Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-12

enstoms house in that quarter "a a.. 7
hussian Empire. Well. newer r,i,a, 4
would press On. brazen Il out. AMI Ca
tune m ght befficn us
Sf1cnt!A we Came 20 thar mi0htv /
nuiWnrS, Thorn, the Metz Of Gcrmant.s /
ttsterh frontier; and the ravs III ibs /
setting sun-fnr my railway ionrnev /
h"I lasted all day long.-wcre hasline /
49, ION IN the helmets and bayonets Of |
Naisff Nilheim's fighting mon al tbce /
pnced mp and down behind tba ear,b,s |
pafapcts OF the outer Forts surroundiec |
the Nistnla-washed and embottir5 |
MatN OF ne town itself A vprv hard |
nut TITS for the Russians to crSeL |
should they ever make bold To cross
the frontier.
Thorn we passed in the early eloam.
W. NV night bad not long fallen when
w, Skipped across the frontier and
Eiided into the station OF Aie,andr,vo
70 hnd Il all alive with Chinese lanterns
ana dancing lights flags crimeon
cloths, flowers and otter festive
P3ggskings music and military diaplny.
Ahe Two emperors had met and em-
praced, and were now at the banquet.
llk BOARD, drinking their champagne
as TO the maintenance of pesce
lhe meeting had been most secretly
arranged, on the part of the German
emperor by Field Marshal Couut Won
Manteufel who. with n suite of i've otB
GERS, had gone for that purpose TO War
saw where the car happened 10 be
reviewing TROOPS; aud his Russian mai.
eesy had reached Alexandroyo just in
Time to welcome his imperial uncle on
hussian soil
ARRESTED, BUT GETS THE NEWS
ALL THE SAME.
How did ] learn all the details aud
incidents of the meedngG Wei. Ii was
rom a very good friend Of mine in tho
SUITE OF the German emperor who
came up TO the railway station 10 de-.
spatch "a telegram aud found me
close prisoner In one Of the waiting
rooms-the door being guarded by
couple OF fierce gray coated ron-
darms, each with a revolver M his 6elt.
10 that waiting room had been
roughly consigned on alighting from
lhe Eaui and revealing my inability TO
satisfy the demand of passport
Russia is country whore no mans ac-
count Of his personality aud pursuits
viii be accepted unless backed M by
Official evidence Of his tuthfulncss.
and ] might have been dynamitard on
Nihilist for all the grim gendarmes
knew, dogring the steps of one or both
Va Nitll liAptllul MalN&NOs.
INTO instantaneous arrest. therefore
! must 80 until the arrival of the next
train for Germany into which 1 should
be SUMMARY bundled: but fortunately
| Tor me some considerable time elapsed
before the arrival Of this train from
Warsaw; and In the interval who
should appear on the platform, and
nave his attention drawn To- me by my
| rappng ON the window pane OF my
Rhu fUltfar Of a ~
man officer referred TO. Although ne
could not prevail upon my captors 10
set me free nevertheless he was allow
| Cd admittOnce to the prison whore he
| fully acquainted me with an the exc
| tcrnm details of the imperial meeting.
| and even repeated some remarks of
| Kaiser William TO the effect. thank
| Cod! that lac now looked upon peace
us again securedw
All this was certainly very fine mat
| ter Tor a message TO my journal and
| the outer world. But IL was quito ini-
| possible 10 wire il through from Alex
! audroyo, aud ! longcd with an ardent
| longing for the train that was To take
! me back TO Germany, to fourcssed
Ihron AZ last Il came and away ]
| went with 10, after pdusivey thinking
my Russian captors for assigning me SO
| fortunate place of detention.
But alas! on reaching Thorn, aud
rushing 10 the telegraph office. what
| were my feelings on finding ills cstub
| lishmcnt about 20 be shut up for th,
| night, though Il was not yet H. aud
time enough remained for the trans
mission OF my story TO london; moi
would any amount Of prayers aud rep
rescntation induce the authorities &
give me the special benefit of q Mors,
or Hughes apparatus cut of the regula
Office hours.
In view of this total loss Of day-ar
eternity Of time In II newspaper worl,
| the situation appeared desperate
| but / tried 10 console myself by reflect
been no other correspondent at the im
perial meeting, and that good news lik,
good wine, would be none the worse fO
being kept little. ! should be at kou
igsburg 10y next evening ia time 90 tel
cgraph my report TO my journal for th,
following day and there was no rea
use wiring II sooner.
So TO the Black Bear ] FASTENED
% snatch q little sleep before t3kinI
the early train for kouigsbcrg, nn,
| next morning ON descending 10 tie cot
| fee room, what was my astOnishmcnl q
find that had been gleepIug uude
the same roof all night with no less
parsonage than Field Marshal Couu
won Moltkc.
| lNNNNfIMNAAfAs " ANA NANA tAil NAAt
meani What was TIE Field Marsha
doing hcret
The landlord, very glib loquociou
boniface, was quite ready with an CA
planadon. Interviewing the grca
ibatlle tinker's' presence at Thor
In a most momentous and mysteriou
! manner with the imperial meeting a
. Aexandroyo.
, But experience had already taugh
me TO disirust any inforinnnts IN Gci
many, ranking in the scale of INTEL
: geuce and independent thought pr,
sumably lower than lieutenant; and
( was well that ] did not accept on-hnn
T the political and military theoue
of my communicative landlord.
e For Moltke had not been nearer wal
saw or AleXandroyo than Thorn wher
/ found him; and IL turned ont thu
o even here he was only breaking th
= long Journey between Creisaw' his sea
4 In Siiesia, aud konigsberg whittier :
b was going TO join the emperors SUIT
3. for the manoeuvres.
ID HOW HE DIVIDES HONORS WITT
HIS RIVAL
/, Arrived IN kougsberg, ! lost no TN
In sitting down aud Keeling OF lou
account Of all my experiences az Ale
q nndroyo: and. after despaichng m
y | f.,t.,.rot,i ia .Dudon. j descended 90 ~