Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-03-03
VOLUME X. NO. 10.

however, in Prince AIbert's glance and bow.
Then came the little Prince with his hat lifted
from his head. and the light locks laised BY the
wind, delicate looking boy but with eyes and
an expression from which an angel seemed to
garce, so grave and gentle did he look, that
lovely nine years old boy. The sight of him
affected me greatly, and | could not help saving
IN Swedish, God bless thee, thou beautiful
child!"
Some over loyal little boys waved their hats so
zeaiousy, that the Queen said % them, Put on
y"nr bats you friehten the horses ~ And
turning at the same moment towards where VIC
were, tsaw an expression on her poutlng under
up OF which would have willingly seen more,
because there was in i, suppressed merry lauob.
ter. .e......
but 'hey rode on, the cavalcade turned 10 the
eit into byroad of the woods and vanished
among the green trees. ] sad farewell to the
nope OF ever seeing more Of Queen Victoria
yet, nevertheless, | did see more Of her, thanks
oe to fate and TO my old Swedish umbraela,
which, Tor the last time in foreign parts, did me
now good service. Mrs. -'s coachman.
one of Queen Vctoria's loyal subjects, who had,
during our drive to Windsor, been especially
desirous of avoiding certain heavy and SANDY
road, now found reason for not avoldiug it, prob
ably because he had seen the Queen take tho
same road and hence it was that, to our sur
prlse we found ourselves, after half an hours
poughlng of the sand, close upon Queen VIC
tora's train After we had driven slowly for a
few minutes, the Queen turned round. and mo.
toned with her hand for our coachman to drive
past them. lie obeyed. and just as we came
past the Queen, he dashed forward in order to
clear the way for her Majesty We had not
gone fifty yards, when, IN consequence of the
rapid movement of the carriage, one of the doors
flew open, and all the umbrellas and parasols
flew up to the cast themselves ON the ground at
the feet Of Queen Victoria | caught at thom,
bnl too late to save my Swedish umbrella, which
resulu'eIy seemed to fling itself out of the car.
rage upon the road. My Swedish umbrella!
my faithful companion during a three years.
travel-my travelling campanion in America
aud the West lndts-no could not leave it
here to be tramped upon by the feet of Queen
VIcIoria's horse. | must pick it up. even if from
beneath that very horses feet.
We must stop must get OUT said l to my
irresoutr friend, :" must have my umbrella
again."
Mrs. -caled to her coachman to stop,
and allghted from the carriage. At the same
moment mp gaoprd the Queen and Prince Al
bert, laughing and nOdding kindly to me, who
could not help laughing myself. Then they rode
pust US, of the gentlemen indicating
tina, the umbrella had been picked up and
ltored to the hands of the coachman. was glad
to have recovered my faithful travelling COM
panion and almost equally glad that by means
of lis self sacrihcng nterposItlon, had received
an impression of Queen Victoria which could
scarcely have been improved.
There are counenances, which we may see
for whole days, and yet not understand them
until one has seen tear i'll the eye. Other
counenances there are, which are unexplained
enlgmas, until smile. or go ID, hearty fit of
laughter lights them up. And thus was 1t, when
Victoria, laughing, and nodd NC to me- flew past
ue, light and airy as fairy Queen. ! at once
understood the magic power OF her person; for,
like sunlike breaking through the cloud, like
flower bursting from its bud, was the laughter
IN the Queen's countenance There was IN it
huh degree of natural llte freshness vivacity,
oood-bnmour. and good deal Of peculiar char
Al, I oh
noble lady, who often sees the Queen, said on
occasion, in reply 10 my remark " What little
Queen you have! " Yes, sire is little Queen,
but on large scae Sne seems to me always
like haman being such as God made her, while
the greater number of human beings seem to be
such as God did not make them ="
human being such as God made her. natu.
, raj. true n everything! Wbata beautiful idea.
} And the greater number OF human beings such
as God did mol make them'-how true!
, Alas educators establishments for education,
hooks, the world-they take care that we shall
not be that which God created US, and that it
shall sometimes require half life, nay, that we
t shall not succeed sometimes through the whole
t Of life. in discovering what the Creator really
, intended us to be.
, 1t is easy to see what power Of fascination
1 Queen, perfectly natural in manner, and who
4, possesses 30 much that is naturally noble and
good in character, may exercise over the human
mimi in this artificial world. On our return
trom Windsor, we passed Runnymede, so re-.
, markable in English history, which lies On little
;" island IN the Thames, where Magma Charta was
: signed by King John. The sweet Idly ian land,
, scape, now Illuminated by the rays Of the settios
$ sun, scarcely recalled the gloomy times, md
= the bitter contests between the people and the
8 kingy power, which led TO the concluding Of
@ the contract between the two, and which thus
r. made the place remarkable.
G When at home once more in that kind, beau
iiful hume of - wrote that which it snt
70 It's possessors made me fee:-
Ut "From good home it is not far to Heaven!"
:" And if carry with me, TO my beloved home il
10 Sweden, no other knowledge than that Of th
10 many good and beautiful homes on earth, it is d
y small gain for my long wanderings.
IL |
le A thoughtful millionaire curious in such maj
ie ters, writes as folows:-" There is no large cit
e. in the world where real estate IN so HIGH as
he the city of New York aud no country in h
n, world where land within 6fiy miles of any en-
n pO,ium ia so low as il is within this distance