The Arizona sentinel., 1890-11-15
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1vw $srssy Women Who omsa ms~W~~A
 Queen Victoria.

1vW S~eDy Women Who om0a NaoU~SA
 Queen Victoria.
 In picturesque village among the
 Well-wooded hills of Morris Couaty,
 N. J.. lives En elderly woman from
 whom Dr. H. S Dray.en has drawn
 tns following naive story. The RArr
 ration Is in the old lady's words: .
 Ay tStner." saiA Mrs WhI.A
 '-csS c clerk iH the arsenal at Wo0l-
 ~ich when was chit Of girl, and
 was very fond of running about sn
 tAe srssaal yard. wiasr. used to p.Gg
 among the big gSue as1 tia hssps ot
 cannon hallR The esiioers ell knew
 me, and l knew K;,g William very
 we'll and the Duke Q: Ken& TasJ
 visited the arsenal occasionally, and
 there would then he parades and revolutions and canroa firing, which delighted me very much King Will. lam called me Chlorie-I doat know
 why-and sometimes said 1hat he
 would cut of ny earlS. 1 had . great lot Of hStP that curled. Sometimes the Queen would be naturally in the party that came to the arsenal The Duke and Duchess q! Kent came occasionally, and they were received also with military honors. as the Duke was high officer il the army. and the guards fired signal guns in token of his arrival When 8 royal party came to the gates these gIlas let all tho soldiers st tAe srssnsi HSd down the Rarshce knov tRas they must be at thOir HcsLA ksd no one vas allowed thea to eater the gates without authority.
 Ono day VIC heard th aa the Duke and Duchess were coming. and wss St the gates when they arrived A little girl came tripping along. sUd I did not suppose ahat she ~ss In the royal party. for I had never seen her before, and when she was about to enter the yard. I called out: You oAn not go in there' She stopped and looked ct me. and then said: I Rm Eo- ing in rsa to her asd said: No you arc not, and took hold of her. t0 prevent It. Then aa ofioer came aud pulled ne away. ssying that had hee1 very rude to the Princess Vic- tcriA Ny father learned of it. and was very angry with me and thought that hs might lose his plsos ca Ao- count of it. Twas made 70 apologize 10 the Princess snd beg Der pardon. end received 6 sovers whipping from my father. They say that 1 slapped her face, but sm sure did not, but l might have shaken her 6 little or slapped her srmG because I was angry that she did not heed what said. and l thought that tt was only out of curiosity she had run over to the arsensl while the Duke was the-A
 '.How old was she them l should ssy nesriy my own ago, ten or twelyA It was several years before her coro- nation I remember just how she Looked She was . trim little thing with light hair. . hat trimmed with roses on her head She wore Q green silk Spencer, and low, button shoes with straps around the ankle. I felt sorry that had treated her 60 when I was told who she was, but 1t was . pretty hard task to bog her pardon. I was very likely 8 self-willed, saucy little wsnch, and spoiled by the sol- diers and ofioerR 1 have . brother Richard who was for some time az ohioer in the Royal Engineers and has held important positions. Another brother Of mine tough in the Crinea- 1 He WAS Aa officer, too Ny brothArs Were wsll-educAted men.
 ''Did the King say any thing about Inc affair with the Princesss Yes; he asked the next time he came where Chlorie was, and when he saw me said that he was glad that 1 had begged her pardon. l usually saw King William whenever he visited ths arsenal. and hs was really quite toward me"
 Ara White is . woman not far from seventy years of age; the time of her birth I could not obtain. as she in- 1 dicated . chAry reserve with regard to l the exact number H her years. She | is intelligent ready. and has that that shows past associations [ with people of education and good social rank, How it was that she came to America appesry to Do dus so ! the fact of her marriage being dis tasteful to her family and to her de- termination to do as she ple&Aed "l might have done better Shan marry . soldier" shs said. but I loved hin. My family would Het roc Dgnize him. and that threw Ns out "- Once n Weak