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Show B CARRIED POLITENESS TOO FAR. J 1 Act of Courtesy that Lost Lighthouse BBBJ q Official His Position. BBBJ i! Recently tho British warship Spar- J row vlsltod tho natlvo kingdom ol J Tonga, in tho south Pacific, over which J i tho Ilrltlsh government exorcises a J protcotorato. Its ruler Is n dusky and J spirited young man who calls himself J ( King Gourgo II. When thu Sparrow I was In tho harbor of tho Tongnn cap- HBBE Itiil a ball was to lmvo been glvon on J board, But the electric light falle-.' BBBJ and all Borts of expedients wcro re- j I sorted to for the purposes of lllumlnn- Jj ' tlon. An obliging customs ofilclal of BBBj high ntntiding removed tho light from BBJv ono of tho Ilghthousos In tho harbor BBBp and took It aboard tho Sparrow. For j' tills risky pleco of politeness ho was BBB dismissed by tho Tnngan government. BBB Tito captain of tho Kpnrrow Interceded BBB with King Cicurgo on his behalf, but BBB his majesty was Inexorable, which In- BBB dlcatoa that he knows his business. |