Show J WORLDS SMALLEST KING Monarch of Burmese State His Pal Palace Palace Palace ace anti and an Curious Curi us Bodyguard When traveling through the Shan Sha states writes a correspondent of the London Standard I had the honor of being presented presente to the smallest king in tho world the te or of or He stood as a nearly nerl as a I 1 could judge about 4 feet fet 9 3 Inches In his curly Burmese slippers and was the te quintessence of ot regal courtesy curtesy His Hi palace was a a thatched hut ut on stilts close clor to the he had several wives who manifested great get curiosity when they tey saw saw their lord in conversation with a white man and his retinue consisted of some twenty men me armed are with th the quaintest collection of old guns that ever cyer came out of ot of a a curiosity shop The little Ute brown brow king held out a a small I I plump hand had for me to shake It I was as asI I soft as a womans He bade me wel welcome welcome welcome come with a smile the most genial I ever saw s and ad begged bege me to accept a cocoanut I knew that It was court eti etiquette et etiquette quette quete to offer ofer a gift gUt in return r tur and I 1 Iwas Iwas was ws embarrassed to think that travel travelIng Ing In light as a I was I had nothing I worthy w rh of or his acceptance I suddenly bethought me of a corkscrew knife hearing bearing hering the name of a well known brand of bottled beer ber which had been given me meas meas meas as an advertisement In Calcutta a fes fe months mont earlier This I presented to him with due cere ceremony cere ceremony mony and he h accepted it I with wih unfeigned delight AH AU his army ar pressed round rund as asI asI asI I opened the blades the corkscrew corkscreW and the hoof hof pick and the headman hea ma beat bat a gong vigorously at a signal sIgal from the te king approval apparently in token of the tho royal royl |