Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-07-07

and whistling "Rule Britannia" To
the Premier's excited demand to
know where the fire was, the boy
coolly replied, Telegram for your
missus," whereupon Lord Beacons-
field, angrily exclaiming ,"Holy
Moses !" closed the widow, put on his
trousers, and descending to the door,
told the boy to "Land it over"
Now, n cable telegram costs good
deal There was eight pounds four
and three-pence due on Governor
Hartranft's telegram, and the boy
refused to deliver it without the
money. Hence ii became necess ssary
to wake The Queen. Tho noble Earl
had to take this delicate duty upon
himself, since the servants remained
Invisible, and it was with many mis-
givings that lie knocked at her
NlTesty's door, and after informing
her that boy was waiting will, Il
telegram for General Grant, and that
he wanted eight pounds four and
threepence, mcekly suggested that
she should hand him the money
through the crack Of the door. Thc
Queen may not be Il particularly
irritable woman, but il vas ha,.lly to
be expected that she would get out or
bed, si:ikc Il light, and hunt up her
purse wilhou. bctraying some little
annoyance. Ii fact, she was extreme
~ angry, ard nc; only pcrcnp:orily
refused to receive General Grants
telegram, but Informed lord Dcacons
frll that if he ever woke her UP
again III Tie middle Of tie night 10
ask her to ray nine pounds for some
body clr':: tclcgram>, she would dis
miss HIM without character. "Why,
even G.ladsioac,' added the irate
Queen 'hasn'. imper,inarcc enough to
ccmc and ';mmcr at my door, and
ask for fifteen or twenty pounds ut
this time Of night"
A After this there seemed nothing for
the Premier to do but to tell the hoy
that no person by the name ofGrant
lived at that house, and to shut the
door III his lnce. At that moment
the fate of; lie telegram seemed sealed
The boy started to return it to the
office, where it would have been en-
dor$ed. mot found" and Governor
Hartranft would have been charged
with its cost, 1t SO happcned, how
ever, that Gen. Grant and the Prince
Of Wales, who lad been attending a
meeting Of the Society for Prupsgat-
ing the Gospel Among the Jews, were
ou '1sh "uy 70 ne ucncrals ioug
inss, and. passing buckingham Pal
asse, met the boy descending the front
steps. The Prince stopped and ques,
toned him, and, on learning that the
Queen had refused to pay for n tcle-
gram, remarked to General Grant
TINT some day mother would get into
difficulties by refusing to pay for tele,
grams" and generously told the boy
to give him the teIegramc and he
would call and pay for it the next
day. Meanwhile, Gen. Grant had
caught sight of the address, and there
upon paid the boy, opened the tclc.
gram Oh the spot and read it,
Thus Governor Hartranft's te!c-
gram reached its destination, and
when he reads this mornings Tin.cs
he viii regain his usual spirits. He is
Il good soldier and Il good Governor,
bat it does not seem rs if nature in
tended him to send kilograms to cx
Presidents in England. No man can
do all filings. Cos. Hn,tlanit oayht
to recognize this fact, and ID conccdc
that sending kilograms u General
Grant i'll care OF Queen Victoria is
not practice for which lie is pcculi
ar!y fitted.
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