The age-herald., 1902-02-02

least knowing who they were, and 1 cer- tainly told them both exactly what I thought about the different things we dis cussed.'
 When the Prince was q younger man this same feeling that "a mans a man, for a that used to get him into trouble with his brother William. William seemed too dignifed and Henry felt it his duty to take him down. But it was a hard job taking him down. and the younger brother was banished temporari- ly from his fatherland on several occa- sions. On those occasions he usually went over to visit his grandmother, Victoria, in England. Here he also got into trouble with his august uncle, who was then Prince of Wales and who is now King
 The younger mar was too free-and-easv for his uncle and used to pass sly re- marks about the circumference of his waist bands. Then he would look across the table at his grandmother and smile cheerfully. She would look not dis pleased, but her son and heir would not be a bit happy about 1t. Things came to such a pass that Edward would not see Henry at all when he was in England. So William told Henry not to go there any more when he was banished. lest the friendly relations of the two nations be disturbed.
 Queen Victoria always called this grandchild 'Tenfant terrible" but she was fond of him. because he dearly loved her.
 The present Emperor was never the favorite son with his father, Frederick IT., called by his people "Unser Fritz" and the good" When Frederick was in his last illness he asked for his younger son to be with him. For some days be- fore he died the fatal cancer in his throat prevented him from speaking, but on his last day he handed to Henry a paper on which was written: You have never given me a moments sorrow, and will make as good husband as you have been a loving son." With the paper the bulk of his fathers private fortune was bequeathed to the second son, some of it directly, and some of it in trust through his mother, the Empress Victoria Augusta.
 In 1887 Henry went awooing. When his eyes lighted on the flaxen hair and blue eyes of Louise of Hesse they stayed no l father. He went home to Berlin and said he had found his bride. The great l Bismarck said no. that Henry should never marry the Princess of Hesse, be- cause they were own cousins. Henry
 told his grandfather, William l., that if | he could not marry that girl he would never marry any. Flna1ly he made these
 two-the most powerful men in Germany l change their minds. and on May 24
 1SsS his grandmother Victoria's birthday i he married the girl of his heart. Unhap- | oily the wisdom of the Iron Chancellor
 was indicated in the eldest child and
 only son of the couple, Wildemar. He is l deaf and dumb.
 Henry life has been at sea. He has
 visited every continent of the globe, and | bathed in every ocean. He has never. it | is true, been on the mainland of North | America, but in 1884 he visited the West 1 Indies and Cuba. He went into the navy l at the age of 12, and before he was 20 1 he had been twice around the world. | Once he jumped overheard into the I shark infested waters of Batavia and rescued common sailor who had fallen | overheard. Another time he plunged off | the bridge in the middle of the Atlantic | when the ship was at full speed, and held | up a man who had fallen overheard until l he was picked up. There was considera- 1 ble of a sea at the time, and the Prince