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(To be continuedo
DOROTHY DREW.
Anecdotes of the Late Mr.. Giadstone's
Little Grandd lughter.

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Little Grandd lughter.
Dorothy Drew, Gladstone's famous
grandcnild. whose loving companion
ship added so much to the happiness
Of his later years, Is the subject of a
very interesting sketch In the Young
Woman. We learn from it that before
her fourth year her political views had
become decidedly radical; to her mind
the House of Lords was most repre-
henslble institution, and the House OF
Commons the malnstay of the nation.
When the House of Lords was spoken
of in her presence as the Upper
House." she would retort: You mean
the House of Commons! She visited
the latter dur ng her third year, and
for time thought herself In church.
The frequent rising and sitting Of the
members soon und ceived her, how
ever, and from these movements and
the oratorlcal gesticulations of the
speakers, she fancied herself in gym
nasium- AN impression derived from a
previous visit to such a place, For
some time after this, the Commons was
1.-THE place where grandad goes to do
his 'nast.cs," or, on occasions, "the
place where grandad goes to do his les
sons"
Her visit to Queen Victoria was a
momentous episode in her young life,
and from the artl, lie above menlon, d
we quote the narrative of her delight
full experiences:
Dorothy relates how she went down
the very long corridor to put on her
new white frock and her silk gloves,
and how a grand servant all dressed in
| red came to say that the Queen was
waiting.
"The Irdian man whom the Queen
likes very much was at the door, and
the next moment Dorothy stood before
the great Queen whom her grandpapa
had served for sixty years. But Dor
othy thorght nothing Of the vastness
! of the empire, or of the length of the
reign which all the world was cele-
brating. 1t was nothing to her that the
kindly gray haired lady before her was
mistress of one-Quarter of the whole
human race.
To Dorothy she was just another
woman like grandmamma with q
white cap on her head; and Dorothy
courtesied and kissed her, and told her
her name was "Dors e." that she called
Mr.. Gladstone "grandpapa," that they
all had pet names at the castle, and so
on and so on; and many interesting pet
names were revealed on both sides.
"Tha Queen put ON her glasses and
asked me to go to the other side of the
room, so that she could see me better"
Dorothy explains, "and then she took a
little jewel-case and said: This is for
you
81 opened it and saw a darling little
brooch, with a diamond V and a da-
mond r and a turquoise l, and little
crown at the top made of red enamel.
| courtesied and kissed her hand and
said. 'Thank you very much She
looked very nice and kind, and liked
her very much"
Then the Queen kissed the little debu-
tante again, and Dorothy and her moth.
er returned TO town.
Kipllng, who is numbered among the
celebrities who have sought Dorothy's
acquaintance, tells an amusing story OF
their meeting. They had been in the
grounds surrounding Hawarden fol
some time together. when Dorothy's
mother appeared, saying:
"Now, Dorothy, hope you have moi
been wearying Mr.. Kipling."
"Ob. no: not bit" was the frankly
unconventional reply. "Mr. Kipling
has been wearying me!'