The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-02-10

]. "Re'er ixciilincy. Misther Sicrety.
II ye Place avs he "Yeer fxcii1in-
like his majesty" says l. "A WON
dherful c~harakter," says he. He was
Settin' on tn throne whin I entered.
] did me respectful crouch as directed.
but l am not as young nor as light as
l was an thin jerry-built clothes iy
Felsenthal's didn't hold. But what
threatened TO be a misfortune at first
turned into a piece Nv rare good luck
Fr his majesty give a shrek iy delight
an, firm tn throne, cried,
Buttons, buttons an began scoopin'
up these mifnintoes iv me visit. Firm
that on | was perfickly at me aise
with him. or as much SO as man can
be whin his suspinders has ceased to
exercise their functions. What XII
Nv a sublime heyTo is he? Very SIM
pie, but very dignifed. He is small
iv stature an if he was a plibean he |
might be called a runt, but there is
something SO magnificent in his bear |
in, something SO piercin' in his glance,
something SO majestic in his walk, |
that befure We lave been in his priS-
ince a minyit ye f'rget his achooi
measurements an wud not be sur
prised to near that he is iiiven feet
high. His charakter is well displayed
IN his face, where ye see Sojerly ardor
IN tn low forehead balanced pc dog
ged conservatism in tn rethreatin'
chin Ye can see at a glance that he
was BORN to command. When h
spoke, as he did sivral times durin'
tn day, his penethratin' falsetto voice
made me thrembie. All mall, he is
tn ab3eSt mar far an away that I
have liver met. But with it ali sc. sim
pie an aisy in his He set
next to me AT dinner, with his nurse
on tn other side. He showed great
lnthrest in America, asst me was it a
lake, an seemed disappointed whin
l told him l had no 1ndyan blood in
me veins. Afther that he was silent
an istened while / described TIA mi
guilty IL the pure food act an told him
iv tn health givin' qualities iv ben
. zoate iv sod in tomato ketchup. Al
Their we had been at tn table fr
= about two hours an | was just staTtin'
; a seeries iy American anecdotes he
; suddenly give a cry iv o, my Lord.
, dashed his hand again his forehead
! an run Ereamin firm tn room. ]
Z presome something I had. said had
!. suggested a solution some gr-rea,
QUESTION iv state an he hurried tG
. put tn idee in writin' while it was
still fresh Anyhow I waited till 2
: quarthcr to swim fr him to come
y down, an thin accepted an Invitation
tn ginral iv tn army to go out an
y take a stroll in tn air.
VI Yes, sir, C-narleymange tn
i 1 Il aAI AA SO 0o ~ q
: p'haps tn greatest iv tn
S present cera. Ye know what a rug
IS ged Dinmycrat [ nave always beer
a 1 have ROW changed me creed. A
&c tn pote says, I was nat'ralized in OIL
Wisconsin, an fr'In her rugged breas
50 sucked in tn tyrant hatin' milk tina
n wiz not let me rest. But seine
seem Charieymagne | view monarch
le in a diffrent light. Much may u
er said in their favor. II tn arnychist
go to attackin' tn pickle business j
to America l would not be surprised
it Wud become nicisSary for all iv GU
l. class to get together an choose .
king. Whin that day comes [ Gu
iy wish fr no better fate fr u counthr
thin to be ruled oyer by the gres
a parsonage who this very day, just {
IS the clock sthruclk two. passed til
s. butther to me In his " auSu:
to hands, he says.
:" $50 We see he amt Eluch in1prisse
/. be it all. He's on'y stunned AS {
n. me, ali this flumnnery @earies me.
Al wud be very honesick but FIR tt
FIR kindness iv her rile highness t
n Princess Hilgarde Sophy Annamarie
IN who is larnin the Vicksburg lope. Fl.
de me. AS We know she is the mo
beautiful woman in Europe. Her ha
r. is light sandy in color, an althoug
short, like the rest Of her family, ST
X is SO gracefully proportional that I
TO wan wud SUSPECT her weight to
We two pounds Gr-reat viva
ity is lent to her face by her eye
at which ARE slightly crossed. She h;
TO the simplest possible, b
IN there is some thing about her, ] car
Ia say just what, but an ondefnab
" something. that marks her as iy Il
~ blood. She threated me at wanst
w an akl when She harmed that / a
as descended firm Hugh O'Rourke
me mothers side an Gao wear t
ut. title iy earl if I wanted to. But if
I'VE piece comes oat in the pa-apers sayi
,ck that there is annything serious b
tween us piaze deny it. We ARE III
IAN ! good frinds, nawthin' more. I W
go write more anon. In tn manetin
fr Cher Miguel, with renewed assn
tn anceS iy me most distinguished co
ind -sidheration believe ne.
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