The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-09-10
Seeing the Queen.

aDout I'VE; mat sne would drive fr0h
thence to Marlborough House and T.
tend the garden party given in her honor
by the Prince of Wales. A little beiom
five that evening l walked dswn tn
shady side of Pail Mall and Joined tn
tremendous crowd at the further eada
that street Of clubs. For half : nik
down the center of the street stood DO.
lice keeping in line the gorgeous eqdp.
ages of the nobility who were fortunate
enough to have invitations 10 tie Re,l
lawn party. By means Of q generous
use Of cheek and elbows, l managed 10
get along to the front rank and then
worked my passage along until cana
to the iron railing Of the mansion Just
east of Marlborough House. At great
risk of tumhling ovv1 into the ara b.
low l secured . precarious sat on Il,
aforesaid railing, and obtaiaed Z plsa..
did view over the heads Of the crowd q
the open space Of Marlborough gates
through which the stream Of carriages
was passing. A respsndent footnaain
scarlet what-you-cali- 'ens, whis sock.
ings, gold buttons and white povdmed
hair tried Intellectually TO get 4 nesI
sat on the railing.
"Oh, but You cawn't sit AGs, 70
know" he cried.
"Oh, but ! Gavin, 70 know" l N.
swered, and the result proved that l
could, although the seat was not scom-
Portable as the one the Hnd-heaned
footman probably wanted to providence
with. l take this method Of acknoM'
edging my indebtedness to tint ehro.
matte lackey for the amusemeaths 4.
forded me by striving in tie dsas
crowd to attract the attention d thpe
liceman to my elevated position n La
don society. The policeman, however,
had as much as he could attend 10 #
that moment with his section Of n easF
and persistent mob.
After quite awhile of anxious Writing,
around the corner gslloped 9 brilliantly.
colored horseman, and after him tWo ct
the resplendent horse guards, II sca'et
gold and glitter, with their arms ready
for use ct . seconds notice; now follow
the four horses and the opsu oaniaGs,
and seated therein is her HAjeg,
Queen Victoria, with the Princess beaf'
rice by her side. On . high porch b.
hind her is the eyer-present John Brown
with . sort Of Scotch bonnet On b.
head. .fiH
Acheergoesupfromthec rowd. and!do
not hesitate to say that waved yaH
aud yelled to the bestefmy sliity-e'en
endangering my position BY 70 do'ne.
The cheer, however, WAS not . heat!
as l expected, and I think TIT w
there was of it was mostly contributed
by Americans present. It wasths ans
cheer you have heard when thersemm
from New York are read, OF tho fesaa
in California comes In. You coala
hardly call it . British cheer. y ~
And this was the Queen! Not neary
80 old looking IS l expected 70 ses -.
Not . wrinkle was visible on heria!
round face, with it's ,smooth sesine0
slightly silvered hair But tho cotneu
of the mouth were drawn down INTO ~
expression of almost stern sadness, ans
in the eyes, that looked straight anu
ixedly ahead, there was not the gnoa
of a recognition of the cheers that grew
ed her. There was . stoiid, unsymPs..
thetic appearance about the face tn&
seemed to indicate that her Ma)es!!
cared very little whether her Loyal saO'
jects cheered or not.
Into the gates disappeared the o!M
carriage, followed BY the clatten .a
horsemen and another carriage win No y
ladies in waiting. There is . crash :"
music from within, the interrupted pr
cession of carriages now moves on ss'' ),
and the crowd dissolve. -"Luke sharp
in the Detroit Free Press.