Show TO ito A kl eing KING G 1 I i 17 tf 1 1 1 i AV 1 henry ward wari beecher in a late number of the N Y independent relates in the following characteristic manner the particular il of a si visit which he made to the king of belgium I 1 I 1 when I 1 was in ghent al at the request of t the be american minister I 1 consented in the hope lope ot ut doing soine good to our country to call on the kw kig of belgium it would woula not do to go without some prepa preparation ratio n As to borrowing a court suit I 1 would not but idid edid I 1 did consent to get a white v oat vat st and I 1 did consent to get some white gloves and I 1 did consent to get a stiff hat when I 1 had got myself arran arian arranged ged for going to court in a manner unlike that to which I 1 had been accustomed I 1 pr procured procured cured A a splendid bendid carri carnage agit and started stir ted aa As I 1 rode 1 through the streets all the boys 1 aked at I 1 me and I 1 felt very much like a fool going to court ahi ani aa as I 1 came to the kings kinga residence I 1 thought that the soldiers knew that I 1 was dress d up for the first lime time in my life in such things which thich sas was waa the fact ml I 1 did not know what to pay to the servitors at the top of the stairs ste tir but I 1 made my roy way along somehow and ahey conducted me through the hall ball and whisked ahl Ahi me at once before the king ile he la Is a ven rabla rabia rable rabie personage ile he i speaks the t i english language he H e is the mentor he is the thil arviso of E H fobean monarch monarchs if it you were to bee aee him bim dres dreamed ed in ordinary clothes clothe ayou you would lank lunk hink tank him a plain amen ameri can clien bau bat he was waa dressed from the crowd of big bis bead to the sole ot of alla tek tet t et vv all ail borts sorts of beautiful thin things gs anti and ornaments ile he walked toward me in a very stately mann nr r with his sword rattling on the floor door by h hs s side and I 1 wa ked toward him in the bacsi way I 1 c could ile he bowed and I 1 bowed we IVA walked together and I 1 called him sir all through ab and baida saida a good many things that I 1 shaul not have said I 1 icord not nov beet jt out of my bead that I 1 was not afraid of the king antl anil that I 1 was afraid of dong something some tUng disreputable I 1 wanted to observe court forma forms but the very desire to do so rendered the thing impossible I 1 saw that lie he knew it for he smiled benignantly and seemed to have a father fatherly lv consideration tor me finally in leaving the tha room I 1 ought to have backed tacked out I 1 did go backward for two or three steps bu bue bus then I 1 turned and whisked through h the door face foremost |