The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-05

vantage ~ one that did not seem ~ good
Il wa now SIS and In 1--WE minutes thu
proclamation would DO made.
The quiet. imposing London policemen
| powerful, good natured. sure Of them
selves, walked about with a word now and
then To prevent entertainments on for
hidden space. but the crowd Wns not any
thing like ~ dense N a similar attraction
! would have caleed IN New YORK.
Al last trumpetsrs fAniared. . cannon
bOoined. the first q forty eight TO tell the
! age Of Oeorge, and the little old man said
There they har, sir. SEQ emp
! confessed | could not until he lBdi-
Gated the hack yard wall Of MARLBOROUGH
House. and pulling out . pair Of opera
glasses | did So what might have been
syrinEa bushes. but which he said were
the King. the Duke Of Norfolk and others,
Then | was impressed. ! had never
seen a real King before and found that
/ was really impressed. I've known
Napoleons % finance. one % them va
my Sunday school superintendent In
Brooklyn before they took him 20 Sing
Sing su; n real bona 6ds King had
never seen before. and ~ I looked ct hia
dim outlines that seemed 20 have pretty
blossoms and leaves On them. aalf he were
decorated with garlanda. wished him
every kind Of luck.
May you he one-tenth a. popular a.
your father. wished with al sincerity.
and may your reign bring NJ nearer the
time Of universal peace
| | heard distant oheera. but none in
front Of the King. which thought
strange. and then a hand around the COR
ner played God Save the King and We
all took on our hats all except a swarthy
man who looked like an Fast Indian and
whose derby remained on his bead. Per-
hapa Il was his way Of showing respect.
! | suddenly realized that however many
times that old tune might be played In
honor Of George V. had heard the ahso-
lutely initial performance. bad also
seen bis Gracious Majesty and the Duke
OF Norfolk. the proudest peer In Great
Britain, and while wondered why they
chose the back yard for the ceremony. the
simplicity Of Il appealed TO me nightly
There for any one 20 So who could squeeze
into the narrow alleyway had stood the
royal personages among the ayrinRaA
l was convinced that the syrinRaa were
symhOhcal Of something. had heard
the tune played that We claim - our
national anthem and Il had served 20
stamp George with kinGship. | was In
luck.
The old man was not quite through,
however He pointed out two or three
children in a closed carriage driving
rapidly by.
There's the Kings children. sir.
They've been tyking them bout Of the
wy. sir. And 'ere's the new fountain
that the lyte King Heiward was 20 have
unvyled In memory Of his mother, air
He paused and added. ''E'll never do
IL now. sir"
felt that he had earned his shilling
when he left me and realized how much
he had shown me and felt that had been
sinRuarly lucky IN having run across him
Il seemed that In a way knew George V
had helped 10 make him King by doiiing
my hat when the hand played the tune
had been brought up on.
But when. nearly famished. ] devOursd
my breakfast and a copy Of the Telegraph
az the same time. learned that the King
would not take suy part In the ceremony.
and then began to doubt the sincerity
Of the old man.
II was syrinRns after an II was Clearly
another case Of Canada and the wrong
boundary line My emotions had been
quite correct. but they had been ma
directed
sun did hear the first playing Of God
save the King for George V. They
can't take that away from me
An hour or 10 later saw the sol
diers and trumpeters returning along
the Strand after their extended work Of
proolaiming in different parts Of the city
Not only that. but the Duke Of Norfolk
went by me He was Ia a closed carriage
and a woman put mp her umbrella just
m time 10 prevent my seeing him. but I
know he Was there aud Il did me just a.
much good
My grandchildren will often hear the
story Of How a Syringa Bush Became
hing
BY the way, do syringas blossom In
May And do they have syringas IN
England
Later 1t will not Ia without interest
10 report a conversation overheard
later in the day between three or four
English gentlemen at a club. a. showing
how much importance they attach 20
Said one:
1 saw q lot d trumpetsrs and tho |
Horse Guards riding about this mornlnR
What Rad they been doing7-
4 don't know said another.
1 think they were prOclairninR IN.
Kings death And the poor King dead
two days'
-weren't they proclaiming George
King said another
4 don't know Beefeatsrs are eli vary
well ia the Tower. hat don't fancy th.T /
in the streets Mummsry. hummeryl-
so there are others who fail 10 net
thrilled.
CHARLEs BArTELL LOOMS
peer 20 Ne Imported Prom New Zealand.
VaHcoursr oorrsspoHdsRss Portland Ore