The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-28
How GENERAL BADEAU WAS INTRO
DUCED INTO ENGLISH SOCIETY.
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BY the bye, General Badeal
lives in princelv styl lie outside o
London,and may be seen By every
body but Americans in one of tn,
neatest little aristocratic turnouts
in the way of a brougham, in o.
about the city. And the Generals
circle Of acquaintance is of the
most select and aristocratic o
England. The way he was intro
duced to this is little curious
We get the facts from Jones, who
had them from the General direct
Now it must be remembered that
an American Consul General In
London is not regarded as q large
vegetable in a social point of view
and a Consul General of the Unit
ed States may live in London un-
til he gains the ripe old age OF
Methuselah without being recog-
nized or known even to the nobIl-
ity and gentry of England. This
did not happen to Badeau. When
that Persian ruffian, the Shah,
came to London, General Badeau,
in common with other consuls,
was invited to be presented to this
brother of the sun and cousin to
the moon. In accordance with
the invitation, General Badeau
donned that uniform covered with
dust and glory of the late war,
and seating himself in his broug-
ham behind two fiunkies in livery
ditto, and two handsome horses,
was rolling along Londonwood,
when he encountered a lot of
bloods out on a lark.
Now to encounter this lot is
about as disagreeable q thing as
one can find of a summers morn
ing or night either, for English
play is horse-play, and it is con-
sidered a rare joke to give and
take black eyes and bloody noses.
Unfortunately our Consul General
was not in a situation to receive
such courtesies, as his battles stain.
ed uniform and intellectual coun-
tenance had to be presented to His
Imperial Scorbutic Majesty of the
East. His carriage was surround
ed by the bloods, and the first de;
monstration consisted in covering
our elegant and able Consular
agent with -four. To this General
Badeau demonstrated. He did
not like -four applied externally
He said as much. He clothed his
ideas on the occasion in anything
but fiowery language. He called
the offenders dirty blackguards..
To this they retorted by styling
him a cad, and one went so far as
to say that he was bowling cad
and wien our excellent CONNER
cial representative, getting a fur
Their advance on flour in his mouth
and eyes, grew furious, resolu-
ten was offered and passed unan-
imously to have the cad out. The
Sergeant-at-arms, which meant
the entire party, pulled the noble
representative from his brougham,
and one of the set proceeded, as
he said, 'to dress him down."
The General called on his myrmi-
don on the box, and the myrmi-
dons coming to his aid, o general
engagement occurred that would.
have been bad in the end for the
General but for the timely inter
ference of the police. Badeau did
not ask to have the young gentle
men arrested; he only asked for
their names and address. They
were given and the belligerents
separated.
When General Badeau, in no
plight to be presented to imperial
old bile of Persia, returned home,
he found on the cards names of
young gentlemen connected with
the Government, and through our
minister he made complaint. At
first they we're inclined to laugh
at the affair, but their respective
relatives, high in Office, character
lied the act as exceedingly brutal
and stupid, assuring these wild
oats that to assault and insult
Consul in that way made up
very serious state of affairs. At
last it was settled that the youth
full rufiians should go in person
anu upOlOSlSc IOT JIG OuGTuSe.
They did so. Badeau had the
good sense to receive the gentle
men and their apology in a grace
tul manner.
avery sorry, you know" said
the spokesman, "rawther awk-
ward, you See-acted like bla-
guards -aw--fact is, rawther,
vary. Hope II forget-very sorry.
But had a bad lot of stuff, alto
gether stupid" 80
"Don't mention it," cried Gen
eral b. 81 would not have mind
ed a little lark, but the fact is /
was about being put to the Shah,
and although he represents the
fiowery land of song, -four don't
make a good court dress. But it's
all right now. Come, let us see if
I haven't some better stuff"
The young lords found the Yam
kee Consul, as they called him, q
.tip top fellah," and SO Badeau
was thrashed into good society