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'Nephew," said Sir Oliver, "pay your

duty to the prince"
81 owe him no duty" cried Noll. thrust
ing aside the princes hand with a rude
laugh. "Why should l kiss that boys
handW
All the courtiers were amazed and con-
founded, and Sir Oliver the most of all
But the king laughed heartily, saying that
little Noll had a stubborn English spirit, and
that it was well for his son to learn betimes
what sort of people he was to rule over
So King James and his train entered the
house; and the prince, with Noll and some
other children, was sent to play in a sepa-
rate room, while his Majesty was at dinner.
The young people soon became acquainted
for boys, whether the sons of monarchs or of
peasants, all like play, and are pleased with
one another's society. What games they
diverted themselves with, l cannot tell
Perhaps they played at ball-perhaps at
bliudman's buf-perhaps at leap-frog-per
haps at prison-bars. Such games have been
in use for hundreds of years; and princes
as we'll as poor children have spent some of
their happiest hours in playing at them
Meanwhile, King James and his mobiles
were feasting with Sir Oliver in the great
hall. The king sat in guided chair, un-
der a canopy at the head of long table
Whenever any of the company addressed
him, it was with the deepest reverence. If
the attendants offered him wine, or the va
rious delicacies of the festival, it was upon
their Bonded knees. You would have thought
i. by these tokens of worship that the mon
: arch was a supernatural being; only he
: seemed to have quite as much need of these
: vulgar matters, food and drink, as any other
person at the table. But fate had ordained
that good King James should not finish his
dinner in peace.
All of sudden there arose terrible up
( roar in the room where the children were at
play. Angry shouts and shrill cries of ALARM
s were mixed up together; while the voices
: of elder persons were likewise heard trying
, to restore order among the children. The
$ king, and everybody else at the table, looked
: aghast; for perhaps the tumult made them
e think that a general rebellion had broke
: out
:, "Mercy on u.s." muttered Sir Oliver,
/. chat graceless nephew of mine is in some
! mischief or other The naughty little whelp!'
r Getting up from the table, he ran to see
st what was the matter, followed by many OF
e the guests, and the king among them. They
l. all crowded to the door Of the play room.
II On looking in, they beheld the little
prince Charles, with his rich dress all torn
and covered with the dust of the floor. His
y y royal blood was streaming from his nose il
~ great abundance He gazed at Noll with {
, mixture of rage and alright, and, at the
e same time, puzzled expression of counter
- ance, as if he could not understand how any
!, mortal boy should dare to give him a beating
u AS for Noll, there stood his sturdy littl'
~ ~ figure, bold as lion, looking as if he were
i ready to fight not only the prince, but tn,
= = king and Kingdom too
= "You little villainY' cried his uncle
" ''What have you been about? Down OIL
a. your knees and ask the princes pardon !''-
rs .T How dare you lay your hands on the king
b tn majesty's royal son ?"
"He struck me first" grumbled the valian
IS little Noll; "and I've only given him hi
80 duew
S;r Sir Oliver and the guests lifted up thei
hands in establishment and horror. No pur
no ishment seemed severe enough for this wick
,tv ed little varlet, who had dared to resent
he blow from the kings own son! Some {
to the courtiers were of opinion that Nol shout
no be sent to prison to the Tower of Londor
nd and brought to trial for high treason. Other
~, in their great zeal for the kings servic
~ were about to lay hands on the boy, an
,o1 chastise him in the royal presence.
ra- But King James, who sometimes shove
mo good deal of sagacity, ordered them to d
t0 sist.
"Thou art a bold boy" said he, lookir
enc fxedly at little NolI; ''and if you live to
10 a man, my son Charlie would do well to
o}3E friends with thee.
t;ol 81 never will" cried the little prime
a+ stamping his foot
t. T. 'Peaee, Charlie, peacep said the kin
ors then addressing Sir Oliver and the atten
rJs ants. Charm not the urchin; for he b
ba1 taught my son good lesson, if Heaven
,o:t but give him grace to profit by it. He
&c after, should he be tempted to tyrannize oy
the stubborn race of Englishmen, let b
;ost remember little Noll Cromwell and his o.
d;ot bloody nose?'
~ - So the king finished his dinner and
&c parted; and for many long year the chi
:, - e ish quarrel between Prince Charles and N
: AZ Cromwell was forgotten. The prince,
! - deed, might have lived happier life, a
Ia have met a more peaceful death, had he
Ii membered that qurrel and the moral VIII
e. his father drew from it. But when ki
'-''' James was dead and Charles sat upon
~ throne, he seemed to forget that he was
"a a man, and that his meanest subjects W
80 men as well as he. He wished to have
; ;ah property and lives of the people of Engls
~ entirely at his own disposal. But the p
o A. tans, and all who loved liberty, rose agai
~ him and beat him in many battles, and !
led him down from his throne.
so;d Throughout this war between the (
$50 and mobiles on one side, and the people
a IS England on the other, there was fam
r. leader who did more towards the ruin
~, A royal authority than all the rest. The
aI,eI test seemed like wrestling match betW
asa King Charles and this strong man. !
u;s the king was overthrow.
on When the disCrowned monarch was brou
visit) to trial. that warlike leader sat in the j
onob ment hall. Many judges were present,
% g sides himself; but he alone had the pc
K;nol to save King Charles, or to doom him to
ne 81 scafFold. After sentence was pronoun
this victorious general was entreated BY
own children, on their knees, to reseue
lew.' majesty from death.
SolPs "Nop be said sternly. sBetter that
make should perish than that the whole .cou