The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-11-11

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been havin' throuble with wan iv his
family"
"Th' poor man." said MIR. Hennessy.
What was it about?'
"Oh, faith, tn usual thingC' said Mr..
Dooley. "She married some wan tn
king, her father, didn't like. Tn man
iv her choice was not her akeel. He
was on'J a jock or a prince or some
thing Iik that-a good fellow, dye mino,
sober, industhrees an a~fictionate but
iv lOwly extraction. But that amt
what / wanted to ak to We about. Tn
throubles iv a king with his family
amt amy more inthrestin' thin tn
~throubIes iv a plumber or a baseball
player. It's tn same thing-th' food.
tn cost iv tn new tile, the fdmllyar
face at breakfast, tn girl running off
an marvin a jock or a clerk in a
butcher shop. What I've been thinkin'
about is how long tn kings can stan0
hayin' all these things known about
Thin
"Whin 1 was a boy, if a king fell out
with his folks, no wan knew Nv it but
tn earls an harnesses an jocks that
overheard tn row While hey were
waitin' on tn table. They didn't say
anything but wrote it down in a note
book an published 1T afther they was
dead. Whin tn king passed tn butther
plate 50 high to his wife that it caught
her in tn eye, it was a rifle secret. Whin
his rifle spouse pulled his majesty
around tn room be tn hair Nv tn
head, tn tale remained in tn family
till it got into histhry. Whin wan iv
tn princesses threatened to skip with
a jock, tn king touched tn spring ip
tn thrap dure an her rile highness,
ATYpOnCtino CIinointinn Sofia Maria
Ny Ann. wint down among tn coal
an tn potatoes an niyer was heerd iv
again.
Blu nowadays it's different. TIL
window shades is up at tn kings house
as well as anywhere else. TIL gas is
lighted an we see his majesty storm
in around because tn dinner is late,
kickin' tn rile dog, whalin' tn princes
Nv tn blood with a lath, brushin' his
crown -befure goin' out, Shawn his
chin, sneakin' a drink at bedtime, jaw
in his wife an maxim faces at his
daughter. Tn princess called at tn
king iv Biljum's house yisterdah an
insisted on seem tn OF man. A stormy
intherview followed. Il tol We niver to
darken this dure again till we left that
loafer iv a husband " ye'ers," says his
majesty Il come here to get me
clothes" says her rile ~highness. IF ye
don't give thin UP, I'll call mex time
with a constable" she say Don't
make me f'rget me Sc an lay HANDS
on a woman say his majesty. Clear
out iv this befure ] cease bein' a king
an become a parent" he says. Her rifle
Eghness had a fit iv Mysteries at this,
an tn king tore around tn parlor,
knockin' over chain ar kickin' at tn
furniture. Half an lOur later tn prin-
cess emerged followed be tn king in a
smokiR' jacket. A. til dure, he hoT-
Tered at her: Yen stay away firm
here If ye kno hats good FIR ye,"
III have tn law q ye," says tn prin-
cess as she wint OF on her bicycle
An there We are. TIL times has
changed an tn king lives in tn
sthreet with tn rest iv us. It'll be tn
death iv thin. No wan respects amy
body they know. To be a king an get
away with it. a man must keep out "
sight. Tn minyit people knows that d
king talks like other people,, that he
has tn same kind of aches that we
have, that his head is bald. that his
back teeth are filled, that he drinks
too much, that him an his wife don't
get along an tina whin they quarrel,
they don't make i regular declaration
iv war but jaw at each other like Null
farky an his spous >, their subjicks say:
Why. his here elbow is no betther
hin tn rest iv u. How comes he to
have so rood a JOB Down with him!
An down he CONES.
"Ye take this here king iv Biljum,
Hinnissy. I know "a about him fr
Dorney had tn room rex to him wh1n
he was in Europe al he heerd him
snoreI Think iv that Think iv hearin'
a king snore an meetin' him tn mex
mornin' an bowin' to him. If this king
of BiljuIu NEW his own business, he'c
on'y coma out iv tn house wanst u
year an thin he'd have his face yelled.
Instead Nv that he's all over the wur-
ruld. He's in tn rubber business. He's
tn rubber king. If We buy a garden
hose, see that tn name iv Leopold, king
~ Blum is on tn nozzle. He makes
gum shoes, nursin' bottles. rain coats,
combs an teethin' rings. Ivry week
he has to. set down with tn boord "
directors Nv his rubber omp'ny an
nope FIR rain.
He takes his pleasure befure all tn
III wurruld. If We go into a hotel any
&-here in Europe, DOrney says We can
$see him sittin' in a rockin' chair smok-
in a seegar an chattin' with
tn drummers. Who's that o. la-ad
with Tia whiskers?' says Dorney
to tn clerk. That's OF Leopold, king
" Blum says tn clerk. He's our
star bOarder,' he says. Who's that Of
fool cuttin' up with tn chorus girls al
tn mex table, says Dorney to tn
waither at tn RESTRAINT. Its Leopold
king iv Biljum,' says the waither. He's
in here ivry night. l guess his home
life amt very attractive TIL Rng
iv Biljum in his autymobile ran INTO a
milk cart yisterdah on tn b~ullyvard.
says tn pa-Rpers. In tn ~altercStiun
that followed. tn lowly milkman wal
loped his majesty severely. Y y y X Y.
The king iv Biljum wint up in an al:
ship yesterdah an aftherward took
dinner with Santos-Dumont, Col. Tom
Ochiltree, Tod Sloan. an Chansy Deroo
Y X Tn king iv Biljum an n ld-
dymozelle T~oorooro. tn Spanish dar ter
danced 4 fandango at tn Carly d.
Paree las night. His majesty paid r.
all breakage. X Y Y Y Y Ivry afhter-
noon tn king iv Biljum can be seer
on tn bullyvard. Tn statement thai
tn droop in his right eye Is permanent
is not correct. Y X Y X Y IN King II
Blum was seen in a smok1n car II
tn limited thrain yisterdah, in his shlr1
sleeves. playin' siven-up with a lev
frinds Whin tn thrain stopped {!
lunch, his majesty hoped out, ct {
dish iv baked beans, a section iv crap:
ME an a cup iV coffee an had a pleas