The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-08-14


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Tho Emperor / venture to hope that your Majesty is
pleased with my little improvement in Cherbourg
The Queen. Wonders assure your Majesty marvels,
your unces wora that pedestal see greater
wonder however than any You have pointed out
The Emperor And that is-
The Queen (smiling) That you are the Snowman.
The Emperor (srnling) IL is Am too egotstc in
adding long may that cause OF wonder exist
The Queen On the contrary, heartily echo the wish,
especially when / your Majesty surrounded with
temptations to place that marvel among the things oi tho
past
The Emperor. May ask how
The Queen BY bringing any of these improvements
into actual use. or course, you will not be angry with
me Z
Inc Emperor Were it possible for me as man. tho
family of Kings knows such wicked and pleblean pas
sion anger
The Prince aside, and with shrug) He of the fam
lily. Meo Goa
The Queen Did you speak, Albert
The Prince. / was thinkngI should rather say was
trying to recollect what that cape yonder Is called ON
the east of the bay
The Emperor 1t bears the name of Levi
The Prince. OF course, so it is. forgot.
The Emperor Qaughs.) Not easy name for some
folks to forget can tell you, Prince And your Maes
ty has degned to notice humble breakwater there
The Queen. A noble work. We have nothing ike
II mean in point of size. Our Plymouth one Is only
800 metres longthat must be twice the longth
The Prince. SO il ought to be. You have been at 1t
since 1885, our first stone was dropped into tho sea In
The Emperor, aside with shrug.) He talks Of our
first stone Aos Dieu!
The Queen. repeat that it is noble work, and
feet chased by could certainly get behind IL anu
ITSELF unless the enemy sailed very WELL Captain
Proedy did in the Agamemnon, for instance
The Emperor. trust that is not the use to which
French fleet will put the bay in my time,
The Queen. i sincerely trust not. 1t nearly broke
Lord Nelson's heart to be kept watching the fleet in To
Ion for two years. and then Admiral Villeneuvc slipped
out, and ran away to the West Indies, after all
J4o.xu rood Males efv mp pm0ry iS
The Queen A king it to his good subjects to
have good memory.
The Emperor. True madam, and to mako his bad
ones have good memory about him.
The Queen, Gaughing) Perhaps, but have no bad
subjects in my den of assassins yonder.
The Emperor All pardon rude soldiers zeal. It
was but complaint from the Hospital Of Invalids
The Prince complaint we declined to cure at the
Hospital of st Bernard. Ha ha!
The Emperor. Excellent, Prince perfect. Shall
behead the editor of the Chdrcd1, and give you his
place?
The Prince Many thanks but should never bo able
to correct my proofshccts by the light Of Jail lamp
Your Majesty has done So believe, In your time, and
therefore thinks little of the hardship
The Emperor, (grayey-) The press is an institution
which have not yet put son Its trial
The Queen Qaughing) One for Trinity Brother.
The Emperor This is fine gun, your Majesty, very
powerfully and captally cast.
The Queen examines it, Dyes. Beautiful \ know
it be good one for it is exactly like number we
were looking at Woolwch the other day DON you
remember Albert
The Prince Perfectly, and they werc making some
from the pattern But am lover Of ecoIo-
N.Y. and wish did not go to the expense Of casting
guns, but initiated our dramatic authors.
The Queen What do you mean dear
The Prince Took all our pieces from the French.
The Emperor. LA ha! You, must, positively, edit
the Charipari for me, Prince
The Queen. He is very rude, your Majesty. sup
pose the voyage has disagreed with him and made him
cross else he would have complmencd you upon these
fotifctons which certainly magnificent and worthy
of France and OF her Emperor.
The Emperor. Perhaps madam, the sAmc celestial
atmosphere that prevents from feeling anger at
proach should equally from feeling pleasure at
praise; but am parueau and own to being delight
ed with your appreciation.
The Queen 1t is sincere, assure you Nay, am
selfish in being charmed at what you have done For
allies you know and if the fleet Of poor dear s
bella, or from Naples from China, should be too
menacing, what comfort to have such place as this
run to- only seventy five miles from the Isle of Wight
The Emperor. could hardly quarrel with any cause
that made your Majesty my guest Another Louis oil
France has welcomed q sovereign of England
The Queen. Yes but that was q sovereign the Eng
lish only too happy to get rid Of nm told that
they like too well for that and that they would tiy
to shake every throne In Europe rather than that
should be humiaed And what English folks IN earnest
try to do is generally done.
The Emperor. Your Majesty remarks unexcep
tonaby just, however unable may be to regard them
as qrqpos Of anything on which we are conversing
The Queen You do your wits injustice, your Majesty
The Emperor, (careessly) So they say especially the
wits of the press. May have the honor OF attending
your Majesty to lunch SO enchanted that you
like my Notifications.
The Queen And that you like mine.
The Emperor. Your uajestyf
The Queen Which have the additional advantage OF
being portable There lie few Of them Points to
ships And when your Uncle, there, talks about renew
ing the marvels Of Egypt, remind him that it was with
portable Notifications like those ony not 30 strong
that marvel of Egypt worked.
The Emperor. am dovout--and yet my scrjptural
knowledge fails me. VIII your Majesty
The Queen, Qaughing) For shame i said marvel,
not plague. meant the battle of the Nile.
The Prince And Got, that cleared Egypt Of the
plague of Frogs, for time Ha, ha! Ho, no!
Keeps on laughing all the way to the pavilion which
is exceedingly rude in ii. r. H.
PIoKpocRETs ExPLASATIoN... When saw you go
into the banking house. backed myself at two to
that should relieve you Of your money. When saw