The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-29

9ke sparrow 5alks.

~ you don't think I'm busy" said the
sparrow yesterday, Just watch me for
while III tell You what &c Is, we're get
ting in inc shape for the Carnival Every
things coming our way; we've even had
weather of the finest promised us, and u
you are not glad you're alive when Noycm.
Der ~ comes then my names not sparrow.
Messages from King Notice pour IN all
the while. He's delighted with the re-
ports he has received " the preparations
for the ball, the procession, patnde stree
fair. flower parade and an the other
features OF the week Of fcstivity. Ills
visit this year will be characterized by
more spleudor than ever before. Already
has courier arrived. bearing the royal
lnyiiAuons to the grand ban ON tne ION,
and In bet that there's more than one
heart unttcring between hope and fear as
to whether ls owner Is In royal favor.
''lhe royal missivcs viii be delivered this
week aud woe to the one Who disrcgArds
the bidding Some dancers Of grace and
beauty are coming from across tho sea TO
do homage TO His Majesty and his lovely
queens.
'.Saub Is busy over on the continent ful.
nlling the King commissions. He was In
India when he wired mc today, having
gone there direct from Turkey. lie had Il
great experience while In Coustuntinuplc.
w. seems he wished to try one Of the
balloons before hc sent Il over here for
the street fair, so the morning after hc
uftccu minutes aftCrWard wished he were
ON earth again For just MS he got im-
mediately above the mosque ~ sultan
Aclmct. with lbs Sis mlunrcts sticking up
Ike sharp needless something went wrong
and down dropped Mr. SHmh straight for
the fullest and shurpest mtnuret lie says;
sparrow, ! sure saw my hulsh, but that
Kind providence that watches especially
over fools aud children stored my balloon
toward the river and I landed In the liquid
dcplhs Of the Bosphorus aui was hshed
ont by some good fisherman, and Tor once
In my ne sparrow / bit eagerly at the
hnit thrown to me-
"Samb reached Sripagar last night"
continued the SuurruW. ''and today VIII go
Majesty left the royal fleet at Panama and
no and six gentlemen Of his court
are on the WAY to lndiu In his dying ma
chine, the Sselrccp. They viii again join
the doet at IruxiNo, Honduras, about No.
ycmher 10, amt continue On the way 10
"Samb says as he was walking down
the street IN Rome he noticed a large sign
anime and what do YOU think II said?
+" CHEAP RATES no TRANSFORMING,
GEST CARNIVAL ~ Nl1ARS-KtNS
NoTroC AND COURT COMING IN
DAZZLING SpLENDOR HOUSTON PER
FECTLN SAFE PISTOL TOTERS ALL
GONE ELECTRIC CARS RUN TO ALL
SIN s2tN TnE ~ POINT ASK FOR 1T IPoG iR
PROCESSION or GORGEOUS CHAR
lots LIGHTED ny HUNDREDS or
TORCH BEARERS r. MAGNIFICENT
FLOWER PARADE STREET FAIR
WITH ALL KINDS or ANU SEMENTS r
/ ROYAL BALL UNDER THE MANAGE.
| MENT or a PRINCE or THE HOUSE
! OF NOTSU-OH.'
"Samb said he took a photograph Of the
board aud would bring e back with him,
SO that II hts word was doubted he'd have
proof He said man IN Constantnople
nskcd him n e was true that one could
XIII a man IA Houston. but cOUldWt steal
q chicken without gottlug thirty years for
| It. Samb got very hufty nj this and told
the lnuuisitvc person he'd better come
! over and see for himself"