Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-10-14
AUNT. cHLoRrE WHITE
4 New jersey WOsnSn Who 0no0 SLAPPED
Queen VIctor1A.

n. a., lives An elderly woman from
whom DR. II. 8. Dray:on has drawn
the following naive story. The mar
ration Is in the old lady's words:
MY father" said Mrs. White.
was a clerk in the arsenal at Wool
witch when was chit OF a girl, and
was very fond Of running about in
the arsenal yard. whero I used to play
among the big guns and the heaps of
cannon balls The officers, all knew
me. and knew King William very
we'll. and the Duke of Kent They
visited the arsenal occasionally, and
there would then be parades and
evolutions and cannon firing. which
delighted me worry much. King WILL
lam called me Chlorie.-I don't know
why-and sometimes said that he
would cut of my curls. had a great
lot of hair that curled. Sometimes
the Queen would be naturally in the.
party that came to the arsenal The
Duke and Duchess of Kent came
occasionally, and they were received
also with military honors, as tho
Duke was high officer in the army,
and tho guards fired signal guns in
token Of his arrival When q royal
party came TO the gates these guns
let all the soldiers at the Arsenal and
down the marshes know that they
must be at their posts. and no one
was allowed then to enter the gates
without authority.
'One DAY we heard tn ut the Duke
and Duchess were coming, and / was
mt the gates when they arrived. A
little girl came tripping along, and I
did not suppose that she was in the
royal party. for had never seen her
before. and when she was about to
enter the yard, / called out: You can
not go in there She stopped and
looked at me, and then said: Il am 60
ing in ian to her and sad: No.
you are not. and took hold of her to
prevent it. Then an officer came and
pulled me away, saying that I had
been very rude to the Princess Vic
toria. My father learned of it, and
was very angry with me and thought
that he might lose his place on &C
count Of it. l was made to apologize
to tho Princess and beg her pardon.
and received a severe whipping from
my father They say that I slapped
her face, but am sure l did not, but l
might have shaken her little or
slapped her arms. because 1 WIS angry
that she did not heed what said. and
/ thought that it was only out of
curiosity she had run over to the
arsenal while the Duke was there.
''HuW O i was she thenP l should
say ncar.y my own age, ten or twelve
1t wal several years before her coro-
nation. l remember just how she
looked. She was a trim little thing
with light hair. a hat trimmed with
roses on her head. She wore a green
silk Spencer, and iuw, button shoes
with strans around the ankle. felt
sorry tnHt had treated her so when l
was toIa who she wa3, but it was a
pretty h'.! ask to beg her pardon. /
was We" ..Sely q Sc. f-willed, saucy
little "" -, aad spoiled by the SOL
diers n:.a Ulcers. I have q brother
Richard ~ - was for some time an
officer in the Royal Engineers and has
held Important positions. Another
brother OF mtne fought in the Crimea.
{ He wns an officer, too. My brothers
were wel-educated mon
"Did tn, King say any thing about
the atfai' with ILo PrincessP Yes; he
asked the next time he came where
Chlorie was, and when he saw mo
said that he was glad that had
begged her pardon. usually saw
, King William whenever he visited the
arsenal and he was really quite
: friendly toward me-"
! Mrs. White Is woman not far from
seventy years OF age; the time OF her
bi tn could not obtain, as she in
dioated n chary reserve with regard to
the exact number OF her years. She
Is intelligent, ready, and has that
bearing that shows past associations
with peopio Of education and good
social rank. How it was that che
came to America appears to be- due to
the fact OF her marriage being dis.
tasteful to her family and to her de.
termination to do as she pleased. 81