The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-07-11
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Some ROYAL Children.

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Queen Elizabeth as a little cir
Poor little child! she did not lead
happy life, for her father did N
love her, and she never knew
mothers care. You may imagin
how i'll she was used when | te
you that her governessiwas oblige
to beg for clothing for her. Whe
she was four years old she asSiste
at the christening OF her infar
brother, atterward Edward VI
and on his second birthday Sh
presented him with a cambria shir
of her own making.
There was another princess
named Elizabeth, whose years were
lew but full of sorrow. She was {
daughter Of King Charles |, o
England, and, after his decapita
ton, was shut up with her little
brother in Carisbrooke Castle il
the Isle OF Wight.
The princess vas exceedingly
beautiful, and seldom was a child
seen with such grace and dignity
In her mind she reSembled hel
grandfather, Henry ", OF France,
aud her intelligence was "A subject
of astonishment to her father, who
often consulted her. The royal
Ghildrelfs rooms at Carisbrooke
We're gloomy and dreary, but they
found kind hearts in the custodian
Of the castle and his good wife.
AS though to make the scene OF
their imprisonment still more sad,
the first night of their arrival a
sentinel called to the princess as
she looked ont, and unteelingly
told her that the little Gothic win
dow which she saw opposite to her
IA where her father had tried to
escape, but "a prevented by it's
smallness. This brought a food of
tears from the little princess, who
seemed inconsolable for the fate of
her father. The next day, the
children went to the little Gothic
window, and there they interlaced
their hands between the bars and
stood for a long time thinking of
their father.
The princess begged that the
door of the room where her father
had been confined might be opened.
Its walls brought new tears, and
sad memories of the humiliation
which the king had endured. By
the help of her brother, the prin-
cess turned her fathers room into
an oratory, and placed her precious
Bible there. In summer, they
brought flowers to decorate the
place.
One quiet evening, they heard
some sailors at sea singing, as was
their habit, "God save the king y
"Listen," said the princess, "there
are still some who love our father;n
and happy for n moment, she en-
)raced her brother.
AS they were taking their usual
walk upon the ramparts one morn
ng, a wedding procession passed ;
he young girls wcr dancing, and
bouquets in their hands; but
when they saw the royal children
hey stopped and threw them their
lowers, out Of respect and kind
cellng. The princess in gratitude
9aned down, and ~looSening a little .
ross from her neck, dropped it +
lto the hand of the bride. !
Another time, d funeral process
passed by, and the princess f
.eing them weeping, said: -" ,
"Oh do not weep; to rest in {
tod is only happiness.n
She grew weaker and weaker
very day, but as long as she was
bic she taught her little brother
ach day out of her Bible and some |
i'd Latin books which had been '
lven to her. One Sunday morning, :
he oth September, 1860, as the .
.arden's wife entered the room, :
ccording to custom, with a bowl =
milk for the princess, she found !
er, as she supposed, sleeping, but =
proved to be the sleep OF death. :,
lay there white and calm, with
er head leaning on her dearly be- .
we'd Bible. From her hand had :
lllen a paper containing an ac :,
1unt OF her last interview with y
er father. The paper was headed ,
it'll these words: .....- =
"That which the king said to me >
he last time L had the happiness of \ \
icing him"-that was Oh the night !
etofe the execution. l.,
After describing the reception of u
and brother, she wrote: }
"The king said: But perhaps, v
y darling, you will forget that :,
hich | am going to tell yon.' And y
it'll that he shed abundant tears. !,
assured him l would write all his y
ords. !
"tMy child said he 'you must 7
OF grieye for me /; my death is :,
l%orious / die for the laws, and y
He assured me he par !
Dned all his enemies, and wished
8 also to pardon them. He sent II
any messages to my mother that u
is love for her would always be "
le same. Again, he told us we :
ust not weep for him ; that he
led a martyr, in full assurance n
lat the throne would some day be n
wen back to his sons, and that +,
he would be more happy than h
he had lived, He then took my .