American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-05-16
AMERICAN TELEGRAPH
QUEEN ANNE's OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.


| QUEEN ANNE'S GREAT-GRANDMOTH
II was fine April day-for the English al
manac many years ago had month called
Aprl, beautiful mixture of rain and sun
shine-grdt9 veris pices-when handsome but
oarefooted young girl might be seen on her way
10 London. She had been journeying since the
early morning; and it was now mid, day, when
she left the highway to rest herself on patch
of heath which skirted it, and which had the
farther temptation of pond of clear bright
water, collected in one of the gravel pits. The
sight alone, after the dusty road, was in itself
refreshing, for the rains had fallen only the day
before, and the pool in consequence was we'll
nigh transparent. With this water for look
ing glass, she began arranging her hair and
dress to the best of her power, with that in
stinchye regard to personal appearance which
sosseldom deserts beauty even in the humblest
walks Of life; and then she proceeded to in
dulge in the luxury of bathing her feet, heated
and swollen by the long travel Like Narcissus
of old, she found the image reflected by the pool
was lovely in the extreme; and though she did
not exactly initiate him by falling in love with
herself, there was a smile upon her lips that
not only added to her beauty, but showed how
well she was satisfied with what was then pre-
sented to her. What would she have said if the
bright surface could have mirrored the splendor
OF her future life--a splendor that was to 90 on
swelling and deepening in her own proper per-
son, till 1t ended in two of her descendants
wearing the crown of England?
Refreshed by the GOODNESS of the water and
this short interval of rest, she again set out
upon her way to London; and by the time she
was almost too much worn to proceed any far
ther, she found herself at the door Of roadside
public house in Chelsea. The landlord port
y, good-humored parsonage, who was sitting
on bench before his house, with n pipe and
a mug of strong homebrewed- observed the
poor girls wearness, and being struck by her
exceeding beauty invited her to stop awhile
and refresh herself. Anne replied that she had
no money for meat or drink, but if he would
allow her she would gladly rest till she had
somewhat recovered for though London seemed
so near, she was too much fatigued to go even
that little distance
" Wheugh!" calculated the landlord, taking
the pipe from his mouth and staring at her.
And what the plague do you expect to do in
London without money, more than in any other
place Do you fancy that the streets are paved
| with gold, as have heard some of you country
folks say ?"
II have come so far in hopes of getting into
service" replied Anne.
"Wheugh" again calculated or lf-whistled
the laHuIoTuj : you Want place, 90 you !!
If you please, sir" @M
"Why, then, think / can help you my
girl. But sit down-sit down with you and
when you have taken a bite and a sup, we'll
see if we cannot help you"
To this offer the weary and famished travel
| Ter gladly acceded. The usual refreshments of
a roadside public-house were placed before
her, which she attacked with an appetite ac-
quired by an eight hours fast, and a journey
on foot since daybreak the landlord good -hu-
moredly encouraging her to make the best of the
opportunity. When this hasty meal was dis
patched, he proceeded to explain that his pot
girl had just left him, and he was willing to
promote her to the vacant post upon no other
recommendation than her good looks. The
offer, as may be supposed, was readily ac-
cepted, and Anne was fairly enlisted in the
service of the Blue Dragon.
Amongst the numbers who were attracted to
this dragons den by the excellence of the cheer,
or the merry mood of the landlord, was a GER
tain rich brewer, whose name the chronicers
have most unaccountably forgotten to record.
Being still unmarried and, though wealthy, of
no very refued habits, he was wont to pass his
evenings here with surprising regularity in
fact, it formed his only relaxation after the
fatigues of business and he often protested,
and even swore upon occasions, that of all his
acquaintance Master Jorum was the man most
after his own heart. al don't know how it is, "
he would say, though Jorum has all his ale
from my brewery, yet somehow or another the
liquor tastes twice as well at the bonny Blue
Dragon when it comes straight from my
cellar have heard folks say that your sher-
ries improve by voyage to hot parts, and
suppose it's the same with my ale It ripens
in its journey from my house to Jorum's."
The brewer was from the first nightly taken
with Anne's appearance; but being prudent
man he would not venture upon so bold step
ms n matrimonial proposition till he knew a
little more. Every evening for three long trial
months his first inquiry upon entering the den
of the Blue Dragon was, "Jorum, how does
Anne get ?" and that answer being always
satisfactory, and confirmed moreover by his
own observation, Mt the end of that time he
thought he might venture to marry her.
The humble pot-girl had thus mounted the
first round Of Fortunes ladder. She now en-
joyed all the comforts of affluence, and what
may seem surprising, she not only rose up to
the level Of her new condition, but even went
beyond it, so that in a short time she seemed
rather to have descended from her proper
sphere in marrying the brewer, than to have
been elevated by him. Nature had evidently
intended her for a lady, and Fortune now
seemed resolved that such good intentions
should not be disappointed
1t was not long before the honest brewer took
it in his head to die, leaving her possessed not
only yofindependence, but of considerable wealth
1t was therefore not at all wonderful that she
met with many suitors, rich and handsome
young widows being always at premium in
the matrimonial market. Amongst the rest
came Sir Thomas Aylesbury, a staunch friend
to the throne the inheritor Of considerable
landed property in the county of Buckingham,
and some time Master of the Requests and of
the Mint. Such man was not likely to be
an unsuccessful wooer, and few win be sur
prised upon being told that in q short time he
carried off the widow from all competitors.
Here, then, Anne had mounted the second
round of Fortunes ladder, and to her credit it