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Show urcaassa ' Til"'-"" "' J'.anaiia ana ( I.H- MULMMJm jru5',i -pii C-l. TrflE' EMPEROnfS DOUBLE. Il4w tlio INnitinaiiler of Magdeburg 11a-3, 11a-3, cejtod Ibei 1'oiiolae. Tnocorresondcnto( a Vivnna dally lits found a new story uOncrlnlng tho fltst Km H-ror of new Ocrniany. On his way t' Cnrtsbad nun. suinmor afternoon Emperor William, thru only K'tngof Piuss a, decided not lo nlloiV t ho citizens to rocciVo him pub My. Ilo left. tho train at a small town nenr tho springs, took a carriage, and wns J riven to his hotel almost unnoticed by the crowds vvhlcjt bad gathorod lo sco him ride uTidorarchoi, rccctv o'maldcns In white, nnd SlYfttlio rutttomnrs'klss to tho prettiest girl among them, , Tho iicxVmbrnlng tho noWs got abroad that tlnuKifig ot Prussia bad coma Shortly Short-ly after daybreak hundreds of persons stood beforo tho hotol and along tho prom cmulo vfhtcti lid ttfJits favorllo spring At eight o'clock an Qrcrtnistiotmllltary bc-vr-Ing stepped otit ot tho hotel Ho wore ordliint black clothes Und n silk hat Ha had wblto -,tJ0 whiskers, n mustache, ar.d a strblo wliloa br-.trnyfc, according to tho Ideas 6f the erov-rd, tho preseneo of Iiohon to'lcrn blood. "Ills Majoaly In, clvilol" shuted- ap patrlotlo l'russlitn, nnd the cruvld, convinced that tho u utto whiskered mr.n In black clothes was tho King, still In. lent linen avoiding pabllo demonstrations, sh'Utcd: "Ing lire the Klngl" 1 ho man with king William whiskers rautud his ltaail depreealltigly, ahd opened Mr mouth, but If ho said. any thing It was lot In lha hdrrahlngbf loynl Ocrman sub-Joels. sub-Joels. Ho mado his way, hesitating and bjuihlgg, down tho ano ot shouting mon nnd women to tho King's favorllo spring. A beautiful joung woman sprang fat ward, filled a glass with spring water, and w tth 11 bow ronchod II to him. Ho mado a vory fluo military salute, took tho glass and drank tho wn:er. 1 hat w as nil Tlie crowd was so surprised that It becamo ajmos quiet. livery cue wondered why Iho King withhold the royal kls for wluelt I16- was oven then famous. Ho nothing wns wrong, pvory ono plainly saw, and tho enthusiasm bo-ran to abate. As tho mnn w lilt U10 w hlto whlskors turned tOe,o bank to Iris hotol a young follow, ovi-dciilly ovi-dciilly Ids, friend, prtshed up to htm through the crowd and said t ''Howaroyou this morn Ing, Hcrr Postmaster!" Tho crowd was stullna minute. Tbo supposed King explained ex-plained stammrrtngly that ho was no King atoll, but tho posUuastoi of Mngdeburg Th crowd clclted nvvay aud tho posttnaslor and his young friend hirrrlod off to tlio hol.-L At noon tho real King of Prussia walked down tho promenodo to the spring. Few, porsons noticed him. At tho sprlug n knot of half grown boys ojed him qulzilcallj, TLo King hadnqt desired n big domonstra timi, but to bo thus totally lgaqwcd was much loss to Ids tasto. As ho turned to ask tho ofltcor at his sido for an explanation, ho ovorlieai-dMlio romark of a young mam "Ivo, It Is only 'tho Magdeburg postmastor Inli s uniform A fow" lnqulrlos on tho part ot tho Klug, and a shoft accountot the onriy morning rocoptlpp ottho postmaster on ".iq part of tlio boys cleared up tha rays--tsry, ThoKing rulumed to Ids hotel as unnoticed, un-noticed, as,hq hudlaft It, and soot ahunior- ous request to histdaublo for an Interview!, Hn was too ldtV'Tho dltresiicct of. which ho had been, guilty In receiving tho King's mlittoti had been too much' for tha postmaster post-master f rarri Magdeburg. Ho had hurriedly, packed hie trunk ou Ids roturn lo bis room, j from tho spring, and bad left for home on tho cuoven o'clock'tratn. , |