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Show M CARRJED POLITENESS TOO FAR. H Act of Courtesy that Lost Lighthouse H Official His Position. H Recently tho Ilrltlsh warship Spar- H row visited tho nntlvo kingdom ol H Tonga, In tho south Pacific, over which H tho Ilrltlsh govemmont exorclcos a H protectorate. Us ruler Is a dusky and H spirited young man who calls himself H King George II. When tho Sparrow H was In tho harbor of tho Tongan cap- H Ital a ball was to havo been given on H board. Dut the electric light failed H and all sorts of expedients wcro rc- H fiortod to for the purposes of tllumlna- H tlon. An obliging customs otllclal ot H high standing removed tho light from Hf cno of tho lighthouses In tho harbor H and took It aboard tho Sparrow. For H this risky pleco ot polltoncss ho wns H dismissed by tho Tongan government. H Tho captain of tho Sparrow Interceded H with King Qcorgo on his bohalf, but H his majesty was lnoxornblo, which In- H dlcatos that ho knows his business. |