Iron County Record | 1922-02-03 | Page 3 | Good Joke on Danish King

GOOD JOKE ON DANISH KING , a) . H Monarch Jumped Too Quickly to Con- B elusion That Eskimo Was B Actuated by Loyalty. .I B An umublug story of tho king of M Denmark's recent visit to Greenland M was recently told by M. Aaganrd of the M Danish legation, to members of tin M Dunlsh club lu London. ' M 'As tlio royal yacht wns nppronchlng-. B Greenland a dark speck beenmo visible- " on the open sen. It proved to be a M solitary Eskimo In his little caynk. H (nallve canoe). The Eskimo came' oti M board and his loyalty In having braved1 M the perils of the sea lu bucIi a fmlf craft assured him the warmest of wcl- M comes. The king presented him with1 M a cigar ami, what tho Eskimos most M highly prize, a rllle. J H On landing, tlie king described tlio H Incident to the Danish commissioner H lu Greenland ami asked him who tho H man M The commissioner, lu accents of hor- H ror, replied: "The man's mi escaped H convict. He broko prison yesterday,' H stole a canoe and put to sen, Wo H thought he had been drowned." H