
vas hideousl, swollen and dlscoiored. ana me
cutc.e Of her mead was I'D the sane cIuut.o"' d.,
was quite powere-s to relieve hcr la d, Ai,tI
r1yjng and struggling irautcaIy % Use from her
bed she swOonrd. bat on recovering cohSeiJu7", -
she uttered another series OF appalling shTlrhN.
was r1lie upset and the uni ori innate IA fr riIht
eu,d almost ont OF lis Wis oy Inc mlN'uIeI Ire H'u
rrvi-tiralr caused. led from her house on nearing
tnp doctor say that Sic must be removed al Once
inlIiGco's hurried of to the Kings palace. 1t
- NOT his usual hour for attending 10 his
II 5..tv 90 A at me c0u not gain abundance. lie
had usineSs there EXCEPT at hai1-t ei-hI I'D lhe
morning unless be- was specially senf lot, NrE'I,
tine es. his situation was 80 critical thtt ne aheu
for sheet of note paper, and wrote a noje to ne
Chamberlain Of the palace begging IN ne III n
s,,cas a few words to that ouciaI IN private. Inc
Cham h.rlaio Count Won Iansl0rt. htd always ltrh
ort,,,-1lv trrndlyto LobIgeOls. treating hlm a, a
pofenfate whom il would not do to oicnd,.and he
caused him to be shown mp immediately Dut
with the Chamberlain there were close ed the
Prime Minister, Baron Won rdrnlc htAal' aNu ~. %
three other statesmen, who haI never eyed the
French barber with much affection anu they now
demanded solewha sternly to know ms 'u7ih'Ns.
Ioblig. os trenbird at their grim, gium LOOKS.
and GUESSED that matters wee gOlng very badly
indeed with the King.
.Ts-his-hs Majesty dead p he asked ms heart
seeming TO leap into his mouth he put tie CUES
ton. then in paroXysm OF remOrse lie added :
Noble sir, | must tell sou the truth. II teai
this catastrophe IS Of my doing. and thercupon ne
related the whole story of the new dye Supphrd
hy ths strange student, and told how the accGrsed
drug Lad already operated on Fraulein hobbs.
The statesmen aud the Chamberlain exch lnged a
few glances while the barber SPOKE, ana II was
baron Won GArncnthat who addressed him ia al
swer: do not think his Majesty Is suffering from
any Of your drugs. lie had suuo'toAe WHICH ~
YOU know Is always serious mailer
but his Malesty's eyebrOws-aud-and upper
lip " laltercd tie barber.
There is nothing the matter with HIM Stid the
Prime Minister col1ly FrdUlein kObbs has per
hans "a very delicate skin. or she may have injured
herself with some Of those Preparations when
actresses use: at All events yOu may rest assured
that You have not been lnstrumchlal III ID "
the King
Might I be permitted to see hIs Majesty asked
LobIeeols so greatly relieved that be could hardly
artculate for Joy, but at this request the CHAMBER
His Majesty is under care OF the doctors he
said. 'Nou hal better 20 home, Lobll-cUl> and say
nothing about what YOU have Just told US. Inc
story light do YOU mischief If circulated.
1t might lead 10 the suspicion that you nan
poisoned his MAJESTY; do YOU understand that y
asked the Prime Minister sharply.
Yes l DO, noble sir, stammcrcd the trembling
barber.
Then bear it in mind. said the unamiable Min
istcr and be did not delQu To make "a response as
the Court barber, lately his rival the hing of
Swabia's private councils, retreated bowling.
II was. of course not LOhlgeoiss Interest to tel
a SOU about the suspicious hair-dye. lie felt
indeed very thankful to the Minister and Chamber
lain for hav ing let him of 50 cheaply They might
have had him thrown into prison. and how should
he have exculpated himself had lie been accused
OF comprising the Kings deathf
" no was that seedy student who had sold him
the dyer Perhaps some ieroclous, revolutionary
villain. However, the barber so far cOnIiOrted
his Majesty was not suffering from the effects OF
the dye Fraulen kObbss affection must have
been a mere coincidence. due, perhaps ~ the Pre-
mler limited, to the njudciOus Use OF other drugs
LObligeos was deeply attached 20 the King, who
had been so good to him; and it with sad
heart tnat ne read the bulletins Of his royal
masters health. published III the following days
His Majesty stated to he suffering from a brain
fever the result OF sunstrOke. IL became necessary
TO appoint "a Regent. and the Swablan Parliament
at once summoned the heir presumptlVe otto the
FIrst's cousin, To tins post. Ia few days more
the King SAID to be past recovery. Then one
morning all the papers appeared with BLACK
borders, and public proclamation was made OF his
death. During his MajestY's Illness there had
been some rcvulslon Of public feeling in his favor
but on the whole 1t could not be SAID that the
people we're sorry for his demise lie had tried
their patience Ovennuch. The new King, Oh the
contrary. was young man, full OF promise, genial
kind, and OF libea al intentions, as heirs presuTp,
tive mostly are lie assembled the throne AMID
hopeful accAmatiOns. and possibly there were on y
two persons IN lfofstadt who sincerely grieY~d toi
the late Observation-Disclosures, the barber, ana the
lady with whom Otto J. was In love md wlon-i'