Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-12
A Distinguished Stranger.

l solo1rEei m the beautiful SGeeE
Il the Mxlxr, Sioekhclm. . fec weeks
las, summer. One d.y ! took . trip
acrs-~ the little channel which sep2r
Af.=s the city from that splenaid place
e recreation. Dlarg.rien. = p@rk where
sgch lights Il genIss - Bellm1n. Lad
L-r. klellgr~n. and others-All cluster
iny aroani that dill~sfxnf king. Gas
t4vus Ill. eighty OF nInesy years AeO
~ere woaf O. sF-ad their lcisare
hsurs IN taking q social glass; xklch.
i,y the say. ~a- the als~o8afe rain e
the. IN all resg0.s. imD0terzte. tragic
PIT. Il ngs LiAne- Herr the quick
xrt.ed 4 llnaAn lnprOvisea both words
snl mnsic O. a nGraher Il his popular
Laws. and herr s.anas ki- h2S, Well.
~ oo@p@ny ~Ith . frl-Bi. .eaf over
g. th@ gard q e animals tDyargarsieni
~ = little steamboat. to<sk . l0ag s.roll
=rpari TIL fzsguafrs-nt T.i.e-. admir-
N IT. st.leniId villa. ~ fine TO ais.
it, grant trsvs. IT. l,rarIng snl fra
grant ar A VERY aff-4r-ISr looking
restaurant w2s top i.-rasstiag = se.soe "a
Ja>s ty on a k.s 4Ay. - "a we stepped.
orSeriDg some Fcfrs-~hm@nf. :. AaA ~ere
x-ii.-l nt-s,. by l-aafIfal aud polite
Young la.ly. 40 coall syrak . little
broken EuGli~h. After a While txo
other g-utl--ta~a entered, one Of whom
attracted nv H;ieEtsOn ~ acoogBt Of
hss grez; height AMI distinguished air
They also ordered refrsshmeufs. mean
while keeping up very animated cor
versAtion Suddenly the tall man
turned around AMI fixei las dark eyes
on me.
Are you an Engli,hman. SIR he
asked ~ith q strong SSeii>h accent.
No. sir. am a citizen of the
United States"
''Ah, is that so? heard you speak
ing English. Well, SO much the bet
ter. | have always admired the United
States"
Il am very glad to hear you say so, "
l replied. I'm a monarchy like Swe-
dan one could hardly expect to hear
much said in behalf of the great repub-
lie, except it be from the working
classes; but even they seem to be going
buck on her now, on account OF the
hard times which have prevailed in
the United States for the last few
years"
"Well, SIR" (the six-foot and four
inches tall stranger kept up the con-
versation in English, although occa-
sionally with apparent difficulty that's
just what have always expected. HUI
man nature is the same the world over,
and the workingman stands as good q
chance and is as much respected in q
monarchy Us in republic"
''In this beg leave to differ with
you," said I. Here + called for an
other bottle Of claret, inviting the two
strangers to partake, which they ac-
cepted with thanks. Resuming the
conversation, I expressed my innate
hatred to the monarchical system,
pointing out and vehemently denounc-
ing, among other things, the enormous
salaries which the overburdened peo-
pie had to pay those parasites of .o-
ciety called kings, queens. dukes, and
princesses; how the system created an
absurd, imaginery distinction between
the rulers and the ruled, degrading the
people in stheir own self.esteem and
falsely exalting the royal family"
I also emphasized with considerable
vigor the extravaganza and licenti0us-
ness SO common among such person
ages, referring to the cases Of Cattle.
rine H., of Russia, Louis XIV, Of
France. aud Charles XIV. of Sweden,
as instances. The lattsr's request Of
Parliament to grant dover of zoo, 900
crowns to his daughter. Louisa, ct her
marriage with Danish Prince, some
nine years ago, while the country suf-
fered from the famine, and the poor
Swedes in America were sending relief
across the ocean, stamped % an act
of Internal shamelessness, reciting .
satire of the scathing satire which Ed
ward Axon, q Swedish writer, had on
that occasion addressed to Charles XIV.
After listening to my arguments
few moments more the two strangers
babe me adieu, tho tall one remarking:
II should be glad to see you again
and resume the conversation with you.
For the present my business calls me
away"
"Do you know that tall gentleman"
I asked the waiter-girl. after they had
left.
The girl smiled. Indeed I do, sir,
He is Oscar H., King of Sweden" -
H.. Y,to,, n,.o.,