The Daily Missoulian., 1910-10-13

esas told that my beautiful child was
dead. The cruel news brought me to
my Knees "a the floor Ot the royal
nursery. The splendpr W. my sur
rpundngs appeared ID me Az 80 much
dfosstsIt seemed to inN that Isihad been
turned Into IL block ot cold ninfble,
The ldss of INV own beautiful child itlad
that effect upon me regarding the III
tIe prince that | soon. grew almost 10
believe that M was truly. my own
child. was kept III this position Just
about one year When my services
w,rs no longer required King Edward, Il
then Prince Uf Wales sent for, me
from the nursery IL tell me that 1 had
not only won his esteem but that Of
his beautiful Alexandra and that |
was also esteemed ana respected by
the royal household
when | arrived ut my own home
once more, after nearly u whole year
of absence. 1t was to find that fortune
/ had Withdrawn her smiles and that
my husbands business had been
ruined. A cattle disease. then raging,
4 had killed away nearly all Of our
good COWS. and every penny that we
I had saved during our time of pros
1 perity had been exhausted in IL vain
| attempt To stem the disastrous flood.
ON the very afternoon that arrived n
butcher delegated from the cattle
commissioners had arrived To kill the
last two remaining cows of what had
been an excellent dairy. These APP
palling condition al home caused me
to decide at once to take up nursing
as a profession. ! Immediately ar
/ ranged tn lay out the money | had
earned In the royal service In a course
4 Of nursing and midwifery. In due
time won my diploma in both
branches and nursed among the noble
and the great of Great Britain for S5
Years"
Mrs Roberts old friend, Mrs. Jones,
was again able to help her In securing
for her the appointment of nurse and
foster the first born of the Princess
Christian, at Cumberland Lodge.
Windsor. The popularity of Mrs.
l,oberts was ut once securely estab-
1ishea through her connection with the
, royal nursery. In the years that fol-
lowed she nursed the Duchess Of
Abercorn. the Duchess Of Iniskillen.
inf 1ohIlsHS ishiSph. IsAa4 IVAN
lnow Lady SWansea), Lady Church,
and many others among the noble
DANES of Britain She has served at
! Windsor Castle. where to Welsh peo-
: ple Of il few centuries ago entrance
was far easier than exit, st. MARI
borough House. Balmoral Castle
buckingham Palace, Osborne, Sand
Z ringhnm. and Cumberland Lodge. in the
Z discharge of her professional duties
After this long tenure Of service
Mrs Roberts At last became 80 deal
:, that she did not feel longer competent
! for the work and declined to take OF
any new iElses. She was then ap
pointed to the Royal Maternities Char
lilies society, an institution organized
hy the then Princess Alexandra, nov
:, the beloved Dowager Queen of Eng
. land, and controlled by her and a com
! mittee OF London ladies. This posi-
y ton Mrs Roberts held for seyera
!, years, when, owing to her advanced
:. age, and the dangers and hafdships Q
noeying calls to the poorer district
= of London ut all hours of the night
she resigned of her own accord, tn
=, secretary saying to her that she wa
leaving with an exceptional record o
success. and that her name shoul
=, always remain on the froll-cali of tn
society. 1t Is ii source Of great pleas
:, ure 10 Mrs. Roberts now to know tlia
:, her name remains living and green i
: the heart of the field wherein she la
bored sn long and diligently.
:. OFTEN while holding him In m
80 arms and thinking OF the beautlfl
- child | had sacrificed for him. | Wonl
10 wonder over the possibility OF his sue
- ceeding 10 the throne. and would pra
-, God to bless him With II kind and 10y
=. ing heart. 50 that, when the TIM
-, came, II fate ordained II SO, he Woul
= prove il tower of strength and bless
- ing, not only to his own subjects. bu
-. to the Wide wide world. His wise an
-, great father, and his sanity grand
!, mother have already given us prot
of what Englands monarch can do ft
=, the welfare Of the world, and ! fe'
:, like prophesying that King Georp
will follow in their footsteps, with Il
!, good of mankind In its entirety as tt
: motive principle in his actions. Ma
&, God bless him.