. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. perial family. The Chancellor, Prince Gortscha-koff, at all times regarded him with the greatest interest, andstood in continued and agreeable relations with him. Bis-marcks sporting skill and fortune became almost proverbial inthe Court circles of Petersburg. From an authentic, although BADEN-BADEN. 285 Suabian, source, the following anecdote was related to us, howBismarck and seven others went a bear-hunting :— On their re-turn, one of the seven was asked, How did things go ? and hereplied, Very ill for us, father. The first bear trotted in ; t
. The life of Bismarck, private and political;. perial family. The Chancellor, Prince Gortscha-koff, at all times regarded him with the greatest interest, andstood in continued and agreeable relations with him. Bis-marcks sporting skill and fortune became almost proverbial inthe Court circles of Petersburg. From an authentic, although BADEN-BADEN. 285 Suabian, source, the following anecdote was related to us, howBismarck and seven others went a bear-hunting :— On their re-turn, one of the seven was asked, How did things go ? and hereplied, Very ill for us, father. The first bear trotted in ; thePrussian fired, and down fell the bear. Then came the second,and I fired, missed, and Bismarck shot him dead at my very came the third bear; Colonel M. fired twice and missedtwice; then the Prussian knocked him over with one Bismarck shot all three, and we could get no more. It wentvery ill for us, father! Bismarck, in his Kussian hunting-coat,high boots, and big brown juffs leather cloak, was a magicallyimposing The following year, 1861, Bismarck spent the most of the sum-mer in Pomerania, and part of it in Baden-Baden, where he wasconsiderably consulted by King William in political affairs. Inthe large coronation painting by Menzel, he forms a conspicuousand significative object. From Konigsberg he returned to hispost at Petersburg. His outward appearance had much changed: he looked much 286 THE CORONATION. more like what we see him now. His once rich hair has grownsomewhat thin, which makes the forehead very prominent; hisenormous beard had disappeared in Frankfurt; the features are very marked, but a humor- ;«: l|.!;|ffl|.,|iiii t^mgg^
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