Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... When the Doncaster Week was over, His Majesty left for Tulchan by train..The day after his arrival in Scotland we brought him to a shoot. On occasions such as this we would bring him to the edge of the moor, where his pony and ponyboy were awaiting him. He would then mount the pony and ride to the butts. It was the pony-boy's duty to walk delicately before the pony, carefully picking his way, so that he stepped upon firm ground, the pony having been trained to follow exactly in his footsteps. On this particular afternoon His Majesty was riding back from the butts when, without any warning, the pony stepped upon a piece of treacherous ground, and the next moment the animal was in the bog up to his belly. His Majesty was as unprepared for this contingency as the pony, and the latter's sudden plunge very naturally unseated him. Fortunately he was thrown on to firm ground. Beyond a shaking he suffered no injury, but he was justly indignant at the pony-boy's carelessness, rated him fiercely, and laid his stick about the fellow's shoulders. Considering that the only thing he had to do was to pilot the King in this way, the pony-boy deserved a good deal more punishment than he got, for the accident was due to his negligence and nothing else. Incidentally, the pony-boy was not a boy at all, but a full-grown man with a wife and family. The following day His Majesty motored to Cawdor Castle, where he lunched with the late Lord Cawdor. We did not drive over the drawbridge, but set the King down at the entrance thereto. He alighted and walked across, and his host met him on the other side of the moat. Before we left, Lord Cawdor came out and was so kind as to tell me something of the Castle, its history and its associations. an old friend 195 After...
