The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-31
HER MAJESTY AND MOTHER

Mother" Her Majesty was a sure
sign. Peace was always making
things you had to do in plays, so YOU
didn't mind doing them.
rs Her Majesty very awfully
sick?" whispered Rebecca Nan softly.
Yes" Peace whispered back sor-
rowfuliy eve darkened her room
the royal apartment, l mean--and
Smelling sailed her. Now we all have
to go right straight to work and clear
up the-the palace. Becky Nan and
will be the Royal Dishwashers. ard
CHINA can be the Maid o the buster,
and Mario the. Lady-in- Waiting. be
cause she's the stllest sitter. She
must sit outside the door TO moth
to Her Majestys room: ard wait TN
she needs something. Now come on
easy"
As they stole away little figure
in a Russian frock at the farther end
of the playroom slowly, rose to its
feet They've gone and left me out
Philip thought Indignantly. "Just's
II she wasn't my muth~-nfy Majesty
-fan and i wasn't SORRY much as
snybody. Peace never gave me a
single thing 10 do. no, she never
IT was hard work to keep the tears
back where they. belonged. A girl
would have given 1t up and cried but
Of course n hoy--it was different II
yo,i We're boy. You had to wink
your. eyes like anything and swallow
hard then
If there were only another ROYAL
mind eagerly Then a saidden fash
of .inspiratien cames to him There
we're Lord High. Characterization He
wonldpte AFFORD High Chambermai1
10 ffer Ma iesty and make the beds
That would help az much as being n
ROYAL Dishwasher or q Duster Reds
had to be made. didn't they, even in
palaces"
First. he went into Peace's room,
and because II was directly over
mother--Her Maiesty's room, he
slipped of his dumping little shoes
before he went TO work.
The bed was rather high. ana he
was rather-~well. maybe Lord Low
ambermaid would have fitted him
better. But love and pity for Her
dear Majesty downstairs gave hirl
courage X not any more inches In
height He toiled away with steady
patience on this side. on that side.
and on top, to smooth out the places
In the quits that were out of reach
Poor little Lord High Chambermaid,
AZ fast as he smoothed one place. he
unsmoothed another on his way back
| to the floor. 1t was toilsome work,
and his face was rather red and his
short arms rather lame and aching.
But he made the other beds. one
after the other. in his own particular
way And meanwhile. down in the
darkened>>royal apartment. Her Ma
jesty dropped out of pain into gentle
sleep. while the palace work went
on about her. II was all done when
she woke IN But she did not know
iit. She lay for little while, spent
and weak after the pain, and dread
ed II all There were the, unwashed
dishes, the undnsted rooms. the un-
made beds-how could she go to
work on them without bringing the
pain back
.'Your Majesty"
n was the patient little Lady IN
Waiting at the door, who had heard
her stirring Your Majesty. h vo,ir
your royal ache better? Just a
little snip hettV7 o. I hope So"
Then II all came out about the
palace being in order, and no dishes
for Her Majesty 10 wash. no rooms
for Her Majesty to dust. no beds for
Her Majesty to make!
why" Her Majesty cried. and
then. all in minute she was
| mother" arain--plain mother: and
they were plain Peace and Rebecca
Nan and Virginia and Marjorie -
and the little Lord High Chamber
maid was Philip. The-epiay was
over then. for how can you kiss n
queen. and say how sorry you were,