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aprince Albert. size answered quiet.

an George-third, an-an'-"
Henry the Eight, ! suggested.
Nom, but maybe the babyI be he,
'Tisr't named yet"
Good Lord, deliver us" l cried, look
ing at Louis for the first time.
THE group would be more artistic,
| dear, with Henry the Eight. It's pretty
hard ca Maria Louisa and Josephine to
be compelled TO live in the same house,
hut Napoleon is absent. You'll observe,
so if we let Henry the Eight appear he
will, no doubt, appropriate them both,
| so unless Napoleon should make his APP
pearance in some future time-and We
must hope that this catastrophe -"
Prince Albert, do you like apples?"
"Yus, I do"
"Of course You do, take these; there
now, 1 would like to see the rest of the
royal-that is, bring one of the others
tomorrow. Let me see, Elizabeth; I
always thought I should like to see
Elizabeth. What a pity Raleigh or
Leicester can't come with her. Good
night, don't forget to bring Elizabeth,
after that we may arrange an audience
with Victoria, and-well, I don't know
about George the Third. Tn afraid he
is not very ~presentable, but"
90, he can't walk yeti" exclaimed
Donna Isabella.
I could not begin to relft e all the
sport We had about that family. We
had them all, n after another, except
ing George the Third. who could not
walk, and the baby. There was no end
to the harmless jokes we perpe-
trated upon them, there was no end to
the laughter their ridiculous names ex-
cited in us; as / said before, il took so
little III those days to make US laugh.
We loved each other so we'll, Louis had
a nice salary, and | was released from
duties which had become tlresome to
me. There was absolutely no cloud up
on our lives, no shadow even of a skele-
ton in our closet.
o, how very, very happy we were!
How wonderfully beautiful was life!
How unrealized were sorrow and care,
and then as the summer wore on there
came to me q new JOY, a wonderful
mystery, and Z saw in Louis's eyes a
deep reverence that / had not seen be-
fore, and his tones were more tender
and we prayed together oftner and u
Joy was of a quieter kind. / thought
then that / had only imperfectly IN
derstood what happiness was before.
A great wish sprung up in my heart
then to do something for Gods sake.
HE has done so much for me, love,
! must do something for Him." I said
to Louis.
what better can a woman do for
God than to become a good mother?"
asked Louis, with shower of kisses.
Eyes, / know, dear, but my heart goes
out so to all mothers now, and more
than all to the poor wretched ones with
brutal hus5ands-the ones who are IL
treated, who have to be oyerworked and
poorly fed and clothed and to thehope-
less ones, the ones who have to look for
ward TO the time when the vices of the
fathers will appear in the children. o,
/ wish / could do something for these,
if its ever so little"
III don't knowof any one you could
do anything for said Louis reaectively.
"Tve been in the parts of the city
where the very poor dwell. but / will
go; I will find some one for yoh to aid,
my dazzling"
20, how good you are, Louis: how /
wish every woman had as good q hus-
band as IhaveD-but / won't tell any
more of our foolishness,
That day, as the time drew near when
Donna Isabella was to bring the milk,
the thought suddenly came to me that
perhaps I could do something for
them. That they were very poor j
knew, for / had seen many evidences Of
it about the children. That there was
some reason why Donna disliked to
mention her father / had seen also.
So / resolved to go back with her that
night and discover a way to help them.
When Louis came the dinner was on
the table-a full half hour before the
usual time.
"Tm going home with Donna Isabella,
love. I'm gong to help them if / can.
We should always do what is just at
hand to do, / think"
So we hurried our dinner and Louis
wiped the dishes for me. Yes, he real
IL did! He often wiped the dishes in
those days, and we had such good times.
i used to think ID just the incest thing
in the world tohave Louis in the kitchea
helping me. Housed Ii lookso comica]
with one Of my large working aprons
on, standing bent forward so as not to
let the towel touch his vest-he was
very neat in his dress. I remember
once we had bean talking such nonsense
and laughing so much that / did not
observe that my pan was very near the
edge of the table. All at once down il
came, and all the water ran oyer my
nice clean floor. You should have seen
Louis jump. / laughed until ! had Q
pain in my side then ! cried historical
~. Then Louis got frightened and
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