Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-09-21

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CERTAINLY the young Qneen tkoagh;
les. Of Enelani than al mxrriaee. The
Ministers would fam have naade her
marriage q sort Of international treaty.
Beyoud all doubt yiciosiA - the
finest match in the World. The Que~u,
however, vas full Of . hose a little
projects, ever shifting and chasxing
like the little heaps Of sand the chill.
aren raise in the garden Of the Lax
umbcarg. She sald her moxhoe she
voald we'd no one she did nct love.
The Duchess of Kent repeaAsd the
speech 10 the Ministers, Who thought
It revolutionary in the extreme. Coro-
nation day came. and the next day the
ball at Windsor. Among the dancers
WAS the tall. handsome, slender student
from the University of Bomber
cousins Coburg, like herself. The
Queen noticed him. and Prince Albert
did not return to Bonn. Even had he
not loved he would have stayed, and he
loved. But his cousin was the Queen!
Here the woman had to make the ad-
vance. Victoria, deeply touched as
she was Ivy his love (which was never
more to leave herr, could not easily
conquer the maidenly timidity due to
her severe education. Nevertheless
the morning came. I assure you / in.
vent nothing. Although the Queen
has not consented to relate these de-
lightful incidents, Prince Albert has
told them to his friends.
Nevertheless, then, the morning
came. They were riding together, he
and she, down the great avenue of oaks
of Windsor. These oaks were young
then, but old enough already. After
o gallop they found themselves alone.
We know how dangerous it is for man
and woman to ride together. Sud.
denly the Queen took sprig OF honey
suckle from her bosom, and, stopping,
offered it to Prince Albert. Bending
to reach it his lips touched the tips Of
his cousins gloves. Perhaps it was
the fault of the horse. The woods OF
England and France know how we'll
many lovers the noble brutes have
been the cause Of. A silence followed,
more sweet than anything ever sung to
the heart of Mozart.
Next morning Prince Albert still
wore the heneysuckle in his button
hole. He kept it even when it had
faded. A fortnight after, handed King
Leopold, of Belgium, a tiny letter,
closed by an enormous red seal, as
though it had q mighty secret at stake.
It began, my Dear Uncle" and was
signed, "Victoria." e
A month later the Queen announced
her intention to marry Prince Albert
of Saxe-C oburg Goths, to her Minis
ters. She asked their counsel with
pretty air of decision, which caused
them to reply with an Unanimous
yes" The wedding took place on the
10th of February, 1889. The Queen Of
England married for love-like Bour.
geoise, I was going to say, but the
Bourgeoises marry but little for love
now. Lord Melbourne was right when
he told England that the Qeeen's mar.
riage was the Queens romance. LON.
don Figaro.