| Show r H S O F EMPIRE Ul I Laughable Token Taken Fro From Mr tho Folk of o Inland lalAnd ri 2 the tho Great Grent Quoon o Fino Fing King In Ott HOI 5 the tho Morine Lud Loti the to Mr Thomson the Ille governor or of prison In lilt huts new hook book eland tells ft a InO moat t dl story or of his hi visit to one ut of our which lIell Iles lOO n r r rth th ut of New eW In l 1900 OO ht hi was to 10 n over till the Island and more It wu annexed 1 to m New 1 Ii by Lord The fhe people c fund ha nt to Queen Victoria tho thoy mailed herand her hor to Ind the powerful thug or It I thin to unfurl In III this island of In order that title this weak lit at ours might ht bo be strong or of Queen wits IM very ery quake they rhey her herthe the 8 th the whose house hou e was built upon tbs Ibe coral strand ot of i Loudon the hind lug place where hue lint were unit stern tel In rows rillY her doors f lio revel their letters with her own and hUll ban lire lIev n to lilt all before Ir ier On tine the flour nuts while she gave ga Ye than nw alle for the tho brown folks In till tar Mr 1 Ir pIu m a 11 ut at savage ls II land on on beard II 1 S and pent ent word to Bing I Early In life lIc morning persons rei that men Inen were erecting awnings an the green before bo be toro fore the tho school house that Illat the head headmen men ot of had nil arrived not Ant that his hi majesty ltv wan being helped Into till his Tun 1111 wu toe tle 1111 on the stroke or of the hour hoar Capt eu hill hili with the portrait or of thin tho queen sent ent torn Windsor or its a present to tho keg Hut the keg was late hate One said he was waR In new 1101 uniform Imported for tor him by Jy that he seas taking oft orr the royal trous ore en III at the tho behest Lelle t of 1 a teAcher who 1110 asserted tint trousers were no trappings for ter nn an Interview with queens commissioner At last tilE the tl royal ot procession precession campIn camp In sight eight and Mr Alt Thomson 1 is not nol like likely ly Iy to forget forlet n a lese lesH royal roal affair could not be oll It was wn head edby by II a dozen men in slop atop clothes nail hilly cock 11 hats yet let at rakish They oil all married and pa paddle clUbs lit IIi either hand and anil rabble brought up the r rear ar arI I In the tho middle ot of this grotesque body lOu lOuard Bard ard walked the king nail queen both loth lothIn Inn In petticoats oat os na befits the sex to which they belonged ll for tor It the tho hutch was waR wasa II a young woman time tho keg ryas assuredly on an one olle To their Milted ages of ninety tour his hili majesty contributed The queen wore n a ot at roses lie he the Iho soldiers helmet with th the cocks plume which was Willi nil all that the Samoan would leave him ot of hi his military uniform and from Irom which hI ha refused to be although It assorted ill 11 with this IIII After much talking time the treaty was signed In the school house upon the tho schoolmasters standing r three separate were dl dispatched to bring talc pens Ilen and blotting paper At tone one end of the room n a troop ot of children were noisily near by a 6 woman Was 11 1 On 1111 the floor placidly suckling her baby The next nellt thing tuns to put up 1111 n a staff to toy lIy the tho hung This was wall to bo be the work of nf the But Butas as soon DB as th the people understood their purpose the crowbars and shoe eta els Vero from the honl hands of the and the na natives lives thorn selves with shouts ot of laughter fell to Il a will upon the grave of oC their In independence dependence The loth toe to ol flit OR as rOT foremen mEn of works wore Were I I e lion w some om b by WhA t they tIley felt to lobe a 0 drench or fell uon upon the with their paddle clubs nail 11 eve vo them Ihm h hnot not bet o the tho relations had been established between the thc natives II and nIt their A little later the tho kin king and rc reo turned the nett of Dt Queen Quen su I 1 he captain of nt il II h I sent III his Ilal for tor them Ad 11 went well until sh she neared the ship and then the queen lifter after n 0 hl consultation with her consort began to 10 lake ort oft her hunts ThIs hI her fag Ing still In lon long after till the boat hont to was Wall thin Iho gangway tacos Lt be begun I JAn gun to peen curiously ly over Oer the stile hut but the nt at the root loot of the tin nn admirable and flud ben her majesty had till up ih his SPI In h her r stockings II he F tollow d t he carrying till RM 85 Ir If they Y of Aire to lu tilt the sup or of his hill II wit who Vero Mil drawn VII up to 10 receive the royal pert purt It 11 ws the roem of at thus shut which Impressed the Ihl Icing mUlti mostly Ds tJ by tilt brass brill off ot the e stove he It to 10 lie bet the e facet ht hiI hind ever lIer seen ln It was Willi In hr for the interpreter to explain the Ih neat ot of the rump It WR tYas IIII see aee thAt fOI ut It the captain chose fur fir ot of his own to 10 11 lb about aboul its u uses p ht he rOil was too In III Inthe the croft craft ot of the to lic be taken Int In let fruit I hinted 1 to lu III 1115 kind Ihal 1181 It WR was liras lime to lake Ia leave the king n 0 dollar train flom hili Ii Is an h his Iho r ot It thing 1 the for tile the pleasant entertainment II hit had oIl ed and Ilse had 1 the grant lit I 11 t h that such an net nc t would rn old bt be contrary to 10 the c of cu custom tolO tolONo No wonder h are popular Mr Ir on declarer hunt hat It he were set lIet the tn task k of at wInning III the of nail hostile natives hI he rould l ask ul fur for an escort coll or of the potty that hat came cume cameto to lime tho work done 11 I Here is II II a cha story ot of they Won Von Returning a late Inte III ho the 1118 0 we 10 sounds ot of merry t tn In this the village and found the whole population sitting convulsed with at nn 1111 entertainment provided IJ by their visit J lt or ore It the shore returning to their boat bont and n a band of at urchins catch with oranges and seized 11 upon the for teaching the new subjects the h national game With sticks for wickets and cocoanut bulls for or hunts they soon hull hind the game going awl amt when we came liP up n a bO bOor boy boynt or nt eight Was to 11 bearded en engino gino room who wa teas going through the amt unties cs ot of down cricket to the huge delight of the onlookers The boys bos 1 positively o w wept pt when the Iho boot came to carry a away their now found friends Th The king of th the on muco co told Mr Thomson 1 that It wa woe because the 1 Joke with the lire I that they warn oro ch good friends ll and he told him this story In Illus iliUM trepan A French arrived In one of the 1 Islands IA lII ports porIA at the wh when n U 11 M t S was there ther anti the natives wondered which ot of III the two Iwo he be time the to acknowledge I Itself t to lie be the Inferior ot of III the oth other r flue l l captain went nut first to see the French ship and so the natives Ful sold Sec Hee the roan mall huts his they did not speak hue all on the next iny I colliers landed ll and ol 01 oleo eo 10 one i marine ho used to carry arry the letters to The Ir French 1101 soldiers 1111 ilia marched proudly to In hues or of tutu anti and the Ihl natives thought till the I marine he be who when he met t them was their surprise to IP see the marine for or the French soldiers soldier and when they came n up to 10 him rte he put himself lt nt their bend marched so 80 bravely In his red coat that the Ton galls cried out ID n king I approach IIII hug us 1111 with his bodyguard The face ot of the French was not good to look upon Iron for when he call 1 upon his hili men to stamp tomp thus I anti let the marine go o on he nIPo stumped the ground and abon wn they tho gel forward to pas him the he quickened his stills kept with them nR na It if ho he was Icel r feu 1 their leader l Nor woe Willi It better they Pl passed the I even on tM the Ton Tongan un uns s sentry dissolve In laughter for tor the I h saved n as It if ho he was wall too ex nUNI to 10 1 his friends friend I save for tor n 5 sign that he made modI to them with one n Sn fo they lh y on to tn the hoot hont The rumor ot nt this was IM carried throughout Tonga anti the people thought ht more of nf huts that U ot of the lute French admiral and nil IIII his men I |
