Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-12-18

service. Only, as II 70 fell out, those
pleasures were mingled with very grave
peiils. For whereas Bismarck himself
did his own term of juvenile soldering
IN time of profound peace, the Franso-
German war happened TO break out when
his two sons-juat emerging from their
teons-were serving rs volunteer troopers
In the First prussain drag00n guards
NOV the "Queen Of England's Own, ,,
and they both took part IN one. Of me
RalaIlayn Ike charges which fell TO the
| lot Of that gallant regiment at MARSHA
| tour.
From that dsadly welter, Herbert,
Ike his brother, did not come out al,
together unscathed; though his wound
left not 50 prominent scar aa had pre-
yiously been made upon his check by
tbe dueiina blade Of student adversary
AT Bonn-the academic nursery Of all
that Is pedigree proud 10 Prussia, from
The royal family 10 the registering tnn-
kcr-fop. Count Herbert 0t Bonn, like
his father before lin NJ Goettingen,
stood frequently in need Of surgical at
tendance, though the chancellor had an
inyincible repugnance 70 the seltllng
Of these medical bills, some OF Whleh;;
ID was whispered, had even oceasionel
duuulnp for payment up to the timc OF
the princes fall For why should
notrl6t statesman who had deserved 50
wei Of hIs country be bothered about
such dublois matters as doctors bills
score OF wears old? Was this not q
cnse for the statute Of Limitations
The chancellor himself md left Goet-
tingen as the hero Of no fewer thgt
thirty sword encounters but tloufn hls
eldest son failed 10 carry away with
him from Bonn quite so good dueling
record, he proved TO be the equal OF ms
fothpr no less in the pugnacty OF ms
disnosition than IN the pnsitlVeness or
his manner. Speaking In the reichstag
once on the perversity, or as one might
saw. the "cussedness" OF the parties IN
that assembly. Prince Bismarck aAerlD-
ed their fractions and hellcose, splft 70
The habit Of quarreling aud duelnF
which they had ell 80 assiduously cult
yated M the universities, a remark
which had not been many hours over
tbe CHANCELLOR lips before one deputy
challenged another on the ground 81
insnlted honor Up 10 the enu OF MS
own official career, aud stiil more htteT
he had been forced by his new lilperlal
muster into private HE, Inc prince son.
tlnued TO display an Immense amount
~ thot combatiye spirit contracted
whom AZ college, which he 80 bitterly
compiained Of ia others; aud certainty
Ia this respect, his eldest spn proven 70
L. avon moro than a chip ot the Old block
But with this difference; TINT the young
tree turned out to be OF o very mueh
coarser grain than the parent stem.
ISor Herbert began TO develop AL ms
fath.r's b,aisauoness without all his
tatber's ability; aud Il was hard for
neonle 10 accept the former quality IN
bir without the compromising balance
~ tho latter. Not that the count was
de6clent either ia talents or Industry
hui he seemed to think that he success
n NE depended less Oh the exercise OF
lis naturnl gifts than on ne euiufau9n
W IL fstberss mariners and methods iu
their most dragoon-like and opJeeuonaple
form. -. ..-- ,,,,..,-
.,,,,it, AZ knowing the world, and 81
ses,ins what was best IN the social
fernis Of every eapitali IN Europa. nc WIS
4 Young diplomatist, wgs ne c9uns ior
whom his father careiuly hese1 ~ tne
best plums IN me ss..lVi in,
rfard 81 Germany; ana a. was terhi ",
NE very pampering that spoiled W
,.safaesioiinl stomach, 80 q speak, while
petinr hitn an object Of the greatest
1srv On Tie part Of bis less favored COZ
esarses. In fact, be was pushed w tne
isidor Of diplomatic profnnp9h mnch ~
~ same way ~ princes and soyercifnh
~ ,srse the distance Ecparaflne INC
Sgsbeat from tie Lowest military RANK
HI their own arrnics, ne was the en-
~, eetr Of his doiing father, who look
"a mon him not only a. SON. but also
- ! snecrsxor, and as tho second mrin-
r. a. that Bismarck dynasty Of majar
5ones. chancullorE or MAJOR Ot mo piA-
~. which was TO take ROOT ~ Germany
frJde that 81 the hohen4QilefAi; u
senEau Pitt succeedcd the enrl 81 Chat
IA controller OF the dc1tuife u
hnIa5d. Why should not ono Bismarck
er.aiIy take The placc u anethsf az shs
sli,r a irsito1ic aHnirif And II Wns
,,adoubtsdly with the view Of preparing
ti-, for so high q destiny that Biamarek
~ First carved out he earlX eefeef
..hieh. while naturally enough in a pa