The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-12

sary precaution. but not to one who has
ever been caught in British crowd. The
British crowd is intensely democratic and
would not hesitate to hustle royalty off
the platform in the determination to get
sight of it.
II you are going on the same train
which may happen, as royalty does not
with the exception of the queen, always
have specialize you 60 on the same train
we'll and good. You can enter. But you
must bid goodbye to your friends on the
outside of the station. And if it be an in-
coming train, and your friend has been
absent years in India or Australia and you
are eager to take him by the hand the in
slant the train stops, you will have to re-
strain your emotion until he gets well out
side the sacred limits.
However, today it is an outgoing train,
and the royalties to be sent of are Prince
and Princess Henry CT Prussia, who have
been at Balmoral q fortnight. Both the
prince and princess are grandchildren of
the queen, the former being the sailor son
of Emperor Frederick ana the latter
daughter of the lamented Princess Alice
As the time of departure draws near the
groups in the square increase in size and
numbers. They hang about the postotfice
in the Albert Memorial building. They
lean against the railing opposite-a row Of
laborers with hands in their pockets and
pipes in their mouths, from whom are
heard subdued grumblings at all this fuss
over "the Germans"
There Is a group at the photographers
corner. where a turn in the Balmoral
road gives a coign Of vantage. Another
at the opposite corner, one OF which Is s
stout Old woman in a white mutch-who
never tails to appear on these occasions
and who, although she has watched count
less arrivals and departures of royalty, is
just as eager as though this were the first
instead of the 500th. But, somehow, there
is a tremendous fascination in the thing,
and however intensely republican YOU
may be. and however you may turn Up
your nose At this tagging at the heels of
royalty, like the OLD woman, you go and
do it yourself every time.
The Baimorai luggage van first arrives
n huge green machine. closed. Machine is
the general term used for vehicles through
out Great Britain. IL is drawn by four
horses. on two OF which Positions are
mounted. 1t draws up and unloads from
doc. behind. What lot OF luggage!
Enough TO equip a small army and all in
among IL But portmanteaux, hat boxes
q iadstone bags, dressing cases al lib!tum.
Very few travellers do carry very big
trunks in Great Britain. There is no ne
cessity for thus coudensing. A porter will
convey whole pile of small traps a mod
crate distance Tor SIX pence or a shilling,
while in New York or Boston You paw
SHILLING or more Tor each parcel, whatever
its slZe.
Alter the luggage van, arrive in differ
ent carriages the little prince and attend
ants; the lady and gentleman in waiting:
the maids. both of their hichnesses, and
OF the two last-uamed tunctionarIes: the
queens eQuerry III n trap by himself The
carriage of the Duchess of Albany drives
W. She has come to sac them %.
Presently are heard the notes OF bag
pipe. accompanied by the tramp Of SOL
derry feet, and the queens guard of honor
j. seen approaching from the barTacks-a
detachment ot the Argyle and Sutherland
Ii ghiancers. They advance right gal
ianiiy, although the road is full of pools
OF water aud il seems a pity 10 wreck the
purity 81 their "spaIs." white as pipe CLAW
can make them. Above the white "suats"
are the pink and " bite plaid stockings.
with the little knife sticking out OF the
top. The delicate white aud pink and the
bare knees contrast broadly with the dark
Argyle paid OF the XIII. Their jackets
are scarlet, with yellow cuffs snd collars.
And their huge black feather hats are en-
lvened With . single plume OF white.
They form in the square and still We
wait. The suspense is not exactly awful.
hat every eve Is painfully nxed OF the
balmOgal road. Women advance into the
square - near as they dare TO the wheel
trzcAs. The group opposite the entrance
and commanding the passage anu red
carpet cor soilaate.
But "hush! hark!" deep sound as If
horses feet aud an ouETlder appears over
Tie bridge, ga.ioPInS - though, TO quote