| Show ANECDOTES OF THE QUEEN sho she approved of a trouncing Chig that wa was 9 administered to wales vales apropos of the queens recent sojourn at balmoral a north of scotland newspaper has been gleaning from among the deeside deesire peasantry some new stories about her maje early visits to her highland land residence one of these relates to the boyhood of the prince of wales says the scottish american the prince on one occasion when he be had bad temporarily escaped from the surveillance veil lance of the parental eye played a trick on a young country lad whom he be saw approaching approach inZ with a basket of eif eggs on his arm the result of the trick being to break all or most of the eggs the lad was a tough and could not brook this injury so he turned to and doubling his fists gave the prince a thrashing in spite of tho the lat letters protest that he was the prince of wales prince an a though h bebe ye be said the boy nae business tae break roy MY eggs just then the queen appeared having seen part of the fray she quietly said you are quite right my lad he had bad no right to break your eggs and he richly deserves what you have given him her majesty af afterward ter made inquiries about the boy and sent him to school at her own expense another story relates bolier to her maje visit to the cottagers in the neighborhood on one occasion when she had bad been making calls among the cottage 0 women she dropped in on her way wa y back to the castle at the house of an old woman who did not know her visitor the old lady was both talkative and querulous and referring to a fete at which the queen had been presented that day complained about people including her own household running like 0 mad to see a common clay woman 11 her grievance was that she blie had to wait till her folks returned in in order to got get their tea for sho she was too feeble to make it herself |
