A PRINCE’S SIXPENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 11455, 24 January 1901, Page 4

A PRINCE’S SIXPENCE.

The Duke of York, according to the ‘Gem,’ has confessed to a friend that in bis school days he was always kept short of The story is given in his own words: “ Once, I well remember, I was walking down Oxford street with one of the staff of my father's household, who was in charge of me, when, seizing a convenient moment, I slipped into a sweetshop and asked for sixpennyworth of some very gaudy-looking sweets loyally named ‘The Prince of Wales’s palatable peardrops.’ Great was the trouble and anxiety of my attendant when he discovered he had last nr; Great was my sorrow when I arrived at Marlborough House and received my reward for disobedience at the hands of the Prince of Wales! Greater still was the- sorrow and disgust of my father when Jte discovered that his ‘hopeful one’ had b>en wilfully encouraging the sale of such ‘ gorgeous poison ’ as the ‘ Prince of Wales]s palatable peardrops.’ Yes, indeed, since then I tave bad many ‘sweets’ in life, but I doubt whether any of them have tasted quite so delicious as the sixpennyworth I bought in Oxford street. ”