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66 KOTICBS OF BOOKS.
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young that in lad they y says came , " , Oh and , I I 'd was rather a _going g * o into to sh the ow kitchen them into , for the I see parlor you ' ve when a fire the ,, was putting and not niy shoes on an over some are good rather turf one that wet , the . lay " young Well band , I gentleman let ~ b her do he as of she beg liked ins ing to something ; make and , as it the up you fire by
y ; , y way say , know says I , , goodnatured " I don't think -like it , says very he good , " — This they is 've nice cut * turf it too you ' deep ve got , quite . " " Well _elown , sir into , " the earth" So then he looks about himfor something else to noticeand ?
. , , seeing those cups and saucers on tbe mantelshelfj " You ' ve got some old were china born , " says sir he peop . " le No thoug , " says ht I a , good " that deal ' s not of eating china , off it ' s delft delft , ; which and before being you the
then best ware the young , they , could lady get says , , they " You valued ' ve a as curious much clock as we . " value " Yes china , " says now I , . " " that So really is a curiosity , for it was Pope ' s , it and I when bought it at had the it ? sale of she his
effects at Twickenham . " " Is it just as was Pope " says . " O no ! " says I , " Pve had it cleaned and done up . " " Ah , that ' s a pity , " thi says s funny she , " for but otherwise just then I the would n have tleman boug who ht it had of gone you . " to Well the front , I thoug door ht
called out , , "It has left off raining ge now . " " You can't justly tell whether it has , liouse or not . , sir If , " you says 'll I go , " at to that the back door , door because , you the 'll be wind more sets likel agin y the to see back . " of So the he
Ing goes - and to the a little back one door , and , and began directl rolling y he opened themselves it , out on darted my pepp his two ermint dogs bed , _= a _" _ilallosir" I" do know I sell peppermint ? " So he laughs
, , says , you my the and So away door whistles they looking _^ them go , after after off , and thanking them says and to me see the for them lad giving y cut , " It them across reall shelter y the has common left ; and off I to raining stan a little d at . "
gate in the park-paling . So I , stood thinking _tomyselfj " Whoever could they Prince be ? Going Albert into ! To the think park , of too that ! never Why , having then , ten struck to one me it ! 's Yes the , Queen yes , I dare and
But say it I was didn , ' for t know he's tall they and were she expected ' s short , and down they here do just go about now . with However two dogs , I'll . just went go - up with to the basket house with of a basket and of sure egg enoug s , and h then the servants I shall know told . me " they So I
had come up down my unexpectedl eggs y , ; and had gone out to walk directly after luncheon , and had been caught in the rain . ' " ' Well but , Mr . B , that is not all . ' thtell the and all her
party *'' Oh were no , going that's out not all on . horseback The next , when day , she ey says me , " , Have Queen any of you any money " Ohfive ? ' \ or " ten How pounds much " does "I your have Majesty five pounds want ? your " says Majesty one of . the " " equerries Ohthat .
, . , , him will do " Go . " in So and they ive rode the along poor here man , and in that , as they cottage went five by , pounds the Queen for me said , and to tell , him I thank him g for having given us shelter yesterday . " So of course I
was seeing very him much come p in leased and ; leav but e , the you gate know open , I , did I thoug not ht know I should who he be was having , so the " ' dogs Well in again , autumn so I bawled since out she , " has Shut sent the me gate five after pounds you . . " Yesit ' s very
good of her , every ; and I ' ve no way of , showing her what I think of it but b , y taking hex don ' ' a t know basket of of any cherry hereabouts pippins , but which mine is . not I have what but every one bod tree y , can and do I ; always for I
save its pippins for the Queen . You shall have one though , ma ' am . Here ' s one " Old for ye Mr . ' B is now dead ; and before he died he made his willand
. , left Pope's clock to the Prince Consort . I dare say dozens of such stories as where this , of she the and Queen the ' s Prince benevolence spent , much might of be their picked time up in in their that nei early ghb married orhood ,
life . "
66 Koticbs Of Books.
66 KOTICBS OF BOOKS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1861, page 66, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031861/page/66/
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