PRINCELY STORIES.

Temuka Leader, Issue 236, 14 February 1880, Page 2

PRINCELY STORIES.

Tlio London correspondent of the Cincinnati Commycial writes that the Prince of Wales has scored several points in the line of popularity, at which one may he the more satisfied because he never aims at popalariiy. Instead of the rnraonrs of fast flirtation at'ironvilie, or elsewhere, .which, in other summers, have reached the clulis, and percolated among'the people, the gossip this year is all of a healthy, hearty, rustic- kind, such as paterfamilias loves to rehearse to his daughters as proof that the Prince has sown his wild oats, and that the high character of the throne Is safe.. The Prince has been picnicking in Dovm'shire, nd yachting and making himself agreeable fo humble people. On one occasion, while picnicking with aristocratic hosts, it is found that the Cream has be .n left behind ; tea is ready all but that. The Prince espies in the distance another picnicking party, rushes off, and explains ..to the ladies the melancholy condition the,part is in. He cries, We are creamless !” The'ladies' give him plenty of cream, not knowing to whom they were giving it—for the Prince has a taking way among ladies which would avail him were he. only Mi’. A. Edwards. And now behold the Pi ince walking o’er moor and fen, o’er the lonely sands by the wPd sea waves, hearing a jug full of cream without spilling it I This will remain for some future laureate to place among the Idyls of the-—King ?or Emperor ? The other day the Prince concluded he would like to see the interior of Kent’s Hoi* 1 , which is just outsi le the Torquay. Popular 1 tradition says that the cavern’s, name is derived from the circumstance that a dog that went in there once came above ground in Kent county, about 18 miles. But the clerical tradition is that it i» a by-way to an unmentionable place, where the Prince of Darkness f rges fossil remains for sceptics to fling at Moses. The scientific exploration, of this cavern is under the official superintendence of the geoloist Pengelly ; and, it being necessary that a. cave in which human remains are found along with extinct animals, should not be tampered with' by fanatics, care' is taken- that parties shall not be admitted to ths important part of the cave without Pengellypermission. Pengelly isnearly always there, but he happened

to be absent when the Prince called» The prince knew nothing I .' of -the regulations ; he fwalked {.about? tw© miles to the-.Rpotj Jju» found there boy of

sixteen at the door. As he was entering the boy said ; “Yoa can’t go without a'candreY’ ’ f jou'plfi»se give me a candle ?. asked the : Prince,_ “I.am ordered not to'give a'dandle- 'unless Mr TVngelly tells me, and he is away nowl” ,Bo spake theibuy, arid a- •fifebrearhit)^' dragoon could not have,;been a more effectual ‘ guardian t»f tliat Hades." The Prince asked the boy for ali .lit,-lit bis cigar, gave the lad a piece of silver and timdged back again, no-doubt reflecting on definitiph*; '“;:a =; Prince is only the first of subjects,’’-well enough translated in the motto Ich dien. Finally, it ia,„,pjea§ant to know that the Prince of Wales', having sent his sons-pn/a -.voyage: round ;,fhe .world, has gone in His yacht to Copenhagen, no doubt to visit his Wife’s relations..