The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-01-05

n tell you want 70 nave q TalE
with him. 1 expect ! can tell him
. thing or two about Ameriky. ]
guess he'd like mighty well to hear
about our railroads, and oul
free schools, and what 3 big swell
onr steamers cat; and when he
hears how well our people are get.
ting on, maybe it will put him up
Ito doing something. The long
and short ont is, / shan't be easy
till get talk with the Emperor
land I should like to see his wife
land children. want to see how
such folks bring up familyi"
"Well, sir, since you are SO de-
Itermined upon it, ] will do what ]
can for you; but you must expect
to be disappointed. Though it
will be rather an unusual proceed
ing, I would advise you to call on
the Vice Chancellor and state
your wishes; he may possibly as
sist YOU" 81
swell, that's ali want Of you.
Twill call again and let you know
how I get on"
In two or three days he again
appeared, and said, "Well, I've
seen the Emperor, and had a talk
with him. He's real gentleman,
Ii can tell you. When I gave him
the acorn, he said he should set .
great store by it; that there was
no character in ancient or modern
history he admired so much as he
did our Washington. He said
he'd plant it in his palace garden
with his own hand; and he did it,
for see him with my own eyes.
He wanted to ask me so much
about our schools and railroads,
and one thing or another, that he
invited me to come again and see
his daughters; for he said his wife
could speak better English than he
could. So I went again yesterday;
and she's . fine, knowing woman,
I tell you; and her daughters are
What did the Empress say to
your
"Oh, she asked a might Of ques-
lions. Don't you think, she
thought we had no servants in
Aneriky! I told her poor folks
did their own work, but rich peo-
pie had plenty Of servants. .But
You don't call 'em servants." said
she "you call 'em help" 81 guess
ma'am you've been reading Mrs.
Trollope," says 1. 1--WE had that
ere book aboard our ship" The
Emperor clapped his hands
and laughed as if he'd kill him
self. "You're right" said he,
you're right; we sent for an
English copy, and she's been read
ing it this very morning" Then
I told them all / knew about our
country, and he was nightly
pleased. He wanted to know how
long / expected to stay in those
parts. told him I'd sold all the
notions I brought with me, and I
guessed I should go back in the
same ship. I bid 'em good bye,
all round, and went about nay bust
ness. Amt / had q glorious time?
I expect you didn't calculate TO
see me run such rigY
"No, indeed, I did not, nay lad.
You may well consider yourself
lucky; for it's a very uncommon
thing for crowned heads to treat a
stranger with SO much distinc-
tion." A few days after he called
again, and said, 81 guess I shall
stay a spell longer, / ana treated so
well. 'Tother day grand officer
came to my room and told me the
Emperor had sent him to show me
all the curiosities; and / dressed
myself, and he took me with him
in mighty fine carriage, with four
horses; and I have been to the
theatsr and museum; and / expect
/ have seen about all there is to
be seen in St. Petersburg. What
do you think Of that, Mr.. Dali
last"
It seemed SO incredible that a
poor, ungainly Yankee lad should
be thus loaded with attentions,
that the ambassador scarcely knew
what to think or say.
In a short time his strange visi-
tor reappeared. "Well," said he,
4 made up my mind to go home,
SO went to the Emperor, and bid
him good bye. I thought I
couldn't do no less, he'd been so
civil Says he, SIS there anything
else you'd like to see before you
go back to AmerikyT I told him
I shoHld like to get e peep at Mos
COW, for I'd heard considerable
about there setting fire to the
Kremlin, and ] read q deal about
General Bonaparte; but it would
cost q sight O money to go there,
and ] wanted to carry my earnings
to my mother. So I bid him good
bye, and came on. Now what do
you guess he did next morning7
I VOW, he sent the same man, in
regimentals, to carry me to Mos.
COW in one Of his own carriages,
and bring me back again when
I've seen all I want to see! And
we're going tomorrow morning,
Mr.. Dallas. What do you think
nowT
And sure enough, the next eve
ming the Yankee boy passed the
Ambassadors house in q splendid
coach and four horses, waving his
handkerchief, and shouting, Good
bye! Good byep
Mr.. Dallas afterwards learned
from the Emperor that all the par
ticulars related by this adventur-
Gus youth were strictly true. He
again heard from him at Moscow;
waited upon by the public officers,
and treated with as much atten-
ton as is usually bestowed on
Ambassadors.
Now, who but q Yankee could
have done THAR" .4
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