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Show PERSONATED A KINO, " B A runny Incident tn tha Career cf Scm W m- Itt Couseestamnn Darneis. Aa ( "Tbo late Congressman Uurnee," raid well known pollUdnn to a Kansas City (Ma) Journal reporter, "was a wholo-souled gen- tlemon, and no ono onjoyod a joke bottar than be. Ono InaUnoo of this waa hn- H pressed upon my momory. Bomo years H oxo, yo will remember, King Kalakaia ot H the Bandwteh Islands made a tour of Ibis H country. Uscamo down from Omaha, to aH Kansas City, and at Ht. Joaoph tho party H was Jotnod by Congrssaman Barnos, for H whom tha forslgn nvin-rch at onoe eon clveds strong ndmlrsUon, both 00 aoeoent - iJH of hie elao anil jovial auallile. AS,Knaaa .., , lH City King Kalskaus was bookaxl for a. t H ipssoh, and a vory brlof but exoollenl ono H hid boea prepared. An unforoseen obeta- H dstocomplUneowlththlaprogrammaaroae, H however. As every ona knows, the dark- H aktnnod potenteto la addicted to tho variety H ot cup that cheera and also lnobrlatos,asd H the) result on this occasion was that wbon -J the time arrived to prepare for tho Kansas , - H City speech hia highness was oblivious to H all mundane affairs, and lay In hla berth as H drank as tbe proverbial apoclmon ot no- H blllty. m "What was tobedonel It wouldn't do H not to mako tho speech, and tho royal party H were at their wits' end. Hutatthis Juncture H Congreasman Burnca eamo to tbo rescuo. H " 'I-avo It to me,' aald he, and I'll fix It ; jWM only do Just aa lull you.' 1 "Thero was no time to bo lost, so by H Colonel Burnos' Instructions Kalakaua.waa H quickly divested ot hla royal ooetume, B waloh was promptly donned by tho Us Mia- H aourl repreaonUtlve. Colonel Burnea was flH of dark complexion quite ao and bo dUn't H make a half -bid Bandwlch Islandor wnen H be stood arrayed In all the regal parapher flH nails. Juat aa the toilet waa complotnl tho train rolled into the Union depot at Kansas B City. It waa quite dark, but thorowasan tmmenso crowd ot people who bad oteom- H bled to aco tho island monarch. When Colonel Burnos stepped with aUtely tread H on tbo rear platform of tho Pullman tbo crowd ouUldoclioered lustily. Tbo Colonel catt a fierce look at tho mullltudo and then oommoncod to utter tho moit remarksblo H string of Jargon 1 ovci heard. I-tught Wo H all laughed until wo wero almost dead, b it 'rH Colonel Burnca remained na eolcmn as an 9! owl. Tho speech toolt Immensely, and when H wlthadlgntfled wavi oft 10 band tho Colonel H ceased, hla audience cheered him tothoocho H I and gazed with admiration at tho manly H proportions of tho auppoaed King. hH "In majeatlo allenco Colonel Burnea stood H until a moment or two later tho train flH pulled out, and I surpoie tbero are pooplo H hereto this day who txvdova thoy hoard H King Cilak.ua talk In hit own lotiguage. H I'll covor forget," continued the gentleman, H "Colonel Burnea' nppaarnnco on that 00- easlon, and I can so hlia now, when, sftar re-enUrlng the car and sitting in solemn ulenco for a moment, he turned to his H tsughlng friends and said I 'Boys, don't H iou think after that I'm ejatttis-.tp.p, 9H lrl"Vrrf.i. , , ,li,.nr'- " H |