BISMARCK AND THE LIEUTENANT.

Kumara Times, Issue 420, 30 January 1878, Page 4

BISMARCK AND THE LIEUTENANT.

Captain,Kripner, of Puhoi, tells a good story about a distinguished Prussian. Whilst the captain was serving ■as an aide-de-camp in the Austrian staff many years ago, before the days of there was . a field day near "Vienna," and the staff set out for the parade ground. One of the Austrian Princes leaped on the back of hid splendid charger and dashed away at a gallop, leaving his staff far behind. •Captain Kripner followed and came up with a militia lieutenant, with a bulletbead,' deep-set eyes, and a fierce moustache. The captain, then a firsi•class lieutenant, saluted the stranger, and; offered him a cigar, which was •courteously accepted. "You smoke a i good cigar," remarked the lieutenant of tnilitia, ««now try . one of mine." "A brother," tejoined Lieutenant Kripner, "yon say my cigar is a jood 1 ''one," but yours is much better." * Ob, I have thousauds of them at my house," replied the militia man. The aide-de-camp was thunderstruck. How could a poor devil of a militia lieutenant Afford to keep thousands of such splendid cigars as that ? They rode on •chattfcg pleasantly, but lieutenant Kripner soon observed many other singular traits about the militiaman. He had a, way of eliciting other people's thoughts'.without disclosing his own, and he seemed to have almost everyhis fingers' ends. When they reached the camp, Lieutenant Kripner was astonished at ' hearing a brother officer address the plain-looking lieutenant of militia as•«* Yonr Excellency." He sought information : " Don't you know J whbttiat is?' said the other, " why, he's Von Bismarck, the new Ambassador fiom-Berliii, atid der teufulfor every«,Potfctausend!" exclaimed Lieutenant "and I took him for a plain second-class militia lieutenant." He went and apologised to Bismarck, who, however, replied, "Do not apologise, my dear lieutenant; I always desire to be treated as a comrade. Comei3& my ; <jnarters afer-thfs affair * s °%fr, fnd we will, crack a bottle over •*•" Kripner went, and was astomshVd no' less at the n>agnifi<ence of the Ambassador's salons thaifcat the eilraowlmary flavor of his winea. They draiik soveialhottlesbf Cli- j fl no */:;a^ l fc*B'ted other sorts; smoked cigars;^'cHafcted :i over the'classes,' art, war, politics, and' 'and LieuW* i -! abs< Kfe n %«» ' VK > %t if, the ~ufcw 4 m *Wfl8 r viW e i» »s gp.4: ;^r^iploma- 1 tist a f .diiokerj in al ~l to %^t ^m s*■* tbereVjare Aikio'-. w'Kieh the human Trame is; liable. f men a man,is,la»d, up with foe, r apt #,tnink thaftW' •entire concert