THE KING AND THE NUN.

Lake County Press, Issue 2135, 13 September 1906, Page 2

THE KING AND THE NUN.

A story is going round regarding |I he King's kindness ol heart which ma,' . or may nol . be t n\r. A party |of exiled nuns arrived at Folkestone Iso the story goes, to find that hardly a seal remained in the I rain I hey intended to lake. The only i a uiong t hem nn pia iuieil with the English language went in search of ihe si at ion master, which official. in I'rauce. wears a peaked hat with a vv Ii ii ■■ cover. Nol icing on the plat--11 .mi a man with a whit e ha l , lhe anxious nun approached and asked if an e\i ra carriage could not he aI - t ached to Ihe I rain for I heir accotnodaliou. "The supposed station-masl'v smiled with ready grace and promised thai this should be done, and a mi nui e or two later a first class carriage was at inched to the train. Again !he sister approached to point oul Iha t t hey v. ere only prov idetl w iili t lord class t ickel s. Hut he lepl i.-il v\ 11 hj a -in ile that t his made no difference whatever, and bowing (he ladies politely info the carriage, he rejoined a parly gentlemen standing near by. A few minutes later (he sister was astonished to learn thai the kind "station master " was King Coward of England, travelling' in semi privacy. ~ .' s -» Si . Petersburg is to have a school i i ag rii'til I ure fi ir w omen only "There goes a man who is full of my si ery .'' "Y.m don't say so '" "Yes, he just ate some hash," I n Ihe y ear C.'OO ~ seedsman w hose gardens are near Condon, bought \n\a pound or two a large consignment oi ixia : I. When the plants Dowered he was ainazitl to li m I that s,.\ eral of I hem had pis duccd blooms i of a delicate and brilliant green. Hy j Ihe sale of t his new si or 1> Ihe seeds- j man made several hundred pounds. 'The use of superhea led steam in locomotives does nol entail the mill j lh ml prarl it-nl dillicull ies I hat so | n'4'iii'i ally accompany any iuvi tit ion | or limine ement t hat is inl roduceil | 1,, i inpri i\ e ihe ecu, nnie restil is oh Ia i lied I roiu a loeouiol i'• •■. and . in- | deed. it is probable I hat as exper- j leiic- with it-- application developes. j si ilne ol I. he expenses tha I are incur 1 red in the loc.omol ive ol i o ili\\ will be diminished rather lluin increased.