Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1897 — WHAT A HIOOOUGH MEANT. [ARTICLE]

WHAT A HIOOOUGH MEANT.

To a Gallant Tonne Man It Bronchi Title and Land*. One of Ae grandest bouses of tbs AugMgA nobility la iadebtsd for its plnoa)/ tfgnfty to A piece of eourtlirdUSe loyalty, performed by one erf its members during the reign of Bmpause Mcrls Therssn Tfcr AUrfust lady, during the midst of some function, had bad the misfortune to hleanflffc in A peculiarly loud and aggressive tnlcjisr, not altogether in keeping with tta Uwe of polite society, but which in JjipAA er Oriental countries wcAUd, of course, have been regarded At A piece of lofty breeding. Perceiving that her majesty showed traces of eflßbanMsment-4or even empresses are httman—e young Austrian nobleman stepped forward, and, with a moat devev assumption of Intense mortlfleatieh and humility, craved her tujestydj pardon far kit gross breach of manners. The empress rsoslvsd bis apologies, not only graciously, but also gratefully, and from that tbne forth axe young man’s fortune wga made, and before the empress died he bad been promoted, uot only to tfte ftmfc of eount, but also to that of frlhPA besides bslng gsnerously endowed by Ms imperial benefactress wttb (beans to support his titles.—Boston Herald.