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Show their "mother," had the gratification of beb-'g conversed with by her majesty, and also of having had the satin quilt, made by her in the hope that she might be permitted to send it to the queen, received in the kindest way. The quilt is a unique piece of needlework, showing the Liberian coffee plant green, ripening and in its mature state, and the queen complimented Mrs. Kicks upon the patience and skill evinced by the work. Mrs. Eieks was taken to Windsor by Mrs. Blyden, wife of the African man who has been appointed ap-pointed consul in London to the Liberian Li-berian republic. The queen expressed a desire to possess a portrait of Mrs. Ricks, who was therefore specially photographed. pho-tographed. Perhaps the most touching detai of the visit was Mrs. Kicks' impression from the soft and gentle tone in which the queen spoke to her that she was "sayuitr Mossing to her. Among the graciet.; things which the queen did say war. that site felt "greatly honored" by the trouble taken by this old lady of seventy-six in coming so far to see her. No wonder that Mrs. Ricks remarked in her quaint v. ay that she would remember remem-ber her vis'.L "in the days which go by before the time shall be for sleep." HER LIFE LONG AMBITION. A Nejrrew Realized It When She Was Presented to tlie Queen. Mrs. Martha Anna Ricks, an' African negress, has fulfilled the ambition of a long life, says the Chiea-ro Inter Ocean , bi-inn- received by Queen Victoria at W indsor castle. Mrs. Ricks, who has been s.iviup; her money for half a cen-lm cen-lm to go to England and g-et, if possible, possi-ble, a passing glimpse of the great . n v. hose sympathy with the slaves |