The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-01-03

actually kissed 1t! II y, 10 be hoped
and belicved theres are not msny such
queens on the face of the earth, for
hearts are inconveBieBt things on state
occasions and The life Of royalty Is al
state.
On this particular morning she was
all smiles, for she had Just completed
negotiations with poor woman, who,
for the sake Of getting nd of some
trouble, and gaining some ease, had
consented 10 give up to her great fat
baby, who was straightway to be made
prince. ~
On reaching her home, the Queen
sent special messages for her dearest
friend, the Countess Reynosa, 10 whom
she wished 70 display her new posses
sion.
The child is perfect mousterp cried
the Countess, the moment her eyes fell
upon this huge mass ofaesh. SIN the
first place, it Is all body without soul
of the smallest conceivable style. In
the second place, its heart lift has any,
is as hard as the neither milestone.
How can it be otherwise, siHce il was
born of mother who was willing TO
sell her own flesh and blood for money r.
She who spake these sagaciOus words
was not six feet high, as one might sup
pose, nor was her hair silveFed BY age.
She was exactly one yearoldet than the
Queen, and so little, that if she had not
been a woman, she would hare been
humming- bird Her eyes were like tso
stars, and saw almost IS much; as 70
her penetration, it was almost super
natural. s.h b siff Aa asi
To keep the baby after she had pro-
nounced against it. was not to be
thought Of. The whole kingdom would
have been up in arms at such an error.
The creature was accordingly wrap
ped in one Of the royal blankets, hand
ed over to a royal page, and restored to
its mother, who, as she was allowed TO
keep the price of her goods, and the
goods into the bargain, was toleTably
content with her share Of the operation.
The Queen, however, sat pensiveIy in
chair whose back was twelve feet
high, her hands folded in her lap, and
regretted that with so many excellent
qualities, her dear friend, the Countess,
possessed such sagacisy. gfals - sa+
'sNo doubt ] should have awakened
a soul in the child, in timer she said.
'tAnd as for heart ali Reynosa, you
do not know what il is TO have one so
empty as mine" h
"Nensense y cried the Countess,
whose bump Of reverence was as hollow
as a-tea-cup, ''as if at your age you
could instruct me on the subject OF the
human affectionsl 1t is not to babies
in general l object, bat TO this infant in
particular. Leave the, matter to me. /
will 6ll your heart with a vengeance"
For answer the Queen jumped down
from her seat Of state, and looked and
acted SO much like common people that
the Prime Minister had TO be sent for
to remind her that she was uncommon.
Meanwhile, the Countess, nibbIing at
a bit Of straw, tossed ber head and fioat-
ed out Of the palace and into her chariot,
whether on. wings or on her feet it p
would be hard TO say. In less than an
hour she came back with basket,
which, with mock ceremony and pro-
found salutstions, she placed at the feet
of the Queen. 5s4a- es -
"May it please your Majesty" said
she, "here is little baby-I eBtreat
pardon babe, which have the hon
or to present to your Majesty upon my
bended knees" -
The babe was a charming little
creature, with brown skin, under
which the red blood could be seen as
plainly as under the fairest; It had large,
brown eyes, pretty mouth, and dinl-
pies where other people have knuckIes.
= ''This child has heart continued
the Countess, resuming her usually gay
tone, ''for when | took it from its
mothers arms, she gave three such te--
rife walls that l came near letting it
fall 10 the floor. As for ie Gs, The poor
thing is wet with them still, as il it had
been out in the rain"
81 cannot accept a child thus torn
rom its mother" said the Queen,
shrinking back.
"Listen, before you decidel'' cried
he Countess "The mother lay upon
ier death-bsd. She but parted with
ler child few days in advance. She
S overwhelmed with gratitude that she
an leave It in such hands"
fro BE cOSrISUED.