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Show vulgewhat ho had seen or to unmask Ser anonymity. In all cases of distress brought "wider her notice she desires if possible to judge for herself and behold with her own eyes. It was no uncommon sight to see her on quitting the cathedral after morning mass sarronnded by a crowd of poor people, peo-ple, who knelt as she passed, kissed the hem of her dress or presented some petition. peti-tion. These she invariably took in her own hand and read on her return home. Leisure Hour. ""wager Queen of Portugal. wessedwith taste and elegance, 1 -'Wels were among the most costly v Rent's, and her household was Wli an etiquette that proved that Jer forgot her rank, even if it at times to disguise it This in.9t frequently when, bonnd e of those errands of mercy for 1 ,she is famed, and which have n) aer the name of "Angel of Char-.talanthropy Char-.talanthropy is with her as much 'on hunting, music or painting. the head of all Portuguese 'C establishinentfl, which she di- Irson, even to the minutest de- f ?s to the fore if any disaster oc-any oc-any appeal were jg, j0 the pub-she pub-she did not confine her chari-srtious chari-srtious to public calamities only. T " the anecdotes told of her tt i any and many a ttme haa jtT til8 palace at 801116 early aour unaccompanied, simply ,ln and none of the house-3 house-3 auc whither wsnt her majesty, eJe sae was bound on some sa-. sa-. d of mercy. Once when a JS3 iijriiig her and seeing r oneof the lowest quarters of - ' rJwed her to watch over her '-'-ia sternly forbade hici to di- |