According to the Impress correspondent, while His Majesty was driving in the direction of Eger he' overtook an old peasant woman, sniggering along under the weight of a huge bundle of chopped wood. Perceiving the difficulty with which she plodded along, the King had his car stopped, and asked her where she wanted to go. On being told, the King invited her to jump into his motor-car. She, however, seemed to regard the car with suspicion, and said she had never been in such a thing in her life.. " Never mind," said the King, " uow's your chance." But she still objected, and said she was too dirty* to sit among fine gentlemen. The King would have no re- , fusal, and, having overcome her scruples, ; .she climbed into the car, and was whirled to her destination without the least idea who had befriended her. As the King set her down he pressed a gold piece into her hand.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12401, 14 October 1903, Page 1 (Supplement)
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