The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-07-30
I, !, Equal ,LL.assos-Eqaa1 Rights and Equal
ale struck. me- fis5'' grumhled the
valiant little Noll; Sand I've only given
him his dael,'

Sir Oliver and the guests lifted uE
their hands 10 asionishment and Horror
No punishment severe enough for the
wicked httle varlet. who had dared 10 'ie
sent blow from the kings own son
Some Of the courties we're Of opinion
that Noll should be sent prisoner TO the
Tower ofLondop, and brought to tria
for high treason. Others, IN the srea
zeal for The kings service, were about ,t
lay hands on the boy, and chastise hin
in the royal presence. u sasi11iEa- 9
| But King james, who sometimes show
ed good deal Of sagacily. ordered then
to desist.
'"Thou art bid boy" said he, look
ing fxedly at the little NolI; "'and, i
thou live to be man, my son Charlie
would do wisely to be- friendly with
thee" n ...
"I never will" cried the little prince,
stdmping his foot. W. ~ - ''''
o"Peace; Charlie, peace!'' said the
king; then addressing Sir Oliver and the
attendants. "Harm not the urchin; for
he has taught my son good lesson, if
Heaven do but give him grace 10 profit
by il. Hereafter should he be tempted
TO tylapnize over the stubborn race of
Engishmen, let him remember little
Noll Cromwell end his own bloody
nosew
So the king finished his dinner, and
departed; and for many long year, the
childish quarrel hetween Prince Charles
and Noll Cromwell was forgotten. The
prince, indeed, might have lived . happier
lie, and have met more peaceful death,
had he remembered that quarrel, and the
moral tha, his father drew from it. But,
when old King James was dead, and
Charles set upon his throne, he seemed
10 forget that he was but a man, and that
his meanesl subjects were men aswell
as no. He wished 10 have the property
and lives ofthe people ol England entire
lyat his own disposed. But the Purians,
and all who loved liberty, arose against
him, and beat him in many battles and
pulled him from his throne.o, hrsyr.
Throughout this war, between the
king and mobiles on one side, and the
people of England on the other, there
was n famous leader who did more toward
The ruin ofroyal authority than all The
rest. The contest seemed like a ,wrest--
linp.match between King Charles and
the strong man; and The King was over
thrown. i'12t s4fl8 .ta9 f-s.tH
When the discrowned monarch was
brough, TO trial, that warlike leader sat in
the Judgment hall. Many judges were
present besides him; but he alone.
had power to save King Charles, or
doom him to the scaffold. After sen
tence was pronounced, this victorious
general was en,rcated by his own child
rem, on their knees. to save his majesty
from death. .-s RI.
"No," said he s,ernly. ''Beter that
one man should perish, than the whole
country should be ruined Tor his sake.-
it is resolved that he shall die!" 4 .
When Charles, no longer king, was led
to the scafold, his great enemy stood at
window of the royal palace Of Whitehall.
He beheld the poor victim Of pride and
an evil education and misused power,
as he laid bis head upon the block. He
lookeds'on with sieadlast gaze, while
blackveiled execulioner lifted his fatal
axe, and smote off the anonted head at
single blow.
at IS a righteous Decd" perhaps he
said to himself. "Now Englishmen may
enjoy their rights. asts'.i
Al night when the body Of Charles was
laid in the coffin, il gloomy chamber,
the general entered ligbtened himself
with torch It's CLEAN showed that he
was now growing old; his visage was scar
red with the many battles in which ne
had led the van; his brow was wrinkled
with care. and with the continual exercise
of stern authority. Probably there was
not single trait, either of aspect or
manner. tina, belonged to the little Noll
WHO udu Udltttu W oOuuy VIII h'"SS
Charles. Yet this was he!
He lifted the coffin lid, and caused the
light nf the torch TO o'fall upon the dead
monarcI,'s face. Then, probably his
mind went back over all the marvellous
events that had brought the hereditary
king Of England TO this dshonored coffin,
and had risen himself; an humble individ.
ual, TO the p session Of kingly power.
He was king, though without the empty
atle'or gliiterihg crown ? te l}
was H." said Cromwell to him
self--or heimight have said as he gazsd
at the pale features in the cotfin-"Why
was it that tlIis great king fell, and that
paor Noll Cromwell has gained all the
The realm2"
And indeed, why was i,2
King Charles had fallen, because, IN
his manhood, the same as when child,
he disdained to feel that every human
creature was his brother. He deemed
himself superior being, and fahcied that
his subjects we're created only for king
TO rule over. saf,i5 ,..s
And Cromwell rose because, in spite