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IIE G. REAT QUEEN'SLIFE
Sketchy Story of the Life of Our
Cate Ruler,
Tho year 1817 was a MeMorable one hoe the dental. The King informed
in the hiettory ef England, Seldom had
the prosperity of a country which hail
known no wirious hitch or obstaele for
a century been More (seriously men-
aced; never were the destlates ef a
constitutional tnonarohy that had steed
the storms of 800 years enveloped in a
more fobidaing gloom.
The death of the Princess Charlette
opened up the peospect of succession to
the throne to ;the youngest :ion of
George III., and had inspired him with
a &etre to marry. As yet the only
sons who had taken wives were the
Duke, of York, who had children, and
the Duke of Cumberland, whose first
living ohild was not born till 1819.
The third brother was Edward, Duke
a Kent, then 51 yeare of age. He was
not on terms of ordinary friendship
with any of his brother. Suddenly he
determined to marry.
Victoria, da.ughter.of Duke Frew a
Saxe -Coburg, at that time 82 years of'
ago, had taken the Duke's fancy. On
• lee **:al• o*
•••••• •;•••:•:•%'••••%:::••:•.
• ... :;•••:•• • • te,,
her publicly that he neither tanderetoed
nor would endure conduot ea dim.
reepeotful to him, This, though saki
loudly and publiely, waa only the mut.
Wins of a storra which broke next
day. It was the royal birthday, and
tbe King had invited a hundred people
to dinner. The Duehese of Kent eat
on one side of Bers*Majesey, (me of ais
sisters ou the other and the Princesa
Victoria opposite.
DENOVIOCED HER; MOTHER.
When replying to a speech in which
his health had been proposed, the
King burst forth in a bitter tirade
against the Duchess,
"I trust in Ged," he exclaimed, "that
I may have the aatisfaction Oe leaving
the royal authority on my death to the
personal exercise a that young lady
(pointing to the Prineess)—the heiress
presumptive of the crown—and not in
the hands of a person now near Me
who us surrounded by evil advisers, and
whe is herself incompetent to aot with
July 11, 1818, thig lady beeame the propriety in the station in which she
Duchess of Kent, the future mother of would be placed. I have no hesitation
the future Queen of Eiiilaud.
HE WAS POOR. .
When the Duke was' infermed by his
oonsort that he had the prospect of an
heir, it was his wishthat the child
should be born on English soil. The
.journey was attended with difficulty,
for H'is Graoe was much premed for
ready cash. In the spring of, 1819,
however, the journey was made. The
Duke and Ducheas were installed at
Kensington Palace, then, as now,
place of residence for the member:: and -
proteges of the royal family, and on
May 24, 1818, "a pretty little Princess,
plump as a partridge," was born. The
Duke was delighted with the ohild. Be
would dandle and caress her, and
then hand her to the, arms of admin.
ing spectators, with the caution,
"Take care of her, for she ,will be
Queen of England." the Grace did not
live to enjoy .his patental happinesa
long.
It had: been prophesied that two
paeture, and ordered, her carriage:
members of the family would die in
There 1%, but one event which His
the course of 1820. The; Duke believed
the prophecy iraplioitly; but he applied Majesty wished to live to witness in
iU to his brothers. Ink ,the 'Winter of hid "God -forsaken realm," He devout-.
1819 he had gone to the eheltered wa- ly prayed that he reigfht, live tilly the
tering plate of Sidmouth, in Devon- Princess victoria- Was of ego. Hic Pray'
shire, "to eheat," as he :said, "the win..er. waa just granted, but only just.
ter." One day .he happened, • When • It wee. not eintil she' was 12 years
taking a walk, to get wet anti to catch 01 that th° Vi°t°rbt
cold. Acute inflammation 'of the Permitted to know the high de.stiny-
lungs supervened and carried him oft reserved for her, and even thin; the
"The poor • widow eound herself, knowledge came iin ane almost accid-
owing to the Duke's considerable ontal manner.
debts, in a very uncomfortable poeia ASSAILED 4 LORD. ' •
Von at the time of his death. Her •seeteeeeelek ea're nueband of
brother, Leopold, enabled her to re- the Princess and her cousin waegrow.
turn to Kensington, where she hence- beg in oetreaeny Prinee Albert,
forth devoted herself to the edueation • •
the son of the Doke of Coburg, was
of her child, Queen Victoria,"
barn at Rosentea in the August of
PROPHECY FULFILLED. the same yea e ate Princeie Victoria,
Sit days after the death of the Duke and 1±hi a curious coincidence. con -
of Kent the prophecy above mentioned sidering the future connection 'of the
was completely ftlifilled by the death Children, that Mme. Siebold, the mo-
ot his father, George III. CO Monday, douche,se Who attended the Duchess of
the 31st, the new soveeeign, the Prince Coburg, at the birth of • the young
Regent, was proclaimed George IV'. The Prince, had only three Months before
health of the new King waa peecari. attended the.Ducheseeof Kent at the
ma; his ,age was advanced ;hp had no bertli of the ,Princess. :"How pretty
legal heir. The Duke bf York, the the little Mayflower," writethe
eaying that I have been insulted—
grossly and continually insulted by
that person, but I am determined to
endure no longer s course of behavior
so disrespectful to Inc."
The King partioularly complained of
the manner howlrich the Princess had
been prevented- from attending at
court by her mother.
"For the future," he said, "I shall
inaist and eommand that the Princess
de upon all occasions appear at my
court, as it iet her duty to do."
liavieg begun with an anathema the
King ended with.a benediction, speak-
ing of the. Prineess and her future
reign in,d tone of paternal inter*
and affection. The effect. however;
which the royal utterances produced
wee alarming. The Queen lookedin
deep distress, the Peineese burst into
teas, the Dricheas of, Kent said not
a wordy but soon after leaving the
room, aonounoed her immediate dee
heir a.pparent, ;was married, had no grandmother both op Albert and Vic -
family, and his Duchess wag in a de- toria, the Dowager •Duehess of Co -
alining Mete. The Duke of Clarence,
. the next in order, was of ripe age. He
had had two daughters born to him.
Each of them had died, in infancy, but
further issue, thoughnot probable,
was still ziot an impossible contin-
gency. The next in auccession was
the infant Princess at Kensington
Palace. Every year as it passed:
V
- les" '41441tra1t ir Only the
• life of the royal babe were spared upon
her the monarchy 'ultimately must de-
volve. As a matter of feet the pro-
phetic boast of the Duke of Kent was
fulfilled earlier than might have been
anticipated. The Regent reigned
for just 1.0 years after his ascent to the
throne as George IV., the Duke of
Clarence just Seven years ae
IV.
On Augu.et 30, 1836, King William,
• who had acceded to the throne on the
death of his brother, in 1830, gave a
dinner party at Windsor on his birth-
day.
There was one person Whoni the
King deteated Mere even than his
Ministers — the mother of the Prin-
cess, the Duchess of kenti who had not
bean altering in her criticisms on the
reception she had raet from the royal
family in England. The Duchess had
applied for a suit of apartments for
her own use in Kensington Palace, and
had heen'Tausecr by the KTE77-711-e
appropriated the rooms, notvvithstand-
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paelyespirit ren high, and penetrated than these who had crowded the avan-
t/ea whole .fabric of society ,in Eng- ues uf st. james's Palace in the 'gent-
le:ad. Within' two or throe years of ingeheedless of taint and eold.,, to Wit -
this time, Priticees•Vietoria had taken nese the bridal procession en its way
her Place in that, :moiety as theheiress t� and from the chapel.'
to the English throne. • • Notwithstanding the hearty efforts'
•
For' national purposes the Prihcess o the Queen to identify herself • with
completed her majority On the eigh- her subjects and to proniote their wel-
teenth anniversary of her birth,
• On 2, nixie, days .after this
silent had taken place, the King was
desperately ill and died on June 20.
.* THE CORONATION.
She King died at 210 on the morn-
ing of lane 20, and the young Queen
mot her Council at kensington' Pal -
Mid at 11 a.m. the same day. After
havingreoeived the two royttl Dukes,
the two 'Arelibishopa,. the Chvacellor
and the Prime Minister—Lord °Mel-
bourrie--the proclamation was read to a boy, Dassett, :obi) happened to be
tbe Council, the usual order passed, near. , '
the doors were thrown open, and the . ,THE ROYAL LINE. *•
young Queen. entered. • The Qu,eon was descended from
,Of the Proceedings the Clerk a the William the Ccinqueror, who -claiined
Council wrote: "'After Abe had read cannection with the previous regime,
and included Alfred the Great among
his aneesters. Here is the family
line, traced • backward from her
MaVieesttoYria*to.
Darighter of Edwayd, Duke of Kant;
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•••••••
e Coe NM 8110e1)3illiTS,
Some people like a good Mon,
Some people love a sinner;
But there's' one thing awe,
Prom the Pole to Tanjur,
The whole world levee a. winner.
Hiram /Jenkins' general atore at Coe
Hill in flaetings county, was a /WM.
itO xeating-place for all the men,
Yolune and old, of the village and
countryside. For, apart from the
fact that the Post Office wos included
in Hiram'a great one -roomed depart-
mental store, one could buy there any-
thing from a hair pin to a hay -fork,
oa• a plug of tobacco to a loaf of
bread. Strange to aay, on this par-
tioulax evening, early in September,
about eleven years ago, but one "visi-
tor," not to say, " purehaeers'had as
yet dropt in at Hiram's store. He was
a young man, Frank Tuckey by name,
the lam of a prosperous old settler
in that country, eld Squire Tuoltey ;
and if one could believe the common
chatter and old "Ab." Edwards'.
"Prank, my boy, will be well fixed
when hie Gurnee drops off," "
Faix'a a bit late this year,"
said Frank, looking at the gaily color-
ed pester pinned to a pair of overah:
hanging ;on the wall.
"Yes, but fun like game don't hurt
for keepine" said the philosopher Hi-
:Son of Edward In,
Son of Ect*erd IL,. .
Son of EaWard I.,
Sen. of Henry UL,
Son'or John of Magna Marta fame,
Son of Henri, e
Son of Matilda, Wife of Geoffery
Plantagenet, , • ' .
fare, three attempte have been made, Daughter of Henry Jlt
upon her life. An insane post • bey, Son cif William the .0onqueeor.
.Edward Oxford, fired a pistol at Her • The .•Queeti through. the Georges
Majesty as she was driving on Con- ,e as ,a Guelph. This - fan:illy was
stitutiorial .The 'attack was re- founded in .480 by Antriphus Hunulp-
peated by one Francis with a similar bus of Guelph; the, first Of the north -
weapon on nearly the Same spot. The ern.Kin,gs*.ef Italy: He subsequently
pistol ,ball passed under, the carriage. obtain,ed possession .of Bavaria ; and
About tivo mienths after this a hunch- the Geelphs rulea there for. many cene
back named Bean Similarly essayed turies, 'and afterwards held sway in
the assassin's role, but was prevent- Saeony. One od theGu.elphs,
ed from acCoraplishing this object by reuniter of theHouse of Luneobeeg,
had seven sons and eight daughters.
The eons .agreed•among themselves
net to divide the dokedom. One; to
be selected by lot, was to Maria', .apd
he and his children after hint were
to rule. .The unusual arrangement.
.was observed to the 'letter, end
George, the sixth brother; won the
•matrinionial prize. Ilia youngest son.
E r nes Augustus, _succeeded • . him,
.Marrying the Electrees Seraiia, daugh-
ter the king aaf. Rohetola, whose,
wife was .the delis -hear of our James
I. The Electress Sophia, granddeugh-
- cif James I., would have sueceeded
0' own en the death of
"Felkiwhlseder blow 'bout aonain'
round to -night. "What's that combs'
down the road?" and Frank climbed
down trona his throne on the top of
a salt barrel and wandered to the
door, "Sounds mighty like Caleb Satin.
dere' new mire Maud S. II., hummin'
along like lickety .split."
"She' S a. fast 'un arid can beat any-
thing.Y" but here Hiram's voice was
'oat in the tumult of sounds that
ba'oke the evening quiet es Caleb's
new, mare pounded up to the tie -post.
" Gotted-ssight, Caleb; elteee workin'
well, I see," ;
butt' to the Duchess of Kent, "will ber :speech and taken and aliened. 'the
be when Ise it in a yew% time. Sia- oath for the ,security of the Church
bold can not sufficiently describe what of Scotland the Privy Couneillors
at dear little love it is." The Mayflow- were sworn, the twO royel Dukes first
er above apoken of was, of eouvae, the by themselves, and as these tool) Old
Prinoess Vietoria. Frorit a very @aria' men, her uncles, knelt before her,
period tbeeDowager Deohess peernit.
tad heeself1to entertain the hope that
ndohlidreo
here-
after become man and wife.
. On February 25, 1831, when not
quite 12 yeats a age, she attended
hex first drawing roora. "Lady Jer-
sey," writes the amusing Mr.Greville,
" made a Beene with Lord Dutham,
swearing allegiance and kiesing her
of George rI
, '-eiLW•4661;12111151-nrilcrilie.' San of Frederick Lewis Prince is
as if *Ale felt the contrast between
their civil end natural relationa, and Wales'
Son of George
this was the only sign of emotion 5 U.
Son of George L. ••
which she evinced, Her manner to
and engag_ Son of Princess Sophia, who married
them watt very graceful
the Elector of Hanover,
ing. She kissed them both and rose •
from her chair and moved toward the Daughter of lames I.,
Sho got up in a corner of the room Duke of Sussex, who was furthest Son of Mary Queen of Scots.
and 'said: 'Lord Durham, I hear that from her and too infirm to reach her. Do-ugh/ter of James V., of Scotland,
you have said things: about me which She seemed rather bewildered at the • Son of Princess Margaret,
are not true, and, 1 deaire that you Daughter elf Henry 'VII.,
will call upon me to -morrow with a
witness to heax my positive denial,
and I hope that you will not repeat
such things about me.' She was in
a Duty, and he in a still grater. He
muttered that he should never set
foot in her house again which, she did
not hear, and, after delivering Itereelf
of her seepele she flounced back again
to ber seat, mightily proud of her
oxploLL 11 arooe Out of her saying
that he should make Lady Durham de-
mand an audienee of the Queen to con-
tradict the things which laid), jer-
sey said of hey, abd to other Whig
allies." These Were days in which
KING EDWARD VII,
'%. 'stow Ruler of Groat Britain and all Hor Colonloo.
multitude of•men who were sworn and
who came, one after another, to kiss
her hand, but elle did not speak to
anybody, nor did she make the alight -
est differenee in her manner, or show
any in her countenance to any 'individ-
ual of any rank, station, or party. I
partieularly watched her when Lord
Melbourne and the Ministeira and the
Peke of (Wellington and Peel ap-
prowler. her She went through the
whoe ceremony oceasionally looking at
Melbourne for instruction when she
had any doubt what to do, which
hardly ever otourred, and with Per-
fect calmness; and self-possession, bat
at the same time with a graceful mod-
esty and propriety particularly inter,.
eating and ingratiating."
IIER ENOAGEMENT.
On October 14, 1809,—that Ls, four
days after her loVer had reached
Windsor—the Queen informed Lord
Melbourne that she had made up her
mind ass to her marriage. On the 15th
ate thus wrote to Baron Stockinet.;
'I do feel so guilty 1 knove not
how to begin my letter, but I think
the raews it Will contain will be suf.
ficiesit to insure your forgiveness. Al-
bert has completely won my heart,
and all was settled between its this
morning. . 1 feel certain he will
make me very happy. I wish 1 could
say 1 ,flit as certain a making him
happy. #.4opo1d must tell you all
about the details, which 1 have not
time to do."
The official and public announoe-
meast Of the betrothal wet not made
either it Geernany or England till
the close of the year.
fthe Prince arrived In England for
his marriage on robruary 0, 1840,
'the marriage took place on February
10 to the chapel of St. James's Palace,
"The mottling," writes Theodore
Martin in Ids "Life of the Prince Con-
sort," "had been Wet, foggy and dirt -
vial, but the day was not to want
the hang Comet of that tuttahine
whieh canie afterward to be prover.*
Wally known as *Queen's Weather.'
Soon after the return of the bridal
perty trout the chapel the clouda pas -
fled off, the son shone out with un-
uaual brilliancy and tbe thousands
who lined the, roada from Bucking-
ham Palaat to Wincheor Otteild to lee
tho towage and hot buaand ao
th&Thad AY*14 aloft tuAtte
Son of Margaret, wife of Edmond
Tudor, Earl of Richmond,
Daughter of John de Beaufort,
Marquis of Somerset and Dorset.
Son ote John of Gaunt , Duke of
Lancaster and King of Castile and
Leon..
"Nothite better in thes'e. parts I
guess," said Caleb proudly—"at least
the, mare's plenty good nuf for Caleb
Saunders. ,Drove down freni ray plaee
on Loon ..Lake, vied 'leiren mile in
fifty-three minutee."*
"Byjimka but she eon :hump it up,
'end she's not muck wet, either." :
Soon the two ware quiekly ebsorb-
ea in talking horse, and might have
been doing. eto yet .hatcl not a better
subject distracted tlaeni a.fter. a few
minutes. 'Nellie Edwards, who had
won the beauty prize at the Pali Fair
the year previous, and was the all-
round belle of the Township, had ar-
rived to get her mail and a;few odds
and ends. ' Both Frank 6.ita clelebdrop-
pea horse talk as if they had never.
heard of 'Such an animal; and each
'devoted. hinaself wholly to making
.Iiiinself agreeable' to Nell. Caleb un-
doubtedly had the best of :the con-.
Vers-ation, became Nell in conimon
with the whole. community wee in-.
;tensely interested in his new Mare;
how many hands high she stood ; what
recora.,slie•leed for a mile; how be lik-
ed hie new tote buggy and Gerrnan-
.
etilver tipped heiness... Frank siva bee
cemeetired of thee, and showely; as
he -thought, decided to wareler out-
side, wait till Nell came and see her
het* lust as he had antiCipated, out
she came in a few minute a and Frank
promptly took charge of her parcels.
Almost inaniedietelar Caleb followed
and before Frank could say e. word,
the former had eala ;pleasantly.
•
•
p$4 to cut • little, Ala. noticed It.
" Whet'S the ;natter Fret*, my
bo', kinder quist to -night f"
" Well, truth la Ab," Frank said sad -
In Love with Nell, and abo
don't known which she likes, beat, Me
or Caleb. That'S pretty near 'nut the
matter, ain't it I"
• °So it's either you or Caleb what's
goin' to ettatil my Noll? Well, Isupe
90aet Overy goose must get its gander.
But look here, if it's Itween you and
Caleb, I'll do my best for you, Frank,
my boy."
" Thank% Ab, and I guess I'd bet-
ter wait till to -morrow when I'm feel.
ins brighter, and wimp you'll know
more about the way things, stand."
And then they said good -night.
41:1. had alwaye liked Frank, both as
at 'holy and QS young mail, but as
is the habit with meet old people,
doald not get it into hie head that
WO grow up. Howeve,r, he had tak-
en a fancy to Frank and that was
the :thief conaideration just now.
A clear, cold September day with its
bx•ight sun and exhilarating air eol-
howed and gave a more hopeful to
tp life, ;So it was with a lighter heart
thab Frank called Ab. early in the
morning. The latter weleomed hint
oheeilly and with little delay proceed-
ed to unfold Nell's ideas and, his own
planed.
"You see, Frank, my boy, Nelles
mighty taken with Caleb or rather
proepects, and I guess she ca,n't
help thinkin' hew great it would be
to sail around in hia new outfit, with
the finest horse and rig in the coun-
try, iloe it's just this way—theseyoung
Women like what they see and what
they know they're goin' to get right
away quick. They're not'hankerin' af-
ter waitin' too long either."
" juct as I thought," muttered
Frank; "but what's 'pin' to be done?
That'.what I'm after."
'eller% I'm comite to. that," this in
a _confidential tone, "jest go Caleb
one better." '
"MeV Ain't pessible I fear Ab."
• "Scat! my boy, stiffen up your
backbone. Yolu've got just as much
ahead Of yob. as Caleb, but he's got
a little start. Now you've got to spoil
the lnotority of ehae levee a his."
Queen Anne. Tut she died seven
son
sGebotri.t,i2ce,cOcenaldonoaarch. and her
the .throne.
I3y way of James L
the Queen was connected, with the
Guelphs. She was also united in the
santa way to the Royal line of Scot-
land. James 1,, of L?aigland, and the
sixth of Scotland, was the sop. of
Mary, Queen of Soots, whose lineage
is traceable back to Elizabeth, Dun-
can, and Malcolm, of tragic fame. The
Scotch line,. the Norman line, and the
Elenoverian oe Guelph lipe, all unite
in the Qaeen and Royal family. So
does the old British monarchy, It is
el -aimed that one' branch of the fam-
ily tree reaches to Alfred the Great
and Egbent. Tits various rates unit -
in the Queen made her distinetly
representative of the English of to..
seen that * were Pot a* uneve/a4
_
one noticed closely one 001114 WO*
matohed Ise a casual obeerver ltrOtta
think. Little Billy appeared a ?gait
deal the friakier of the two, andltrank
was at leapt twenty pounds lighter
than his rival. Moreover Frank bad
Innen more to urge him on. He knit%
only too well, what were mollnied IP
"The Coe Hill Sweepstakes," as the
race had been called, If he wool he
would get five dollars from the Fair
Board, ten eaters frone Caleb, a new
buggy and set of harnese—end,
yoalbulYng. Nteetillo.wIlogripyopuedWbOiandsaderatlhee.tthigtht:
er, and eet his teeth more firmly Alien
victory meant so much to him?
The two mete :soon agreed whioh side
of the road they would take, and about
the only condition of the rear was
that Emelt shoeld hold hie course, Soon,
however, all was ready, ties ;signal for
the etart was given. and away the
two riders dashed down the pauddy
road, for it had rained heavily all
moraine. Caleb by a good piece of
Week, had got the lead by about four
yards aud 'ha(' succeeded in ltoldiag
Lt for the firat three quarters of a
mile, Neither had gainedaor Wet, for
Little Billy stuck to the mare's heels
ad It he had been glued there. Frank
ber
lit
iftitpedr a 1 ithdieedv neck,:ntlia°13asluve d'db uh;t: leaned cokvill
three or four times, "Get ep I Little •
Billy, get ep I" The little fellow, act-
ed 'es if. an OlOOtrio shock had been
l'aent through his muchiet,tain,ed ear- •
cass, • leaped torWiird and when the 7•
!Cane post wa51xeached he ha.d ever-
eome the mere% lead and was now a.
neck ahead. The coeirse bad been eo
arranged that tbe crowd could' hurry
aorosa two Stelae and reach the 2in-
.1,stehioinseglip.e:oaisnt. the
raoisth:my had 'done and
were Wild With exciteent at tbe
oth
During the 'eat quarter of the firet
aa, Little Billy began to draw,
ahead, Frank had noticed Caleb edging
over on bit et:wee and crow,ding him
towards the rough ground hear the
ditch. He shouted to him, to hold' tile
course but Caleb didn't take the .
slightest notice of bum; This made
Frank eery angry, especially too, tee
he felt that Little Bale had not mude
Deere left in him.' He never logt, hie
nerve file a moment, however, and like .
a .flash he sawa chance to win..
was none too fair, nutter ordinary cir-
curaseepeee, but considering how un- '
fairly Caleb .had acted he felt itwae
perfectly juetifiable. A hundred ,
yards down the read' he ea.right sigh,t
•of a stioall. .puddle of. water ihining
like a mirror in the wen, and lie'knew
that the ;ace was his ir he could ,but
iereeb that fleet. . Had Little Billy
enough leit in i;tipa ? That was the
qui:heti:on.. Frank we's now desperate,
and although he had never intended
Using bis whip, he lashed the poor
littie horse terribly.; a,nd 'true to his
reputation Little Billy certainly wo.%
game till ho alba. He kept his lead
an .the neaps and even intireased it by
a few feet es the hundred yards were
almose covered. Reaching -the pond
Frank forced his. little iiarse to plunge
baba it; and lighilug with hie fore feet
in the centre of the piddle a small
clone ef. muddy :weer .filled the air
behind him and caught Celebes horse
Lull in the face. The water and dirt •
filled her e'yes and completely took
an the heart ont Of hex for a moment. .
She half -stopped. but under Caleb's
lashings lit a seeond or two she dash-
ed ahead. again and had soort begun
to oVercome.Little Haat
was too late, for the letter dashed
past' the winning -post, abeut, four
ia,rds eheed of the temente • laCaud • S. •
II. The .crowd went eimply wild .with
excitement and .soon Frank ;Wassur-
rounded. by several hundred. people.
He Wee now the peot,re aA much.
admiretion. as a few' eiainutes,*ago he • '
had been of uncoinplimentary mirth.
To hie father, ala Squire Tuckey, who
was one of the first to . grasp his
hand andpat him.on the back, he said
"Little Billy was, almost done, I think,
but ;jest an Ab. said he was game
till he died,—and he didn't quite die."
" Never mind about Little Billy,
Frank, you give him to Charlie Lind-
say. There's soneeene waiting outside
orwd Who wants to see you."
And' w'ilen he ha 1 forced his way past
themany
aa"10 theedge(
therowd, NsV-Niaitllthere •t!
cenict:iatobim ondPfhr°elt
"And it was neuoacbtote
what
-
he did," she said. 4"e --
"Don't 'say anything about that
Nell. I don't think many of the peo-
ple/ noticed it ; and we'll jest keep it
quiet."
" Yea, perhape it would- be better,
for you won, Frank, and deserved to,
and rra glad for one."
Chatting thus they walked baok to
the fair grounds and pleasantly spent
some twenty minutes together. During ..
this time Fittnk's.hopes rose greatly,
0.e he fouved out how pleased Nell was
that he had won end ho* angry she
was at Caleb's mean triek. In ie abort
time Frank's father edged his way
through the crowd that had gathered
around, and led the way out. What
was their delight to find Little Billy
standing there well-groomed, arid
gaily ch,
ydeocukeedwith vati-eolored ribbon
so that he appeared to better advan-
tage than he had ever done In hie
life before. Moro:War he was hitched
to a. splendid new top -buggy with the
new harnews the Squire had Won
from t,
th;:seTotinh
hetrefity
,t.mi
So e.y ebildre-n," the old man
said, "jump in and aee bow you like
got and were about to
drive away when Ale Edwards rush-,
ed. up and grabbed Little Billy' brie
(110:Can't ;
0um away like that Prank,
my boy. Veit, Board wants to give you
your prize."
Then he led them to the judgee'
stand, where they were paraded be-
fore seven or eight hundred people
to receive the five dollars. The two
were prouder and happier than they
had ever beeti before. There was utile
vereal approval, too, when, the chair-
man of the Board announced that they
had deolded to award to Mr. Tuckey
and fivea)itoisnigatandtworarbedshuraaritiihr beparti-slef
o ok.
ing couple on the grounds, and in the
'finAp,legtro°Et.nttit
rikilnd Nell drove borne that
ereening he atked, "I don't have to
wait the month, de If Nell, dear 1"
"Why certainly, Frank," she saki,
halliti;t1algahlrinkg.know it wan only a Woe
MaldniE"Cet; wonkatnlYtlie$ 116day. hoIlittex
went
taitehetald
boy
what happened does not 011166r11 you
Or bleb Or if it 4061 it shouldn't.
Now" all this goes sirctply to attest
that the short glitter of the initrto,
diate present reflects Mere brightly
litvooman's -eyed then any amount of
Sunshine etolen from the future. .
What became of Caleb f We all lova
a winner, and but fOW eta think Of
the lesseN Caleb had been mean and
he knelt It; an he just ell ed off
heMe; itted like the hilf..de6eAt bbap
tha h.* WM, ola math
" But there's nothitt' in, this country
much better than , cows beside his
mare."
"-Well, I know one cow, then, that
can jest travel teeter than's usually
'lowed to cows, and if you'll get Caleb
worked up find a cow that'll make
hie, Mare look like a calf. And what's
'tween you a d Caleb." .
necerefexs. , edt;hita,rourprizFeairroBor aarclof-
a five aee
• " Bee 'where's the horse, first ?" -•
*hi my ' little lathy,'" this'cerk
fia"eilLtilalittlYe. Billy' I" repe'a..ted ..Frank,
greatly astonished.
"That's, him, and what's more I
know the little fellow, and if I wetiaa;t
an elder I'd, be betting Straight off
tbree to,one that he'd win; as raebbe
both Little Billy and me liaa done
once or twice. before, if my friends
were tellin' .all they kne*," and the
oidsettler chuckled.
• "Alt eight Ab. try him, and
thankfor your been' so good to me."
So' it was that Little Billy was tak-
en f.rom hie Fall plowing and hand-
ed over itp Frank to be prepared for
the Prospective race. ,
A few nights la.ter. he met Caleb
in Hiram Jenkin'a store and this time
a igoodly crowd Was present. Sofia one
remarked that Maud 8. II. was; the
.
fa;ste,st° piece of horseflesh, that ever
"Better let me drivOyiou'N
home, Nell, •
struok .13esting's ctsuntY.
then you'll flee justho* Miid S. -the , a- , " You're' all wrong," 1%aid Frank,
younger can kick° up the <inst.'''.
. "foe I' know one right in it now she
, - ,,• Thanks!, Caleb 1 I'd love :to, if it °awe beat... . .
After tbe laugh .had Subsided Caleb
hwOompe.'f,, take. ' you out ,of your: re.ad
shouted lietly, "Tan dollars to five
And eo leren4 had the plea.euxe ef to: any man Or Ilene in, the Couhty
helping Nell into Caleb's xig, and—at
on mile ancte quartet running."
*handing: her percale to her. Then, not. "I'm game and if it's all the same
'alto'gether pleaitscl with the world, he we'll race Fair day a•t 3 o'clock.". •
started for borne; but Nell only lived
t
on the next eeneeenten above hirthatllSels:c.rryaeethiow:S was arre;ngea, it
settled, n pd :now
-layereeetreetesea to soy, he strayed from
got Little Billy to work every morning
hie shoreeet roadr se hiaefeeie.ofetem, and at 5.30. He groomed him well mea
in half an hour, found hie:We'd eiteeialeyte to, 27th of September arrived
sfone's throw from NeLlei home, His
fiest impulse wee to go in at enoe, the little fer....:;,;;; Age, im excellent fet-
tle, full of life, and as wieY air la
butfinally lets ,ctieeretion told him tii
had ever been. '
go home, put on .121.81 "blacks," and •
hrush himself up a little. This he did " The race had been the talk of the
township for two weeks previcius and
and walosoon back at Nell'a with the:
firta detertnination that he would although hardly any one had found
rind out 'exactly tow he and Caleb out 'What belie Frank was to ride,
stood with her. He realized that the they didet't mueh care.: .A.li felt that
time,
was not the most ProPed itiona, but Caleb's' hale -trotter and half -runner
out could beat anything in the County eas-
the young settler's heart thumpits conimands—oommatids that he ily; . But their curiosity had been
'Whetted, and so it was not at all
mlrt:13ed„,ye:fght. Nene* he said, " so surprising that some five hundred p00-
"Good -night, pia were preaent for the race. They
you're back from your driver
yes, rrank, it was simply lovely. lined the road for a couple of bun -
NOW Wasn't Caleb good to take me in died yarde from the starting point
Or climbed on the back' of the enake
his new outfit 0
ea, but Nell," Frank blurt. Muc'e that wound their torE110119
" Thetee
ath a alorig the road.
ed ant, "1 Game 10o ay soolO thio I to P
When Frank eantered up on Little
you and the sooner I get it over the
Billyw
better I'll feel," and Nvhde he was . hich 'all IttlaW as Ab. Edward's
goad little horse, muttered exclamaa
tie bench tinder a beautiful hard ma- tiona ef aatonistment rose from the
talking he half led her over to a rue -
crowd. All were surprised and the
pie, through which even the moon
could hardly force its light, younger people laughed at the idea
of a sensible man like Frank Tuckey
There was eilence *or a minute or hoping to win from Caleb on puch le
two, then Frank limped out, "The horse. Even the old settlers who bet -
truth about the whole business is I ter remembered Little Billyei prime
leve you Nell, and want yea to mar- shook their heeds, with perhaps but
ry me." . Ono notable eXeoption—Squire Tuckey
She started hat said nothing, 00 grareete father. The latter in about
that Frank continued. "Now, Nell, I ten seconds ohnost eame to blows over.
Gen fix you a, niee house and with Frank' i horse, with Arthur Couch, the
th" faxm °ad my interests hi' the settler, who had origintelleeoweted the
mime / think yen and me °Odd be cee Hui ban %einem
pretty comfortable. But itet .jet this "Well," .said the Squire hotly, "I
way, if theresa scmeome else you like don't know more than I should about
better than me I Itorpe you'll let me
know." Caleb's mare, but I' always backed Lite
tlemel?illy and Dm going to this
ut (idol know which ot you nike ti
beat." Nell said simply, her eyes bent l• Better put up or better shut up,"
infonqatetlyi:cawbt
On the ground. , it younger member of the crowd Inter-
polatecl. •
"So I will and Pll hot letr, O
"I didn't say Caleb." istiolt,
"But dido't you think it 4"
tai new top -buggy to year new bar.
" Well, if you must know then I'll flees that Little Billy wins."
tell you. Caleb asked me to—well, to "'m agreeable," oda Banat, '
do the same
I woOld." And what's more," said the Squire,
nte as ion want, but /didn't /,
ta ltence,Nell "Frank gets the whole business if
"Then you'll give Me e
he
,deer,„ be ottia, vittin4 ms ttrei around oirwintou.: Tbelite.tt be went to tell hie a011
1161%
. Caleb was a little late ea Frank had
rraalts but You lbust °a/ a, deance to piek Nell oat from the
nothing to me until the middle of ed•OvIll# end slip OW to apeek to her.
Oetober at Iertat.-CaleVa promieeti he She gave him as' Math, etiontragement
WOn't.".. Oahe ODOM under the eircumstances,
Ite promised, and with a half- and agreed be txy the now buggy with
begged, half4toien kiss,: slipped away Frank if he eueceeded in, winning the
home feeling somewhat relics, 1, but ,racc
with an unpleasant doubt, gliIng P,tegeatty Caleb toae proudly up on
deern ilia usually buoyant op R. So his' splemlid Mare and a hunt or op.
ouch that when be roat 146 to fath. proal 60.ilie from the tirow4. Caleb
' h. t 4