A REGAL GIFT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
Some months ago Queen Margherita of Italy asked a little girl to knit her a pair of silk stockings as a birthday gift, and gave her 20 lire to buy the material. The Queen forgot the circumstances till her birthday came, when she was reminded of it by the arrival of a pair of well-knit stockings and the maker's best wishes. Not to be outdone, Queen Margherita sent a pair to her young friend ns a return gift, one stocking being fall of lire-pieces and the other of bonbons. They were accompanied by a little note : “ Tell me, my dear, which yon like best ?” A reply reached the palace next day : “ Dear Queen, —Both the stockings have made me shed many bitter tears. Papa took the one with the money, and my brother the other.”
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Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1093, 1 October 1883, Page 2
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141A REGAL GIFT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1093, 1 October 1883, Page 2
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