Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-22

it worked. The future king had a carpenter
shop, in which he used a set of tools
marked with his name. He had a little
museum, where he kept botanical spect-
mems, butterflies, stuffed birds and stones.
He had also a boat to sail at low tide.
Shows were held at the palace for the chill
dren and at one time Tom Thumb came
and performed for them and the queen. He
danced the hornpipe and sang American
songs, the little prince of Wales watching
him, seated in his favorite oaken chair.
Now and then Prince Edward went out
to see the ships, and when he arrived at
the age of 6. he was made a midshipman
and a uniform was given him. He appeared
in his new suit before the officers and sail
ors and then began TO play about the
deck. The suit was of white duck and it
soon became sOiled. This was Saturday
night, and the captain of the ship knew
that the queen expected the little prince to
wear his white suit at muster the next
morning and that he had no other, at least
so Prince Edward told him. The captain
solved the question by putting Prince Ed
ward to bed and washing the suit himself.
He dried them by the fire and then sat on
them to iron them, so that his future
majesty came to muster in proper attire.
King Edward had his first pants on his
9th birthday. The cloth was very light
and fine, the jacket being of a bright blue,
lined with silk. The trousers were of the
same color, made plain with plated fronts.
He had also a white satin waist cloth AMI
later on a Highland suit of plaid.
The prince was early taught to ride and
had almost as many accidents as other
boys. A visitor to Windsor castle when ~
was 8 years old says that Edward had
then disfgured his face by falling on an
iron-barred gate. In the fall he BACKED
the bridge of his nose and both of his eyes,
but luckily broke no bones.
His Fight with IA Fisher Boy.
He was a boy of spirit and 1t is related
that once when he was running about on
the beach at Osborne he noticed a lad pick
ing up clans The lad had his basket al
ready full, but Prince Edward in looking
at it accidently kicked it over, thereupon
the fsherboy grew angry and gave the
young prince a kick. The prince, although
he was not so large as his opponent, went
for him with his fists and in a moment the
two had clinched and were rolling over and
over. The prince was getting the better
of the fight when the gardener came up and
separated the combatants. Prince Albert,
Queen VictOria's husband, had seen the
fight afar off, but he did not interfere.
When the future king was brought to him
he reprimanded him for having meddled
with the lads basket and thereupon, so
the story goes, Prince Edward took some
of his own pocket money and gave 1t to
the isherbOy.
A somewhat similar incident Of paying
money for trespassing is told in connec-
ton with the prince of Wales "hen he was
a little older, 1t was while he was doing
his first hunting not far from Windsor
castle. He and a number Of ether BOYS
were riding across the country and they
got into the estate Of a farmer named
Hedges. Hedges objected to anyone com
ing onto his fields. He penned the bows
in and demanded a fine Of a sovereign for
damages before he would let them out. One
of the boys told him that he was detain-
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