Show I A MAD KINGS FREAKS 4 > 1 60ME OF THE WAYS LUDWIG HAD I OF AMUSING HIMSELF E egromfir opera at nIth nrllllcn 1 Turnouts VI at NIh In the 1oresti Driving lines costs That II Ailsolat J to I I I I I It LndwIg II the young king of Bn t Tnlo was load II m no from exatess ul muJ I ruty The monarch of ono of the smallest I Mncnonij of tile world his opinion of himself was mgllllien beyond all dreams 1 of frranrhur Ordinary people wen not infDcIcntly excited tit bo Ms romp111 lolls Ordinary occupations olorrlr1 hhl no grntlllontlon All the Chateaus rind pal a ties which ho Inherited when ho cunio to i tile throve veto Squalid formic B grout Architecture building mm Mi ruling bobbin still 1 ho nai thus able to gratify the ono delusion by building magnificent i odiflccs the eoon1 by occupying bis tlmo I la the most eitrnnrdlnnry faHhtoliB nod the third ty hunnlng society and escaping tho Inspection of ordinary eyes either In Ms portflous retreats or by rsirtng to onr I of tho wore humble dwellings ho erected on urlou mountain Oll mil where n I tm atteadtants awaited fix unexpected iltlti Liidwlgs mania for solitude took tile most unexpected twists Ho tnjnvwl this own company beat en thomi oern lon when people whoso minds tire lets I phenomenally phe-nomenally balanced consider composition chip most essential It was his fancy to haviadminathisind lulool I < Performances tor hlniwlf clone Unfortunate theatrical I mnprnd Indignantinnifictioldirtiforp not during to t resist the royal whim were driven to wnsto their talent by providing entertainments Tho theater was dark I cued tho orchestra the chorus und the full druinruli raiuinuy r grudgingly provided Ono and oil detesting tho work of putting 1 forth stair host Hurls for the I amusement of in empty house Fiivo for the solitary llguro lltlng ullent and mo I tloukM In the nbndow of tho royal box Mmlo Iiudwlg loved nod ninny of MA I wildest extravagances find maddest nIt I prodigality wiro dim t the Influence of I Wagner bin ono friend rind adviser I was Vnanor who prompted Ills most Iran Ecendint folly tjirJ erection of n liuio I heater at Dulrouth for that composers glorllleatlon Ono performance shone en tilled fin expenditure of 20000 of which I LID I COO wris fluid by the king the rest beIng be-Ing barely coUrcd hy the into of tickets I Ilinuil from file childhood timid the along enchanting smeary Ludwig dourly loved tho lonely mountains und Ibo client forest I In which his possosslan wi I ro so rich Do lighting tu turn night Into day ho would order hli I borsoa letter dark mad tile Jlnitlo of tali Sleigh bells and tho Mot crack of the postilions whips would bring the pens entry to their benlrocun cnsuuonts to ama am-a brilliant equipage CIMII by n phantom that vanished In n whirl of snow dust n I dream of rtd anti gold and blue and silver and Above tile head of the ullnnt iiccupant two crowns glowing vrllh electric light It was only tile hllo Inhabitants of the Bavarian Alp who ever caught n glimpse of those fairylike vehicles Iho front of ono ram formed by u gigantic shell borne by Trltonn with little Cupid fenlml on Ito rdgo whose tiny arms carried hack wreaths to the royal occupant The orun McIllation 01 another wamb ell prlu that 10lnllon 1t but three email Places Nero loft on the pnDelflnnd them wiruoccujilcd by ilLllcnto mythological wnc ptntiil by tile head of I ff loans MunlrhnBlbt Tho Lings bit ILE he v trcb ascots dmwlly fewer than four horsiii Ile nppoarH to have been fund of film nniinnlj uhldi lo I culled lilt dnmb couitlcrs Hut llloevirylhlnf filco about him they were romrollcd I ti I J rl Poster In order to gratify their mattori lalol I During Iho winter of 1871 InFtrnctlonc woo sent to tho t rO11 stables that tho 80 I best Lorst a they cc Pon I ned veto for ooll I days to bo fed on nothing but oats Tim grooms Imaglncx they wells to bo entered for B race Though n blinding BiiuuBtorin i was raging Ludwig colnlnnndod same workmen to at once Ret about erecting n wooden toner In tbo forest adjoining his palace find around this tower n gallery was to run finally when his plans were xlure ho stationed un orchestra ot wind Instruments near this creation taking up big own position on tho balcony In tho cornuclds near b bad scattered hero and th ere drums kettles and some soldiers with rlllis loaded with iwwtUr coal nn order or-der was given that each man should ro loll hidden nnd sllont At n given signal sig-nal tile horses wen led I quietly to the foot ot Ills tower Then tile king goes n sign I wbloh wan understood by the lender of the orchestra by the drums Ill trumpets and soldiers In 1111 Instant the rot Infernal In-fernal hubbub broke forth ICach drummer drum-mer vied with the other to heat louder tile truinpi term nearly burst their checks th rIO were r-IO < explosions shrill w hll < old ruoiit diabolical bowls Tile terrlllctl torsos broke their fnstcnlngs Had I with terror they reared nheclcd z1graggM li I plunglnB nnd kicking they galloped Uru and thcro with Uood red nostrils onI floating niunei they hold In nil directions to the jeopardy eif the orchestra and Un terror ot the drums and kettles In the fields Ono ty ono they disappeared over the horizon white with foam still snorting and rolling their 0 It was dajs Leo I some of thoU uero founj Miny wero j Icketl up enfeebled Hill wild and 1 for r tile a Soino I land rcuchcd the mountains others Ivul I 1ll0Irll < l tile woods or Lveuo ell r to I tell 11 the mnrshiB Ills majesty however I Wai well auiascd The tricks Ludwlif played on tile horses 0 also Inlllctedou bin nervunts Kvcry Ion I-on ubuut him was In I eluliner of life und limb Ho InjLred at len tiu persons and ono ho killed III It not to bo l forgotten however that tar nall mud load ought long before thin to huvo LID u undar mcd I leal chargo for aomo offenses hl > titte nd I We vLm 0nOI < d tit the oltivirmons 01 Jill a castlos for others they wiro ImnUlud to America Olio mUcrnblo lackey vvui charged with looking too curiously at lilt eceeutrlo master Tor this hu I was com Idled to wulrn 1 Lick luuk oier his ftco for n wholo litar loUr was simply stupid Ho had u meal 1 nt on Jill forehand Thu kina mol pitld reverent homaco tu h certain rem rind them wits u hcdg3 upon which ho beitowid his Ijislitiui on lu I drnto by Ivitrsoue Mupiuiio |