The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-01-08

tho I;"y-l Tamdy.
Few ncu Iavc bad such ra1..,... cs-
c-pc Of being "A king. whcjl-I. iarv
fi..eu IL ,r aot. ms the dul-c ,f ,.ig-
ir.I.g. But Il happened $50 l,.. r-o.
::!l- thc Chicago journal, th:t &c. oGv
thius- ot that bluff. lrrly ."'a- rs
over having been a possible auc-r. .o- TO
the throne. lcf IL was only O.. tom
d-rcst Of chances that prevented lin
irou being Ecor-o Y. Iy tLa .I... of
tcd. king OF Great Britain aua I...l..ud.
defender of the alth. and Tic r..t ,f H..
Tn" duke OF k.nt lott "a oulr ,lild
"a giri-.u delicate health. l;,.iars
that girl there only rcIaaincd. a. :.ll th,
.sro"cny of George H.. hia y..u,-pst
.pu. the duke OF Camhrid-r. who had
made lawful marriage and had one
son and two daughters. II tliaf girl
Lad died. or had no children. t.l- nc
ION must have goao 10 tGe Gam
BRIDGES. -is it was she a.-e.1.l the
.hrpn" - Queen Victoria. 1as:li..I i'm
:acdiatcly aftcrward. bad Iine ,ln-
Grcn ard now has ho-t- a.. ..l...Gcllil-
'.rcn and half dozen gis,.t-..s....Hrllil-
drCn.
1t was in the city Of Hauovsr that
Prince George Frederick. thg b.. -r'
duke # Cambridge. was loIa u. Oh.
-Gth of March. l-l9. iu~t tao l...ras
before the princess Victoria o. ...r-.
now queen aud empress. ival af.rr
lis chance Of hrcomiu2 king .I Luy-
land had vanished. il looked g.. ~ d.
woaid surely lc king of lI4ol r. f.l.
tho duke of Cumberland had only one
ch.id-;' boy. who became ioiaIl.. Ilud.
That blind boy. however, lived 10 be
king Z Hanover. the ,a>t king Dee. I.lbIy
inst Il.apvcr viii ever have. frr lac
.fard with Austria I'm the warnI sec,
aud 80 The peace. Bi-marcI5. svl.l. Iaav-
ing the Au.triau territory iatart. an
ncNCd Hanover % IITr~.. la ami drove the
kim" into cc.ilo. iin died brDlson-l. .a,-tod
and lis aon t. ,implc duke of Cuuber-
land once moro.
The aul-e Of Cambridge haviar thus
narrowly missed tsyp thr...l.... f.grJ
him~clf II larr. iu the world. ....ra.u+
any pro pei - spoal. Of. III. father
died poor and his mother had aII ~bo
could do 10 make both ends meet ON.
Of the daughters married the crand
duke of Mcclllcuburu--tr. ..I ba-
came very great lad. indeed lrt the
other, the princess N.r.r. r....sued
with her mother and brpta.r in old
fashioned ivy-covcrcd rottar.. ua Ecrv
Green, favoritc residence pf George
Ill. which had been provided for them
by the queens Kindness.
ihor' ll'E i'Eed The life of typical
I'i'''I LhSI'h lalui'F ut l"lted
means. p'I"E'" 10y all ih'ir nri"' Hors,
especially Ia" POOR attending service
f'Ha!"ii} ~ i"e old ."-i'"H uu the
green t'aeilnE tine parish '.l..''n and
--r.RV RVsHf frr. H.s.. . a.. ...4-
gro" i'lE l''" INC "1i'0lianr and i.lriltu-
'i'"' "l 1h' i.a''' 81" u 'a'T ''i"n"ed
20 ~ huch - the mos az the walls
81 the ancient clms that had waved
over IL Tor centuries
IL was TINS carly home life that made
inc "lH' "i alnbrlaTg what DE the
most thoroughly English of all the
royal family. th'a-h born i'm foreign
country and #.t"g"ihcr FOREIGN on his
mother ..'. lie came into li- title
"A me oea'h "f ms father IN 5o. but
long BEFORE then hc had cha en a dis
'ihgUir1'd career lie entered the
aIinF ~ l>.,'. Nhcn only eighteen. with
me RANK "l colonel ~ aec"rdaur" with
'Ar y stem "i iaF"rlfI~m which then
existed. and was made major General
on succeeding Z" fhc ouiycanu. hut IL
sFs~ the 'rIIl'au war in 1874 that rave
ann has OPPORTUNITY.
lIr begged L. %" allowed 10 he real
soldier. and by the direct influence of
the queen Hc was promoted To Hcuten-
ant General and placed in command OF
q division Of the army. consisting of the
bri"ad" of guards and the brigade OF
lIirhlaudcrN. There was naturally n
good deal IF feeling against him. and If
he had made mess Of II or di.Eraced
himself IN any way there wuull have
been a howl Of triumph among the
enemies OF royalty, and even Great
many people who were not enemies Of
royalty would not have been sorry to
see favoritism SO signally rebubed.
The duke. however, knew very well
what he was about. and his conduct ut
the Alma gained for him not only the