Nebraska advertiser., 1882-05-18


"As soon as they saw that white
man had arrived, they flocked round |
me and began to ask questions These |
satisfied to the best of my power and |
requested to be taken to the King. They
lie me, or rather carried me, shouting
along the streets, to the Royal Palace,
which is tri lie bigger than the Crystal
Palace, and all made OF solid gold.
1.-The King is a young man who wears
his crown both day and night. He is
always surrounded by his guards, and
has to be approached on Bonded knees.
after the usual compliments, he in
vited me to tell him what came for
81 replied that was sent by the most
beautiful girl in Rotherhithe-at this he
seemed pleased, and said he wished she
had come herself-in order to discover
what had become of her sweetheart,
named Rex Armiger, wrecked upon his
maiesty's coast in the year 1876.
az confess that | felt sorry, when j
had put the question, but then had
come all the way on purpose to put It,
For the King and all his courtiers imme-
diately burst into tears.
IL then learned the whole story.
"Cap'en Armiger had, in fact, landed
on this shore, as ! expected and calcu-
lated He had been separated from his
steward Dick in scrimmage on the
coast, and had been brought inland to
be presented as captive to the King.
At the court he made himself at onoe a
great favorite, being a good shot, which
pleased his majesty, and good dancer,
which pleased the ladies. He lived
three years with them in great favor
with everybody, and at the end, though
this you will hardly credit, engaged to
be married to the Kings sister, being
by that time in despair of ever getting
| away.
Unfortunately, only the week before
/ arrived, he was killed and devoured
| by a lion, and the Princess was gone OF
her royal chump.
81 am truly sorry to be the bearer of
such bad news, Lal. You will own that
1 done my best
THE rest of my log, how got away,
and how / came here again, would not
interest YOU now. You will, perhaps,
like to hear them yarns in the long
winter evenings when we have nothing
else to do.
LAS for poor Cap'en Armiger,
brought away with me one relic of hin
the last cap he ever wore. The Kins
sent it to you by my hands. He said
great many civil things about my cour
ace in coming all that way to find my
friend, and / had to promise to go bacl
again However, that is nothing
Here, then, is Cap'en Armiger's cap
the cap of the Company"
He united the handkerchief and tool
out cap with a gold band and couple
of anchors in silver embroidery upoi
the front. 1t was a uniform cap, tina
of the Indian Peninsular Company.
Lal received it and turned it over il
her hand, bu- with some doubt, stimu
lated by Captain Richardson's grunts
!, The old man reached out his han
: for the cap, examined it carefully
tried it on his own head, and grunte
again.
''What are you grunting for nowp
1 asked Captain Borlinder in great ur
? easiness.
: "Gentlemen," said Captain hHcha
9 riasen to the other two, "tell me wha
you thinkPo
g Captain Holstius made answer, Xix
? the country gentleman who read Gull
5 vers' Travels, that he did not believe
4 word of it. And whyP Because, no on
=, who had read accounts of those lat
: tudes could reconcile Captain BorlinC
e er's Narrative with the tales of othe
travellers.
Captain Wattles shook his head.
|, Coarse work. he said. "Ver
V common, and coarse work"
: Upon this Captain Borlinder lost h
d temper and behaved like an officer I
y his rank when in rage upon his ow
p quarterback.
"You shouldn't ha' thought, brother,
IS said the old man, holding out the ca
n and examining it with contempt, tn
81 man of fourscore and odd could
taken in by such a clumsy Jenny
II yourn. I'd ha' spun better yarn m
1t self, by chalks. Two things shall S
d you right First, my lad, this ca
st which, / suppose, you bought on you
rs way in Houndsditch, is the cap of be
g. of thirteen, a midshipmite. Nov
/ Cap'en Armiger, like me, had b
s. head. We may toss the cap into Il
30 fire, Lal, my pretty, because it ism
" your sweetheart's cap, and never was
at He did toss it into the fire, where it W
rs immediatly consumed, all except Il
gold lace which twisted into all shape
i look at him. he added. "Sails
gayly with boys cap in one hand al
T a yard and a half of lies, made up Lo
as knows where, in the other Anoth
lie thing" Captain Borlinder at this jun
II ture, because he had, in fact bong
k that cap in Houndsditch, presented e
{, cry appearance of discontinue. "Wh,
Of he landed among the blacks, all aIon
is what language did he talk with then
err English? He knows no other, VIII
rd do you say, Cap'en WattlesP'
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