The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-04-15

ough knowledge of Her Resources
He Was Interested In American
Mules and Epecially I'm Bob-The
Major Well Pleased and Fell In
Love With His Royal Highness.
London, E. c., April IL. 1909.
Correspondence of The Caucasian
Enterprise.
l found that would hev ter make
the acquaintance ov the King by git
tin on the guide side ov a member ov
the English Parliament. / inquired
erround an got the landmarks strate
SO / could corner one ov them an
persuade him ter let me into the big
gest show ov them awl He lives in
the city ov London, out near the edge
ov town. | had awlready gotten a
letter ov Introduction from the Amer
lean Ambassador in London, an so
he couldn't turn me down. l had ter
go ter the home ov the member ov
Parliament, fer he hez no private
offs. / couldn't complane at the way
he received me, an soon we wuz
chattin' like old friends. l guess he
thought my visit wuz a buziness mat
ter from the start, an the English
bout buziness, but slower in gittin'
erround ter hit. But 1 didn't kill
much time. | showed him the letter
had from Preserdent Roosevelt,
written few weeks before he step
ped out ov offs, an then the letter
from the American Ambassador. He
seemed surprized that I wished to,
an rather expeckted ter, make a So
sial call at the Kings palace. But
with the documents I had put at him
he could do nothin' but hand over
any favors in hiz power, an they air
not a few. He limited plainly, how
ever, that Kings air rather hard
worked an that I'd stand in better
if l made only a short stay. Ov
course l didn't hardly expeckt that
the King would ak me ter stay fer
dinner, or, better still, ak me ter
opClu d Will Hill, lCI IL DcL
they hev sum guide hash at the Pal
ace. But they wuz one thing that I
wanted ter do, an that wuZ ter git
the King ter take peep at Bob, an
ride him, too, if he would. But every
plan I thought out seemed ter be a
failure before 1 would fully beside
ter try hit. But they wuz one thing
certain: [ wuZ determined ter bring
Bob up in the tawk somehow an see
if I couldn't find the Kings weak
pints. The English peepul air very
much interested in American corn,
they depend on us fer a considerable
quantity ov each crop named, awlso
cotton, an I felt purity certain that
the King would erbout az lief tawk
erbout mules az anything else with
an old clodhopper like me, fer I
don't know a blasted thing erbout
parliamentary tack-ticks, golf, nor
any ov them other things that Kings
air supposed ter dote on.
The member ov Parliament had de-
sided that Tuesday at IL o'clock
would be guide time ter visit the
King. He sed that would suit him
awl rite an 1 guessed that hit would
suit the King aw1 o. K, fer Monday
iz generally house-cleanin' day an
wash-day at most homes. Then, too,
1 had an idea that If the King spent
much time at church on Sunday he
would feel sorter tagged out on Mon
days. So we finally agreed ter go on
Tuesday at noon.
On Saturday I sent my best suit
of clothes ter a tailor an got hit
cleaned an pressed, an on Monday I
| went into barbershop an got red
hot shave an haircut an primped a
guide deal. If Betsy could hev seed
me she would hev thought that I wuz
plannin' ter run fer County Com
missioner or sumpthin' equally des-
perate, fer 1 don't know when I did
look mussed up az much az I did
then. I felt az nervous az felle1
does when he IL erbout ter be mar
ried, though I knowed that I wuz
not takin' sich a big risk.
Tuesday mornin' at a little after
10 I wuz ringin' the door-bell at the
home ov the member ov Parliament
an wuz soon invited in. I found
that he wuz erbout ready an sooI
we wuz drivin' toward the Palace
'T reckon the King will be 1ookin' fe1
u.s." seZ I.
"Yes," said he, "the matter IL aw
arranged an they won't be any hitcl
nor break" The driver carried US er
long at guide speed an we wuz soo1
in the Palace grounds, though
couldn't see much from a closed car
riage. Purity soon the carriage stop
ped, the door wuz opened by tn
footman, an we wuz at the door O
the ruler ov more people than an
other one ruler in the world. TIL
Palace grounds seemed ter be full o
! servants an I guess they wuz sol
e diers scattered erbout, too, but the
: wuz not visible. But many ov theI
, servants" air simply detectives, al
!. they had both eyes peeled. But, o
course, they did not pay much al
= tention to us fer they understoo
that a member ov Parliament woul
not carary an assassin init th
= grounds ov the Palace. But tai
erbout a fine place! We wuz
u what looked ter be little paradis
&c We marched rite in followin' two a
e tendants, an in a few moments v
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