Show CARRIED politeness TOO FAR jact act of courtesy that lost lighthouse official his position recently the british warship Nar ship sparrow visited the native kingdom ol 01 tonga in the south pacific over which tho the british government exercises a protectorate its ruler is a dusky dusk yand and spirited epi young man who calls himself king george 11 when the sparrow was in the harbor of the tongan capital a ball was to have been given on board but the electric light failed and all sorts of expedients were re to for the purposes of illumination an obliging customs official of high standing removed the light from one no of the lighthouses in the harbor ind nd took it aboard the sparrow for ahls to risky piece of politeness he was ismiE sed by the tongan government he captain of the sparrow interceded with king george on his behalf but eulth his majesty was inexorable which in that ho he knows his business |