The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-06-07
EDWARD VII IN EARTHQUAKE.

He Was Hard to Wake and Not
Pleasant to the Walker.
King Edward experience of earth
quakes, although of a restricted char
acter, is sufficiently entertaining to be
placed on record. 1t may be renem-
bered that about Is years ago there
was quite a severe earthquake along
the French and Italian Riviera which
| boWled over a number of badly con-
! structed buildings, knocked others out
of plumb and created a good deal of
alarm. 1T came during the night time
very suddenly, Every room in the
hotel where King Edward, then Prince
Of Wales, was staying groand with it's
walls, creaked with its floors and rat
tied With its furniture, All the dogs
macaw in the managers Office screeched
in it howled together, and the noisy
macaw in the managers office gcreeched
| at the top Of his voice. Then came a
lull, as sudden as the disturbance, and
the smothered sound of many a slip
pered foot and soft, rustling dressing
gowns were heard hurrying along the
corridors and down he marble stairs.
And the Prince? At the first SUCCESS
ton of danger his faithful equerry,
General Sir Stanley Clarke bounded
out of bed, and making his way across
the smoking knocked at the door Of the
Princes bedroom.
Whats the matter?' asked drowsy
voice,
There's an earthquake! Come, sirr
was the souted reply
Then why don't you send it away?"
was the royal answer.
Wont you come outside, sir?"
Outside? No. certainly mott I'm in
bed, Go away!"
The equerry, his duty performed, fol-
lowed the hurrying crowd out into the
open air, under the deep blue sky and
tranquil stars After an hour of this
ueaceful scene alarm died away and
everyone had returned to the hotel to
dress, when the second shock came.
driving them all out again into the gar
den.
The equerry's thoughts again at once
flew to the sleeping Prince The heir ap-
parent to the throne of Great Britain
was, In a measure in his special charge.
How had he acquitted himself of his
sacred stewardship? "A twinge Of con-
science made him feel uncomfortable
as he sat out there in the still garden
on an inverted watering pot, expecting
the tall chlmneys Of the diplomats
house across the square to come top
ping down over him. He had not
aroused the prince at he second shock.
So he got up, returend to the hotel,
and passing through the public rooms
his royal highness was on the ground
floor in a sort Of annex, that pro-
jected into private flower planted
court-reached the Princes door and
knocked There was no response. He
knocked again. Still no answer A
third louder than before-loud enough,
in fact, to arouse all the Seven Sleep
ers But still no answering voice. And
then the horrid truth, sudden as was
the earthquake shock flashed into the
the wretched equerry's mind Some
thing was wrong. Had the prince
persisted? In an instant he had flung
the door open and dashed across the
ante-room. With curtains at the door or
the bed chamber were drawn close to-
gether. With a frenzied hand he seized
them and drew them aprat AS he did
SO something whether an aerolite,
thunderbolt or falling beam ne
knew not--struck him full in the face.
Strange lights danced before his eyes.
His head swan, and In a monentary
faintness he leaned against the door.
But the next moment voice fell on
his ear, grave and repoachful:
Look here Clarke. | won't have any
more of this, and If you don't shut up
making that beastly row and let me go
to sleep. Til shy the other boot at
you. -Marquise de Fontenoy in New
York Tribune.