Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-01-28
INTERVIEWED BY HERSELF.
BluebeIIs RecolIections Of Ensland's
Dead Queen.

''Oh, yes, have seen the queen Il
great many times" said myself this
morning. That of course is perfect
ly natural. have no distinct recol-
lection of the time when | saw her
first
The queen always seemed to be
bound up with the life of her peo-
pie. There are few English houses
from Hatfield house, the country seat
of Lord Salisbury, to the meanest
cottage, that have no picture of the
queen. Then she was talked about
so much that she seemed to be a
part of the family like
DO you remember any of the pic
tures? That is. had you any partic-
ular favorite among them?' asked.
Myself pondered moment. We'll,
some of them were-rather hideous
you know-chromos especially" she
answered. Perhaps the picture of
her majesty taken at the time of her
coronation, as well as one of the jul
bilee year, We're most generally seen.
In the latter photograph she wears
a dark rich dress and fluffy white
cap with long ends, on her head.
You asked me as to my own pref
erence? Oh | always liked a picture
we had at home. 1t was taken. l be-
lieve, about the time of the queens
marriage. She wears a light dress
and shawl. A large poke bonnet
forms a frame for her face, around
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outer edge of the bonnet has fall
of lace. Her majestys expression is
very demure. She holds prayer
book in her clasped hands. That was
always my queen. | came across the
same picture in a magazine the other
day"
How do you account for the love
her people seemed to feel for her?'
THAT is a hard question, because
there are SO many reasons for the
bond existing. England is conserva-
tive. Her people do not take kindly
to changes. 1t has been and is the
proper thing to be loyal to the reign
ing sovereign. Still, in the case OF
tire late queen there was more than
this. Perhaps it was because she
loved her people-particularly hte
common people-that they so loved
her Human tenderness in her was
very strong. She was always partial
to children. When taking her Gus.
tomary drives she never failed to no
tice the little ones. The children had
a very pretty fashion of kissing their
hands to her majesty, to which she
always responded in kind, or with a
little wave of her hand. Very often
the tots brought bouquets, or as We
called them then, nosegays of flow
ers. | remember one time my father
and | We're waiting for her carriage
to pass. Previous to starting | had
gathered large bunch of old-fash
| ioned flowers, such as the queen loved
Wallllowers, sweet williams. ten-weel
| stocks. pinks. gilly flowers and many
others We're there. 1t was very no
| as we waited amid the crowd. Tn,
bouquet was heavy. and worse thai
| all. the flowers began to wilt. M,
father urged me to throw it away o
| give it to him. But refused =
don't see why you want it, anyway
he said, at length. Let me pin tw,
or three of the prettiest.
| No ! said, Il want it. So H.
gave in. | was afraid to say why
was patiently carrying the big bou
quet, as | knew he objected to wha
he called forwardness.
AT length we heard unmistakabl
evidence that the carriage of tn
queen was coming. Here, Dooman
said my fnther. and swung me up o
his shoulder. bouquet and all. II
was rather tall, so that could easil
see over the heads of the crowd.
How my heart beat as the ca
riage came in sight. Suppose coul
not throw far enough? Suppose
have forgotten the rest. At any rat