QUEEN AND NURSING NUNS

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4313, 23 March 1901, Page 4 (Supplement)

QUEEN AND NURSING NUNS

. The... Queen:, sometime* -before; -iwr death • received two of the. - nuns, Mother: . ‘Teresa and > ■ Sisier Evangeline, who ■ n fused') ‘ the l sick" andi wounded ;■ -She: held outvher vhandi’.to'.'thenij so "-they i might .kiss it* ,an,dl she .thanked them most' boriUally for 'fheih labours in nuraK ihg ■ those; -Yffio'. ''need»4 it * at' Mafeking Then. her. Maje&tjv who was, accompanied by Princess Henty'of. Batten - put. a variety; of "qub^ipns^ ',tho.- experiences,'of Hhei ! , sisters,' during .the' siege. “You! ,are .both 'English,was one. of her inquiries,'.and the. janswer,,,“oh, ncv yptd. Majesty, ’we are .both.. Irish 1 /’ ,■ delighted her’’ greatly. 1 ' .She.laughed, heartily. lio doubt, at the' naturalness .of .the I reply;- She', concern eel T about '.the risks- of the .bombardment j which .the] nuns had to* run; saying onpe; ■ “Oh-, that I was dreadful.’.' .Againj’ she showed .deep | emotion when a-'.sympathetic.' allusion was made .to the death of. Prince Christian Victor. r The audience, being ended, i her Majesty ’onoe .mbre held, gut. her i hand to bo ’kissed , . by 1 the visitors. Naturally, Mother Teresa .and'.Sister- Evang-i eline ; -altbough they probably would-jjot say a word! on 'the visit at all—-feel immensely honoured at' Hieing' commanded to attend -before the Queen. - Tho queenly womanliness with whiioh ' she- received them will he -the most 'cherished memory of their- -lives. As to of Mercy at ► 'Mafeking, 'it - mhy . he' ‘ added' that - it had- only been’ Opened two months beforerther siege--began.-"It'was built -at: the; expon&o- of- : £3000y : ahd''to' | the debt- which remained on it there will i not be: -added '-the’'expense nof ■■■ repairs;; since the -bombardment didrit--extensive damage'. - - The nuns. Of Whom’ there -are eight; with Mother-Teresa "at; .their‘bead; were given the opportunity.-Of - leaving ■before,tho rsiege-began.r'(They decided; 1 without- a moment’s -.thoughV t&.-, remain atthe: post r of • duty, --'and--the -rest Wa ijknow.Of:- General -Baden-Powell;-- the’ defender tof * Maf eking- -the ‘ -praise rot Mother .Teresa - and- Sister ■ Evangeline. - is as a..poem.' ; - -v