The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-02
The Queens Donkey.

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The first year Her Majesty vent 10 AK
les-Pains. she one day saw a poor man
slowly driving a thin little donkey. To
the great confusion Of the old peasant,
the queen asked him II he would sell
his animal
THAT depends" he answered. regnLnl-
Ing her distrustfully. Then. scratching
his head, lie added: You see. IL / sell
living"
How much did you give for IT, my
"a hundred francs and it was not at
all dear at the price
We'll, l will give you two hundred
francs for 1t, and then with that money
you can buy another donkey" And the
bargain was concluded.
Then and there the donkey was I'M
harnessed and tied with cord 10 tie
back Of the Royal carriage. whilst IT'S
Old master, after placing the money Sc
eurely In his fob. harnessed himself 10
The donkey thus bought in April. 1885.
received the name OF Jocqu0t Thanks
TO the, Queens fancy. the donkey has
proiited i'm many ways The creature
knows when he is well or and, being
glad to exchange cuffs and blows for
spelling and Indulgence, has shown him
Queen takes him wherever she goes and
insists on his icing treated with the
same care AS her most fayorite horses.
On, ms last journey Jacpuot aston
iHAitb Nif INHABITANTS OF the country. lie
nau grown 50 large, so fat. was so beau
TRULY grOOmcd and so magnificently ac-
courier and harneSsed that he was quite
unrecOgn liable.
One day the Queen, drawn by Jacquot.
ana escorted by Princess Beatrice and
her servant CrhomsOn). drove all through
AK, stopping at every hat shCD in the
page; ohe insisted upon having a straw
nat Tor her stllie. He, greatly aston
ished at his Royal mistress sudden de-
cision, was quite red with yexation and
Kept muttering that he was A ScOtchman
anu no highlander had ever worn any,
net with its two little tails ioatin In the
WIND: But the Queen ordered him 10 be
stlent resnaarkins she did not choose
a sunstroke. So the hat. a superh Pan
times. - NVH-
After lunch, at the moment OF going
out, the Scotchman, pale as a man hao
Ing led to execution, told the omeen ne
would prefer to resign rather than wear
a straw hat. WAL
Think" he said. II represent here
tne country OF Scotland, 50 devoted 10
triots say II they learned that [ mount
Ell the carriage OF their sovereign muitied
up IN head-gear such as thisY'
Inc queen hNeq her gray eyes ON her
servant, ana quietly replied, That is not
the way John Brown Obliged me -
On receiving this direct rebuke the
Scotchman's pride expired Instantly. 40
declared himself ready 10 wear ANYTHING
ana everything the Queen might orr,ain'
But no sooner had Thomson quilted the
royal presence than sharp remorse for
having yielded assailed him Step by
step he reascended the stairs. and enter
ing the drawing-rOom without Knocking
with his habitual familiarity, he eX-
claimed:
Your Majesty is goodness Itself. she
would not wish 10 crush her servant
utterly. | have just got an idea about
the straw hat"
Speak then. my glue" replied the
queen, who had quite recovered her good
humor
Ny idea VIII arrange everything after
your AlaJesty's wish. When We start
from the house ! viii wear my cap: once
In the open country | VIII replace nv
national headgear by the straw hat.
which / viii again remove soon as we
approach the town"
The Queen made no objection 10 this
arrangement, which was accordingly car
ried out.