The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-10-19

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Your Majesty our royal mater, King
Columbs, has sent US TO declare ~H npou
your Kingdom.
So / bear. said the queen frankly
What does be -snt lo do that fort
Nov, il was illegal in these oountries to
40 TO var without an excuse, snd 30 1t bad
become their custom TO seiss apon some
ure,eIt. which no ous ever thought OF dis
putting. and Immediately besiu 10 hshs
about Il.
Your Majesty. said the smbasssdo', one
Of your subjects bss declared tue loe"ters
90 our coast have no claws. and that is an
iusult We cannot brook.
| Why, lac must bs fool to say such
thing as that cried the queen. OF course
they have olawsl You can tell your mas
ter I N very sorry I've got such 8 foolish
fellow 10 my Kingdom; and, II can bad
him, III set him set him studying natural
history.
The anib sssdors looked at one smother
in despair SO .hst'ssll settled. said the
queen briskly, and now We can ENJOY
ourselves. Have another cup Of tesf
When the ambassadors took their leave
that day, they we're completely dsa9d'
For the first time 10 their lives they bad
disobeyed orders, aud failed to declare
war: and it was With fear and trembling
that they went into the presence OF King
Columbs, and told him exactly what bad
happened Fortunately for them, the
king dearly loved joke. and be rosred
with lsue h,e- till the wals rang
Hs hal cried be Qleens must have
changed since my day. I'll ride over
there aud take look at Her Majesty. And
the ambassadors thanked their stare that
he did not order them to the block.
After this Queen Brigitts received
another declaration OF var, this time from
a king who stated that one OF bis subjects
had been beaten and i'll used by one OF
her subject into prison. while she sent
the invalid jelly and Cruel and broth apd
oysters.
I'm ashamed OF such csrryingson' she
said heartily to the am bssssdors. You
tell your king so. with my compliments
Aud who could insist on fighting after
thstP
Another sovereign proposed to besIeRe
her capital because she had IN h'r pos
session some territory which belonged to
him.
Is tbi so? asked Queen Brigitts OF her
prime minister. Have taken land that
belong to ust
Yes. your Majesty. answered he. We
have held it for over two hundred years;
and, thanks to our good swords, we shall
always hold it.
No, we sha' Mt, said the queen. setting
her lips tight Not while | am queen,
You Just make ont the papers, or what
ever you have to do, and give that teri
ritory back this minute
And, though all her ministers we're
ash amt ed and angry 10 their hearts, they
dared not disobey: and the stolen province
was retoved. Then there was great re-
ioicing in the land which had formerly
held it. Queen Brigitta's name was daily
crowned with blessidgs; and the people
charged their children never, so long as
time should last, TO fight with the subjects
OF so Just q soyerign
Meanwhile King COLUMBIA had not given
up his purpose OF meeting her, and one
day sent messenger to say he would
make her . little visit.
Delgh,iull cried the queen, who loved
TO have company. And I'll invite ell the
other kings round here. Now, many oil
these soverigns had deadly qusrrels with
one another 40 bad formerly kept at the
greatest possible distance apart, except
upoo the battle field; but. ~ none knew
the others we're coming, they all promptly
assembled 10 Queen Brigittrs palace at
the appointed time. 10 defence to their
hostli aud followed her 10 the BAN
quoting ball with as good grace as they
could summon, Still, their thoughts were
bitter but whenever the queen noticed
frown on any OF their browe, she sonld
hustle up to one another saying; II
afraid there's something you don't like
Ia the meat uudone2 And everybody Wal
ashamed to seem qusrrelsome, thougt
each one thought within himself,
III settle with him by and by
The queens guests stayed with be-
seven days, and every minute they grew
. more good humored and merry. Queet
:, Bri,ltts bad great deal TO talk about
!, She wanted them to help her plan hos
a pital, aud places where Ii tie cbildfe'
could run about and pley the games the.
i. loved best.
A For, Of course. we m ust keep ourseive
very busy working for our subjects, sh
ssid They're 80 kind TO dress us so vel
Il and give us 30 much bread and hone
that We must try 10 deaerve 1t all 40
the other kiugs and queens, who hs
! thong ht slssys OF their own plessuse os
:, fore the good Of the people, hung shel
heads and wnre ashamed.
- 90 the last day they sat together, th
A qu cen proposed that they should meet
10 like manner once yesr.
el For need you to advise M. ssid st'
= You must have seen that | dou't IN th
lexstk kuow how 10 reign. In not a b
- wise, aud oil CAT do is to try not TO hsri
"a Auybody. beg you soatso to war vii
I'd me sbs added. because there never ~I
t. be any need oi it.
"a Hsny OF my tueiects shonld inlu
Az vour., you must tell me, aud I'll make e
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