Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-11-18

,nnIe,ed Bpopo was busy in une corner e" le '"'..,
81, his little desk making "ul 'he respective ,
the SEVEN strangers were ,nto'ss'mk, nov, when
,nu, carriage Slapped al Ike door, drawn ~ 'out
handsome fat horses, with coachn'an ano io3'hr"' al
IN TIE Popes gorgeous livery Beppo rrSed IKE mao
man from the room to ascertain lac meaning ut This phe'
nomenon and in few moments rctrrnr", waking nack'
ward aud bowing every step 10 tho ground bci"e an
officer Of The papa court evidently OF gh ra"H one
might Judge from the srendor OF his dress ana decoI
lions The massive gold chain around his neck, 10 "ic
was suspended large golden key, and the white wnnu
in his hand proclaimed him at once to those 'ai''lf
with Roman digntes, no less parsonage than the ca
| berlan Of The poniitca household.
The moment he entered the room, his velvet cap was
Iremovcd from his head, and advancing win t"'"G 10"
bows to the elderly FrcHchman, he placed n'"re nun
letter hearing broad purple sea when ne ortw t''
magnificent hnx Of crystal, nlad win g"n' anu o.Sm'"
with Jewels The stranger pcr,ised 1t, ana 'h'h gaSe
into The hand of his youthful companion, "U" uu lhe
SAME few words in French were exchanged between
them and then the elder addressing the paPa oihce'
said in iaIian -:
| az, pIrased 10 convey our Acknowledgements 10 1Is
holiness and say that We have visited Rome without any
public object that wish Is to av"'d onSrrValoh
Nevertheless duly appreciate Inc alei'o' :" ~" w.
Illness and will GLADLY avail ourselves Of his Kindness
we will in person express thanks more at large Tor
his courtesy" :,
VITA another profound bow, the chamberlain received
this brief and ceemonous COMMUNICATING ana only tc
piled by saying: ,
"1he carriage will attcnd your majesys pleasure:
lie then gathered up his robes. and backed himself out
Of their presence, preceded by brPpo WHO stared IKE
| cunjurnr and bowed lower tkan ever
The eyes Of all the other hive strangers were now M
ed the old Frenchn,an and his companion and n! were
smiling except the Walrr-drnkIng suppo ed English'nn
His gaze earnest and curious, but very respectful
The silence that cnsueI was broken alter the lapse OF
few minutes by the bald headed with the beard and
the red slippers, who from his seat and waddlInG
cross the roam followed by his dog, planted himself IN
front of the old man strangely addressed WIN me
fit1
..Bv lie tail Of the holy camel By the golden shoes
of The ururhcts mule here is friend ct 'nne come 10
lirht! InsalIah what dirt is this: ion are king,
then; king of France, suppose; right royal lnhdc
should b. glad to know, if your ma's'y peases what
you have done with my little kingdom: and why you
took it away from me- BY the soul nj my father, but
this is good; here is that has robbed me OF my
crown, and yet couldn't take care of his own
! :: Inur kingdom! uour crown! said the parsonage
thus addresscd with look OF the m"s unbonndrd sur
prise.
| Yes, my kingdom. my crown repeated the fit
man with the beard. had kinsd once rs well rs
yourself: an dozen wives besides Now have only
nine ! { ouint afford To MAINTAIN them all; ana the
insolcnl people Naples wouldn allow III" 10 tie them
up each in sack and throw them into the bay so they
ali went of and got married. am or rather, was
| the Dey of Alyicrs, at your service.
..Aly rood friend, wrred the French depos"d mo-
march, ''you shouldn't blame knew nothing about
it. Prince po!ignac managed that matter entirely.
had my hands full in taking care OF my SOUL
IL.
abou, it, since you badly off myself thanks be
TO Allah!
Very true" answered Charles " it certainly is not
worth while to quarrel about 1t now But hope you
arc comfortable IN other respects. Allow ac TO intro
ducc my young grandson, Henry the Fifth.
The Dicu .donIe bowed gracefully and the Dcy shak
ng him heartily by the hand wished he might live for
the next thousand years Then drawing chair and
seating himself between them, he turned 70 the Royal
Charles, and continued:
'Co:niorabe! Oh! YES. by the blessing Of allah, do
very we'll all things considered. have ms nine wives
STILL good appetite, and diamonds left. The cat
ng very fine here in Rome and also nj Naples and
am delighted wh Pnnch in the pupp:t show.
AT Ills jnuctuc the maa with the mustacLes stepped
up to The trio. aud offering his hand with grin TO the
ex.:nnarch Of France grmblcd out in very bad Frrnc
'Odd enough, royal brother Of France, that here
should be four sovcc;gns without subjects,
meeting by chance at an eating house. | was king,
too, in my day. You didn't acknowledge my right, |
believe: but if it had moi hecn for those rascaly Eng
lishmen, should still sit the throne of Portugal"
don Miguel" exclaimed the tenth Charles My
dear young friend in iappy 10 make your acquaintance
This is very u"ookcd-ior pleasure Dey, he friends
with my royal cousin, the cx.king of Portugal.
The Dey shook hands with the Don, who also sratcd
hiu,se at the other side Of the table. Charles called for
three more bottles Of champagne, and Miguel produced
roll Of delicate lille s"gars, which, he affirmed, were
made purruScy Fnr his use, Of the very best Cuba
tobacco lie offered them round to his companions but
they all too welhred To smoke in public dining
ROOM the Don put them in his pocket again, with
mariners.
In the mean time the remaining l!rcc parties present
at this somewhat remarkable meeting, having finished
their meal, adversely occupied. Tie walerrl"kcr
was evidently cngroSs" with what passing before
him the casual meeting Of four drpnsed kings for
him most pregnant subject for study and sprcuil m
lie slipped his iced water and pretended to lo"k
memorandum book which h" had drawn from his pocket
hut his attentive what took place at tie other
side of the room. and ms eyes often wandered fuvrly
in the same direction The German took huge Pinchcs
Of Sllasburg, hnnincd snac'ies Of airs from The Frey
schultz and mixed glass after glass o! strong gin and
and sugar. The old soldier rested his head on his
hand, the elbow propprd Oh the table, and seemed lost
in thought of no very cheerful description.
1h" conversation between the four grew lively and
mrhful. Charles RELAXED lio:u his hbilua sadness,
and now and then prrp"iratrd joke al The expense of
his lucky successor and cousin. Louis Philippe. lcnry
gave full way the natural cccrlulnrss Of his age and
temperament Dan Miguel laughed like clown at
fair and the MuSSunnn told some very Quccr stories with
delightful gravity. The champagne renewed, and
The whole patty fast advancing state of excel
lent good hunor with the world, Themselves and each
other
But all this seemed to affect the German very annoy.
ngy He grew more and more fdge,ty, plunged his fin
gers r.p his snnifboS every half minute vapIrc abpnL
with his rerschaum and put less and less water 10 his
Gin, at each cp!enis!n"nt Of his tumblcr. II cvi
dent from his wshiu looks, that he dying to Join
the merry and royal party. AT length with doubtful
ouk half tuolSlncss and half fun he from his seat
and gravey advancing 10 the four cx-nonarchs blunIy
asked leave 10 make at their sederunt. Ills rcccp
ton characteristic.
The elder bourbon drew himself up with look of
haucur; Henry started up with flushed check, and an
expression of cOuncnancc that infatuated disposition To
kick the intruder out of the room; Miguel scowlrd, and
poured for himself another glass OF champagne; and
the Mussulnan, whose perceptions snmewI hat
affected Ivy his pnlaons, strokcd his black beard, aud
with suspicious twinkle of bis still b!acker eyes gave
voice to his cogtatinns
''By the tail Of the prophets mule llustrious stran
ger-hem-you!e very respectable person, no doubt
hiccup-hn, y"u Sec ircnd such lppIc this Allah |
fnruyc II lis MnrIl-ls I'll only IT,,