The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-11-22
KING HUMBERr's COURTESY.
Adventure of Two American Girls
Who Were Driving in
she Pincio.

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70 be present, On one such occasion
two American girls had an interesting
Illustration of King Humbert's cour.
tesy, says the New York Sun.
The only carriage they were able "a
secure was forlorn, broken-down,
poyerty-striclsen street cab, Not only
was the creaky cab uncomfortable and
unsafe, but the sickly, starving, stag
gering horse and tattered coachman
were sufficient to illustrate a treatise
on the subject Of want and disease.
In spite Of their coachman's pomp and
power of rags, they enjoyed them.
selves, for in friendly fashion he vol
ubly poured out information regard
ing places and persons of note. He
knew their desire to see the king and
queen, who usually drove separately,
and so he kept on the lookout for the
royal equipages.
For half an hour, round and round,
the Americans followed the principal
avenue of the Pincio, when to their
CONSERVATION they learned that they
had all that time been just a sufficient
distance back of the queens carriage
not to have seen it. After little con-
sultation their driver planned an
adroit movement and short cut
through a narrow road which should
bring them face to face with the
queen After they turned off into the
deserted, narrow side drive the atten-
tion Of the two girls was attracted by
a drag and pair Of superb black horses,
whose driver, distinguished-looking
man with gray hair and military mus
tache, seemed to have caught the
same idea of making short cut.
When the cabman found that some
one was endeavoring to pass him, he
gallantly, in behalf of his fair passen-
gers, blocked the way by deliberately
keeping in the middle of the road.
Several times the spirited black
horses and their driver came nearly
abreast of the rattletrap, but each
time they were obliged to remain be-
hind, because the cabman Just
let them pass. This was kept
up for fully five minutes. Then, pro-
voked at the unrelenting determine
ton Of his rival to pass him, the cab
man turned and scowled, and to his
horror saw King Humbert. Half be-
reft of his senses, he screamed: III
rel II rel" ("The king The king!")
The women folk were too interested
IN the king, who bowed to them most
to realize what was hap
Dening until the thing happened. Be
sween their drivers frantic desire to
ret out of the way of the royal car
'iage and his wish to let the American
yirls know that while the king was SO
rear they ought to stare at him with
,pen mouths, he pulled the wrong
ein and thus locked wheels with the
rag, and might have caused serious
ccident had not King Humbert mas
cred the situation and acted prompt
Y. In a moment an order to his
ackeys set they at work extricating
he cab, while he firmly kept his
orses from dashing ahead, which
hey were inclined to do.
The cabman was too paralyzed with
error to be of any use, even his glib
ongue was at standstill. though his
umb look of amazemept and fear
poke volumes. During the moments
+ quick action nothing was said, but
he instant that the imminent danger
the collapse of the cab was pas, in
he gentlest voice and the most grace
I'd manner King Humbert expressed
is regret that he should have been
he cause Of the accident, though he
oped the young women he addressed
ere in no way injured
Appreciation Of his courtesy and de-
ght over the incident must have
lowed on their young faces, for on
nswering that they were not hurt
Z quickly and complimentary re-
arked on the unusual courags of
merican demoiselles-his intuition
1 this point was rewarded with bril-
ant smiles-and he repeated his as
frances that he hoped they would
I'VE no further trouble. With several
Iccessive and most gracious bows he
rned his horses round and gave the
merican girls advantage of the road
ID position, showing in his face,
hich was illumined and pleased at Z
cir evident pleasure, that he under .
God their feelings in the matter,
ID, understanding their unspoken
shes, he determined to help them as
r as II lay in his power to do so. 9
BY that generous act Of giving them /
in the right Of way, later C
ey not only saw the queen and 9TH v
personages. but they also carried y
ray an indelible memory OF the ac- +,
lent and King Humhrrffa courtesy