The New York herald., 1921-11-27


in a way that would have sounded
very unlikely to British ears.
Now he said to Count GODDARD
rubbing his hands together give me
a cup of real good English teal! Count
GODDARD smilingly assured him he
would get it,"
So, while Paris went mad with joy
over the armistice, William drank his
cup of tea. Later he was taken to his
rooms, of which Lady Norah writes:
I'm one, a narrow four poster bed,
its slender posts hung with beautiful
blue-gray silk brocade, catches the
eye. 1t has given rest to two of the
most talked of Inonarchs in history,
for it was that used by Louis XIV. in
three out of the six weeks beginning
in May. 1872, in which, with the great
Conde and Turenne, he conquered half
the Netherlands. That was in the
earlier days of his splendor and no
doubt-taking into account the official
bedroom receptions of those days-it
figured in many gay and glittering
gathering as well as grave and urgent
council. If furniture could speak
but we will allow each one who looks
upon it to make his own reflections on
this link between the two "L'etat, c'est
moi rulers
She speaks naturally with great
sympathy of> Williams unhappy wife.
The former Empress worried about
l,ax y,,et
"She was in great fear for the safety
of her husband. Then and long after
ward she started in alarm ct any un-
usual noise in the night. They are
coming for him!' she would cry, and
burst into tears
Whether Washington cut down the
cherry tree or not, there is nothing
mythical about Williams exploits with
the axe. After telling how his day
began with walk and opening his
enormous mail. the author goes on:
THE rest of the morning would be
spent in cutting and saving wood. We
have, often heard that this was his
favorite pastime at Amerongen, but /
did not realize with what zest he ap-
piled himself to 1t or the great amount
of work he got through till l saw his
handiworl< myself. In the whole Of
his stay he cut down several thou
sands of trees, covering a closely set
half acre of ground. 1t is true that
they were chiefly small Scotch frs,
with trunks about six inches in diam
eter, but these were not only cut down
but carefully sawn up in small pieces
and as carefully stacked by himself.
When. during the last years of the
war, coal was almost unobtainable in
Holland Count GODDARD Bentinck. to
be ready for emergencies, installed at
the castle china stoves specially made
for burning wood. All the wood now
used in these stoves Is that sawn up
by the exile. The supply for year
ahead is kept at the back of the
stables, and last October saw, ready
for this winter, a solid mass of his
blocks. occupying a space roughly
about twelve feet in length and
| breadth and eight feet in height. The
apertures of the stoves are narrow
and the wood has. in consequence, to
be cut up in small uniform pieces, so
1T will be seen that the exile had to
be workmanlike.
I'm the grounds the Bentinck chill
dren had built a summer house. one
which did them infinite credit, for 1t
was most elaborate and comfortable
little place. Here were books, tables,
comfortable chairs and a tiny cooking
stove, with all the requisites for a
light meal. To this the woodcutter
would retire when he was tired. and
port. cigarettes and cigars would be
brought to him. Maps would then be
spread on the table and here he would
go over his battles again. With fin
ger on map he would discuss with ami
nation the scenes of victory or disas-
ter OF the last four years and his many
rapid Journeys from front to front.
On the opposite side of the path a
lean-to had been erected for his con-
venience, with all the rest of the para
phernalia necessary to woodcutting.
Here in his serge suit, collariess.
with his shirt slightly open at the
neck. would the fallen monarch spend
most or his time when not I'm the
house-sawing, saving, sawing!"
AS for table talk. II was as cheerfu,
as neutrality-suspicious. more cheerf,,,
than some would think possible under
the circumstances.
He was most genial at the evening
meal. when people he liked were pres
ent, and readily seized any excuse for
a laugh. Puns on names were one of
his little indulgences. and he soon be-
came versed in all the household
jokes (and the Dutch Bentincks are
renowned for them, and keep them up
from one generation to the nextl J.
War and politics were not usually
touched upon at these times, but he
liked to hear any harmless social gos-
sip about well known people, and
relished II all the more IL these hap
pened to be friends or acquaintances
of his"
But now and then, in quiet talks
with his host alone. or with one of his
Intimate associates. n more anxious
mood was revealed.
] "The imputation that his flight was