The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-11-08
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER s.
Two English Girls Get a Look at
Bismarck.

went up to Berlin from Dresden
for two weeks with my Cousin Cissy,
SAYS a letter to the Boston Transcript,
and we both wanted so much to see
Bismarck. Everybody said that, be-
ing there such a short time, we could
never see him in the world, because
there were hundreds of Germans who
had never been able to do so, and still
had lived their whole lives long in
Berlin. So thought there was moth
ing to do except to write him note
and ask him if he wouldn't allow Cissy
and / to look at him. | found my pen
and paper, and / wrote: Prince Bis
marck, two English girls who are only
in Berlin for short time are anxious
to see the greatest man in the world
and want to know if you could grant
them an audience"
l signed it with my name, and when
/ directed it prince Bismarck l felt
Just as if I were directing it to Santa
Claus or some one up in heaven. Cissy
and | took it up to the palace. We
walked by the sentries and through
the big courtyard up to the front door.
The butler stood there, oh! so stern
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my note, but when | said, why, you
must take it; don't you see it is to
Prince Bismarck" he frowned more
than ever and took it.
If you can believe it, that very night
while we were sitting at supper there
came letter with a great seal on the
back directed to Miss Perry Jones.
The people at our pension were so
curious that wouldn't open it before
them, and we could scarcely wait for
the time to come when we could get
TO our rooms.
Finally it did come, however, and /
read:
Prince Bismarck will grant the
young ladies an interview at II o'clock
tomorrow"
We were so excited, Cissy and Land
we began to be awfully scared, too.
After we got into our nightgowns we
rehearsed court reverences for two
hours before we went to bed. and we
said our long German speeches such as
we thought it would be proper to make
to him. The next morning we put on
our best clothes and our new English
hats and started out for the palace.
The sentries didn't look nearly so fero-
ciOus as they did on the day before, and
the butler smiled and smiled, as if he
had never known how to do anything
but smile, We were shown into a
large, dark hall, and | said:
ooh, dear me, Cissyi what if Prince
Bismarck should come and speak to
us while we are in this dark place.
There isn't one thing here that | could
make conversation about"
But Just then Herr Won Rottenberg,
the princes secretary, came and told
US that the prince was in the garden
and would receive us there. l never
shall forget how the garden looked.
| There was a long path in front of US,
with beautiful foliage meeting above
it; the green leaves rustled, the little
shadows played all over the ground,
and Prince Bismarck came walking
down the path with his dogs on either
side of him.
| | couldn't think of a single one of
| those German speeches which | had
rehearsed on the night before, and l
| didn't know what l was going to do,
| when suddenly he smiled aud held out
| his hand. aud said in perfect English:
| How do you do? am very glad
to see you.
| He looked so jolly that [ didn't feel
| afraid of him any more, especially
when he turned to me and exclaimed:
is that the kind of hats you wear in
England? Horrible! They are too
high"
Then we all walked down the path.
Cissy with him and | with the Herr
Won Rottenberg, until after awhile l
thought that Cissy had been with him
long enough, because Iwrote the note,
| you know. SO just stepped forward,
meaning to pull her slyly by the dress,
and just rs | did it Prince Bismarck
! looked at me, and then he laughed all
| over. | walked with him the rest of
| the time, and he showed Us the flow
ers, and | praised every single flower
| and said how beautiful and how lovely
| it was, and we petted the dogs and
| praised them. Finally he took us to
the koeni@gratZer street entrance into
| the garden and wished us good-by and
we managed to tell him how very, very
kind we thought lie had been to us.
The great gate opened and shut; every.
| thing was over. We had seen Bis
| marck.