The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1884-02-21

ding an old woman IN her muteh-sO
many Of whom 1 knew, and some
who had walked far, although they
were In deep snow, was very striking.
since 1871 the Queen adds, y have
partaxen Of the communion 81 Crathte
every autumn"
LOUISE AND BORSE-
Oct. 3. 1870. the Princess Louise be.
came engaged 10 the Marquis Of
Iorre. The event took place, the
Queen says, during q walk frOm Glas-
salt Ehlel 20 Dhu Lock, where Louise
had gone with Lady Ely, the Lord
Chancellor, and Lorne.
Louise, on returning at night, told
me that Lorne had spoken Of his de-
votiOn to her, and had proposed 70
60 her. She had accepted, knowing
that / would approve. Though ! was
not unpFepared for this result, ] felt
painfully at the thought Of losing her,
But, naturally, / gave my consent
and could only pray that she might
Re happy The sole reference to
events III France In 1870 occurs In
speaking Of q sermon which she
heard in the church ct BalmOral.
She SAYS: "Dr Macleod gave such 3
splendid sermon on the war. With
out mentioning France, he said
enough tomake every one understand
what be meant when he pointed cut
how God would punish wlckednsss
and vanity and sensuality. The chap-
ters be read from Isaiah. xviii, and
from Ezekiel and Amos AMI the
Psalms were really quite wundrriul
for the way ia which they a,-eslied 70
describe France IL wHs al ndnira-
BILE ami heart-stiiring. Then the
drawers were beautiful In which he
spoke Of the sick, 81 the dying aud
wounded upon the battlefield, aud OF
my sons-in-law and daughters"
THE PRINCE IMPERIAL's MCRDER.
In June, 1873, the Queen records
the receipt OF the news telling Of the
death Of the young Prince Imperial
Brown Knocked and came in. He
said there was bad news. When /,
In alarm, asked what, be replied,
The young French Prince IL killed.
1 could not take Il in. and asked sew
eral times what il meant. Beatrice
then came in with q telegram Ia her
hand, and said, oh the Prince Im-
periai is killed = 1 feel q thrill Of
horror now as ! write the words. /
put my hand to my head and cried
out, MOI no! It cannot, be true /!
Then, dear Beatrice, who cried very
mueh-as did, tOO-gave me the tel
egfani. To die Ia such au awful, hOr-
rible way! Poor, dear Empress, her
only, only child, her all, gone was
quite beside myself, and Brown was
so distressed. Every one MSS quite
stunned. Little sleep did get,
did not yet know IL. The Prince was
so good and 30 much beloved. To
think Of that dear young innn, born
aud nurtured in the purple, dying
thus, Is too fearful, too awful, and
10 Is inexplicable and dreadful that
others should not have turned around
and fought for him."
DIR. MACLEOD.
One section Of the diary gives rec
objections Of My dear, valued friend
Doctor Norman Macleod, "the Scotch
chaplain to the Queen. who Is $50
clever, 50 agreeable, 30 kind and good.
DR.. Macleod Il greatly alarmed for
the Established Church OF Scotland,
as he fears an attempt will be made to
pull Il down; thankiGOd, should this
happen, the Free Church and United
Presbyterians, with the present Es-
tablished Church, would become one
very strong Protestant body. / asked
him about Lord LOFne, and he said
he had q very high opinion of him. Z"
During her excursions, the Queens
privacy was greatly troubled hy re-
Ia
writes: THE day was most beautiful
and calm. / sat down on the grass
for luncheon. Then / sketched.
Here, hOwever-heTe, in this COM
plete sOlitude-we were spied on 10y
impudent, inquisitive reporters, who
followed us every where; one IN par
ticular, who writes for some Scotch
paper, lay down and watched Us with
q telescope, dOgged me and Beatrice
when we were walking about, and
was most impairment When Brown
went tn tell him 10 move, he went
away st last Brown came back say
ing he thought there would have
been q fight, for when Brown said the
Queen wished him % move away, he
said be had quite as good right 90 re-
main there as the Queen had.
BROWN ANSWERED VERY STRONGLY
that the highest gentleman Of Eng
land would not do what he did, much
less a manly reporter. Other report
ers came up aud advised the man TO
come away quietly"
The concluding page is devoted TO
the death OF Brown. IL contains
these sentences:
His loss TO me Is iFFeparRble, for
he deservediy possessed my entire
confidence. He served me truly, de-
vOtedly, untiringly. To say he Is
daily, nay, hourly, missed by me,
whose lifelong gratitude he won By
constant care and devotion, Is but a
feeble expression of the truth"
So far as its political interest is con-
eerned, the book IL throughout in
tensely disappointing. All the
Queens remarks have direct relation
to personal emotions. Even in her
illusions TO the Egyptian campaign
and the battle Of Tel-el-Kebir, her
only thought is for the safety Of the
Duke Of COnnaught. The diary says:
ION the eve Of the attack I prayed
earnestly for my darling child, and
longed for the morrow 90 arrive. The
next day she gets a telegram annOun-
cling the great victory, and reporting
that the Duke IS well and had be-
haved admirably. WheIeupOn she
says II felt unbOunded joy and graf
itude. | showed the telegram TO
Beatrice and embraced her warmly,
saying, "Whst joy and pride and
cause for thankfulness we have 20
know that our darling is safe and 80