TUB PRINCE AND THE ACTRESS.

Bruce Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 1735, 26 March 1886, Page 5

TUB PRINCE AND THE ACTRESS.

A Fiji Prince has made a splendid offer to an English actress, who, strange to say, will have none of it. He trying to think out why. Having travelled far from home, he dropped into the theatre where the lady was playing, and it was a case of Pendennis and the Fotheringay over again. The enamoured monarch besought an introduction, and, that accomplished, explained to the actress that she could be his. These comparatively uncivilised kings hate to make themselves cheap. But the lady said it was out of the question. This put His Majesty in an unaccustomed position; for, whichever way you put it, it certainly looked as if she had refused him. He went to the theatre again to have another look at her, and left it feeling more enamoured than ever. What could be her reason for saying him nay ? Love shed a light on it. It must be because of those other wives. Now that he thought of it, English maidens had curious ideas on the subject of marriage. They considered that they should have a husband each. Joyfully went the King to the actress, and explained that he had forgotten his four other wives. But they would not stand in the way. Let her say the word, and he would have them strangled. Still she denied him ; and he has returned home thinking that of all the unaccountable people the Eugliah are the strangest.