Telegram-herald., 1889-09-30


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fosEa : Esw story concerning tie 1rst hAA-
peror Sf lev Oer4AEy. Ca LIS Way -
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us@r tie springs, tQeA = carriage. aia ~~s
crlyeu IL tls 1olei almost lul.-leSa ~ tAe
crowds ysnleh lad gathered g. SIS hl-a rl@o
1u1er arclss, reee-se ulal1eus a. y lie, alis
sive tie cls l-l-AIg Ass L. t4t prslleSt st4
among tleu-
I-e us2. morning the news got abroad
that SIS h-lg 1f fr4s,sls HAD come =
- after o4y -le4A hundreds II psfs
stood before Tie hQlcl ald s-iols TIE prom
elzle - li1l led e. La f4T0r.ts sEr4E A.
e-ght ciosk 81 ereeI man oi military Dsar-
ilg stepped olt III the aolsL he wore
ordinary BLACK clothes and Ella lat he
lad white side wl.s6egs. q nagst4che, au1
stride w1lel BETRAYED, according - Tie
/ ldeAs of tne crowd. the presence q heGen-
Eclern blood. LIS Majesty lu cltle ''
shouted a pafriouc fr0sslau. 4nd The
crowd, couF need HAT tie waite w 11sAered
man Ia black clothes was The King sill in-
tent upon avoiding public demonstrations,
| shouted Long I've the King
The man with KING Wil4m whlskers
raised his hand aepreestIngly, and opened
lbs mouth. but Il he said any tang d Vas
| lost IN the hurrshlng Of loyGl German sub
| ,ec,s. He made his way, hesiisting and
| blushlng, down the lane Of shouting men
ard women 10 the Kings faforite spring
! A beautiful young woman spraag forward
nllec glass with spring water aud with =
bow reached X 70 him. He made a very me
military salute, took the glass and drank The
water.
That was al The crowd was 50 surprised
that IL became almost quiet Every one
! wondered why the King Withheld TIE roya
| kiss for which he was even then famous.
Something was wrong, every one plainly
saw, and the enthusiasm began 10 abate
AS the man with the white whiskers turned
10 60 back 10 his hotel q young fellow, evi-
dently his friend, pushed up 10 hum through
the crowd and said How are you this morn
ing, Herr Postmaster Tue crowd was
still in minute. The supposed King ex
| planned stsmmeringly that he was no Kin :
at all but the postmaster Of Magdeburg
| The crowd melted away and the postmaster
and his young friend hurried Of 10 tie
| hotel.
| At noon the real King OF Prussia walked
down the promenade 10 the spring Few
| persons noticed him. At the spring a knot
of half-grown boys eyed him quizzically
The King had not desired big demonstra
tion. but 10 be thus totally ignored was
much less 10 his taste. As he turned 10 ash
the officer al his side for an explanation, ht
| overheard the remark Of "a young man
"No, it is only the Magdeburg postmaster
in his Uniform" A few inquiries on the
part OF the King, and a short account of the
early morning reception OF the postmaster
on the part of the boys cleared up the mys
terry. The KING returned 10 his hotel as IN
noticed as he had left il, aud sent a humor
Gus request TO his double for an interview
He was too late The disrespect of which
be had been guilty in receiving the King's
ovation had been too much for the pest
master from Magdeburg. He had hurriedly
packed his trunk on his return 10 ms room
from the spring. and had left for home OF
the eleven o'clock train.