The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-06
THE QUEENS DONKEY.
The Fat Little Fellow That Draws Her
Majestys Cart.
From the New York Advertiser

TIOLn INC New lOIh AuNGIllSbI.
Queen Victoria's donkey has history.
The first year her majesty went to AK
les-Bains, she one day saw poor man
slowly driving thin lutte donkey To
the great confusion of the old peasant, the
queen asked him if he would sell his ami
NAL
That depends" he answered, regard
ing her distrustfully. Then, scratching
his head. he added: you see, if | sell
you my donkey, how am to earn my liv-
ing n'
How m UGH did you give for it, my
good man?''
"A hundred francs, and it was not at
all dear at the price
We'll, l will give you POO francs for it,
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 a cord TO the
old master, after placing the money Sc
curely in his fob, harnessed himself to his
cart.
The donkey thus bought in April 1885,
received the name of JacquOt. Thanks
to the queens fancy, the donkey has
prOtited in many ways. The creature
knows when he is well off and being
SIdu 10 cAtHduR6 Guns anu DIOWS lOF
spelling and indulgence. has shown him
self gentle as a lamb. Therefore the
queen takes him wherever the goes. and
insists on his being treated with the
same care as her most favorite horses.
On his last journey Jacquot astonished
the inhabitants of the country He had
grown so large, 50 fat, was so beautifully
groomed and so magnihcently aCcoutred
and harnesed that he was quite unrecog
nizable.
One day the queen, drawn by Jacquot
and escorted by Princess Beatrice and
her servant (ThomsOn), drove all through
AK. stopping at every hat shop III the
place She insisted upon having a straw
hat for her gillie He, greatly astonished
at his royal mistress sudden decision,
was quite red with vexation, and kept
muttering that he was a Scotchmau. and
no Highlander had ever worn anything
but the Scotch cap, or police bonnet with
its two little tails floating in the wind.
But the queen ordered him to be silent
remarking she did not choose that her
faithful attendant should have a sun
stroke. So the nat, a superb Panama,
was bought for 2 francs rs confines
After lunch, at the moment of going
out, the Scotchman, pale as man being
led to execution, told the queen he would
prefer to resign rather than wear a straw
hat.
Think, he said, Il represent here the
country of Scotland, so devoted to your
majesty. What would my cOmpatriots
say if they learned that | mounted the
carriage Of their sovereign muttied up in
head-g such as thisl"
The queen fixed her gray eyes on her
servant and quietly replied, That is not
the way John Brown obliged me-
On receiving this direct rebuke the
Scotchman's pride expired instantly. He
declared himself ready to wear ANYTHING
and everything the queen might ordain.
But no sooner had Thomson quilted the
royal presence than sharp remOrse for
having yielded assailed him. Step by
step he reasceuded 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 ut
terly ! have just got an idea about the
straw hat.
Speak, then, my gillie," replied the
Queen, who mad quite recovered her good
humor
My idea will arrange everything after
your maiesty's wish. When we start
from the house will wear my cap; once
In the open country | will replace my ma
tional headgear by the straw hat, which
| VIII again remove soon as we approach
the town.
The Queen made no objection to this ar
rangcment, which was accordingly car
ried out.