New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-08

military dress walking back and forth on the ade
walks, his hands clssped behind htu, and busy
staring into the shop-window. or returning sh s
man In appearances, though not a. old Is ths i Em-
pyror by many years. He 10 clean-shAved ana aoes
not even wear mustache. When no is uavcIlng
nuthing in his drsss to distinguish him ~ military
Last summer he took run d9wn W ori'N bi
land, and at some of the hotels ne feuea,eu US
identity and at others ho was neogno ms trSvc oil
ling experiences, as related by his friends, ano ms
want OF pride in mis- personal appearance. remind
one of the stories that used TO 90 told Oh hofaco
Greeley. ..-..o, -
During his Swiss tour ho arrived ono Afternoon az
Kagatz in the Epgadine. As the hotel az wnica ne
to stop was but short distance isom .ne o
with his travelling bag ia bis hand insteaa Oh "ai
ing to be transport ed in carriage. ,
When he appeared before the landlord ana aSkeu
for a room he looked fatigued. dnsty. and decidedly
travel worn, and the landlord was on the point =.
telling him that he had no rooms 10 spare. he
finally told the waiter to show tne o'd o ns and
after toiling mp several dights OF STAIRS anu
through several long. narrow balls the grea, gen
oral was usheTed into room which iooksI ~ u ~
belonged TO q hospital ward. The waiter lett MIN
there and, after short absence made MS appear
ance again with little book and asked INC now
arrival to lnscribe his name.
10 was quickly done. and the waiter mace MS eAlo
again. What wa the landlords astonlHhment ON
the %on SqSs o Iea Tsers
motion in the hotel at once. MY ,,od. salu ,h9
landlord. wfnging his hands. " what have done'
have put the great general in one OF the servants
bedrooms; my hotel wall be ruined" And he flew
about as if he was haf-crszy. All the WATERS IN
tho hotel were summoned. the naudsomest SUIT" Oh
rooms i'm the house was ordered to be put IN lnmeul
ate readiness ana tho -cence- stricken landlord
depart q t Q Up er regions u maktsnls apoioeles
10 ths seedy looking "Old man. ana !" transfer
him to more elegant quarters oehttihg ms ranA III
the lower part of the hotel. q,
al beg your Excellencv. ten Thousand pardons.
wonld not have done It for the world. but ana no,
know that il was your Exceilency.,ten tsoueanu
pardons" said the quaklng landlord nan OUT oi
breath. -.
but what have you done that you should need 10
be psrdonedp asked the general
This room,-it is not the room Tor your FIX
cellency. II was mistake did not Know ~ F" as
General Won Moitke. have rooms for you below
an elegant suite of rooms may beg you To Lave
your baggage removed to them al onceT -.
May ssk what is the matter with this roomI
incurred the general who han stripped on MS coat
and vest and rolled up his shrtsceves preparatory
to taking a wash after his dusty journey; nave
slept for years in quarters not so good or comfort
able as ths." ,
ait is too small for YOUR Excellency and the fur
nIture is too ordinary. The rooms which nave fOr
you below are those which reserve for princes and
What is the price of themi" inquired tie gen.
eral -,
. Only one hundred francs day. your Excel
lency." ,,,
AZ bnoatele your Excellencv-but three francs
Well AS my stay IN RagatZ 10 short. You
must excuse me If do not change my quarters. l
thiuk | shall sleep s1nnd on that bed a. on any
he'd IN your house. And the great military straie-
gst hose military genus had more 90 IN 1rlhRhs
about the great victories in the FraucoPrusslan
war than any one else alo we'd 10 remain un-
disturbed much to the annoyance and cnagrin OF
the landlord.