The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-11-24
THE EMPEROR AND KING
A Reporter Who Served Them rs
Waiter at Lunch rells His Story.
The World Will Never Cease to be In.
terested i'm the Whims and
Caprices Of Kings.

leFtstPu III TIE w Illlls anu
Caprices Of Kings.
Naples letter TO the Lo don Daily News
The Neapolitans by no means found En-
peror William so grave and stern rs he i,
generally considered. The following ac
count IL So characteristic that | translat,
IL In full promising that il il written by 4
Neapolitar CORES pondent, who conceived
the idea os assuming tho character of q
waiter, and so got ON board tho Savoia
during the lunch and review:
After short stay ON deck their
MaI.sties and suite came do WI and took
their places at table. l confess that my
emotion WAS great, felt tha. | was not
III tuli possession of my locom otive facul
ties. Ia front of me was the King seated
between Prince Henry of Prussia and
Pence Iommaso, and turning their backs
to ms like the Em peror, had the Duke
OF Genoa and the Prince OF Naples, who
Sat at the Emperor's side. At first il
seemed as 1t things would GO badly, for
my coleagues-and, let us say the truth,
my OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to me the labori.
Gus and humble Office of taking away all
| the dishes OF oysters that were not eaten.
But | found means of liberating myself
from this plebiscital tribute of untouch-
ed dishes; all the more because l did not
wish to create a precedent. So that
folded my hands and returned to the
back OF the Emperor's chair Just as he
was beginning 10 joke with the Prince of
Naples, while King Humbert laughed
with all his heart at the amiable cordi.
ality.
OF TIE EMPEROR.
This cordiality of William III. is so frank,
80 expansive, so charming, that his
Majesty does not see IN to me at all like
German, whom we are in the habit of
considering to- be cold. composed and
| rigid. And I, although / had heard the
Emperor say graceful things TO the MIN
| lister of instruction and to the dir ector of
the museum, really did not expecs the eff
fusion / now witnessed. The Emperor
loves bon mots and jokes, and is quick
and happy in making them. King Hum.
bert was gay, really gay; but it was almost
always the cause and incentive of this
gayets. terrible squeeze of the Prince
of pies hand; JOKE a. the bald head,
Saint-Bon; wink OF the eye-the sig
nificance of which escaped me-were
some OF the incentives. While Bor.l!i
conversed grevely and in low voice with
his neighbor Saint Bon, and Signor
C-ism was silent, the Emperor now whis-
pered TO the Prince of Naples, now joked
In German with Count Bismarck or his
brother, and spread merrimsnt among
the members of shIs select party of six or
eight persons. Only once, ct the begin.
ming, heard him talk of nrt, speaking of
picture nf the 'Lspanto,' and at another
time he spoke enthusiastically about
Mount Vesuvius. Iadeed, in order TO
look Mt the plume of smoke which at that
moment rose perfectly straight, because,
rs Prince Henry remarked, III NY await
pas de vedt,' both Emperor and King rose
TO their feet Except in these two in
stances, only heard the emperor speak
of merry things. Once again dii | for
get my part, absorbed in the spectacle of
the Emperor, the King, and the Prince of
Naples laughing together. My preoccu-
patton was SO profound aud sInnere that
Prince Henry called 20 ms twice Tor
Chateau LATTE. But even then did not
serve him. | WAS far too interested in
observing joke played upon Prince Vic.
tor Emmanuel by the Emperor A tor
psdo boat was passing; the En- mperor,
seeing it in a mirror before him, turned
and suddenly ross. OF course the Prince
wanted to rise also, bu. the Emperor held
him fast by the LETT hand, and, while
KING HUMBERr LOOKED ON
and laughed, the Emperor grasping the
Princes arm, twisted IL go violently that
the Prince, though hs laughed, could not
help writhing ou his seat. In this way
he was teased by the Emperor, who prac-
ticsd ON him all sorts of jokes till lu Ach
vas over, to The great amusement of the
King, whose face, when he really laughs,
Is bright with aerriment. And, Irepeat,
whoever like me had witnessed the cordial
hilarisy of the most iilustrious parsonage
at this lunch would remember it forever.
Twice the Emperor drank health.
Lifting his glass, full of Asti S pumante,
be first invited Prince Tommaso and
then Crispi to drink with him as follows
-'fom,' 'Crispi.' When drinking with
Crispi he emptied his glass and turned it
upside down On the table, looking round
with smile; and as this gave him an
occasion to another joke with the Prince
OF Naples, he began TO tease the latter. !
The party then rose to take coffee. and
this was terrible moment to me. Quite
stunned by al / had seen and heard, |
stood like statue, and suddenly found |
hSeeit oIocRed In by the Emperor, the |
Prince of Naples, Count Bismarck, and |
their respective chairs and swords, and |
was so ashamed of my stupidity that |
could not get free till they themselves
left me so.
Their Maiesties then went oa deck, |
and he who had 80 surprised me by the
readiness OF his wit, the frankness OF his |
merriment, and the cordiality of his man.
ner, now moved me by the indescribable
expression OF his face as he stood erect |
As We re .urned from the Castellamare, es-
corted by the torpedo boats ard followed
b" the fleet, l saw tbs Emperor seized |
with an evsr-increasing emotion, as he
gazea around through the glass and slight
y shook his head. He no more uttered
jokes; he laughed no more. He was evil
IDENTIFY filled with wonder at the great
beauty of the 2nlf. aud with admiration |
for the colossal magnificence OF the semi.