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 The crowd here is large, for the coming of the presidential train from France direct has been widely heralded.

20. The Royal Cortège.—President Fallières alights. Immediately King Edward with mantle of state, attended by state functionaries, advances to meet his guest. The two rulers embrace heartily and then depart arm in arm. Lesser personages follow in the order of precedence.

21. The Salvation Army.—Among the retinue is a body of delegates of female members of the Salvation Army. Some are fat, some are old. They go through some ludicrous military manoeuvres as they close up the rear of the procession.

22. The Outrider Troude and Lord Major's Coachman.—After the boot-blacks and the rabble have gone out of the scene, two coachmen, one from each suite, lock arms and follow after their exalted bosses with as much pomposity as the rulers themselves.

23. The End of the Dream.—Once more a cross section of the now famous tunnel is shown. Lo! too trains are seen approaching one another from opposite directions. An exciting episode is bound to follow.

24. Collision!—Right in the middle of the tunnel with water overhead and the main land some miles away, the two trains loaded with passengers, and rushing ahead at a terrific speed come together.

25. The Catastrophe.—The locomotives are smashed to pieces, steam escapes in all directions, the wounded and dead are scattered among the fragments of the cars, but their agony is not for long. The force of the collision drives the engines with such power against the sides of the tunnel that the plates are broken. The water from above comes pouring in and completely fills the tunnel.

26. The Awakening.—The scene is changed to that in which King Edward and President Fallières retired for the night. We behold them sleeping in bed. Suddenly the frame holding the lining of the canopy falls, one corner of which hits King Edward on the nose and quickly awakens him. Then we see the posts of President Fallières' bed topple over and bury him with hangings.

27. Exchange of Impressions.—President Fallières is rescued by his valet. He visits the adjoining room occupied by the kind and there the two relate their dreams. While they are both still in their dressing-gowns, a servant announces a gentleman who is exceedingly anxious to see the president.

28. The Engineer with the Plan of the Tunnel.—It is the engineer who has with him his drawings for the projected tunnel. As he insist upon being admitted, the president orders him to be shown in.

29. Get out!—The latter immediately unrolls a large chart, and at the sight of it the rulers forcibly eject him, for they have already had enough of tunnel between England and France.

30. Breakfast is in Order.—The engineer terrified at the uncordiality of his reception flees through the rooms of the palace to the door to the street. The king and the president prepare for breakfast.