Show GOT WRONG GIRL ow one occasion when monarchs plans we went nt wrong might be Dif difference ferenee of opinion as aa to t ghather joke was on frederick or the corporal those who li read history with an eye eje to the humorous ns as well bell as the impressive sometimes stumble upon funny and atty happenings in which the great were foicey by humble beings or by circumstance to play ludicrous parts alark stuyvesant in the cleveland plain dealer the following incident semis seems as though it had been designed to swamp with laughter tile the carefully carried out and often cruel plans of frederick william L I 1 of f prussia to have hae a corps of giant soldiers it li Is said that Frederi fredericks clis agents bronts searched the world tor for giants haggard to whom we aru are indebted for this information tells us that hint frederick paid an all irish giant who vias 7 feet high the sum of to enlist a veritable fortune in those days but frederick who ho was miserly disliked to pay such sums sumi even t to 0 achieve his ambition for an army of giants ile he determined to breed bleed giants as well as to buy them whenever he found a tall young woman oman he had her married to one of his tallest soldiers no thought of the desires of either was permitted to stand in the way of its his ambition sometimes frederick resorted sorted le to trickery to bring about his wish one day vohen han frederick was riding in a forast to rest he came upon a beautiful girl about 6 feet in height she did not know tile alie king by sight this frederick realized when he stopped to talk with her lie ile well knew tho the girl could not rend read for or very few women of ills his day even of the highest rank possessed this llila accomplishment so frederick asked the girl if she would like to earn a thaler or two by carrying n note to the commander of a nearby near by fortress she said she would like to have the money so frederick wrote a note it read Ins instantly tanily have the hearer bearer of this married to corp fritz of the gren diers the unsuspecting girl took the note and left the king who continued his way in the opposite direction suddenly the girl realized that if she did the errand she would be late to an appointment with her lover over so she hurried ta to the hut but of a withered old woman gave her half the kings lioney money and the note to deliver then this beautiful stately girl hurried away to meet the roan man she loved when frederick rode into the tor for tress iress that evening lie commanded the woman who had borne the note to be brought before him with her husband imagine the shock to the king when lie he saw tile the withered old woman who had been married to the corp corporal orall 1 needless to say the story did not remain a secret in the fortress it ran the length and breadth of prussia and other nations also laughed lau glied |