The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-18
PECK'SBADBOY ABROAD
The Bad Boy and His Dad Call on King Edward and
 Almost Settled the Irish Question.

then he came up to us and greeted
 dad as the Iather of the bad boy, and
 patted me on the snouloer ana saia:
 Ana 50 you are the boy that mas made
 more trouUie than any boy in the world,
 and had more run than anyoody, anu
 made them an stand around ana made
 them wonder what was coming next.
 Ivure a wonder. Strange the Ameri-
 can people never tnouAuL or kiiilng
 sou." 1 said yessir. and tried Go iooA
 Innocent, and dnen the king tod dad
 lo sit down, and tor me to come and
 stand by ms knee, and by glnger, When
 ue paLted me on the cheek, and ms
 soft hand squeezed smy hand, and he
 looked into my eyes with the mvse
 winning expression, l did not wonder
 that all the women were in love with
 hlm, and that all Englishmen would
 die for him.
 He asked dad all about America, its
 institutions, the president, and every
 thing. and dad just was so Mustered
 that he couldn't say much, until the king said something about the war be-
 tween the States, in which the south ern states achieved a victory. l don't know whether the king said that just to wake dad up. cause dad had q grand army button on his coat, but 1 dad choked up a little, and then began | to explode. little at time. like bunch of firecrackers, and finally he ! went off all In bunch. Look here, , MT. King, some one has got you all
 balled up about that war. know, be-
 cause I was In 1t, and now the north
 and the south are United, and can
 whip any country that wants to fight
 a champion, and will go out and get i a reputation, by gosh!"
 | The ktp~ lauQhad at touching dad l off, and asked dad what was the mat | ter of America and Great Britian get | ting together and making all nations l know when they had better keep their | p.aces, and quit talking about fighting. 1 Dad said he never would consent to l America and Great Britian getting to- l gether to fight any country until lre- land got justice and was ready to come | into camp on an equality, and the
 king said he would answer for the I Irishmen of Ireland if dad would | pledge the Irishmen of America. cause we had about as many Irishmen in America as he had in Ireland, and dad | said if the king would give Ireland what she asked for, he would see that | the Irishmen of America would sing | God Save the King. l guess dad and | the king would have settled the Irish | question in about fifteen minutes. and | signed a treaty only a servant brought l in a two-quart bottle of champagne. | and dad and the king hadn't drank a quart apiece before dad started to sing My Country Iris of Thee, Sweet Land | of Libertee" and the king sang ''God Save the King" and, by thunder, 1t was the same tune, and tears came in- to dads eyes, and the king took out his handkerchief and wiped his nose. and bellered right out. and the king , rose and offered toast to, America and everybody in 1t, and they swal- lered 1t, and dad said there was enough juice left in the bottle for one more round, and be proposed a toast to all | the people of Great Britian. including ! the Irish, and the king Who loved them, and down she went, And they were | standing mp, And I told dad 1t was time to go.
 Say, 1t was great, Uncle Ezra. and ] ' wish you could have been there. and I there had been another bottle. The only thing that happened to mar the 1 reunion of dad and the king. was when we were going out backwards. Lowing g. | There was a little hassock back of me and kicked it back of dad and when dads heels struck it. he went over | backwards and struck on his golf i pants, and dad said: "El, Emery | Fave broken my blooming back, but | who cares" and when the servants 1 picked dad up and took him out in the 1 hall, and marched us to the entrance | dad got in the cab. gave the grand | hailing sign of distress, started to sing l God save something or other. and went | to sleeu in the cab, and I took him to | the hotel. Yours,
 HENNERY.