Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-02-02

some tx"cricnc" to relate save M Amer
lean sell. who had never seen a kinG 81
4 queen save in the cards in the sm king
room Of the steamer as ! crossed the ~
lantiC.
There was a movement IA, ZIP in i'i'
park and il SCI intd as il every policeman
in London was instantly Spurrtd iht', ~
tivity. Thc% were on duty h.' th" tli"l
sands The SLOWLY moving proet sS.oii 81
carriages WAS stopped aud the Vrhic!c"
were stopped in Il double line Just Al ne
edge Of The drive. leaving 4 broad patA
through which the royalties might come
ON their way to the paiace
It was II false alarm. hut now that the
WATERS were IN position the police deter
mined to keep m -, ANA mat WI TIT
Then came q rumble Of wheels mp the
lark, and carriage dashed int" lew.
rycrybody GHd cV-rybudy daughter
jumped onto N" chairs u lot hrtl''
view. but II was nrrdlt aS. Icr TINS WAS
another fans" alarm. In III" "l"n car
whose trIsty arms The Queen had h'-
cunt. accustomed to lean as sllr AR, "
weaker IN her old aga. ana wh" ", ht
with hrl whenever she came Ia tho cry
or moved Ia another oi her palaces. lh"\
had come q London in the r"T.h irAin.
ana now wcr" being driven ahead ~ fet
, to the palace ana ~ III readiness tur mr.
coming. They sat erect. ANA hooked H!-
most Xix. .'iant$ with tho r Sw lrthY feat
urcs. their cleaning scarlet NtHtS ana
their urudigiuuS turbanS.
Ii was only 4 second hofur" th"y WIFI"
ont III sight. but 1t had Tut Ms An On the
pui vivr. for We knew that IT," others
must bv u"oT.
II was several minutes. hpw,y,r. hcf"r"
there WAS Amy Indication NJ newcomers.
ana then r1e, thunder q: cheers "a
long ,ilsraycc away. Nearer and nearer
the sound approached and louder ana
luudcr was IL IN volume.
~, OIrcn was coming
Every loyal throat seemed to want to
At-is
who had not been seen in the Lond"1
streets lur a long TINS, ana wEo WIEh,
never b. seen there again.
Al scr. tnbl-d to the highest position rf
vantage possible and waved Wnatvt"f
was in reach The ladies in the. ,.lrtilE' q
along the an rosJ ms hllirica 'nri ti
ana the fat stood up on the seats Of III"
-, ~ 49,; ,,,,,,t
chiefs and the waving Of hats gave n"
,-...tr ~ tur tl.rru .Iid II'r escorts.
l FIRST rode IN" mounted potICrrnt u, tt.H-
in~ Ike mad to clear the path through
I which the Queen WAS Ia come. Behind
! tn,lu dashed tour al the horse guards,
\ VINO proved thar 'h"N ruliu q" ~uIt''.
thing besides stand as immovahlc SEN
Z tnrlS before Thea Dutracn~ 'u," 49,
three or four carriages. swiftly WhirllnE
b., ANA IN the iast Of taem Was "a,
/ Queen.
\ Who were the others? Don't ask mo.
4 ] nave vague memory 81 Il STATEN ih'i.
al middle age. with way SllveTy hair an
an irreprnaChabl bonnet. OF a charming
child with long taken curlS, Int the per
son upon whom an eyes were fixed was
the little. short was almost temple a.
say dumpy-woman who sat IN the corner
nearest 10 me. and So near that / cuulG
have easily tossed a handkcrr>hi. or 9th
hight OBJECT ana nave il drop AT her
feet. she looked precisely like the pur-
traits Of later Years. although the art ~
the photographer had removed some of
i tnc Wrinkles winch were visible IN thu
All ~ .AF d
an in black. simple ANA SonOru. Her
headdress was Il sort ot shlpcIrsS l.acil
affair which no masocliEe ueh could Ge-
scribe. .'''-
4 As she rode along she bowed ackaowl-
cdgcmcnta - the right ANA IA the l.3t,
as the puptilaCc chtcred. until she almost
seemed like one Of those noddiUg Chimes
mandarins OF CrockerY with hoads on r
pendulum 50 that they can swing back
ana forth. The recognition oi "a, u,-
mcndUuS enthusiasm had come to 10 50
nearly automatic that | instantly thought
OF invcnting carriage fuT royalty winch
would have the seat move M and down
as the wheels went around 50 that The
occupant would have the appearance 81
-, u-uIHinl trNpOdV. and would not h.
pat to the least trouble.
- was only Il second Of time that tn,
little procession was in sight. ana thtn
m" carriages mad turned the emit 81 the
drive out of the park, had crossed the
street. ana had tumhled into the entrance
Of the grounds OF Buckingham palace
The QIecn had passed
Instantly tho crowd melted away. ana
the family parties went home Ia tel how
The Queen had looked, how the royal
trA Illnesses had appeared and all the 9th
81 details ~ the afternoon. In twenty
minutes Hyde Park had resumed its nor
mai appearance. Then ! went down To
tn" entrance OF e palace grounds to ste
some o1 the urtahiltirs aS they uas.;,I
IN t. take part in the Festivities. FESTIVE
TIES. You would have supposed that il
was tremendous funeral from the lug
uhriouS expression on the face of every
! turnkey that sat waiting ful a chance to
drive 70 the gateway. If each had SWat-
lowed poker, il could not have gwen
that erect appearance which was Intend
ed for dignity, but was nothing 81 the
MI The streets leading to the palace
had hccn blocked Of from traffic ana not
a has, not hanson In sight-only tho
carriages whose drivers could proiuiN
flourish one Of the great purple cards of
invitation. The occupants Of the car
RACES We're all il til" brightest II iincry.
ana the rustic of SILK ana gi"am Of IA q
condensed into one" while with the men
there W r. glimmerS enough of call Iarr
ana cnld hraid To ShoW c"ncluHivclv tnat
he affair was something decidedly un-
American.
Move along lively there was the cal
htal!on whenever one stopped I'm instant
At the entrance where q maruur, nYl
been ere ctcd to shelter the guests aa ,hoy
came up ANA left their carr ages. Moth.
ms cou.d he seen 81 the inside and W.,
there were hosts OF curious ones Who
waited All the afternoon until tho ear
fih"eS came IN bringing the sam, marry
to make tire journey across the citv 10
Paddln%ton station. All the line of rho
route thtrr was the same line uf snpcta
TORS. PEOPLE checr,d and waved lut they
sot httic response from the feeble oId
ladY who had become tnoroughl,- .v
hauSt"d from her Afternoon of cntTrt Iir
meat, which was To he her last. al1hourh
no one knew il at that time. b,cnsinm
ally 81" frightened W ANA smiled III
some expression OF special enthusiasm.
nut most az the time she paid little al
.thtlnn TO what WAS going on around
hr.. ana u was relief when she co,IlI
trt 70 me station ana be comfortable in
NE Acciusi"n of the privat" train which
WAS To take her olt tn Windsor
Long live the Queen shouted tho
thousands until they were fairy ho,rsa
IRON ne efforts BHt the wish had ~
erect. FOR in less than six months shn
was To be on her deathbed and this was
the last chance that many of them had
!" Sc" the ruler whom they loved So
wcll in life. "
Failing to find relief from tho grin
W IA old methods. | took DR. Miles p,in
rms, Nervinc and Nerve ana Liver pj,ls
ana was permanently cured ''-C;ust