Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-09-03
SALISBURYS FRIEND.
The American Gentleman who Met Hill
in Cologne.


in Cologne.
Il am very glad to find that my old
friend Salisbury is doing so well.'' said
a Brooklyn gentleman one morning re-
Gently as he looked up from his paper,
to friend who sat with him on the
piazza of his summer residence on Sta
ten Island.
What Salisbury do you refer TOP"
asked the friend. ''Surely you don't
mean the Marquis of Salisbury. the
Prime Minister of England?"
That is exactly who l mean" said
the former why. have l never told
you about my meeting with Lord Sails
bury at Cologne? 1t was an impromptu
affair, but it made deep impression
upon myself and upon my family and |
believe that his lordship was also i'm
pressed at the time. And l believe
that her ladyship-he was accompanied
by daughter-was also impressed. l
have frequently related the details OF
our meeting. and l have no doubt that
Lord Salisbury has done the same
thing l shouldn't wonder if he had
related the matter at the inner table
of Queen Victor a herself-that is. pro-
vided his loriship's noble legs have had
the opportunity of disporting them
selves beneath the royal mahogany.
Some teu or fifteen years ago. con-
tinued the gentleman. business took
me to Europe for a few months. I
took my wife. nv daughter and one of
my sons with me. One pleasant after
noon-I think it was in Augustine
arrived at Cologne. and stopped at a
hotel which was not far from the mag
niticent cathedral for which that city is
famous. We left our apartments early
in the evening. intending to take a
stroll. but as we were descending the
stairs NV wife spied the open door of
looked in and said: That's the public
pa1lcr Let us 90 in We entered the
room and found that the windows COM
manded a superb view OF the cathedral.
l noticed on the floor carpet-bag and
one or two umbrellas. but l supposed
that these had been left there by some
guests, and the idea that the room
could possibly be anything but a pub
lie parlor did not then enter my head.
I'VE gazed at and admired the vast
and stately work of architecture for
some moments Then we heard steps,
and looking around. saw gentleman.
apparently of middle age, and accom-
panied by young lady. They were
evidently English. | observed that the
gentleman was looking at me sternly,
and it flashed through my mind that he
might imagine that we were monopo-
liz.ng the window accommodations of
the room. We accordingly moved aside.
leaving the strangers at liberty to Sc
lect the window which they preferred
Still the gentleman looked sternly at
me, while his companion looked haught-
lily at my wife and daughter. We must
be more outspoken in our politeness,
thought /. Approaching the gentle
man. / bowed and invited him to step
| to the window and look at the cathe-
| dral. 1t would be impossible said L.
ito find anywhere in Cologne a better
| view of the cathedral than is to be had
from the windows of this. parlor. Even
| this failed to induce the strange gentle
man to part with any portion of his
| stern glance. In the meantime, my
| wife and daughter and son had turned
| their attention to the naughty young
lady. My wife approached her in a
motherly way and extended to her an
invitation to view the cathedral. but re-
| ceived no response. But the strange
gentleman had evidently grown weary
OF merely regarding me sternly. and he
| responded to my pressing invitation.
He responded by announcing that the
room was a private parlor which he
himself had engaged. and thereby indi-
/ rectiy invited myself and my family to
| leave the apartment as soon as we
could conveniently do so. Then il
flashed across my mind that in Euro
| pean hotels like the one in which we