The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-05-25

% her passionate demonstrations q; fond.
ness, bis own anguish ut The thought Of his
approaching separation from her, and tho
dea OF leaving her on orphan at her ten
der age, (ior she had only just completed
her ninth gear, and had los, her mo,her,)
hc clasped her TO his bosom, and bodcw cd
hcr innocent face with bis tears.
why do you cry, dear papag asked the
innocent child, who was herself weeping
at the sight ofhis distress. .And why will
YOU not leave this gloomy place, md como
homo TO Your own hall again.?
ATTEND to me, Lucy, and | will tell YOU
HE cause Of my grief said her father, seat.
ing The little girl on his knee. Il shall
never come home again, for i-havc hccu
condemned TO die for high treason, which
means an offence against tho king, aud
shall not leave this place till they bring me
forth on Tower Hill, where they will cut
oil my head with sharp axe, and sct il up
afterwards over Temple Bar or London
Bridge
AT this terrible intelligence Lady Lucy
screamed aloud. aud hid her face in her ia
Tiers bosom, which she wct,ed with her
tears.
dc composed, my dear child,' said Lord
Preston, for have much 10 say a. you, aud
we may never meet again Oh this side the
grave
M, no! dear papa cried she; ',hcy
shall not Kill you. !ar will cling so fast
about Your neck, that they shall not be able
to cut your llcud of; and viii tell them
al how COED and kind YOU arc, and then
they will not want 10 Kill Non.'
MY dearest love, this is all simple talk.
ing,' said Lord Preston. Il have offended
against the law ns il is al present establish.
Cd, by trying 10 have my old master, King
James. restored 10 Tho throne, aud there
lore | must die. Do not YOU remember.
Lucy, took YOU once 10 Whitehall 10 sec
Ming James, aud how kindl, hs spoke to
youe
oh yes, papa; and rccol,cct he laid his
hand upon my head, and said was like
What his daughter the Prince Of Orange
was al my ago. replied Lady Lucy with
great animation.
We'll, my child very shortly after YOU
saw King James at Whitehall. the Prince
~ Orange. Who married his daughter. came
over In England, aud drove Hing Jnnes
ont OF his palace md king lom, nnd the pco.
p.c made him and the princess d Orange,
king and queen in his sica.l.'
but was il NJ; very wicked of the prin-
cess Of Orange to jim with her husband 10
I axe her fathers kingdom from hint am
very sorry King James thought me like
her. said LADY Lucy earnestly.
llnsh--hash! nv love. yon mus, not
talk SD Of the Princess of Orange, for per.
laps she considered she WINS doing rieh, in
depriving her father &c his ,lominions, be.
cause he had embraced the Catholic reli.
| gnn, aud it Is against the law inr king ii
4 ENGLAND IL lie "A Catholic. Yet ! confess
| did not believe she would have consented
10 sign the icaih-warrants of SO many Of
her fathers old servants, only on account
If their faithful attachment 10 him. said
Lord Preston with sigh
i have heard that the Princess of Or
angc is OF a mcrciiaI dispo>i,ion,' said old
Amy Grad~e!l, advancing towards her
master; 'and perhaps she mi lit bc induced
to spare your life, my lord, ii your pardon
were very earnestly intreatcd Of her By
some Of Your friends
Alas! INV good ANY, have no onc who
will undertake the pcrilous ,.ilicc OF solicit
ing the royal grace for IN attained traitor,
least they should to suspected Ut tavcriu.
the cause Of King James,
Dear papa! lc, nc 90 To the queen and
beg FIR your PARDON cried Lady Lucy with
a crimsonea check and sparkling eye.
i will SO beg and pray her 10 spnrc your
life dear papa, TINT she will not have the
heart to deny me-
Simple child. exclaimed her father,
what should YOU Lc able to say 10 the
queen that " u!d be Of any ayail!'
God would teach INC what to say, and
Inc has power MISC 10 touch her heart with
pity for cllild's distress. mud 10 open her
car TO my earnest petition
Ter father claspci her 10 his Losom. but
said, Thou wouldst he afraid cf speaking
to the queen, even il thou shouljsl he i'd
miited TO her presence. my child
why should be afraid &c speaking 10
tho queen, papa? for even il she would he
angry with me, aud answer harshly, |
should be thinking ,no much Of you, father,
to mind IL; or il she were t. send me 70 the
Tower, aud cut of my head, she could only
kill nv body, bat would have no power ri
all To hurt my soul, which il under the pro-
lection Of One who is greater than any king
or queen upon earth
YOU are right my child. 10 fear God, md
TO have TO other fear. Il is hc who hath
perhaps put j, into your mind I" plead with
the queen for my lie; which, ii il be his
pleasure to grant, shall feel it indeed
happiness for nv child Ia he made the in.
strumcnt of my doIiyerance from tho pcrls