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innocent child, who was herself weeping al
he sight of his distress. And why will
you not leave this gloomy place, and come
home to your own hall again! p
Attend 10 me, Lucy, and will tell you
the cause of nv grief said the father, seat
ing the little girl on his knee i shall never
come again, for have been condemned
for high treason, which means an offence
against the King, and shall not leave this
place I'LL they bring me forth on Tower
hill, where they will cut off my head with
sharp axe, and set it up afterwards over
Temple Bar or London Bridge
AT this terrible intelligence, Lady Lucy
screamed aloud, and hid her face in her faith
CT 's bosom, which she wclted with her tears.
BE composed, my dear child said Lord
Preston, for have much to say to you,
and we may never meet again on this side
Of the grave
No, no! dear papa cried she, 'they
shall not kill you, for will cling so fast to
your neck that they shall not be able to
cut your head off; and will tell them all
how good and kind you are, and then they
will not want to kill you
my dearest love, this is oil simple talk
ing, said Lord Preston. Il have offended
| against tuc IuWS 90 " 10 u PiSSOuS SS'uo
lisbed, by trying TO have my old master,
King James, restored to the throne, and
therefore must die. Do you remember,
Lucy, took YOU once to Whitehall to see
King James, and how kindly he spoke 10
you?'
oh. yes. papa and reco!lect he laid
his hand on my head, and said was like
what his daughter, the Princess Of Orange
| vonl;o6 I oIu with
great animation.
well, my child, very shortly after you
saw King James at Whitehall, the Prince
of Grange, who married his daughter,
came over to England, and drove King
James out Of his palace and kingdom, and
the people made him and the Princess OF
Orange King and Queen in his stead
But was it not very wicked OF the
Princess of Orange to join with her hus'
band to take her fathers kingdom from
him? ! am very sorry King James thought
me like her, said Lady Lucy earnestly.
Hush, hush my love, you must not talk
so of the Princess Of Orange, for perhaps
sho considered she was doing right, in de.
priving her father of his kingdom, because
he had embraced the Catholic religion, and
it is against the law for King of Eng land
TO be Catholic. Yet confess did not
believe she would have consented to sign
the death warrants Of SO many Of her faith
er's old servants, only on account OF their
faithful attachment to him, said Lord Pres.
ton, Nth q sigh.
'Ihave heard that the Princess of Orange
is Of a merciful disposition said old Amy
Gradwel. advancing towards her master,
and perhaps she might be induced 10 spare
! your life, my Lord, if your pardon were
- very earnestly entrea,ed ofhe by some OF
7 your friends
g 'Alas! my good Amy have no one
h who will undertake the perilous Office Of
G soliciting the royal grace for an attained
e traitor, lest they should be suspected o.
d favorng the cause Of King James,
Dear papa ! let me 60 10 the Queen
G and beg for your pardon cried Lady Lucy
G with q crmsoned cheek and sparkling
d eye. II will so beg and pray her to spare
e your life, dear papa, that she will not have
r the heart to deny me-.
Simple child !" exclaimed the father
:, ''what should you be able to say to th'
Queen, that would be Of any avail ?"
v God would teach me what to say, ant
If he has power also to touch her heart will
pity for chld's distress, and to open he
ear TO my earnest petition
e Her father clasped her to his bosom, ant
said, "Thou wouldst be afraid of speaking
[ TO the Queen, even if thou shoudst be cd
&c mhted to her presence, my child"
n why should be afruid of speaking l.
ID the Queen, papa? for even if she would b
n angry with me, and answer harshly,
20 should be thinking too much ofyou, father
is to mind it: or if she were to send me I
r the tower and cut off my head, she coul
&c only xii! my body, but would have no pow
or at all to hurt my soul, which is unde
be the protection of One, who is greater tha
i'll any king or queen upon Garth"
G You are right, my child, TO fear Goo
and to have no other fear said her fathe
he at is He who hath, perhaps, put it int
&c you. heart to plead with the Queen for m
RI, life; which, if it be His pleasure to gran
DIS shall feel it indeed happiness for m
ed child to DO made the instrument of my Dc
Of liverance from the pers of death, whc
ret now encompass me but if it should
Ter otherwise. His will be done. He hat
or, promised to be a father to the fatherles
and he will not rorsake my good and duff
d, child when am low in the dust"
~. But how will Lady Lucy gain ADM
in lance to the Queens presence, my lord
IN. said old Amy, who had been a weepin
spectator of the scene between the fatht
lot and child.
'or 4 will write letter to her godmothe
it'll the Lady Clarendon, requesting her to a
to complish the matter.
He then wrote few hasty lines to tn
Ies lady, which he gave to his daughter, telli
red her she was TO 60 the next day TO Hampt
fin. Court, properly attended, and to obtain
in sight of Lady Clarendon, who was there
ing waiting upon the Queen, and deliver u
,ith letter to her with her own hand. lie tn