A Ball-room Incident.
— — • — At the last Mat; bail at H, Peter?burgh the X ingress honored a youny oih'eer by allowing him to wahz wi h hw the jffiit'eman was ivput<d a lain v i*ncer, but somehow, on this ooea*ioi> his . k kill seemed to have deserted him I'he Linpress and he fell heavily to th floor i herenpen the Emperor ran aim the room and anxiously inquired fn>!> his. wife, who had risen, whether »h was hurt. Th» Empress repliel th shu had not suffered, bus tock the xmi of her Lusband, Bnd went for a tinve t the ictiriug room allotted to her. He<m. while the cLagrin of the unhappy officei was visible to all the guests. By and bj the Empress retarned, and seeing the distress of her late partner, went to him and insisted on his d .ncing another waltz with her. 'Ihis time ihere was no ncciiient, and the unlucky incident was forgotten m the gracious kindness oi the Czarina .
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 203, 3 August 1883, Page 3
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164A Ball-room Incident. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 203, 3 August 1883, Page 3
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