heard a good deal about the royal throne, and I would be very much
interested to see the palace. He said he thought I would, because
the government was very different from ours.

I called at his residence as I had promised, and he went with me to
the palace. The Queen knew him, of course. He was received very
cordially. Everything shined so much like gold in the palace that I
had to stop and think where I was. He introduced me to the Queen,
and told her I was from North America. He told her that I spoke at
a meeting he presided over, and he enjoyed my speech very much. He
told her we had an immense audience, and all the people were well
pleased with the speech. The Queen said she was more than glad to
meet me, and she would have liked very much to have been present,
and heard the speech that her cousin said I made.... She told me
she hoped that would not be the last visit I would make to their
city. I shook hands with her and bade her good-bye. The
distinguished friend carried me and showed me the different
departments of the palace, and I bade him good-bye.

In Raleigh, I think, they rather like Latta. It amuses them to see him
go north and get money, and it is said that he appreciates the situation
himself. He ought to. Not many southern negroes have such comfortable
homes as "Latta University's" best kept-up building--the residence of
the President.




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