The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-03-10
HE o,NEo WITH THE QUEEN,
But It Made Him SO Mad That He Lon sed
to Smash Things,

But 1t Made Him so Mad That lie Lon sed
to Smash Things.
"Once, and only once in my life"
said n well-known diplomat who now
represents England as AMBASSADOR to
one of the tirst-class missions, II was a
rampant, red-hot republican. and for
twenty-four hours would have gladly
seen our monarchical institutions de-
stroyed forever.
81 was attache at the time at one of
the small South American places and
had been sent home on special mis-
sion with dispatches to present to the
queen and foreign minister
II was only youngster, it being my
first year of service, and no words can
express my sense of my own import
ance, as well as the Importance OF the
affair with which was intrusted.
$50 was quite prepared on my ar
rival in London to receive personal
communication from the queens pri-
vate secretary commanding my attend
ance at Windsor, with the intimation
that it was the royal pleasure that I
should dine and sleep at the palace.
Nevertheless the actual reception
of the mission with its large envelope
and official seal filled me with boyish
delight. Visions of special favor and
Immediate preferment, as we'll as of
the brilliant society in which I was to
be thrown, glimmered through my
brain, and wiring Sir - that l would
wait upon her majesty Immediately,
and having been cautioned by my chief
against any delay, took the first prac-
ticable train to Windsor
ut rather hurt my dignity on my
arrival at the station to be obliged to
take a riclSety-lool>ing fly, for 1 verify
believe if / had found chariot with
| outriders should not have been aston.
ished, or deemed it inconsistent with
the dignity of the occasion.
ION my arrival at the castle, how.
ever, my pride received another shock
| by my being sent by supercilious lack.
eys to several DOORS before ] effected
an entrance.
FINALLY some head steward or butler
looked at list, and then at my card
nodded, and consigned me to an auto
maton in livery, who led me through
circuitous passages, up several pairs ot
narrow stairs, showed me into a bare
little bedroom, put down my traps
which he actually had had the kind
ness to carry for me, and with the
words, Dinner at eight with the
queen left me to my own devices.
'It was then only three o clock, ant
I had had no luncheon. ! sat down or
the edge of my bed, the most disillu
sionne person in Great Britain. AL
through that weary afternoon | waited
in vain for a summons, not daring tc
absent myself for fear of committing
some solecism in official etiquette.
''Toward evening, however, my spir
| its revived. L shall see the queen now
at all events, thought to myself; ant
making careful toilet left my room
(where, by the way, not the slightest
attention had been shown to me, no
even a jug of hot water having beer
brought to my door, at little befor,
eight o clock.
"Having finally found an attendan
| who seemed to know where to take me
! was conducted to a large drawing
! room, where there We're several group
of we'll dressed men and women, al
talking together and taking not th
slightest notice of me. After a few
minutes sort of futter of expectati tiol
made itself observable.
''Those who We're sitting rose;
couple of footmen opened a door, sta
| tioning themselves on either side ant
quiet. rather cross-loolling little eld
erly lady entered the room, followed
by half q dozen ladies and gentlemen
''How the rest happened l do not re
member; there seemed to be Il genera
movement, and l found myself in tn
next room seated at table betweel
to me and who talked across to eacl
other, barely recognizing my existence
Fortunately for my patience tn
dinner was not long. The queen CAV
the signal, every one rose, and with
slight bow on her part and dee
obeisance and curtesies on the part O
those present, she left the room for he
private apartments. And this was m
dinner with the queen!
"Afterward followed one of the mos
miserable hours l have ever spent
Utterly neglected and too shy to asser
myself, stood it as long as could an
finally betook myself to my room
feeling the most intense hatred fo
both royalty and the aristocracy in gen
eral.
Eat eight o'clock the next mornin
my breakfast was brought to me on
tray, and with it Il card from the mas
ter of ceremonies, stating that was t
have an audience at ten o'clock.
SAT the hour named / was ushere
into the presence-not of the queen
but of her private secretary, Sir -
who received me politely, filed my dis
patches and-dismissed me, leaving m
to find my way to the station as best
; could.
''They say that those things are mar
aged better now for the subalterns
but if there ever was red-hot socialis
was that man on my way back I
London.-N. Y. Tribune.
A Famous Bridge.
One of the sights of China is the ar
tique bridge of Suen-Tchen Fow, tw
thousand five hundred feet long an
twenty feet wide. 1t has on each sid
l .el