The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-18
Won Kissing Old and Feeble.

The old encouragement was feeble
and haggard and looked rNuch Older;
he walked stiffly and with difficulty,
but he and his frAil, slender little bar
oness smiled and received me cordially.
They had a young son, a lad OF 10
wearing the cadet uniform OF some
military training school and already
clicking his heels with a sharp report
and saluting with the best Of them.
Count Gutenberg and several other
members Of the generals staff were,
there, and two guests, one OF whom
1t was whispered to me was q great
doctor OF divinity and famous German
~theologian, whose name ! did not learn,
He was an sunerman with ta
briStling belligerent ~pompadour, great
g%listening speCtacles, a high yawning
collar, a frock coat that widened grad
ually from his, narrow shoulders to rs
| wide skirts below, the whole terminal
ing at the floor in boots with glisten-
ing patent-leather tips.
The famous theologian was seated at
| the baroness's right at luncheon, ana
! at her left, the encouragement IN
the seat opposite his wife, The lunch,
con was the modest repast served
always at that table, and the talk was
not animated. Once during the meal
| the encouragement lifted his glass
and drank to my health; and once, he
looked up and said, In his heavy voice;
You are going away, them
at seems So" ! said.
And then in a kind OF rage he almost
roared:
Al who should say, what nonsense
for you to go to war; He said that
he was, sorry to see me go, that the
relief worl, would not 60 on so We'll
ess said she regretted the necessity for
the submarine war, but that the Eng
fish would never learn otherwise.
/ was glad when the luncheon was
over and glad that the coffee and q
cts were served at the table When we
arose the encouragement, as we chat-
ted for a moment, said he knew how
hurried | was, and ! took advantage
Of the remark to make my compliments
and adleux at once, The famous theo-
Logan left, too, Immediately after hne,
and as | went out OF the hall lNsaW
him drop to one knee before the gov
ernor-general, the representative OF the
Imperial power and majesty, n heard
the conclusion Of the loud, moist kiss
which the reverend one planted on the
hand OF the governor general.
We raced back to town and ar
rived at the burgomastGrs as the
had sat down to table, and sighed with
relief to he among my good triends
once more--and did my diplomatic best
10 eat another luncheon,
Our Last Farewells.
villalohar came to us at $50 that
afternoon, and he and my wife n !
had tea together In the sadness OF
those last momenuts. His motor, with
the prettv red and yellow flag, the
colors thenceforth TO fly over the
American legation. was NJ the door 70
take us to the Care du Nord; the mo-
tor Of the Dutch legation, with lts
1890 F1,av wa thArn nG wall and
presently, bidding goodbye to Gus
tave, and Joseph and Colette, and Jose
mime and Cecile, those servants who
had been SO faithful and so true dur,
lnE those trying days-Eugone, and
Marie were going with us~.we drove
away from tho legation amid then
tears.
In the Place Roger, at the entrance
to the Care du Nord, q great row
was gathered. q crowd that filled al
the space. within the station. There
had been, of course, no public an
nouncement Of our going, the hour was
not known, yet the word had gone
about in Brussels, and there, outside
and more inside, the crowd stood II
silence. AS we left the motors to en-
ter the station the men gravely uncov,
cred and the women were 10 tears. Y
was very still; now and then a chilt
was held out TO me-, its little hands
l uliNAl NNNNNAt 'hN N'
said;
'tAu reyoir-et hientot!" 9TH VIZ
meet again--and soono
The crowd was massed inside thu
station and the words were repeated
over and. over In that most affecting
Of farewells;
EAU revotr~-et hientotl'
AnF our friends were there, ON Y
bid us good bye n friends OF tn
members OF the c, r, r., all the re,
maining members Of the diplomatic
corps, the city officials, representative,
OF the comite national, and when ole
Solvay, his eyes filled with tearsA ana
NJ Francqui and NJ Emanuel lanssei
came together to shake my hand
could no longer speak,
Mr.. Prentiss Gray, who had not oni'
courageously volunteered to remain, bu
had insisted on remaining, TO help in
struet the new delegates and TO install
his successor, was there to see us Off
The long train was drawn up unde
the sheds. Count von Moltke hir1sef
was at the turnstile; the young Barol
ven Fa~lkenhausen, who was to escor
us across Germany to the Swiss from
tier at Schaffhausen, was there W
went u to the platform,
Then the long farewells n tn,
%hanahties with which the last moments
are filled; finally the men OF the C r
, a.. the consuls, the Chinese, got aboard
, the masses OF flowers were carried init
the coach. Then someone said tina
, Jesse Allard was there, that he coult
not get through the stile, | ran back
I J caught his eager face in the crowd