Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-01-11
ENG GEORGE OF 1nrn,
=t-tt 20 Que OF the Royalties Of enc
Pacific Isles

mined TO pay our respects To the cfle.
bTtted old man, of whom We had heard
so many and such strange stories dur.
ing our umbles through his capital
Ills house, We found. was very nice
looking twC-StugItu wooden building.
close 10 the sea, and stood In a good
sized compound, fenced In on al sides.
Passing through q handsome pair OF
c3St-iIOu gates We arrived al the mau-
SION itself, the veTauda Of which atr
peared 20 be used as "A cuach-house, for
there was proudly and suugly stored
away the royal buggy; rather an anon
alous sight Tor palace and a strange
position for an equipage of State. 1t
WAS a Palace OF the Sleeping Beauty, or
AT any rate, Ct sleep. There were no
signs of life about the place, and failing
10 wake any one by repeated knockiugs
at the mont door, We decided To Circum-
navigate the establishment aul did so.
finding % stIil ami lleleSs everywhere
Jlll We came e. "A Tow Of cOOk-hOuseS
and upon a curious sight There in the
verIndI of one Of them squatted an
ancient and dUSky person, perfectly
naked with the exception of a Scauty
cloth fastened about his waist, and
bending his head Obediently before an
old woman, who was literally plaster.
ing II with LINE. As soon rs the curl
GUS pair became conscious of our pres.
ence the process in operation was arrest.
Ell, and, perCelvIug this we We're about
70 address them, 10 explain our pres
euce and ask few questions, when the
gentleman OF tHe lImey head rOIred out
something in truly terrible voice and |
at the same time q tine Young TOugtu, |
very oily ami tHIte-g uJrters nude, came
rushing out from the interior toward I
us. With much puliJeLesS and evident
asL--LL.-ft lie conducted us away from I
the veusu1I and back 10 the big house /
where Ia broken English, backed up by /
D.. O. lItafI In ms
The appalling fact that we had trespaSs-
eel upon the pUIyJcy of no less a person
than hIs Majesty the King. THIS was
bad news indeed. For the old gentle
man, IN the plJsteJeU's hands. had pre-
SeHted 10y no means = ulgultied appear
Jnce, and We knew that 10 approach
hlm without notice and i'm q state. OF
uudress Was "a serious breach of Tougau
court etiquette. However we cousul-
eel ourselves with the reflection that our
SIN was one very easy 10 commit.
Having humhIy apulogiZed for our /
innocent Intrusion and received "a rpls- {
Nuriug answer, We were ushered through .
the window mtu uJ sort Of draw Wiug-rOuu ,
a wy.l-turuisAeJ apartment, with "a !
number ut uCJ velvet chairs set around q
"A luug mahogany table, one chair a /
utue higher than the rest, acting, no a
doubt, as throne. Here We wanted c
Tor about halt Ju hour, when his Mai a
eSty entered, accompanied by an inter u
pieier, ami WAS ErJCIuu~ly pleased 20 q
accoru us formal interview. lie shook II
hands very pleasantly with our party | C
AMI we a4l sat down uu red velvet d
chairs, the interpreter Squatted on the "a
moor uttNtru- The King, seen ~ closer a
quarters, Was really a noble specimen n
ut symi-StyJ-r, standing quite six d
lert four inches, ~ wonderfully well q
pruportoued ami athletic build, up b,
''-''' 90 .'Hrf HEd moving graudly IA Is
spite OF ul7 very advanced 4 e. The | "a.
; IlNdEts ut time, however, We're visible
y, Iu the suuNru eye and hIlf-opeu, uerv-
n uuSlF-tW itching mouth, which indicated q.
s.u sufficient reason for his being a mere -
b % lppet m the hands of "A single man -
1ug Jug George IUuuu's name, with ~, =,
the cofnmr5c"leut lineage and splendid -
,.ri.,p fsbtme, rtt-.- ,'sa T,lple and | =.
TI sI-y Baker Ir ~ the King / -
-, contrasting So strangely ~
tA 'Ui'' '.'l llAtu With the snOw-white hair =.
IN hya ueighbcrs rsous study. Wrfnli@.i le'
ley do not sppeauue bon expression now. ~
u appeal TO any cs'akah.e signs of what 81
1t they DO appeal Ie days gone by. IL 10
o., If tba A1eri,,re up the look of cruel, -
> =. - -, -, ulttule w.ll that face n,
,J sppesi, 20 hear ~ ~. Ts.I ~ ul,,' CT
.ey bav0 brought agairut, and. club fn "
~ rnmeut j Iu the fray, wrote -
men do noe terrible maine his his ie
E-b m Cnnadi aud fear. The sun
NJ. ;r,,e shot forth at times the
S'lInr Lrt-a, Strong glare that must haye De
ugutrd them when m the bloody davs sa
on lnlr uer turu a victorious savage n
dlSuHiu.u- tu club au enemy who !Ed 50
spoken ui uIu ma sighting terms. tore u
with his own hands the offenders tom IN
que nom between hIs living laws and
coutemptuuusly swallowed it before the W
Wrcichtl victims face. The earb of oi
TINS curious specimen of royalty, though ol
more elaborate than that in which we NJ
had seen htm first, was of an extreme pC
simplicity, sJIl consisting merely of a W
white linen suIt g.rt in round the waist ru
with % lon cloth of guUdy-tigurpd calico. u
re1CA.ag 20 just below the knee; and be
se went barefoot W
For time, iu accordance with native m
etiquette, strict silence was observed
the hluE looking straight before him |
without moving a muscle or seeming We
aware ot our scrutiny; but, at last, i'm la
qutruloUS tone. Ire demanded our dr
business there. We answered politely Ia
that passing through the group we bad vi
called 10 pay our respects. lie gruuted w
uJ tIiS, and, after "a little Thought III ra
qulrgd II There w,s Juy thing we want ad
eel or any thing else We wished To S,tv m,
I'm our replying that We would like very DO
much 20 inspect his house If he rad no Us
objection, We received u hastv Yes
OF permission, and there our iuteryIpy-
ended. His Majesty rose and uJurhtiIy ch
strobe OF through the window To ms II
beloved cook-hoUSe, where, no duuIt. &c
ne tore OF his society SHIRT v.itu ali IN
speed and settled happily down to finger ha
ms fish again. Meantime being Irft ch
quite alone, We avaIled ourselves of the va
permiSSIuU'we had obtained 10 view tine th'
LuuS,sit Palace, and passing through an ha
inner door, found ourselves in a Spaci- an
Gus, entirely uufuruished hall from TO
which broad stan case rose To the re-
gion above. Half way up on the land
ing, covering the entire fan Of the wall | Ra
was an enormous OIl-pliutinr of TN. pa.
Emperor William i'm fun military uni tor
Arm p2egHtsd ON "a white charger. and gu
surrounded by q brilliant stan. This IRE
together with the Order of the Rad To
Eagle, was a present from the German as
Emperor % ulS brother p0teutate some thi
time after the Tonga Parliament had ane
proclaimed that the Nation would oil cIo
serve strict neutrality throughout the
traucO-Ggrmau war. At the ton of
the staircase we found the roval bad -
rooms, all but one dirty, unused ana -
iul Of lumber; the furnished or State m
apartment containing an enormous gilt 49,
hedstead, quite large enough to accom- az
modtte tOurpeople. The bed had never s,r
been slept IN. or apparently touched. -
since 10 was placed in its present posi- -
ton years before, and there it stood
and probably still stands, all dusty. tar
uiShed and dim, the mattresses decay
ing, the delicate and costly lace cur SH
luluS urDrpfulr rfaFfs Inv r,f.,a ~