Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-11-04
ROCKED BY A QUEEN

Her majesty the queen of Bohssnia-for
story tellers there is always kingdom of
Bohemia--was travelling in the most strict
and modest incognito under the title of
the Countess of SeptchateauX, accompa.
MED only by old Baroness Georgenthal, her
lady in waiting, and General Korschowitz,
her gentleman in attendance.
In spite of furs and foot warmers the cold
in the saloon carriage was intense, and
when the queen tired of her English novel.
wished to look out on the snow covered
landscape she had first to wipe with her
handkerchief the carriage window in.
crusted with sparkling mica and delicate
ice ferns.
The journey had proved a trying one.
The whole of Europe was covered with
snow, and they had traversed the half of
it, with many delays and difficulties on
railways where the seventies of the season
had disorganized the service.
At night although the foot warmers
were nearly cold and large snowflakes were
falling in the darkness outside, the baron
ess and the general were both fast asleep
under furs and rugs.
But the queen was not asleep. Feverish
and shivering in her cloak of silver fox.
with her large eyes wide open in the
shadows, she was listening mechanically
to the vague and faraway music that
seems ever present to the ears of weary
travellers in the rustling speed of an ex-
press
She passed in review the whole of her
short life, poor young queen! and thought
herself most Unhappy.
She saw first Il little princess with red
hands and slim figure side by side with
her twin sister-she who was married up
in the north. the sister she loved so fondly
and whom she rcsembled so closely that
when they wore the same frOcks they had
to have bows of different colored ribbon
tied in their hair to distinguish them.
Inns was before the revolution overthrow
ohelr parents throne ana she loved the
quiet uroWsy atmosphere OF the small
court where etiquette was tempered with
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