1 10 1 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/25778/archive/files/685f748d3e0e7eefc68421600dae611a.pdf?Expires=1779926400&Signature=qQYbC30K%7E4jb7OHdS363dSQbOkmzqDc5zas8PN-UrVWMsZiKwq2lBiu5HNHhRD3vblPD1eDr-k3aewflK8P3%7EIG7BNh7fjV4Cgy54LdKfTKiwLKZGeEoT-9EDd5-WZx6t5j-bWLxSdzEswqPGNTq6iHGQtXbVRi97bxbp7MEaLMNriku-YihuovCGZ278WoySwPiAeCoKrzqGz4X7JHD-Is%7E6r4HnzqgaHj5E2Ic7gZU-uooC8G0KCJVZ6EPv28YvnJtFrVgicD5MkvfObWdZe-GrkK3Zg1GWqUrGsiEYp%7EJDE6HWRbJajBSoDKXdJux1%7EC2xRQQxNqwmtUIJNjHfQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 6e1b705c10f3993e898fb2c27327c3e5 PDF Text Text THE WEDDING DAME WINDSOR’S, AND W THAT WAS SAID ABOUT IT BY IN RELATIONS AND FRIENDS, AND BY THE ZI OYS OF St. STEPHEN’S SCHOOL. i«*8t ! W iJfDON : A. RITCHIE, 15, WINE OFFICE COURT, FLEET STREET. Price Sixpence. ? �J. COEN, PRINTER, 15, WINE OFFICE COURT, FLEET STREET, LONDON. ------ y when I first saw the vessel? cg-crnx uvu<nu ax �Webbing nt Same Wxnbsof s. GrH WHAT RELATIONS SAID ABOUT IT. 3N ame Windsor is a widow, a little over fifty, of ample fd rtune, and possessor of several spacious houses. r|er husband, good soul, who was universally re 31! jected, died suddenly, to the deep regret of every- .1 le, and left her with a family of nine children, five idi ‘which are daughters, two of them being unmarried, ? e 1 'er eldest daughter, who was greatly esteemed, on in< ccount of her comeliness and graces, was united, 91 |me years since, to a fine German, who lives in a 71 driving hotel in Berlin, the sign of which has been b |tely altered from the “ King William ” to the aißi IKaiser,” and which change of style is expected, at a early period, when the present landlord, who is an |d man, dies, to prove highly advantageous to the '¿w occupier. 1 Two other daughters, Alice and Helen, are also 3.”i S: �1 o 3 n: 4 married to Germans, whose incomes, although liberal, U.P'1 are not equal to that of the former, nor are theiri Ldh future promotions in life anything so promising. .] L-j ■ Mrs. Windsor’s eldest son, who has a large yearly ufi? income in his own right in some tin mines, which were profitably worked during the young man’s; minority by his prudent father, inherited a consider^ y N able fortune when he came of age. This lucky fello^j was married, about eight years since, to a handsoma Lj® li Danish lady, which event gave great satisfaction at I the time, as the young girl came from an old stock, ir. o b t b e >> ? 3 e •( t and was mighty winning in her behaviour both to rich and poor. Teddy, for that is the young man’s 4* name, is likewise heir to three rich domains, and will, [¿i be more looked up to when he comes into that ancieni tn property. He has seen much of the world, having gone round it with observant guides, and has picked be up varied knowledge. Few men, it is said, can, hn 01 better understand a genuine cigar, and his experience jgqx of fire-engines is also great, as he rarely fails to enjoy a run upon them, with some smart mates, when a big h ■ run. 1t * blaze illumines the town where he lives. Now, one evening, Mrs. Windsor, who was desirous |l > when I first saw the vessel.” I" �5 getting her single children off her hands, being amn one with her eldest unmarried daughter, Louise, at 0 •ii Leir own house in the north, at a place called Bahl fi 'orrell, she spake motherly unto the lass regarding li. ■ 3r affections towards a young man of those parts, Ij. o ha had beguiled the damsel’s heart, and whose d afl sits had been much encouraged by the glad dame t mention thereof, the innocent girl coloured up, Epd hid her blushing face on her mother’s bosom, )|hereat the maternal dame kindly hinted that her rt ild was quite free to marry the honest Gael, if such rfere her real wishes, and she graciously gave her ¿nsent to the match, The whole of the family, at •me and abroad, were at once made acquainted with te proposed wedding, the news of which was ill ovtifceived by some of them, because of their very high hfwate. The brother-in-law at Berlin, thought, for q I? part, that the young lass would do better by belirij ming the wife of one of his kinsmen, especially as fwq 3 own expectations of a rise were very great; how- ff-J er, he would not strongly urge against the wedding, such were the wish of the two people, and Mrs. »¿bl indsor approved of the same. 3.”— . Si �o 6 Teddy thought the choice of a more distinguished 1..4. fl partner advisable, but, lighting a fresh Havannah, 3 said ma might advise about the matter as she pleased: [ so he left them, to look after his horses and to attend I * to his book at the club. Alf, on being spoken to about it, didn’t see wb ! 1 /I Louie shouldn’t marry who she liked, provided hi li,„ j I was really a proper fellow, and likely to make : :..i> hi Y ir o kind husband, as he was sure Archy would, and hi H . ■ r * hoped when the couple put out to sea, the sails o b matrimony would swell with many a pleasant gale. I j Leo said he preferred a match of the kind, ant , . b thought mother would be more liked by everybody | .. ■ t b le » ? P for letting Master Lome come into the family, whc |. he was sure, would make his sister happy, and wha 1 , I r' else had they to care about. Little Beatry almost jumped for joy, and said sh j was so glad ma would let Louie have Archie ; i ; >e r< a would be so nice to have them living in England, a 1 ?; their new house. « Q. a i she would not lose her, but be able to go often t Cousin George, who is blind, got some one to wr| a note for him, which he sent from abroad, bearing| | F d ■ti________ _________________ , s when I first saw the vessel.” �-b®«d abbed-out Hanover stamp. In it he was rather psihij molding about the affair; but as he had lately lost a '.av/d town, and was vexed, considering himself cruelly iteqi nposed upon by friends who, he thought, should juve treated him better, Mrs. Windsor and her family et down his disfavour to Louie’s wedding to bad iesq.d emper, so they took no heed of his cold words. ynA Another cousin George—he of Cambridge—hap- Ao in lened to drop in while the affair was being talked "''M >ver, with his red coat rather splashed, for he had just g...nej )een seeing his soldiers do their work in the Park, gd u )n being spoken to about the suit, he gave it his •(insj iearty approval, and thought it high time such silly ifoiid lotions of shutting out certain people from the family p-rel were done .away with. He had kicked against such a do* foolish rule himself, and in defying people’s remarks .. bfi had found no reason to repent of his course; and why shouldn’t Louie be as happy with a Scotch noiva swain as with any foreign fellow with a sounding hibI name that meant nothing. He knew the boy, and jodlliked his good sense, which would always carry him hoi well through the world, and prove creditable to in ou Louie. �0 Aunt Augusta was too infirm to come, but she wrote, saying that in her young days such things were deemed shocking. However, as times are sol altered now, she would not dream of hindering the 5 new idea, the more so as her niece, Mrs. Windsor, had determined on setting the change. /I 1 ?”• i?' ip se 1H ja a-, _a : a th. sa >i »e as when I first saw the vessel.” �9 YHAT THE . FAMILY ADVISERS SAID ABOUT IT. ft] .as Irs. Windsor, who is a model of household order, jiu< rould not seriously move about her daughter’s pro- .o^gosed wedding without consulting certain family dvisers, whose opinions thereon should finally decide d a er how to act. She therefore bade Some men of he ood repute and knowledge to come down to her hiA welling on an island at the edge of the sea, where ? ight confer with her and advise on the matter hey miL ri nq h lat pressed upon her heart. - sill Then certain prudent chiefs assembled at her house, J ad, after listening to her words, they counselled illy thereon. An elder, named Hatherley, deeply h rJ i,rned in the law, spake of the practices of times »st, and declared that no statute in the books of the n j a1 ws of the land hindered the marriage; but rather, • odi thought, were it to be contracted between the a srsons proposed, it would bring felicity to them, and s.”- �10 command favour with all people. A councillor nameJ Gladstone next gave utterance, and would have waxed into a flow of artful words, but that the occa sion needed only his mind to be declared in simple speech. The virtues of Mrs. Windsor’s daughter, he said, claimed the best of husbands, and that maternal solicitude and sagacity which had caused those mani fold virtues and graces to bud and ripen, were the surest guarantees that a match so wisely arrangea should continue auspicious to the end. Ko legal prohibition against it existed, and Mrs. Windsor, by sanctioningthe same, would complete her daughter’l happiness, and revive her own popularity. The ! chief, Granville, with rare gentleness of tongue and manner, said he knew the laddie well, and had marked his shrewdness and good parts. He felt ! assured that if Mrs. Windsor desired him for a sori j in-law, no loss of dignity or respect towards he) i would follow on that account; indeed, by grafting st I honourable a branch to her own ancient stock, everl I one would be pleased, and regard her more affec t tionately. After several others had all likewise spoken, on when I first saw the vessel.” �11 ■iirtgi] blister Lowe, who is keeper of the treasure-chest, boied Littered to the same purpose. rZ" -ua toair will need a little money wherewith to keep house Besides, he said, the '“mofhonestly, and I will speak to my good master, Mister 7 JlulBull, who will not in the least begrudge to give them eilthe few thousands that I shall name, so that they Sh^Jmay lack nought to support their state decently and rtj)ai?}freflect his honour. £) e.”— Sh �12 WHAT WAS SAID BY DECENT CITIZENS AND SOME CHURLS. i The intended wedding, being well bruited abroad was in all men’s moutbs, who spake of it one to the ii r ,r o other, wishing Dame Windsor’s daughter abundant joy to the end of her days. In the highway which is called Parliament-street, in the City of Westminster, a citizen thereof, and a b t f e ? p 5 se ri a 7; .«< man of much substance, meeting one of his fellows,] also of ample means, being a tradesman of the Wests End, bade him good day, and pointed out to him certain M.P.’s who were driving to the House to speechify and to say “Aye” for a proposed yearfy gfant to Miss Windsor, the young lady about to be married. He then talked of the matter, assured that the Members would with one consent agree to the moderate dotation, for that the damsel deserved the same, and that they would the more heartily bestow h a i if ;d ----is when I first saw the vessel.” �13 ifi because her mother had wisely set aside a perverse e tie on her child’s behalf. f “Tea, and a right thing, too,” answered the stener, “ for the swain is reported well worthy of fist > fair a bride ; besides, ’tis a good sign when custom, Gfflj lb4 unded in pride, loses its force, having only age to mo ¡commend it. As well preserve a dung-heap on a Wife ithway, because it was made by Caesar’s horse. way with nuisances, say I, whether they encumber Ind or weigh heavily upon man. JOJ By-the-bye, it is pmoured that Mrs. Windsor is coming more amongst L ; and I’m sure that her wonted face will bring imshine to us again, and waken shouts that had wellj 4' igh died away.” | When these men of quality had parted, a labourer, ib. b fending to his work along the flags, overtook another, ■hose pipe gave forth a cloud wreathing behind over is shoulder. Then the former asked for a light, and iiey two went on, forgetting care in their smoking, ¿id filling the wind with the smell of their tobacco. 4T 1 -11.. I i “ It gives me joy, mate, to see thee journeying to 4j ■job. Is it for long F” I “ Nay, only for a week, to make gas-piping for the V 1 »/A J e.”— _ Si �3 jy 14 flare that will light the shops at night, when the grand f ! ■y wedding comes off.” “ Of Mrs. Windsor’s daughter ?” “ Yes ! and rarely for better purpose did fiery stars , turn the dark streets into day, to amuse the crowds, than will the glowing ciphers kindled everywhere on that coming occasion. Why, I’ll burn a tallow-wicJ myself to tell the world that another ban is blotted j i from the earth.” “ Eh ! they’re going to vote her a round sum to night at the House yonder, and I only wish that all] r ) > t the money they gave went to as good a use. It’s quite time that husbands for Dame Windsor’s single)I daughters were found at home, without hunting fori them in the land of sour krout.” “ But one Taylor is going to pitch in against the . i grant.” “ He ain’t got the pluck; and if he had he’d be laughed down, as he ought to. Let him slip intJ real abuses, and he’s my man; but as for goinJ | agin that, why he’s as mischievous as the brawlera who pretend to be working men; but who filch their living from simpletons by spouting.” t____ when I first saw the vessel.” u. �F 15 >’ “ At any rate Dame Windsor has touched the >[ n^ ight key in this instance, which pleases everybody. a '¿J1 inly she should begin to come out more, to enliven [at# ne folks a bit, and set some trade moving.” 1'idZI ^slg fiilT Here the men ceased to discourse, having come to place where their feet should turn opposite ways. Thus the whole populace talked of the marriage, h nd rejoiced much that Dame Windsor esteemed her [aughter’s welfare beyond the tyrannous whim of t'A EQxds ashion. inff But certain obscure Odgerites, noisy and churlish -wol fellows, whom few men heeded, strove to stir up the n nultitude against the reasonable dowry that John Bull, in the largeness of his heart, was bent upon giving to the bride. These disturbers lifted up their n Voices in pot-houses, while they swilled with the hire iXlj juggled from the pockets of the simple; yet their ¡iiivyavings were not regarded by peaceable folks, who ■wlreverenced Dame Windsor the more for her sound iWit and love for her daughter, in that she might mlinarry the man of her own choice, and one of her own a country. So the brawlers, whose tongues were as brands, GB �sank into limbo, and there was mirth throughout the land, the rich and the poor loyally beseeching a life long blessing on the wedding of Dame Windsor’s daughter. J. Cocn, Printer, 15, Wine-Office-Court, Fleet-street, London. I first saw the vessel.” � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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