Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-07-02
ODD LETTERS TO ROYALTY.
Pathetic Missives Received by Per
sons High In Power.

Pathetic MisSives Received by Per-
sons High In Power.
Some of the missives received by SOW
ereigns and princes contain the ele-
ments of both humor and pathos in no
linsonsiderable degree. Indeed, this Is SO
true that to quote few Of these extra
ordinary letters Is both interesting and
amusing.
A little over two years ago, says
Household Words, a gala was held In
London, at which the present king and
queen presided. The following day
Queen Alexandra received a curious
letter, written upon piece of tea pa
per, which ran as follows:
Dere Princess-When yu was passing
the corner tuday, my little gel, aged 3,
ran to Civ WI a rose in exchange for
wun of yourn, becos she luv yu. L
cooden elp it, but she mock down and
run over by the mex carriage, and now
in Charing Hospital. ifere she will die.
she keep axing fur your rose, and would
WI please send wun.-Yours truly,
Mary.
The queen, very much touched by this
letter, made inquiries. She had noticed
the child who had ran forward, but she
had not heard of the accident. with
the kindness and sympathy for which
she Is we'll loved, she went Immediately
to the hospital and gave the poor little
sufferer a rose with her own hand. The
girl was the daughter Of poor factory
woman of Hackney, and the case was
sad one. But Queen Alexandra went
to the hospital every day for a week,
till the child was out of danger, bring
ing her a rose each time. 1t Is also
pleasing to record that the welfare or
both the girl and her mother was al
forwards the subject of the queens
care.
Another extraordinary epistle was
that sent some few years ago to her
late majesty Queen Victoria. The
writer was a boy of 16, living at one of
the seaports, and had reference to a
sport, much favored by the organizers
of seaside regattas, which consists OF
walking a horizontal pole, projecting
over the water, and well creased, with
prize at the end for anyone who can
get it. 1t ran as follows:
Dear Queen-There is walkin the
gresy poll at the sports in our arbor
next Tuesda, and there Is an ham al
the end. If I get the ham, 1t will be
very good for my family, becos my
father Is out ov wuk, and we have not
got much to etc. But 1 am smorl as
they won't give me start, which they
oughter. l am feared sum wun bigger
will get it. will you please tell them TO
put the ham not kwite at the end Tor
me, which will be more fair. Yours
obed., Johnny Ward. P. S. The arbor
folks won't take no motifs of me.
Her late majesty was so amused at
this remarkable letter that she directed
ham to be dispatched to the lad on
the regatta day, in case he should not
win. This was accordingly done, and
grateful letter Of thanks came from the
boy in response to his queens benif-
cence.
| Perhaps the most amusing letter OF
all was that sent sometime ago to the
duke Of York-now the prince of Wales
from a young Briton who wanted to
join the navy. From the lads letter we
should judge that, whatever his quail
hcations for the post may have been
generally, he would undoubtedly, In
time of war. have proved an acquisi-
ton. The epistle ran as follows:
Dear Duk Of York-I'm forteen, and
I want to be bloojacket. they won
let me, becos they say amt big enuff;
but i'm the strongest boy in mi Glass;
and Billy Evans is goin in, which can
liz with wun hand tied behind me.
Please tell them to send me to the navy
becos want to go very much; an II
can't and Billy does / will lik i'm so bad
he can't neither. Yours to comand'
Tommy Smith.
The present prince of Wales interest
ell himself in the boy-with good re-
sults.-Detroit Free Press.
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