Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1890-02-07
AUNT cHLoR,E WHITE.
A New Jersey womsn Who Once slapped
Queen Victoria.

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Queon Victoria
In picturesque village among the
well-wooded hills OF Morris County,
NJ j., lives an elderly woman from
whom Dr. II. S. Drayton has drawn
the following naive story. The mar
ration is in the old lady's words:
.,My father" said Mrs. White,
''was u clerk in the arsenal at WOOL
wich when was chit OF girl. and
| was very fond of running about in
the arsenal yard. where used to play
among the big guns and tho heaps OF
cannon balls. The officers all knew
mo. and know King William very
well. and tho Duke OF Kent They
visited the arsenal occasionally, and
there would then DO parades and
evolutions and cannon firing, which
delighted me worry much. King Will
lam called me Chlorie don't know
why-and sometimes said that he
would cut OF my curls ! had great
lot OF hair that curlod. Sometimes
the Queen would bs naturally In tho
party that came TO the arsenal The
Duke and Duches, OF Kent came
occasionally. and thcy were received
also with military honors, as the
Duke was a high officer in tho army.
and the guards fred signal guns In
token OF bis arrival Whom n royal
party came to the gates those 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 entor tho gates
without authority.
'One day We heard that tho Duke
and Duchess were coming. and l was
at the gate, when they arrived. A
little girl came tripping along. and /
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 ran to her and said: No,
you are not, and took hold OF her to
prevent it. Then an officer came and
pulled me away, saying that | had
been yory rude to the Princess Vic
toria. My father learned OF 1t, and
was very angry with me and thought
that he might lose his place on ac-
count OF 1t was made to apologize
TO tho Princess and beg her pardon.
and received a severe whipping from
my father They say that slapped
her face, but am sure did not, but
might have shaken her n little or
slapped her arms. because was angry
that she did not heed what | said. and
/ thought that 1t was only out OF
curiosity she had run over to the
arsenal while the Duke was thera
"How old was sho thenP ] should
say nearly my own age, ten or twelve
II was several years bofors her coro.
nation. remember just how she
looked. She was u trim little thing
with light hair. "a hat trimmed with
roses on her head. She wore green
silk Spencer. and low, button shoes
with straps around the ankle felt
sorry that had treated her 80 when
was told who she was, but 1t was a
pretty hard task TO beg her pardon. l
was very likely se-willed. saucy
little wench, and spoiled by the SOL
diers and officers. have u brother
Richard who was Tor soms tlmo an
officer In the Royal Engineers and has
held Important positioaA Another
brother OF mine fought In the Crimea
He was an ofilcsr. too My brothers
were well-educatsd mon.
"Did the King say any thing about
tho affair with the Prlnco,s? Yes; he |