Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1910 — QUEEN FOSTER MOTHER. [ARTICLE]

QUEEN FOSTER MOTHER.

A Pleasing Story About Queen Amelia of Portugal. This story of Queen Amelia of Portugal is copied here from the Madrid papers: A short time ago, while motoring in a country district, the chauffeur mistook the road, and the party did not know which way to turn. One of the gentlemen in attendance asked a peasant the way. The man looked at the magnificent car, then at the company, and thought they were making fun of him. “As if you did not know,” he said. The Queen laughed and assured him they were lost. Not until then did the peasant condescend to point out the way. “Give him this for his trouble,” said the Queen to one of her escort, handing him a gold piece. “Here, my man,” said the latter, “is a little present from the Queen.” The next day the peasant presented himself at the palace and asked to see Queen Amelia. “I know her,” he said mysteriously; “I saw her yesterday, and I want to see her again.” The attendant would have turned him away for a madman had it not happened that one of the ladies-in-waiting recognized him. Presently he was ushered into her majesty’s presence. “Yes, ’tis thou,” he said, with great satisfaction. “I did not tell thee yesterday; I have two little ones without a mother. Wilt thou be their mother?” With womanly tenderness Queen Amelia accepted the trust and had the little ones placed in a special institution undef her patronage.