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TERENCE MIGRANT.
Prince Arthur's Presentation at Court
The Gold Investigation.
WAsHISGToS, January 25.

Chsse Gid sc,ually make me prince, as ne has
promised 20 DO when be is made king. had
thought it would change me outward appear
ance. and 7 would look Ike some Of those ovid
pictures pa:u;ej on bits Of saa-cloth. aud hung
Up in NE coosiu'sroon Buts,ace have sane
Prince Arthur Patrick Victoria. am Of the o.
piuion that il won't make much difference that
name they put upon ne, 7 shah be Terence
shtill.
Thish Prince is as mare Ike lcnau being
ss We can imagine. Win Giue-al D.at aud
the other bys 5,ouClt the Prince into ;he Blue
Room, fhers ne cousin and mcself were sated.
didn't feel bit afraid, and me cov,ia Ujisscs
acted as brave as though he vas marching mp
20 the lannon's mouth. jst afther the cannon
had been shot of Pravions to me giving me
cousin instructions how to act, be was bit
nervous, aud said he didn't behave lie could
survive an introduction to the Prince widout
iainting, but tOwld him bad associated wid
Princes and things a good share Of me life, and
they were moighty ordinary people. This
was uel Al lasht the baud sthruck up
Captain Jinks, and me cousin to- a swally
Of bithers, and telling me 20 shtie BY him, they
led in the Prince. Mecousin was standing be-
hind a statue Of the Greek Slave while was
right in bis immadis,e naberhood, kapiug him
quiet. When the magic words we're prououn-
eed that made the prince and me cousin &C
quainted, Prime Arthur put ont won hand 10
me and the other to me cousin, and afther shak-
ing Us BIT, SAYS he IN pure German dialect
Blast me hives if hi know vich is Grant
Jist thin Diut shtepped up and said the man
wild the red nose was the Prisidint. while the
other was his Irish cousin This bothered the
Prince as much as before, because both our
noses have the same tint. But he made bowld
20 ask me cousin II be was a Fanaiu, and thin
turning 20 ne he said that from the pictures be
bad seen Of me since conquered the South, be
had expected 70 End mo on horseback waving
me sword aloft in the air and 4 box Of cigars
under me Ten arm. I couldn't bear TO have
Prince Arthur 20 away wild the Impression
that was the Prisidint. so introduced him
to me cousin, and fell back into retiremint nc
self, while the party were taken I'LL Mrs
Grants room.
Mrs. Grant racaved the Prince in Godlrcy's
Cordial manner. while me cousin was examiu-
ing the gould shtrips on bis legs. She towld
him that rs long ago as wbin they were in the
tanning business at Galena, she bad often tow,d
Clisses she would give a side Of sowl leather to
see a live Prince. and now her fond hopes were
realized, and didn't cost clint, She said il he
would cali in some ayeuiug she would show
him all the nice prisiuts the family had rccaved
aud that she would Introduce him 20 the bal
ancs Of tbe family
The Prince said that as his sh,ay would be
short he might not have time 90 be INTRODUCED
70 all Of the family as lie had been Informed
be the papers that members of the family had
Offices in every place ofimpcrtance IN the cour-
thry. but that he vas at her service as long as
he did shtav he said be bad promised his
mother Lo would visit an the curiosiues DO
hAmerics. and he bad halreadv sane the two
headed girl, the Cardiff giant and Shoe, Fly.
but considered it a greater treat than an O. be-
come acquainted vii the slally r.va',y cf tie
capital Tie said If he could only ss., laita,,
and see a live Faui.u he would fee, as though
there was nothing Def, IN L'Ameyica that og-