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Show WHY THL PINNEfl WA3 LATE. (a I'ttisiMtlie Hrrrh Wss btryf HUcotcr lmir.rt.nl li.n.lU An ItitiileLt which occurred two r three )ears ago, on tht otvaslon of tlto ronng Oorman tnpe r r i vilt to (irrteo, illustritos irtiew the fait which no oi o txrr dnibtei that the etiquette of a :onrt liny lriig m much discomfort to the king ns to the people who surround bim The kaiser bold the hononry rank of admiral In the Bilttth naty. Jmriutn manderof theltntUh Mjvadnm InUnek waters tendered Ids majesty a dinner on board hW ship Of conn the banquet was to to a itoet elaborate nnd magnin cent affair. Tho hour arrived, and the royal guest and his suite and offtcer. all In brilliant uniform, were nasvinulcd Then It w as discovered that an Important fraplemi nt was in iiing Where was the mtvror'i Lhlfn and fork? For tht kslser, liavlng but ono nnn that ho can ute his left arm is with-t with-t red can w leld tlie scepter, the sword ot tho Jn n. but cannot use n knlfo and fork ns other people uw them In their hex ho fin ploys nu ingenious contrivance which combine in one liuploraect both knife and fork, and docs 1 1 r) well with it Just nt that moment it wiw dUcuvervd that tho Imperial knife nnd fork liadnot beet placel by the Imperial plato. It wns wught 'ert "Ut it could not I found. Thocineror' attondants wvre inqulrel oft no uue know wherv it waa. Tlicnthe knlfo and fork might haro Un left aslicre, perhis, A jricked crew were put into one of the ship's boats, und br-twny backs bet.t orir the oars, for the irraiul was ono that called for dlit( h. 1 he i nieror's quarters In thoilty wtre iwarelied, but no knife and fnrlr rmil 1 1m fuQhtL All this time the dinner was spoiling The scan h luul boii mndo with all li siblo energy, but it was now two hours riuco the table had lockul only the kaUtr's knife and fork. Hut tho dlnrnT could not bo wten until the ktilser was ready to tat, and his eating Implements must lio found. I'eihnps Ufore this tluo-lhe hsj-py thought had occurred to moro tlmn one )HrMin, "Tho rmpcror may Lno where It Is." lint tip to this time no one IumI trntnml to ok him. Would he, under the lncUmholy clrmuiwUtioi, take it itinhM if lie wtro qnesiioaedf llnuger renderul tho tiont Iwld. with dTrtu delicacy the tniperor was npptunched, nnd tho momentous question wo put Could lie tull where his kulfe and fork might bo found? "Why.) as, here It Is, replied William III uud reaolitug Inside hU unifonn ho produced the mucli sought iinplomont from nn Inner ockct. The host forthwith led the way to tho table, not only greutly rellet d in mind, butdeepl) Impressed with the fact that tho affairs of Ucnnany wera in safe tunds. Youth's Companion. |