St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-11-07
MoLrKE AS A NURSE.
- Iocido0t In the Life oe Gor0a
Greatest 0enaRaL

MOLINE AS A NURSE
- Incidooe h the Life oe Germany
Greatest Osasssl
In the Bavarian city of Rosenheim
there was great excitement one Sunday
N june. 1854 Emperor William L, &C.
companied BY Prince Bismarck and
Count Moltike, alighted 1t the Hotel
Kaiser Bad.
Among the many who streamed
through the streets to the illuminated
hotel vas . girl Of about twenty-one
years. heading . four-year old boy by
the hand. She, too. wanted 70 see the
emperor, but was more anxious to see
the celebrated general under whose
glorious command two Of her brothers
had fought In vain she looked aboxt
for safe shelter for her little brother;
painfully she battled her way through
the crowds In the vicinity Of the
hotel. where It was shut on by the po-
lice. her glance fell upon IN old man.
She was puzzled about his uniform.
whether he was . ''Finaucier." /" or q
railway official She thought: II will
leave the boy with him" and the next
moment she made . neat bow to the
old gentleman. pressed . gold piece
into his hand and said:
Say. Finsncier. will You be kind
enough to keep this little boy with
you? shall return in half IN hour.
would like to look 1t that Noltlxe."- &
Before the old gsntleman could reply
the pretty girl was goae. Little Fran
eel was terribly frightened Finally
the little fellow became quiet and his
nurse held watch to his ear and prom.
ised him honey cakes
Meanwhile the Alpine girl battled
her way through the crowds She
bowed to Bisuiarck and threw kisses to
his venerable majesty. but the expected
one, Count Moltke, did not appear.
With q disappointed countenance she
returned to her little brothers nurse
THANK God, that you are here with
my Franzel! D,you know, F-nancier,
the papers liel They said Count Moltke
was coming. and he didn't GOMEZ"
'Do you know, girl. the newspapers
did not lie Moltke is here in the city.
OF course. people do not know him, and
that is the reason he is not seen"
"Ile is hcre?" the girl sighed, strok-
ing Franzel's blonde curls 'Oh. dear!
the prettiest Alpine roses I would give
If could see the general"
'Goodr' said the old gentleman,
cheerfully, and he took . card from his
pocket and on 10 he wrote several
words. ''IIere, with this note come to
the hotel tomorrow morning at 0
o'clock I'll warrant you that with this
you will gain admittance to the field
marshal But do not forget the Alpine
roses" - *~-E
rs it really truer' asked the girl
swell. shall try. but IL you have
6bbed to me, Financier. will scratch
your eyes out when meet you. Here
Is q zwanzgerL Buy yourself a measure
of beer with it; but. listen. don't get
drunk! Now. God bless you! Good
uight"" -A
With . pleasant smile he left with his
rich gift"
Punctually ats o'clock the next
morning the Alpine girl stood in the
doorway of the hotel equipped with IN
immense bunch Of flowers.
With smirxing countenance. the ad-
jutant in waiting took the card, and
Veva followed him upstairs to the
saloon where the general was quae.
tered After . short announcement by
the officer the door opened. but ut that
very moment Is veva entered, she
dropped her flowers and screamed, for
she stood before the man who had taken
caro- Of her naughty Franzel. and he
was the commander-in-chiefi in full uni
form and adorned with orderA
wont / be hung?' asked Veva.
when she had recovered from her first
fright ''Sir General, it is really true.
could not help that did not know
you" ....-
Moltke smiled and reached out his
hand to her.
"Fear NOT, little one" he said 1T
is all right Thanks for your flowers,
and l will give you this dollar. Franzel
played with it yesterday"
With . gracious smile vcva was dis
missed The dollar is still . hallowed
token In her family. Count Moltke
often related with pleasure how he
earned seventy pfennig Is . chiid's
the German