Arizona republican., 1901-10-18
6ow WILBUR SAW THE KING
School Boy Makes Acquaintance
 With Edward VII.

The uniform or tne w dSHiHStou k1iSti
 1hool cadets is now well known to
 sward VII, to Queen Alexandra, lis
 fs and to the duke of Argyll. A det private. after his first year in the
 ~b school, visited England for sum-
 s~ outing and snapshot camera ex-
 ,ition and was royalty entertained
 Marlborough house by the king and ueen.
 ITbe hero of this adventure is Wilbur 4bnson the 15-year- old son of MT. farren Johnson of this city. The Luns voyager left by schooner from
 Johns, N. B., on the 9th of June.
 ocoompanied. He celebrated July [mrth on board ship as periodically l the limited supply of firearms avail lie admitted. Upon his arrival in ondor Master Johnson upslung his
 mera and went to work. Parliament I,use. St. Peters the Bank of England [building after building came within be focus of the American cadets ko- hk. At last he came to Marlborough Inuse the residence of the king.
 T handed the guard a piece of sil- er" remarked the cadet. in telling his Ityentures, and went inside the gates. ecuring a good view, I planted my tri- nd. and got the focus. I was so busy this task that I did not notice any hing else. Just as l had everything Isady and was about to press the bulb. was startled to see an elderly gentle han standing directly In front of me e was a man of medium height. with bns gray whiskers partly hiding a Sleasant face.
 Hello. sonny. What are you going ! dop he asked
 Now, a high school youth who has Sassed his fifteenth year does not relish he appellation sonny" Master John Ipn made this clear to the elderly gen. keman, after which the two entered hto conversation.
 He told me I couldn't take a picture Sf Marlborough house; that the cam lra must be stopped somewhere, and hey drew the line at the kings resi- )ence. I fancied he was a private sec |etary or something like that. and landing him my card. I asked for his. Then I nearly dropped. for he said: "'I haven't a card. I'm the duke of Argyll
 Well. when I had recovered, he lsked me if I wanted to see the king. That, I assured him, was just what host desired. He smiled, and said he night be able to arrange it. and when left him 1t was agreed that I was to present myself at Marlborough house kn the Wednesday following, at 3:30 o'clock.
 .On Wednesday morning I went to he Crystal palace, and then to my hotel to dress It was raining, and kas a little afraid of being late. I Jumped into an automobile and rode to house. At the door I handed my card to one of the two guards.
 "'Ah. Mir. Johnsonr he said-they all begin everything they say with an bver there. An said the guard. the luke of Argyll said something about sour coming.
 The guard disappeared through T doorway at one side of the great hall. A moment later he was back agaIn, bowling and calling my name: MT. Johnson
 Well. sir, that room I entered was one of the most beautiful I ever saw. All mosaic. like that one up at the ,i brary. and gilded chairs, and beautiful Furnishings. At the farther efld--it seemed a long way off to me-stood a man in a black Prince Albert coat. alone. looked at him, and my first thought was a big burly man. Then when I got to thinking that this man was at the head of all the British en- pre. I became nervous.
 As walked toward him I was at a loss to know whs. to do. for I had never been coached In court etiquette. and didn't know what was expected of me. had to decide in a hurry. so I just raised my hand and saluted him las would salute an officer of our ca dets. The kings face was very pleas ant. and he smiled a little. He re- hand to me. We shook hands.
 "T see you are an officer began the king. in some military company
 "'No. sir. am only private,' I aE- swered.
 "'Ah, I thought you were an ofIi- cer.'"
 Then explained to him that our of fcers wore shoulder straps. He asked me all about the High School cadets saying that he'd heard of our con- panies. and I told him.
 T told him how, for four years. ouI school-Central Hieh-had carried of the flag in drill contests; how we had
 
 teams. the broadest jumpers, etc; 1T fact. how our school had carried nf1 everything in sight.
 The king smiled now and then. H. seemed interested. and asked many questions about the cadets. I told hin for the school-though I hadn't beer sent or authorized to do so, knew they would agree to it-that we all cared fol him as We had for his mother, Victoria and wished him a long and prosperou: reign. This pleased him. I think, an, ne sent back his best wishes to tn, high schools.
 was terribly upset, for I had n, idea what to do when with a king. M, face was burning red, and I was alway afraid he was going to ask me some thlng l couldn't answer. He asked m no" liked London. and I assured hin that l could not complain: that l ha. been treated we'll by his subjects. dIdnt like to praise my own count up all the time, so. I praised his build lnss' particularly the parliamen house. There was only one thing iound fault with. told him I misse