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Show The King' White Feather. The Gazette of Moscow says that while the king of Siam was passing through the streets of that city a white feather feJl from the plume of his helmet hel-met and was picked up by the peasant Toukiaaow, who is in the service of M. Koch. Toukianow hastened to restore the. feather to the chief of police. He was greatly surprised wveral days later upon receiving from this official, in the name of his Siamese, majesty, a casket containing a portrait of the king and a massive gold chain decorated with a token of the same metal bearing the arms of Siam in enamel. Toukianow Toukia-now has not yet recovered from this unexpected piece of good fortune. |