MARK TWAIN
Republican a hundred years later for $1.25 would it have
taken some of the tuck out of that smirk?
And this fair young creature with her lavish finery and
her hair in a druggist's mortar shape with a bed of roses
on top—what has become of her graces in these hundred
years? Very likely the gallants praised this picture and
said it was destined to grow in value and fame with the
century like the works of the old masters, and by and
by be within the purse-reach of none but kings and suc-
cessful brewers. And now she goes for $2.50.
June 2, '78, ten days ago a socialist fired 4 shots at the
emperor, in Berlin, without effect. He was captured. The
emperor was driving out with his daughter, the Grand
Duchess of Baden.
Today he was fired upon again, this time by an under
officer of the government, it was said. Wounded in cheek
and arm he lost a good deal of blood. He is so old the
shock may kill him. A crowd rushed at the house and were
received with a shot from the assassin which hit a land-
lord. The assassin wounded himself, but not fatally.
June JO, Emperor to leave his bed again—this is won-
derful. 8 days after receiving such lacerating wounds in
arm, shoulder and side—with buckshot—and at his age.^1
The best English characteristic is its plucky and per-
sistent and individual standing up for its rights. No other
people approaches England in this admirable, this man-
liest of all traits. It makes every man in the whole nation
a policeman—the administration of law can never go lax
where every individual sees to it that it grows not lax in
his own case, or in cases which fall under his eyes.
June 19. Dreamed Rosa (nurse) complained in German
of Fraulein—good, fluent German—I could not under-
^1 William I, then 81 years old.
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