. The chatterbox book of soldiers and sailors . THE ANSWER /^ANE day Louis XIV of France made a false^^-^ move on the chess board. Greatly to hischagrin he lost the game. It was because yourMajesty made that false move, said his opponent,De Guise, wishing to appease the king. I nevermake false moves. Monsieur, said the king haugh-tily. He looked around at the courtiers, whowere silent, as if they agreed with him. As he wasspeaking the Duke of Bourbon came into the king appealed to him. Your Majesty mustbe wrong, said Bourbon calmly. Why, Mon-sieur ? asked the astonished king. Because,
. The chatterbox book of soldiers and sailors . THE ANSWER /^ANE day Louis XIV of France made a false^^-^ move on the chess board. Greatly to hischagrin he lost the game. It was because yourMajesty made that false move, said his opponent,De Guise, wishing to appease the king. I nevermake false moves. Monsieur, said the king haugh-tily. He looked around at the courtiers, whowere silent, as if they agreed with him. As he wasspeaking the Duke of Bourbon came into the king appealed to him. Your Majesty mustbe wrong, said Bourbon calmly. Why, Mon-sieur ? asked the astonished king. Because,replied Bourbon, I heard you appeal to thesegentlemen, and they only answered by silence. Ifyou had been right they would loudly have takenyour part. And the king majestically admittedthat for once he had made a IN VENICE nr^HE first time I ever went to Venice it-*- seemed so strangre as we went into thestation not to hear any noise. No crash of wheelson pavements, or clatter of horses hoofs or rattleof electric cars. Just a soft splash of oars every-where. And then when we crossed the platformto go to our hotel, there were the very boats, thegondolas, I had seen in pictures so many years,skimming back and forth over the canal. After-ward we had a gondola of our own, and Fran-cesco for a gondolier. I got mighty fond ofhim, he was so cheerful and willing, and once hetook me to his house. And there were his wifeand his father and the dearest little baby. Theycalled it a bambino. Francescos father was agondolier, too.
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