She
caught the eye of the tattered urchin clinging to the
pillar, and radiantly smiled on him. Then, prob-
ably thinking that the King was absorbing the at-
tention of the great assemblage, she indulged in a
little diversion. Leaning far forward, she kissed the
tip of her lace handkerchief and swept it caressingly
across the boy's brown cheek, smiling down at him
as unconsciously as if she and the enraptured young-
ster were alone together in the world. The next
instant she had straightened up and flushed, for the
watchful crowd had seen the episode and was wild
with enthusiasm. For ten minutes the people
cheered the Queen without ceasing, and for the next
few days they talked of little but the spontaneous,
girlish action which had delighted them all.
One more sentimental record, and I shall have
reached another mile-stone. As I have said, my
friend Mrs. Addy left me in her will fifteen hundred
dollars for my visit to Europe, and before I sailed
her father, who was one of the best friends I have
ever had, made a characteristically kind proposition
in connection with the little fund. Instead of giving
me the money, he gave me two railroad bonds, one
for one thousand dollars, the other for five hundred
dollars, and each drawing seven per cent. interest.
He suggested that I deposit these bonds in the bank
of which he was president, and borrow from the
bank the money to go abroad.
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