Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-05-12
Stories About Queen yictOrln's FavOritc
GilIie.

On one occasion the Queen, accom-
panied by two of her daughters, was
returning to Balmoral from a visit to
Glassalt, when suddenly two horses
started aside from new road they were
unaccustomed to. 1t was an awkward
spot for an accident but John Brown
realizing the danger at glance, vo-
ciferated "Pull up!' so vigorously to
the coachman that serious consequences
were averted. As it was, the carriage
was overturned and the royal party
were thrown out. At little distance
the coachman lay insensible. The out
rider was on before, and only John
Brown remained to do duty for all.
With great GOODNESS he whipped out his
clasp knife and quietly cut the traces to
free the struggling animals, and bore
the occupants Of the carriage to place
of safety. 1t is alleged that only for
moment he was perplexed, when his
lamp went out, and an emphatic ex-
clamation escaped his lips, which the
Royal ears that heard it construed into
an ejaculatory prayer. The outrider.
CHANGED to look around as he galloped
along, and seeing no lamps he rode
back to ascertain what was wrong, but
the danger was'pas past. He has served
the Queen in greater straight. When
young mad O'Connell darted out on her
from the shrubbery at Buckingham
Palace, pistol in hand, he positively
plucked the puny wretch up from the
ground as if he had been an offending
kitten, and held him out so, clawing the
air with his paws, till the Queen had
passed out of harms way.
So, too, he was death on all intruders
on the Queens privacy. Once when he
met some reporters whom he suspected
of DIGGING her footsteps for ''copy," he
ordered them off the public highway as
though he held all the highlands in fee.
1t was grossly illegal, but they went. It
is well known, too, that his ready tact
has smoothed the Queens way into the
humble Highland homes she has hon.
ored with her presence. "You see, he
is one of ourselves, and bis familiar face
beside her Majesty puts heart into u.s."
Without native pioneer it can be east
ly imagined how difficult it would have
been for the Queen to make her way
amongst people whose language and
manners and customs were strange to
her. And upon the other hand, how
little sympathy there could have been
between the exalted lady and the simple
cotters. Her Majesty sometimes made
her calls upon unfortunate days, when
cleaning" was going on, and there was
thorough turnup in the household. On
such occasions an ordinary herald would
have been nonplussed, probably, but
not he. Coolly seeking out the guild
wife he informed her officially that the
Queen was at the door, and at the same
time rated her soundly for not being
prepared to receive her Majesty. He
did not leave her in the lurch, however,
but vigorously set to work to whisk pals
and brooms out of sight, and make
things straight before the Royal visitor
appeared on the scene.
In return for his faithful and discrim-
mating service the Queen was at times
inclined to be over-generous in substan-
tial acknowledgements. On one nota-
BILE occasion the Queens son-in-law,
Prince Christian, who was the ranger of
Windsor forest, proposed before the
close of the pheasant season to have a
small shooting party of his own friends.
AS is the custom in such cases, he sub
mitted the names to her Majesty, and
they were approved, with the hope that
Mr.. Brown should be included in the
number. The Prince politely bowed to
this request, but instead of sending out
the invitations as he had intended, he
withheld them, and he and ''Mr. Brown"
had the sport to themselves. The
Queen, however, was by no means sat
isfied with this arrangement, and as the
slight came from the one member OF the
Royal circle for whom her Majesty has
profound regard, and whom she con-
suits more than any member OF her
family, this little annoyance was felt
with all the more acuteness. On an
other occasion, when the Court was es-
tablished in Ravenna, in Italy, Brown
was indisposed AS he had no faith in
the skill of anyone raised south of the
Tweed, he declined the services of Sir
William Jenner, who was deemed clever
enough for her Majesty, and clamored
for DR.. Marshall, the ordinary attendant
of the Royal household, who was absent
on holiday, the first for several years.
So, in order to appease Brown, Mar
shall travelled across Europe to attend
to his very ordinary ailments, at an ex-
pense to her Majesty of some hundred
guineas A more substantial reward
than such attentions as these, however,
was given to Brown year or two ago,
when her Majesty had built for his use,
within the grounds at Balmoral, plain
but spacious square mansion, occupying
pleasant situation in the center of a
lawn-like expanse of the royal demesne,
with carriage-drive leading to it from
one of the avenues. This abode was
doubtless intended for his use in his de-
Ginning years, after his Royal mistress