The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-10-21
ENTERTAINED BY THE KING
THE UNAFFECTED LUCK OF AN
 AMERICAN SCHOOLBOY.

Edward VI.-Presented 10 th, X Queen.
 sThe uniform of the Washington higl school cadets is now we'll known to Ed ward VII, King of England, to Queen { Alexandria, his wife, and to the Duke of Argyle. A cadet private after his first year in the high school visited
 England for summer outing and
 snapshot camera expedition, and was
 royalty entertained at Marlborough
 House by the King and Queen,
 The hero of this adventure is Wilbur Johnson, the fifteen-year- old. son of < Warren Johnson of this city. The 2 young voyager left by schooner from
 St. Johns, N. B., on the ninth of June, unaccompanied. He celebrated July on board ship as periodically as the limited supply of firearms available ad-
 mitted. Upon his arrival in London { Master Johnson unslung his camera < and went to work. Parliament House, St. Paurs, the Bank of England-build- x ing after building came within the fo- sscus of the American cadets kodak. At
 
 < the residence of the King.
 had the guard a piece of sil- ver,' remarked the cadet in telling his 2 adventures, and went inside the gates. Securing good view, l planted my tripod, and got the focus. l was so x busy at this task that l did not notice anything else. Just as l had evrything ready and was about to press the bulb I was startled to see an elderly gentle < man standing directly in front of me He was man of medium height with < long gray whiskers partly hiding a @ pleasant face.
 sHello, sonny What are you going X to do?" he asked.
 Now, high school youth who has < passed the fifteenth year does not rel < ish the appellation sonny" Master Johnson made this clear to the elderly Tentleman, after which the two entered { into conversation.
 { { # ssHe told me couldn't take picture 5 Of Marlborough House; that the cam era must be stopped somewhere, and they drew the line at the Kings resi- < dence I fancied he was q private sec 5 retary or something like that, and handing him my card, I asked for his Then I nearly dropped, for he said: ..s Ss T haven't a card. I'm the Duke of 2 Argyle
 seWell when I had recovered he ask ed me If I wanted to see the King. That, I assured him, was just what most desired. He smiled, and said he might be able to arrange it, and when Z I left him it was agreed that I was to present myself at Marlborough House E on the Wednesday following, at 3:30 O'Clock.
 "On Wednesday morning I went to # the Crystal Palace, and then to my { hotel to dress. It was raining and I
 was a little afraid of being late l E1jumped into an automobile and rode to |Hrarlborough House At the door I handed my card to one of the two s guards.
 s.ss.Ah, Mr. Johnson?" he said-they all begin everything they say with ah' : over there. An said the guard, the Duke of Argyle said something about your coming
 tThe guard disappeared through doorway at one side of the great hall. "A moment later he was back again, lowing and calling my name MT. John
 
 son.
 swell, sir, that room I entered was one of the most beautiful I ever saw. E All mosaic, like that one up at the li brary, and glded chairs, and beautiful Furnishings At the farther end 1t seemed long way off to me-stood a man in black Prince Albert coat, alone. I looked at him, and my first 11Y1N y,,pn rThpn when I got to thinking that this man was at the head of all the British em- spire, became nervous.
 ssAs I walked toward him I was at loss to know what to do, for I had nev- ers been coached in court etiquette, and didn't know what was expected of me. ssI had to decide in hurry, so I just raised my hand and saluted him as l would salute an officer of our cadets. The Kings face was very pleasant and he smiled little. He returned my salute, and extended his hand to me. We shook hands.
 T see you are an officer, began the King. in some military company No, sir; I am only private I answered.
 "sAh, I thought you were an officer
 'sThen I explained to him that our officers wore shoulder straps. He ask ed me all about the high school cadets, saving that he'd heard of our compan- les, and I told him.
 1T told him how, for four years, our nci1ool-Central TIigh-had carried off the flag in drill contests; how we had the fastest runners, the best athletic teams. the broadest jumpers etc; in ffact, how our school had carried off reyeything in sight.
 sThe King smiled now and then. He seemed interested and asked many nuestions about the cadets. I told him for the school---though I hadn't been rent or authorized to do so, knew they would agree to it--that we all cared for him as we had for his mother, Victoria, and wished him long and prosperous reign. This pleased him,I think, and Ahe sent back his best wishes to the high schools.
 T was terribly upset, for l had no at5es, what to do when with King. My face was burning red and I was all uavs afraid he was going to ask me something I couldn't answer. He asked ,,,a how I liked London, and I assured him that I could not complain; that had been treated well by his subjects. didn't like to praise my own country ou tha finls. SD I praised his build