The sun., 1901-10-13
ENTERTAINED BY The KING,
THE UNEXPECTED LUCK or AN
AMERICAN SCHOOLBOY.
A Casaee Msssins Win the pahe
% Aruyti Led Up 20 E-Tes win
Edwar0 VII. -Presented 20 the Queen
FroA tAe WssA,ae,oA Post.

Edwsr0 VII. -Pressated 10 the Queen.
FroA pe WssA,ao,oA Post
The uniform Of the Washington High
school Cadets 10 now well known 10 I'd.
ward VII. King Of England. TO Queen
Alexandra. his wife. and To the DUKE OF
Arsyie A cadet private srer his hrst year
In the high school visited England for sum-
mar outing and snapshot camera "Npeoi-
tion, and was roy.py entertained OF MARI
borough House by the kinE and Queen.
The hero OF this adventure Is Wilbur John
son. the nfteen-year-old con Of Mr.. Warren
johnson Of thi. city 7 he young voysFer
left by .chooner from 81 Johns. ~ u, on
the ninth n June. unsccompanied he
celebrated July 4 on board ship as patrioti-
caiiy as the limited supply Of fresrms available
admitted upon his arrival In london
Master johnson unsluns his camera ard
vent 10 work Parliament House, ~. Pauis'
tho Rank Of Fnsian nd building after building
came within the focus OF the American cadet =
kodak Al last he came 20 MARLBOROUGH
House. the residence of the kins.
Il handsd the guard q piece Of silver.
remarked the cadet. In telling his adven-
ture-. -and vent inside the gates. Secur-
inx a good Wow. I planted tny ipod, and
sot the focus. was 80 busy At this task that
] did not notice anything else. just ns
had everything ready aud was about 20 press
the bulb was startled to see an elderly gentle
man standing directly In front Of ne lie
was q man of medium height. With long gray
whishers partly hiding Q pleasah ut iaco: -
Hello. sonny. What are you going to
VOW. q hich school youth who has passed
ns .ion m's,n snnn, Fs~' Nas,s, Johnson made nj.
| clear 90 the elderly gen'leThn. after which
the two entered into co,ny,"I.2tlon. ,.,,,-. .,
| Marlborough House thn' the camera must
te s'opped .cme~ where. and they drew nc
vas vas a priyas secretary OF soin:thins IKE
| thNt. and hsnding HIN NJ c1rd. asked f"t
hi. Then ! nearly dr9ppfdi, 'GI n i,,ss $40 o,
!Wsn. when had recovered he asked
assured him. vss lust vha, mos, ,iesi'ed
Hr smiled. and said be nhsh' he AWE q AZ,
wa. sTS 20 rs.n, sss% cy.r s IN a.
HOUSE ON the Wednesday following. ~ s1n
-on "Wednesday morning I. went =. tho
crystal Palace. and then z. Iy ho,cl o dres.
! y vas rsinins apd wasa LITTLE sirnId ~ nrins
70 Msrih"roash Hou.e t,the door handed
| 'Ah. NJ Johnson' hs sid hey al
Ss,. tS:Ts ',sI,'%GSd .sd 'ss Ss' sSsfd. M Wy" &. Hass
trsvll ssd soT"thins about yout 'omins
Wv a, one side ~ the great hall mo.
"siiIss nv nam" NJ johnson
III. most besui!ful over saw Al mosai &c,
| Ike thA, one. Nv %. the library and ..iltcd
Sn sr,hsi end md sr %sern.d ians wSy IN - me-
stood man IN = black Prince Abort cont.
alone looked a, him. and my nrst ,hourhi
thlnFirr ,hs, ,his rsu was NJ the head of all
'he British empire. ! n-cs'n. nervous
~ wow Mi whSt - do. ior lad rev.r been
| oach@d " court etauetts. and dIdu know
What was expected II NO had g. dtecit.,
saIuted him a. / would salute sn ,lio"r Of
our cadets The kins.. 'aoe ,y1s ye.y r,,cs-.
ssiuts. and extended NJ, hand O." o." w."
'"i see vau sre an rrc,r began the k,ns
No. Al IN, .only priv 70 answered
-.,h. ] th-ush YOU. -, m pfNce,
-oTr H'I ,hoyI % S.''sTs sfar: :: 0'i ssrd %" Il
| sbHut tie. H,sh school cade,s ,S.yii9s tt''
c..,r,i RR,ge III va 'r nj az ~ ne ne rse in
drIl cort~.ts how we had ~" fssi".' runner-
the beat athlct, teams. I've hrradr u'u.cr-
| Ac IN fact how or school had carried 81
e,eryt ing = pTit 49,. A..
...rrss 'n,sr~.t sr I'd d ed T." s.SsH ' n.rv nee.
tipns about the cad'ts ] tdlt him Tor M"
-'hool thousH hadn., ben SCI, "L az.
10 Il that We all cared for hlm 80 W. had
for his mother. Victoria. aud Wis 81 hiu!
s,E ,oNf ,s,Ts sm s%i ss .an, bach hs hss, %,,he.
,o the hiri schools
i vas terribly upset. for ] Rad 20 ,,des
was rnins rcd, and wa. alSsys ntrnid
h. wa. soloE o. ask ma som ,hps ! ,ouldn
and I assured him that could not complain.
thst had been treated Well by his suNiec'-
didn't liss to praise my Own c"nn,ry np
~ seu,r,y s H r: rarlismsnt S Hons" 's fhsr. W
only one thing found fault With ''ld him
| ! m saed the asphalt sireets
""kb yes he sstd, 4 remember that yniI
have concrete on your .irrei-
hsrs sc r' ,,5Ssl.d al snS and Would W Ssye sVSn
good deal 90 b. we'll away ir.r that 'is.cc
! wanted % leave most of the talking 20 th"
| Al last the King leaned furWsr and iapp~d
| q little silver hell -~rvant IN Gorge.'.-
hs s"s sossS sSsa 10 ias s rnS kn
% Il VA. served - I'm in he smallest Mind Of cup-.
1 a.s npI inf th.sa % when tSous h, Tia, SS -@ms
people don't n.e them aud thst . nigh,
s1s IN. q The I ns., II" .,sr S"t tasted dS INV ""
-dus, sf,'r We had tee the klns aud !
= tall and very ecantifql "Ime9 uttered
{. 6st,ar e. isSsinS So%' "" GaahT cSPcccd 10
,"s Tho kns and t" o-gs"i 9ss hns l" snd SsseG s'
anos JUS u" rirhi Thug % do -,
to .sf. r q and. 3D." 4ns"iins' me- S~a, over I Nov,
! | know better than to liss her h.ud, for |
! had read something about That In h,'k.
! took her hand IN mine and kisacd IN" bnCk
| of my own hand Then tn" Queen ta,s,d
| me a. you might say
| Young Mr. Johnsoh admits that h" was
, IN great CONFUSION. ard heartily wished HIM
s.lf safe back IN his hotel The Qu'eA. bow
ever. asked him few questions, aud 10
! told her of his little sister and hrOiheT whu
| admired her greatly. he asserted tn" Queen
said Dear little glri. of the sister. aud ."f'
7 both her love Af'sr a few moments -he
left the vVuns American again alone with
, King Edward
Again ] didnf Know vhat 70 ssy. 70,
! lad read something uf IN, royal Jew els hAN-
/ ing been moved a short time before from
| the tower of London - Marlborough ltsusr
| ] had tho audscity 90 ak ktng Edward O.