KNEW IT WAS ALL RIGHT.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8174, 4 May 1895, Page 4

KNEW IT WAS ALL RIGHT.

At a monzenb when the battle of Sadowa was as yeb undecided, and when, indeed, the Prussians appeared to be losing ground, Bismarck wa« wandering over tho battlefield like a *oul in agony. Certain historians have gone so far as to say thab he kept a loadod revolver in his holster for the express purpose of blowing his brains oub if the Austriaas had won the day. Presently ho fell in with Yon Moltke, who was quietly looking on ab the fighb. Being anxious to arrive at an idea of the exact state of affairs, he pulled out hii cigar-case, in which only two cigars were left — one of them ex'ra good, and the other of very inferior quality. He handed the case to Yon Moltke, who, after examining the cigars for a time, silently helped himself to the better one. That was enough for the Chancellor, and he remarked afterwards : "When I saw Yon Moltke vie uucb deliberation in choosing his cigar, and «bove all when he choose the beat, I kuow that was a ei«u that thing* were goipg well with «!•'' Awi he ni ifljH