Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1901 — Queen Alexander. [ARTICLE]

Queen Alexander.

Ixive for children is a prominent trait of tiie character of the queen consort.. She was passionately devoted to her own children, and she has never wholly recovered from the death of her eldest born, the Duke of Clarence. Several months after her bereavement siie was walking in the lanes near her home, when she met an old woman staggering under the weight of burdens too heavy for her. The princess stopped her to speak a few words of sympathy, and learned that she performed the duties of a carrier, executing commissions between two villages. I he bundles are too heavy for me!" she lamented, bursting into Tears. “I never carried them when .lack was here.” ”Who is Jack and where is he now?” kindly inquired the princess. “Jack’s tny bfir. and he's dead—dead!” wildly exclaimed the old woman. With another sympathetic word Alexandra turned away, hurriedly lowering her veil to hide her emotion. She could understand the sorrow of a mother who had lost her boy. The next day there was sent to the woman a cart drawn by a stout donkey. In this cart the old carrier made her journeys in comfort for the rest of her life.