The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
His majesty shrek delight boundn firm


an I'm not tn kind that believes in hauntn TIL
American flag in tn faces iv furriners. | will
perform amy kind iv gymnastics that is custom
ary in shown respict f'r his majesty SO long as
| amt asked to do head spin. But there's wan
thing I've worried about This here fellow tells
me | will have to wear dhress suit at wan
o'clock in tn afthernoon. Dye s'pose that's
right? / wondher is that oil man thryin' to kid
me- wisht ye'd go out an see somebody an find
out f'r me- he says. So | wint over to tn Eye
talyan legation an found frind iv mine that I've
been larnin mocheeka. Is this on tn level ?"
says |. 1t is" says Luigi. That's TIL dhrapery
he'll have to hang on hmsilf if he don't expct to
be shot be sinthry at tn gate" But" says l,
he says he'll be ashamed iv himsilf" That's
tn way an American ambassadure ought to feel
in tn prisnce iv king. He'll have to dhress tn
part" says Luigi So we put him in TIL first part
clothes an started him off f'r tn palace. He
come back three times befure he left fr good.
"Ar-re ye sure this is absolutely all right" says
he. It's what ye've got to wear" says I.
"Well," says he "I'll have to take yeer wurrud
fr it, but if yere maxim joke iv me I'll have ye
both coort martialed I never felt so narvous in
me life. Ivry minyut expict some wan to rap
on plate with knife an sind me fr cheese
sandwich" he says.
:" But whin he come back he was changed
man. "Well, Pickles. says l. "Ye'er ixcillincy
Misther Sicrety, if ye Place" says he. "Yeer
ixclincy," says I. How did ye'er ixcillincy like
his majesty" says I. "a wonderful charak-
ter" says he He was settin' on tn throne whin
l entered. I did me respectful crouch as directed,
but | am not as young nor as light as | was an
thin jerry-built clothes iv Felsenthal's didn't
hold. But what threatened to be misfortune at
first turned into piece iv rare good luck. F'r
his majesty give a shrek iv delight an, boundn
firm tn throne, cried Buttons, buttons an
began scoopin up these mimintoes iv me visit.
Firm that on was perfckly at me aise with him,
or as much SO as man can be whin his suspind-
ers has ceased to exercise their functions What
kind iv sublime heyro is he? Very simple, but
very dgnfed. He is small v stature an if hewas
a plibean he might be called a runt, but there is
something so magnificent in his bearin, some
thing so piercin' in his glance, something
jestc in his walk that befure ye have been in his
prisince minyit ye frget his achool measure
mints an wud not be surprised to hear that he is
iliven feet high. His charakter is well displayed
in his face where ye see sojerly ardor in tn low
forehead balanced be dogged conservatism in tn
rethreatn chin. Ye can see at glance that he
was bor-rn to command. Whin he spoke, as he
did sivral times durin' tn day, his penethratin'
falsetto voice made me thremble. All in all, he
is tn abest man far an away that have liver
met. But with it all SO simple an aisy in his
manners. He set next to me at dinner, with his
nurse on tn other side. He showed gr-reat
inthrest in America, asst me was it lake, an
seemed disappointed whin l told him I had no
Indyan blood in me veins. Afther that he was
silent an listened while described tn iniquity
iv the pure food act an told him iv tn health
givin' qualities iv benzoate iv soda i'll tomato
ketchup. Afther we had been at tn table f'r
about two hours. an | was just startin' seeries
iv American anecdotes he suddenly give cry iv