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rising, the Clergyman catechized his pro-
sefytes alternately in the usual way, their
answers sometimes. very long, being re-
turned ina way which argued both surpris-
ing strength of nerve AND length of memory
on the part Of tue intending communicates
Then followed the censecration, when, the
Princesses kneeling, the two officiating
Gle gymen laid eacha handgon Their heads
aud pronounced them responsible members
of the Christian Church. After this,' q
prayer, "Praise the Lord, o my scul,p was
sungby the choir. and, with the blessing,
tho simple and affecting ceremony a
over. The Queen, who was deeply moved.
Immediately rose and left the Church.
followed by her grand daughters and prin-
cess Elizabeth Of Prussia, VIII was still in
deep mourning, and whose hand in passing
the Prince of Wales Loyalty stood to kiss.
In a few minutes the chapel was again
empty, AID when the noise and hustle of
departing carriages had died away, Her
Majesty, accompanied by Beatrice, the
Grand Duke, and his brother, Prince
Henry, returned TO the altar to take the
Sacrament with her two sgranddaugh-
tsrs. Afterwards the select aud distin-
guished company dined together in the
old Castle where Her Majesty is lodged,
her suite lunching apart. The Prince and
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with Gheir newly-confrmed nieces, who had
by this time resumed their sable attire.
So deeply affected was the Queen by the
ideas naturally associated with the ceremo-
NY ofthe forenoon Lhatit was deemed doubt
full by her attendants whether she would
have the courage to carry out the other
part OF her purpose In coming here !; but,
tomorrow being fixed for the return of the
Royal company to Baden, Her Majesty
summoned up fortitude enough for the
bitter trial in store. Accompanied only by
Princess Beatrice and the Grand Duke, her
~sOn-inlaw, the Queen drove in an open
carriage and four preceded by two outrl.
ders. to the RoSenhGhe, the summer resi-
dence of Pylnce Charles, in q corner of
the grounds OF which stands tho mausole-
UNI, the mournful object of Her Mtjesty's
pilgrimage. Naturally disliking to encoun-
ter inQuisitive eyes, the Queen took the
most unfreQuented route to this sorrOwfuI
" hill of roses.n Beyond the murmur of
the town below, though within the SIGHT
of the quaint and pointed Gothic gables
clustering round the moated Old castle of
the Hessian Dukes is the gently rising
knoll crowned by the mausoleum wherein
repose the ashes Of the Princess Alice and
two of her children. Wandering about
the neatly. trimmed fower-plots that front
the tomb OIL the ITluCcoc, nv NhsteOA
inaeines the mausoleum to be. nothing
more than a sheltering garden house, and
ventures in, to find, however, the floor
occupied by three sarcophagl, shrouded
with crimson. coloured velvet pals and
covered with floral crosses, dropping palm
branches. and wreaths of violet, wbites
and yellow imm0rtelles. "a mark of ten
derest love and affection from her br0ken
hearted mother, Victoria )" "A mark OF
affeetionate love from Louise !" IA mark
Of love and affection from Alexandra )"
"In affectionate remembrance from Marle;"
GA mark of tenderest devotion from
Beatrice,n are but a few OF the English
inscriptions appended to these floral en-
blems of immortality; while conspicuous
among all. at the head of the largest coffin,
reposes q massive wreath of purple Gram
pian heather, being i" A token OF love from
Balmoral,n brought away by the Grand
Duke in October, 1879, after his sorrowing
soiourn at Her Majesty Highland home.
mo This sunny sepulchre the Queen With
her companions entered, and 'aftectlonateiy
placed two more wreaths and a hofaI
cross upon the already heaped'up central
hier. Then kneeling, Her Majesty remain-
Cd for several minutes by the side Of her
derarted daughter in deep devotion Her
Maiesty,s visit to the mausoleuln last
ed in all about a quarter Of. an hour The
hospital, in which the Grand Duchess
took such a supporting interest, will pro-