SEEING THE KING.
"You shall see the King of England," rashly promised a missionary in China before he and his family started home on furlough. How excited the children were, and how greatly worried was their rash father when he reached England and found out how hard it would he to keep his word! "You promised, Daddy," was all the children would say, looking at him with trustful eyes. So, driven into a corner, the missionary at last went to the Palace and spoke to the Lord Chamberlain. "Could he say just when the King would next be driving out of the gate? They would all be there to wave and look. They came from far-away China." A very kind letter was received by the missionary a day or two after his call, asking him to bring his little flock to the Palace at a time when they would be able to see the King. The party called at the appointed time, and in a fine room they waited. By and by King George came in, and chatted with them all with the greatest simplicity, interest and kindness. They have a memory for a lifetime.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 134, 8 June 1932, Page 16
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