The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-27


-'c.c,lv - plan an .>cal,e from HaniE,ci,
Court. sud from this lurbsi,nt pax: Il liz
ainG.loni. lie wa- really prisoner IA M
palace: old friends were eyervN lcia tUrn-
la. against him. and he wa> sometimes
made 10 feel tha; hi, only friend. except
Ia, children. aas hi> faithful hound.
Poor thing, poor thing ho j. faithful
L. fu,. said The sing one aar "BI; how
ear * faithful. may leave you enc
day. good fellow. and then dog vii howl.
Ii j, pilisble cas- hen q king cannot
b, jrnc even =" hi dog
The hound seemed {" uni, r>tani the
king', grrs, trouble. aud al such times
would lick ms master, hand. and would
l.rc~s his knee and whine, - though To-
hrcak rh.. revere.
T. va, toward the close % dark after
noon on 1hc iith of Nov. ,nber, I6i7.
Might came early, with no raw % sunset.
The palace gardens were ob~cure'i IN a
ie,,, mist. aud the river ran dark below
TN. M wiih hardly ray 1" p,rcirate the
gloom.
The king ale AZ carly supper, and then
retired with hi> iavorite dog II Vas his
custom L. 60 ( hi chamber Tor dcvoiiOBs
immediately after IN. evening meal.
IL VAS very sill IN the palace; very
gloomy. With the dull sound ef the No
veInbrr "a in necessarily falling Occasion
ally the step of The guard was heard on
the corridor The little duke amt the
princess were waiting the return pi their
father in dimly lighted rocm near the
banquet hall.
He did not come Tie loot Ui the guard
sounded iruier, and became impatient.
Suddenly he pi;iiul howi Of the king
hound broke the silence oi the palace.
The little duks heard it, ami started 10
go 30 hi> fathers chamber. Ia" Young
princess followed him, a strang. look OF
terror ia her baby face. ,nd her .-y-s iille'i
with tears.
The children came Ia ;h. main stair
wsv, when they were ori,Ie,i b;.,k bv an
attendant. In their retreat they again
heard the hound ia ih,ir father, chamber
utter the -ame iriendr,s, pije"r> howl.
Tn. II. as a back staircase Gliai led Ip 40
the same room. The Children passed
silently through the empty apartments
that lei 10 il, and were clarified again snd
again on their nois, les way by ia, pliIiul
howling of the dog. which noS nrSaE Ia
he piercing IA IT, distress.
!uSr - ihev arrived At the loot ni he
staircase Il heavy sound was heard - IL,
chamber door above II was answered hy
4 SHARP bark from the hound.
Father must have gone, said riic iiit.'
princess: what made the dog ho~i - -
There was crash al the door above.
The voang princess cIasped her nrctiirr ID
fear. and tried to draw him back
They are breaking into has room. said
the prince; "let az 20 10 hiD: 1T IL lie
lend him."
There was hurried step and cry on
he stairs. The children drew back; the
hound came bounding down aGd ran az
to them ami around them IN anxiety snd
terror. There were more iont~t, - oR the
stairs. and aIo'hcr cry:
"o,iye the alarm; tn" king mas '-~raI-'i :
Near, passed. The stormy scenes 81 the
English Revolution are over. King
Charles J. Ia, long slept ~ the silent
vaults oi 81 George Chapel, and hiS sep
arated children have grown 20 manhood
and womanhooa in exile.
There came 10 Hampton Court palace
one late summer dav, Oliver Cromwell.
protector oi Tie Commonwealth of Eng
ldhl. I1Fs zoo. y - hlkEi4iifA y AsAiaAiaf.t
dog. lie slept in the old royai apartment.
and hi, dog kept guard AT The door. lie
awoke one morning, but his d"g did not
come to him. lie arose and found ihat
the trusiy animal MAS dead.
Oliver Cromwell wa- 4 stern mau. hu;,
like most men oi that iay, ne waS super
sliiious He believed in signs and omens
and witchcrafi. and he mad heanl o: The
wi,hered gypsy prophecy.
lie was shaken in health. and the sight
of the dead dog awakeied hi, nervous
fears. Alas" he said. The kingdom has
departed
Cromwell soon died and. =, I'll our
know, Charles H.. son 81
the first Charles, came back Ia the throne,
amid great reioicings and celebrations.
And this is the old -tory-s curious
mingling OF true history and superstition
that was told over snc over again IN
the Christmas-tide TO cpeu-moutied
groups sround Maryland fir-,ii,s in IA"
old Colonial times.