Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-18
PRINCE TRUSTED SUM
Of MONEY TO DROVER
Incident Told of Ruler of
Montenegro Shows Honesty
of People of Section.
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.

LONDON, September 8. 1910.
Nicholas of Montenegro. who has just
celebrated the golden jubilee Of his SOW
ereignty by creating himself king. is in
many respects one of the most remark
able men Of remarkable race. 1t is
safe to say that the old axiom uneasy
lies the head that wears a crown will
not apply to him, for no monarch is so
thoroughly father of his people," and
zone of u.s." as the ruler of the new king
dom of Montenegro.
Many are the tales that have been told
is thoroughly characteristic and con-
sistent.
A few years ago he was cooling himself
during the dogdays in little summer
palace a short distance out of his village
capital Of Cettinje. His holiday humor
was worried by business ahead. There he
was reclining and smoking a cigarette of
rejecting that he'd need to shake himself
up and ride into Cettinje that afternoon.
The fact was that, like most monarchs
every now and again, he was occasionally
hard up, and to meet his latest con-
tingencies of the kind had borrowed a
promise to repay 1t by a certain date.
had now come round, and Nicholas was
ever a man of his word.
Calls to Peasant.
However, just as he had regretfully got
up from his chair preparatory to starting
for the bank, peasant passed under the
balcony. Hello, friend. good day." shout
ed down the prince genially. Are you
going to the fair of Cettinje?" he in
quired, seeing that the man was driving a
few head of cattle before him. Yes.
highness." replied the drover. looking up
little Journey" said Prince Nicholas"
Take charge Of this, will you," and he
dropped bag of money over the balcony.
Take it In to the manager Of the bank -
The drover caught the money bag as it
fell, slowed it in one OF his immense
pockets, saluted again, and tramped for
ward stolidly with it and his few head
of stock.
A couple of hours afterward a travel
ing Englisman seated in the bank at Get
TIME chatting with the manager saw the
door open and a sheepskin-coated peas
ant enter. He walked over to the counter,
dumped a. fat bag of money down in
front of the manager and said: My prince
babe me bring this to you from him"
saluted again and walked off about his
own business. And while the bank man
ager tumbled out the contents of the
money bag to count them over TRANQUILITY
the Englishman, aghast with amaZement,
said: Dye mean to say that Prince
Nicholas intrusted this great sum of
money to yonder peasant" why, man,
he'd have been as safe in doing so if it
had been diamonds" said the manager.
All Honest and Brave.
1t may be the eighth wonder of the
world, but the Montenegrins really are
all honest and brave and courteous. So
outstanding is this national record amid
the Balkan states, whose other peoples
furnish such a percentage of brigands,
that Montenegros hereditary enemy. the
Turk. will retain the services Of q Mon
tenegrin in preference to any other
Waterman and bodyguard if he have any
thing valuable enough to tempt his neigh
bors to robbery and murder. AS his best
chance of security against such fate
the Turk will make such sacrifice to
retain the Montenegrin as actually to
plank down his salary with a tolerable
regularity.