THE FATHER AND HIS PEOPLE.
The Emperor Francis Joseph was leaving the Church of St. Antonius the othci day ufter attending the ceremony of_ consecration, when a lad dressed as a baker's apprentice pushed his way through the crowd, evaded the swarms of detectives, and ran right up to the Emperor’s carriage, which was already in motion. He held up a letter which he wanted to hand to the Emperor. and Francis Joseph had. the carriage stopped to take the missive. It ran as follows: —“Dear Mr Emperor,—My mother has been yen' ill for many years, and no hospital will admit her because she is an incurable. I can earn enough for myself, but I cannot earn enough to give my sick mother the things she needs. I beg you. dear Mr Emperor, to order that she shall be admitted to some hospital." Two hours later (says the Vienna corespondent o# the ‘Morning Leader’) an ambulance arrived before the lad’s home, and conveyed his mother lo a charitable institution, where she can end her days in peace.
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Evening Star, Issue 11683, 15 February 1902, Page 8
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