The Portland daily press., 1899-11-17
RoYATLY's ADVENTURES.
(From TIE London GIote.)

fom t-b Aouuuu oAote'J
Many amusing storie, are told Of tho
adventures of royal psrs,nages when they
have divest I'd themselves Of what may be
called their social dress and assumed tas
guise OF ordinary mortAls. And no one
loves more +, toll these tales Of misad-
ent1re than tie royalties themselves.
The Gear ttill recounts the story OF an
AZ srience he had some years ago In
Scotland. 1t was In the early days Of his
cycling enthusiasm, and he was riding
In com p1ny WITH Princess Maud. When
the royal .cy cli,t, were walking with their
machines up one Of the stap hills near
BaImoral they overlook an old SCOTCH
man, who wished them 'good day" and
seemed disposed for gossip.
The young pair entered into the spirit
Of the adventure and chatted merrily
about their cycling until they reached
the top of the hill. Before they rsmount-
ed the Rarrulous old man looked wonder
ingiy at the IL achines and said:
weel, weel, they're grand things for
you toon lassies and iaddies."
When they got out Of hearing the royal
pair literally laughed until they cried.
and the Gear even yet answers to this
name of "the toon laddie" among his
cousins.
Not many morths ago the German En-
D error sustained quite shock. Like King
Leopold of Belgium the Kaiser loves o.
oasionally to take solitary ramble in
the country.
One day last summer, while at Pots
dam, he had wandered further than
usual, ard at dusk found himself, dusty
and weary, still dozen miles from the
place. When at this stage u country
woman, driving n cart, overlook him aud
he greeted her politely and asked her to
allow him to take a seat in the cart The
woman looked down critically at the
dusty and disheveled man, and, whip ng
up her horse, said:-
.'Not me l don't like the looks Of
you."
Some distance ahead o mounted patrol
stopped the woman and asked what the
emperor had said to her.
";rhs kaisers" she queried, In amaze
ment. "What Kaissr"
Then, as the truth gradually dawned
on her, she turned pale. gave IA frightened
look at the dusty figure coming nearer,
and drove rapidly away.
Ex-Queen emma OF the Netherlands
and her daughter. the queen OF today,
had many amusing exp ,rienoes In their
wanderings incognito. Last summer,
when they we're staying at one OF the
hotels In the Tyrol. the young queen won
all hearts by her sweetness OF ditp position
aud vivacity. There was one young Eng
lishman who was so overcome BY her
charms that hs followed her everywhere,
In sp' to of frownipg mamma, and, u
must be said, with some misohieyous en-
oouragement from the daughter.
His attentions at last became 80 marked
that one day the young girl and her
of her. Aiaaf. mn. raH ~ffHnuf warnin0 anil
it Yves only come days after that the
young EngIishmAn learned, through the
p, p,rs, that the young lady he had
Wooed SO persistently was the girl queen
Of HOLLAND.
Many good stories are told of the curl.
Gus adventures OF Queen Margaret OF Italy
on her mountaineering excursions. The
story Of how she entertained p'rty OF
tourist elm bers In one of the mountain
huts is well known, but few have heard
Of another little adventure which be.ell
her this summer. The queen, whose en-
ergy is always the envy aud despair OF
her suite. had wandered away from her
way, but she was both hungry and
faUigued, when she saw PEASANTS cot
tage in the distance.
Making her way to 1t, her knock was
answered by an old PEASANT woman,
whom she asked for rest and refresh
meent
"Come In. my dear, ami welcome" said
the kindly old PEASANT. The queen entered,
and insisted on helping her hostess te
p-eplre the simple meal of milk and
bread. When the helated attendants
reached the cottage they found the queen
and the old women gossiping and eating
with all the freedom OF old friends. and
it was not until some days later. when
q handsome present arrived at the cot
tage, that the woman learned how shs
had entertained her queen.