joe bundeb

the announcement of

the announcement of a princess, rises suddenly to her feet, and commences an unlimited number of courtesies. She is, indeed, most happy to meet, and have the honor of being fellowvoyager with their royal highnesseswill remember it as being one of the happiest events of her life,and begs to assure them of her high esteem. The corpulent lady gives her a delicate card, on which is described the crown of poland, and beneath, in exact letters, the prince and princess grouski. The prince affects not to understand english, which lady swiggs regrets exceedingly, inasmuch as it deprives her of an interesting conversation with a person of royal blood. The card she places carefully between the