Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1877 — MARIAN AMONG THE WAX WORKS. [ARTICLE]

MARIAN AMONG THE WAX WORKS.

There was a long hall at the head ot the stairs, and in it iuch a company. There were Kings and Queens and their courts, and there were Generals End their fitiirsjiuid Alter* fctere goot# men and bad urn all mixed HqvTogt tber, and all in' tlfcir Ifeit * dloufes- *and 1 their company faces. Marian was amazed and delighted at all this concourse of great and small ana good and wicked people. Her convefsa. i§oif for the next \hklf hour was mainly compriucd ia “© mys!” and other exclamationfi of wdnder and delight. The group that pleased her most was, I think, that representing Queen Victoria and her court. There was the Queen, with a very royal expression on her wax face, staring fdiit of her flap* eyes at the Duke of Cambridge, too the 'rrihce* and Princess of Wales,.and a/l t4e rest of f the Princes and FrjfiteSsod—down to the very youngest of the lot—who.had,been snuggled to the jCcittfreOejpUoii' in a cradle. - “Shefoohsmuch better in wax than the does real/' said Marian to me, confidentially, “ and I like those clotbfes ever so much better than those she wore in the carriage—l suppose these are like what she wears wffen shS’l at home. Do you suppose she ever lets that baby in the cradle play with her crown ?” And she would probably have gone on to much greater length with her com(nenja a«a questions* had I not suddenly discovered that she was standing before a njflry old lady, who wfs seated before the group—And' obviously couldn’t see much ,ofj }t through MW! Marian Vane, who. ’ tlrough she was a very little girl,- was not transparent. *4 O! I didn’t see-tiiat old-lady,’’ said Marian., “Don’t she look old, Uncle W*i? > Bee how she- : feans Sa her umJerusalem!” . • r

R AfeHiMskleh she me»ht—but I stopped, her shprt Jest the old lady should Jiear her -rend didn’t even take the occasion to 'correct tier, but took her round to the other the grocn>. But the old lady —So Very feeble that her head-shook with the fatigue of keeping it erect, lxad roused Im,); 4 interest >«nd sympathy, and while , Aqnt EUfffir (md/f yyefe discussing the •varibus orders Wittr Which the Queen’s family were decorated, Marian stole back Jo the old lady’s side, and said, in her most Srf‘ . V JiO. in your way ;"and tedS s * ,lylJ ‘" r must be deaf!” and, holding the paper of right under, her nose said, a little yoo have sonje candy ? There’S sqme chocolate creams there, if you hbvfen’tttoetb.'?' : > . - - m r Still,the old woman went on shaking 'her trembly head, and cltttohing her umbrella with her black-gloved trembly hand—arid took no notice'of Marian. “ Mqybe she’s blind, top." said Marian, half aloud, and she put' her head down 'close under the old woman’s bonnet,’and /then, taking,* frln from Her dress, run it in/upf to the head in .tie gloved hand, and then walked, blushinglv away, trying joj, lodk *8 if she* Lid Known the Ola woman to be wax all the time and bad Teen talking to her only for the fun of the

e Elinor andtliof course laughedbat a little—but, bless me! we didn’t meat* tt> imake her feel so badly, and * wouldn’t have done it qn any account if we had kirownhow sensitive and mortified tbg little l«t}y m < 'Ehere were two great roundteaW rolling down* Marian’s cheeks befoiy, wd jui,ew> it, and by way of diverting her*Aunt Elinor said: : ( “ Bee' Marian j 1 liow nicely they dress their Sauces. Here,/now, is an elegant damel’pmairiiKfbsMm this one, and a bonnet tint is unite me latest thing!” and Aunt Elinor put up her eye-glasi, and T<s3k up & cofnlf of the shawT to admire its alnenessJ iwbeh suddenly the figure about, Wad A lady; Mushing very that Aunt Elinoy now, had her turn at Washing, ajul, while she asked the woman’s ffaraorT, Martin first began to smile and 4hen begat* tedaugh, rand laughed; louder 4nd4ehder, 'fHt you ebuld have heard her the placer* * TML . after J# time, Marian became ' i»aufibe guessed sbb would go and sit down by tlie little Princess in the 'feraSwJ* which sftC‘ admired greatly and Marian took o#'hter bonnet apdc, Pushed her hair back, and pulled on her little waf-BkttrjHcket, and garnergeirdown for JlgaoddonsfloDk at the Then thepeoWwrae;'2 th4y fwuUjd say, She was so wrapt up in her own fancies that she didn't so mach as wink, andWidn’t take the'least Notice of wh«J2Bfipk w.ere awdug about her, A lady and gentleman and little boy came it?” ’ hfe SBRCSL'SabdfM I touched him.” ‘‘After all, it’s only wax, and Dick is &£Br.aakisgJEߣB. toward Marian she said: [ “ I suppose this is some Other member

of tkb roral family. Haw plainly she’s dressed for a Princesa!” “ They say Urn Queen is a roost sensible mother about such things," said the gentleman, “ and the child is dressed quite well enough." “What lovely hair!” said the lady; “IPs the most natural thing I’ve seen. Anrt Just feel how silky it is!" And she took up one of Marian’s ourls in her hand. “Oh!” said Marhui, turning round-sud-denly. “ I was sd busy thinking Mid rift notice." Wkeremon '"the U*tl#>? boV and ing adwn'said: / % s ‘\ Yo4laar little girK f you were~wax, an d I was admiring your hair. I hope you’ll excuse me.” — Wm. M, F. Round, in Wide Awake.