The times., 1899-12-24
ADVENTURES OF ROYALTY.
Interesting Incidents in Which Eur
Opean MOnarchs Have Figured.
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Many amusing stories are told Of the ad-
ventures Of royal personages when they
have divested themselves of what may be
called their official dress and assumed the
guise Of ordinary mortais. And no one
loves more to tell these tales Of misadven-
ture than the royalties themselves.
The Gar still recounts the story OF an
experience he had some years ago in Scot
land. 1t was in the early days Of his eye
ling enthusiasm, and he was riding in com
pany with Princess Maud When the royal
cyclists We're walking with their machines
up one Of the steep hills near Balmogal
they overlook an old Scotchman, who wish
| ed 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 remounted the gar
rulous old man looked WOuderingly at the
machines and said ''Weel, weeI. they'r
grand things for you toon Iasses and lad
dies When they had got out of hearing
the royal pair literally laughed until they
cried. and the Gar even yet answers to
the name of the "toOn Iaddie" among his
cousins.
Not many months ago the German En-
peror sustained quite a shock Like Kiug
Leopold of Belgium, the Kaiser likes G~ca-
siOnally to take a solitary Tdmble in the
country. One day last summer, while at
Potsdam he had wandered further than
usual, and at dusk found himself dusty and
weary, still a dozen miles from the place.
/ When at this stage country woman driv-
ing a cart overlook him he greeted her pJ-
liteIy and asked her TO allow him to take
a seat in the cart. The woman Looked
down critically at the dusty and disheyeied
man. and, whipping up her horse, said.
Not me; I don't like the looks OF you"
Some distance ahead mounted pat oil
stopped the woman and asked what the
Emperor had said 10 her. The KAISER
she queried in amaZement What
Kaiser?" Then. as the truth gradually
dawned upon her. she turned pale, gave a
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 experiences in their wan
deriugs incognito. Last summer when they
We're staying at one of the hotels in Tyrol
the young Queen won all hearts by her
sweetness of disposition and vivacity.
There was one young Englishman who was
so overcome by her charms that he follow
ed her everywhere, in spite of frowning
mamma, and, it must be said, with some
mischieyous encouragement from the
daughter His attentions at last became so
marked that one day the young girl and
her mother disappeared without warning,
and IT was only some days later that the
young Englishman learned, through the
papers, that the young lady he had wOOed
so persistently was the girl Queen of HOl-
land.
Many good stories are told OF the curious
adventures of Queen Margaret of Italy on
her mountaineering excursions. The story
of how she entertained party of tourist
climbers in one OF the mountain huts is
well known. but few have heard of another
little adventure which befail her this sum
mer. The Queen. whose energy is always
the envy and despair OF her suite, had
wandered away from her attendants and
had not only lost her way, but was both
hungry and fatigued. when she saw q
peasants cottage in the distance
Making her way TO it, her knock was an
swered by an old peasant woman. whom
she asked for rest and refreshment Come
in, my dear. and welcome" the kindly old
peasant said. The Queen entered, and in
sisted on helping the hostess TO prepare
the simple meal of milk and bread When
the belated attendants reached the cot
tage they found the Queen and the old wo-
man gossipng of old friends aud il was
not until some days later. when a hand
some present arrived at the cottage that
the woman learned how she had entertain
ed her Queen.