The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-03-19
THEY SAW BISMARCK.
How Two Bright Girl, Managed tn Meet
the German Chancellor.

the German Chancellor.
/ ! went up so Berlin from Dresden for
two weeks with my cousin Cissy. and
we both wanted ST. much 10 see Bis
marck. Every body said that being
there such a short time we would never
see him in the world, because there
We're hundreds OF Germans who had
never been able To do so, and still had
! lived their whole lives long III Berlin.
So thought there was nothing 10 do
except To write him "a note and ask him
if he wouldn't allow Cissy and me to
look ut him. | found my pen and
paper and wrote: Prince Bismarck
Two English girls who are only in
, Berlin for short time are anxious To
seq the greatest man in the world and
, want to know il you could not grant
them an audience" | signed it with
my name, and when / directed it
( Prince Bismarck. felt just as if /
We're directing it To Santa Claus. Cissy
and took ii tn the palace. We walked
by the sentries and through the big
l. II
butler stood there. oh. SO stern and
grim. and refused at first to take my
note. but when i 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 il. that very night
while we were sitting at supper there
came a letter with great seal on the
back directed 10 Miss Perry Jones.
And | read; Prince Bismarck will
grant the Young ladies an Interview at
twelve o'clock Tomorrow" We were
shown into a large, dark hall when we
went and | said:
oh. dear me. Cissy. what if Prince
Bismarck should come and speak tOus
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
lis that the Prince was in the garden
and would receive us there. never
shall forget how the garden looked.
There was a long path i'll 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 him.
| couldn't think of single one of
those German speeches which had re-
hcarsed on the night before and l
didn't know what 1 was going TO do,
when suddenly he smiled and held out
his hand and said in perfect English:
How do you do? am very glad to
see you"
He looked 80 jolly that didn't feel
afraid of him any more, especially
when he turned To me and exclaimed:
ais that the kind of hat you wear in
England? Horrible! they are too
high"
Then we all walked down the path,
Cissy with him and / with Herr Won
Rottenberg. until after awhile thought
that Cissy had been with him long
enough, because wrote the note. you
know. So ! just stepped forward.
meaning TO pull her slyly by the dress,
and just as | did il Prince Bismarck
looked at me and then he laughed all
over. | walked with him the rest of
the time. and he showed us his flowers
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 Koniggratzer street entrance into
the garden ard wished as goodbye,
and we managed ia tell him how very.
very kind we thought ne had been tn