THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 16, 1907.
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NOW TIIAT.vacatlon time la hero the editor Is sure the Busy Bees will
find a preat deal of time which they could devote to writing stories
for their vrry own rage. Already more stories are coming In, bot
the editor was sorry to find that several forgot to say on which side
they wished their stories eounted. This was too bad, as the King
and Queen are left In doubt as to who are their subjects and which has the best
chance to win for the month of June. This week both sides won a prize story,
making Edith Martin's team ahead. It having four prize stories, while Chester
Hart's side has but two. This makes the third week that Edith Martin and
Chester Hart have been on the Busy Bee throne, so with your next story be
sure and send in your votes for your choice of King and Queen.
This week some of the Busy Bees'
be nice If we had more of them. If
on your page very 'soon.
Those who won the prizes for the best fairy stories were August Klbler,
aged 13 years, Kearney, Neb., and MarRaret Leake, aged 14 years, 406 West
Blxth street, Fremont, Neb. Honorary mention was given to Miss Alys Martin,
aged 14 years, Fajrmont, Neb.
A very Interesting letter was recelvod from Alys Martin this week, writ
ing her regret at not being ablo to contribute any more to the Busy Bees' page
as she has JuBt celebrated her 15th birthday, which excludes her In future.
Alys will be nilflRed from this department, as her stories have always been
good and among the prize winners.
Those who succeeded in solving the puzzle In last Sunday's paper cor
rectly were Alys Martin, aged 14 years, Fairmont, Neb.; Ruth Frankle, Fre
mont. Neb.; Paul Garver, Grand Island. Neb., and Eunice Bode, Falls City,
Neb. The answer was: "A frog sat on a log that lay In the water; he saw
a boy coming with a stone, so he Jumped behind a stump."
Frank Was Helped by Fairies
By William
Once upon a time, In the Age of Fairies, of the rider. Hut scarcely had he taken
there dwelt In the mountains of a beautiful his place there when lie felt a heavy cloth
land a Good Man with hla Good Wife ui.d suddenly wrapi-d over his face, ahuttlng
Little 6on. As their names w.re too dim- oft his sight. Then before he could move a
cult for tha children of the Twentluth Can- muscle his hands were pinioned behind him
tury 10 pronounce I shall give them mod- and he found himself a, prisoner and blind
em names. The Good Man s name shall be folded. In. vain he tried to call out; the
Thomas Hlggans, his Good Wife's name bandage about his fare held his mouth
Nancy Hlggans and their Little Son's name shut, and almost strangled him. "Make
Frank Hlggans. no noise nor do thou struggle," said his
One day while Thonins Hlggans whs away captor behind him. Then the horse started
from home gathering f.ia-nts with which to Into a quirk trot and soon Thonins knew
build a Are for the purpose of cooking, that he was miles and miles away from
there approached him three stalwart men home. Nor did they pause till late at night,
riding great white horses. They drew rein Then they drew rein and Thomas-to hla
at the spot where Thomas was cutting relief-was unbound and assisted to the
brushwood and asked- "Why do you toll ground. Ills face was freed from the cloth
ao. Good Man? Are you too poor to hire handagn and to his astonishment lie saw
others to do your work?" Minlf In the midst of at least a hundred
"Aye, I'm a poor man, a husband and a men. Some wire warriors, hut for the
father. But I am a happy man. for my most part they were common tillers of the
wife Is as thrifty as myself and our son soil and tenders of flocks like himself.
Is bright and promising. Together we live "What moans this treatment of mea
In a thatched cot at the foot of this moun- free-born man?" asked Thomas of one of
tain. We have a garden aifd fields full of the three men who had brought him thither
growing grain. We have a flock of sheep -it means, common man. that you are
that affords us meat and goats that give us now our BlavP, We are pU.Mng the eUnng
milk. Me do not mind doing our own work nien of the Cimntry for -our army. v
and ask for nothing more than we now Tne atalwart TM man to nvaJe hJ
jn'pprBo v i aim on a. a yui pj'utie i nonius
Hlggana to the three atalwart men who
questioned him.
"Hut for your son's sake you should de
al more than you already have," quoth
one of the three. "Come, follow us and
we'll put you In the way of finding a for
tune whereby your son shall become a
Great Man In his country. It Is meet that
parents should help their sons to exalted
positions.'
"But I prefer that my son should live
the simple life that has sufficed for his
fathers before him,'' argued Thomas Hlg
gans. "He Is strong and good. That Is
better than being Great, Sirs."
"Nay, nay," apake a second of the thrre.
"You must know, Poor Man, that the world
Is ever developing and our children must
to"aeePtittth "row,h- behooves us
o r,. 7 e. Vfi ""IZ"?
tlZr:Zea " 8U,D h,(?h"r ,,,B" ,, l"r
fathers held
This logic had effect on Thomas Hlg
gans, and shaking his head he said: "Per
hapa you are wiser than I and know bet
ter the way of the world. I hadn't thought
of It that way, Sirs."
"To be sure. Good Man," said the third
of the three. "We are out for the purpose
of assisting the poor and showing them a
way by which they may better the con-
dillona of their children. Wilt thou follow
ua. Good Man? We'll take thee but a short
distance and then reveal to thee the mys
tery of Success."
Thomas Hlggans threw down hla broad
bladed knife with which he was cutting
fagots, and said: "Perhaps It were the
right thing to do. Kind Sirs. I'm a fond
father, and I want to help my dear sun all
thot I can. My main wish, be It known,
Is to have him Good rather than Great. But
If he can be Good and Great at the same
time I'll gladly have It so."
"Ah. now you upeak words of wisdom,"
declared all three men In a voice. "Follow
us and you'll not regret It."
Thomas HiKlsana followed the three stal-
wart men as th"y wended their way through
a deep canyon. After some minutes of
alienee the leader drew his horse to a stop
and said to Thomas: "Come, get thee on
the horae In front of me. It la a weary
walk and a alow one on foot. We'll maki
better hate If you ride."
Thomas did as asked, and was soon
seated on the mighty horse's back In front
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adjoining countries and take them as our
popsesslons. You are to fight for us when
the time comes. And In the meantime, do
not dure to try to escape. Such a rash
act would mean your Instant death. We
are In the midst of our stronghold that la
protected by an armed gmird. Now you
know why you are here slave."
Thomas was a brave-hearted and good
man and knew that all would come out
Tlht if no Prayed and waited. He bowed
his head to his Informant and mude no
answer.
And at home Nancy , Hlggans and hef"
little son were waiting for the return of
the husliand and father.
At Inst the sun dropped behind the moun-
tains and evening drew on. Nancy and
Krank grew unes.y and looked up the
moun,nin"" f"r T-- At length, when
" b."n ! r t!ark' Na'",y 8-"t
to look for
his father. She
feared he
might have
fallen over some precipice,
for the mountain was full of such dangers,
Frank went to the wooded place on the
mountainside where his father usually went
for fagots, but no father did he find,
There. It Is true, he saw mnny fagots
piled and the cutting knife beside them.
In vain he called "Father, father." but
"nly the t-cll of h,s voice answered him.
Hc was about to return home when a
voice spc.ke to him from an adjoining crag:
"Hoy, wouldst know the fate of thy
father?"
Frank looked In the direction from which
the voice came and saw there a slender
youth with golden hair and carrying a
bow and arrow.
"Yes; my father Is lost and I am seeking
him." answured Frank. "Can you tell me
auKht of him. grand sir?"
"I'm the Fairy Trince Don. out on a
lark In disguise. I saw three men a-horse
takB your father away up the canyon
with tl.em. I then feared foul play, but
8lnuo 1 had no way of knowing but what
he wanted to go of his own free Will i did
not. interfere. Hut think you he was car-
rll'(' away by stratagem? If ao, I'll ar-
range for you to bring him home thia night
and him unhurt, as well."
"If my father went away with meit
a-horse it was not of his own wish. I can
swear to that," declared Frank. "He wae
Three Little
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paper only and number tha pages.
0. Use pan and Ink, not pencil
3. Snort and pointed articles will
fee (Iran preference. Do not naa ovar
S60 words.
4. Original stories or letters only
will be used.
5. Writ your name, age and ad
Areas at the top of the first page.
First and aeoond prises of books
will be given for tha beat two con
tributions to this page each week.
Address all oonunmnloatlona to
CSILDIISB SZirAJaTlCXVT,
Omaha, Boo.
(First Prize )
Where Water Came From
By August Klbler, Aged 13 Years, Kearney,
. Neb. Red.
There once started out upon a long Jour
ney, a long time ago. a young princo by
the name of Clalrmont
After Journeying about a week he found
that hla wine was all gone. Being a long
ways from any Inhabited place, he could
not get any more.
The prince was very thirsty when he found .
that the wine was all gone.
By the next
afternoon he was so thirsty he could not
walk, so he sat down on a rock In de
spair. All of a sudden a little fairy ap
peared before him and snld, "Prince, I
will give you a gift (here she handed him
a silver cup). E)very time you are thirsty
this cup will fill with a sparkling liquid
called water, but never let another person
drink out of It, for If you do It will overflow
and never stop overflowing." The fairy
dpeaVed. 0. t.s tVd o th.
water and found It to be delicious, and so
d" the cup dry.
The next dav Clalrmont came unon an-
other nrlnee wh
want of drink. Forgetting the fairy's ad-
vice, he took out the cup and held It to
the dying man's Hps. But Just then the
cup overflowed, and In a minute the water
was up to Clalrmont's knees. Jumping up
the two princes ran upon a hill, for the one
who was dying had revived after having
a drink. But the water came up over It
and drowned them, and It made great lakes
of water. And to this day the cup Is over
flowing. But I think It was a good thing for us
that tha prince did forget and offer some
one else a drink, for If he had not we would
not now have any water.
(Second Prize.)
Influence of a Fairy
By Margaret Leake. Aged 14 Years. 40
West Klxth Street, Fremont, Neb. Blue.
Once there lived a little boy with his
Induced to go on some false evidence fur-
niahed by those men. What they want
with my father 1 do not know. But I know
that my father must be their prisoner, or
he would not have remained away ao long.
He la very considerate of my mother
and
me, Prince Don."
"Well, you run to your cot and tell
your mother of our errand that she may
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father, but 'his mother had died. Perhaps
you know how children are without a
mother, and perhaps you do not. Some
times they are very unmannerly, rude and
mean; sometimes they are Just the oppo
site. This boy was very rude and mean, and,
of course, his father, working every day,
knew little of his actions. Onte he con
spired to kill the neighbor's cow, and now
he has Intended to set the ncghhor's house
on Are. What would ever Induce a boy to
do a thing like that? Early next morning
he Intended to do It, but as he closed hla
eyes that night he was lifted carefully and
borne away. Suddenly he stopped and found
himself In front of a band of fairies. They
were the fairies of "Goodness," and "who
was the queon?" His dead mother, thought
he. In the distance he saw fairies of VAll
Evil" and their queen,' and then he saw a
vision of himself between the two' bands,
Joining handa with the evil fairies, and his
sweet mother beckoning for him to come
back. That was too much for him. Ho
asked to be carried away, and found hlm-
Bplf' ""led "waV- Bnd thpn' ""
henr(1 tlie ft,n,'m r,ock Boln pfr' not
,oud- but enough to waken him at ' o'clock
to do nls awful deed. Do you think he
wou,d et up ttnd do 11 aftPr that dr'amT
(Honorary Mention.)
Why Buster Reformed
By Alya Martin. Aged 14 Years, Fairmont,
Neb. Red.
"Bedtime, Buster, now hurry."
"Oh, ma! Po I have to go now? I want
to finish this."
"Finish what?"
"Oh, nothing."
"Buster Brown!
are mak ng"'
a pair of wing
that h. can walk on h,
You tell me what you
for Tlge'a tall ao
Is front feet. Can't
t , -.m ' nt rnnna tint
What have you put In the front of your
blouse?" "Just Tlge's wings, ma."
"I'll go with you and see that you don't
get Into any mischief. Come on!"
And so all thnt was for Buster to do now
was to go to bed which, for a wonder he
did nnd was soon asleep and hla mother
left him. She had no sooner gone than
Buster was out of bed and Into one of
Mary Jane's nighties. Then to rut phos
phorous on his hair and "Tlge'a wings on
his back was a short Job, and we have
before us an angel, clad In white, with
silver wings and a halo. Then he went to
his mother's room, and after frightening
her ao that she fainted, he went back to
bed.
He happened to look at the chair where
his mother had sat and saw that It was
occupied by a tiny creature dressed In
silver gauze from head to toe. When aha
saw that ho was looking she said: "I am
not bo anxious about you. Then return
at once and we'll follow the trail taken
by the horsemen who carried away your
father."
Frank lout no time In returning to hla
mother, whom ha told about the fairy
prince's promise. Aa Nancy knew the
fairies were not only trustworthy, but
could perform miracles, she made no ob
jection to Frank's accompanying Prince
Don, and ahe sent him forth In haste with
her blessing.
Prince Don led Frank through the canyon
to tho very outposts of tha stronghold of
The Stalwart Three. There they paused
land Prince Don waved hla wand which
was hidden In one of hla arrows and Im
mediately the armed guard about the en
trance fell into a deep aleep. Again Prince
Don waved hla wand, and every atone and
bush within a radius of ICO feet roae and
took on tho form of knights armed to tha
teeth. "Now, wa'ra ready to rescue your
father," ho aald to Frank. "Come, let the
army enter tha stronghold!"
Tho army, with Prince Don and Frank
at Its head, entered tha atrnnghold of The
Stalwart Three and fell upon tha war
rlora, unarming and binding them. Then
they aet at liberty thoaa who- were held
in captivity. When Thomaa eaw hla little
aon ho gave a cry of Joy, aaylng: "I knew
my boy would And aome way of rescuing
me. I prayed It might be ao." Than, with
Frank and the young fairy prince, Thomas
went down the mountain homeward. But
before they left the stronghold Prince Don
waved hla wand over tha cruel band of
usurpers and warriors, as well aa their
leaders, Tha Stalwart Three, and turned
them all Into owla. And even to thla day
It la aald that tha owla of that part of
the mountain are more numerous than else
where, hooting all night long as they alt
In tho trees and high placea on tha rugged
mountain crags,
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tho fairy Loving Kindness. My duty is to
tell people their worst fault and try to
remedy It Yours, Buster, Is being mis
chievous. The trouble la that you do not
think of the consequencea. Think of tha
effect that Jane had on Tlge. He suffered
terribly from over eating. Think how It
hurt grandpa Grouch when he sat on the
tack, and how rtosa he was afterward.
Thing how angry It made Vncle Buster
when you spoiled his hat. I tell you what
I will do. Every piece of mischief that
you do will have Its effect on you only."
Then she vanished, and to see If It was
only a dream, he went to stick Tige with
a pin, but Tlge slept on undisturbed and
Buster was hurt. From that day he was a
reformed boy.
Automobiling in Fairyland
By Roy Faverty, Aged 11 Years, South
Forty-sixth Street, Omaha, Neb.
About four score and ten years ago, as I.
was going through the state of Flowers
with aome friends In an automobile we
met an Irish-Dutchman walking to his
country home. He was carrying an um
brella, and wore a straw hat about the
size of a Nebraska hay stack. All at once
we espied an alligator creeping upon him
which he did not see. The alligator's
mouth was wide open. We culled to him,
he turned, and seeing tho alligator, in
fright, dropped his umbrella. The animal
siezod It and It became entangled In his
teeth. The mdn then tied a string to the
alligator's ears and started to lead him to
the town to be put on exhibition.
On the way a great windstorm arose and
while passlDg a farm house the gale swept
tha man's bat from his huad, unfortunately,
striking a dog which had rushed out, sev
ering tho dog's tail from his bark. The
dog continued to bark, the tall kept wag
ging and tho Irish-Dutchman kept peace
fully smoking. The alligator kept creep
ing and panting with the umbrella In Its
mouth and the automobile ran Into town
and climbed a telephone pole. At that In
stant I woke up and found myself clinging
to the bed post for dear life. Since then
I have never had any experiences with
Irish-Dutchmen.
Meeting of the Flowers
By Ethel M. Ingram, Aged 12 Years, Val
ley, Neb. Blue.
One night the queen of fairies railed
all the other fairies together, the told
them she had something very Important
to tell them.
Then all tho fairies began to make ex
cuses and tell her It was Impossible fir
them to come. One aald It had not fin
ished all Its work and It must be finished
before dawn. Another said she had to
stay with her mother, who was sick etc.
So the queen of fairies said she would
excuse them, but they could not hear
her secret, because she said she was go
ing to call the flowers together and tell
them.
Then ahe called all the flowers together.
The pansy, the rose, the lilac, the forgit-me-not
and all the flowers came to tho
meeting and she told them what she was
going to tell the fairies that they were
to have a party and have a fine time in
the woods. '
So when the time came for the party
all the flowers came dressed In their best
and they had a splendid time. When
the fairies heard about it they were very
sorry they had not come to the meeting.
The Fairy Queen Tita
By Edna Levlne, Aged 10 Yess, 3121 Cum
ing Street, Omaha. Blue.
Far, far away, In a secluded Island in tha
midst of the Pacific ocean there lived the
Japanese fairies and their beautiful queen,
Tlta Tina. Their manners and cuatorna re
sembled those of the Japanese human be
lows. The lovely queen and her beloved sub
jects were very happy except for one thing.
In one of the most popular cities In thla
section of Fairyland there was a magnifi
cent palace. It was not the quen's, how
aver, but It belonged to a wicked giant
named Fill Yama. He robbed the fairies
of their Jewela and destroyed their crops
perpetually.
The fairies tried many things to rid them
aelvea of thla pest, all of which were un
successful. At last (hey appealed to their queen for
protection and ahe devised this plan:
Tha dainty' little queen changed herself
Into an ant, and going to the giant's palace,
aha concealed herself In the monster's gar
ment. When tha giant aad all his men wera
assembled In the vast hall. In which they
talked over their wicked deads, the queen
heard this:
Tomorrow,"- began ttie great Fill Yama
In hla thunder-like voice, "let ua plunder
the prime minister's castle."
"It Is a difficult proposition, but I think
we will succeed." continued the giant. "My
plan," ha went on to aay, "Is that I enter
tha castle alone, but you remain a mile or
two from the building, ready to do aa I bid
you."
"A fine Idea," responded his men in ons
breath.
Then, after bidding his friends good night,
tha giant retired and Tlta Tina returned to
her palace to think of some plan by which
aha might outwit the great Fill Yama.
Tha next morning at sunrise the queen
was up and aha told the prime minister all
aha had heard the night before, and of her
plan to rause tha glant'a overthrow. Soon
everything waa arranged and the queen waa
happy at the thought of freeing her aub
Jects of thla pest.
That night Madl. on of tha bravest
knlghta In the queen'a court, stood con
cealed behind the great door of the prime
minister's castle, with sword drawn and a
long rope with a noose at the end of it in
Ms hand, waiting for his opponent.
It was not long before Madl heard tho
wicked monster's footsteps. When he was
within a hundred yards of the castle door
Madl threw the noose. around tho ugly head
of Fill Yama. Then he pulled st the other
end of the rope with all his great strength.
The glnnt was ao surprised that ho could
do nothing except stare at Msdl with his
great stupid eyes, which were as big as
tea eupe. Any mortal would have been
fti.htened to death at this fearful sli?ht,
but Madl, besides being a fairy, was given
that night (from Ttta Tina, of course) the
power that every minute after midnight till
unrlse the next morning he would grow
ten times stronger.
Well, to make a long story short, Madi,
when the giant's breath was quite gone,
took his sword and with one blow cut off
the huge monster's head.
Then a might shot rang out through
Fairyland. "Our cruel enemy Is dead."
wore the words that when they reached tho
ears of Fill Yama's men told them that
their leader was no more, and they fled
nobody knows where to, but as they never
returned, the fair queen, Tlta Tina, and her
subjects never cared.
Strange Powers of Fairies
By Iyee Wells. A red 1? Y-ars, West Point,
Neb. Red.
A young man on a stormy day met a
beautiful woman out in the rain. IT"
gallantly offered her his umbrella, but
she did not wear a rainy day suit, but
an elegant white silk gown, nnd the rain
had not spoiled It In the leant. He sus
pected It to be an evil spirit roving In
that community for young chickens, which
the people had noticed disappearing very
fast. Drawing his sword and strengthen
ing himself by a prayer, he aimed a fierce
blow at her. The blow did not seem to
harm her in the least. Ho struck at her
the second time, and what was his amaze
ment on looking to see tho effect of his
blow to find a goose running away.
Rose's Sunshine
By Bert Krelle. Aged 13 Years, ISIS Center
Street, Omaha, Neh.
"Tou must go out for a walk this bright
morning," said mamma to little Rose one
day. ' I am so sorry that I cannot go, but
I am too busy."
As Itose was wnlklng along she saw a
little boy and girl who were poorly dressed
Queens of
Caroline of Brunswick, consort of George
IV.. king of Great Britain and Irrland,
was born at Brunswick In 175S. Owing
to her robust health and fine constitution
her mother declared that "Caroline was
born for adversity, as nothing could de
stroy such physical strength as hers."
And, Indeed, It fell 1o the lot of Caroline
to occupy a most trying position as wlfo
to George IV., a position which he never
acknowledged.
It was a few days after Caroline's mar
riage with tha prince of Wales (after
ward George IV.) thnt an envious woman
of tho court whispered into George's ear
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CAROLINE, WIFE OF GEORGE IV.
the atory that his bride had been deeply
In love with a young German nobleman
who had lost his life In battle. Tte story
wus verified by George's agents, who In
vestigated the girlhood of Caroline. This
w-s renson enough for the prince of
Wales to becomo cold toward his young
Beheaded
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Number one repreoonla what tha old lady la . doing. Number two tells how tha)
little boy Is feeling, and number three shows what tha man is.
The last three lottera of each word are tha aatna, can you guess thauT
and were barefooted, slthough the d.iy was
cool. The boy whs lying down trying to
get something out of tho sewer.
"What have yiai lost?" asked tlose.
"Nothing, only an apple which a boy
threw In the sewer," answered the hoy.
Koeo had 5 cents In hir pocket, so she
ashed them to conw with her.
Hose led the way to a hukery around
the corner, where sh bought some rolls.
She gnvo tho boy thrw ami the girl three,
and they said they would take some homo
to mother and Tom. Hose went home
with a happy fice that morning and mother
said she was glad Hose was kind.
Plans of a Small Boy
By Mildred F.rtrkson, Aged 10 Years. :70t
Howard Wroet, Omaha. Blue.
There was a little hoy whose name w
Todd. Ho wns 4 years old. Mamma was
cleaning berries. He said: "When I gt
big and you get Utile I will buy you n
doll and get a carriage. Then I will wheel
you. And I will build you a gold palace
with four windows nnd comb your hair,
but you won't cry, will you?" Mnmnm
aald: "How could you love me so?" "O,
mamma, you know I love you 1, 2, 3, 4, S,
8, 13, 14." Todd said: "When I gat big nnd
you get little we shall go to Africa and
kill every ennke nnd tiger, but not the
Hons. I'll have them for dojfs. Mnmtnn, ar
yon afraid of elephants?" "Yes," said
mamma.
"I'm not. I will ride on them like horses.
I won't kill the wild turkeys, would you,
mamma? but I'll kill the robbers."
Mamma paused and then said: "That
time will never comp."
Laziness
By Malvln Newman. Atred 1? Years, 5fH
Davenport Street, Omnha.
W'here I used to live about two years ago
there was a man named Rare. He wns a
very "busy body" man, nnd never Idle. So
he snld he would like to know how- nnny
lazy peoplo there were. He put a big stone
on the middle of tho street nnd went away.
Just then a man rump with n pitcher in
hii hands. He stumbled over It and madly
snld, "Oh, what lazy people," but he would
never stop to pick It up. Then another
man came In a hurry, nnd he fell over the
stone. He wis very mad, because he wns
In a hurry, but he went away nnd snld "I
wlnh there wouldn't be any lazy people In
tho world.". Mr. Rare came ond he said:
"It was I who put the stone there to catch
the lazy people." This taught the two
men a good lesson, and I'm sure ho will
pick up everything In his way.
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wife, and to later force her to depan
from court and live at some distance from
him. '
A year after her unhappy marrlaga
Caroline gave birth to a daughter. Tb
child occupied nil her time and thought,
but she was not allowed tho Joy of her
little one's society long, for the prlnc
of Wales ordered the child removed from
Its mother's residence and placed In
castle sofne miles distant from her. Bui
the grieving mother was allowed to visit
her babe once a week. This arrangement
continued till ' the daughter was grown,
Then she was bidden by her father ta
come to London and bo presented al
court. The fond mother never again be
held her daughter, for soon after the en
forced separation Caroline went to travel
on the Continent, hoping to ease tha
gnawing pain at her heart. Soon after
ward her daughter was married to a young
foreign nobleman, and a little Inter the
sorrowing mother received the news of
her child's untimely death. This decided
Caroline to remain abroad Indefinitely.
Fhe did not return to England till the
death of George lit -nade her husband
king of Great Britain aed Ireland. Then
she hurried home and insisted that sho
receive her rights as the queen consort.
In vain she made her prc , Georga re
fused to see her or to lend ear to her
prayer or those of her friends. Ha com
manded his court to Ignore her and bade
none ever . ,ak her namo In his pres
ence. Indeed, he heaped upon his suffer
ing and rejected wife ell the Insults that
a despicable monarch could.
When George IV. was coronated ho
gave ordera that Caroline should not bo
allowed to enter tho church during tho
ceremony. This last blow was too much,
and three weeks afer George Fourth's
coronation the brokun-heurted Carolina
breathed her last.
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