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In this manner, surrounded and followed by a
* courtly retinue and train, did the King reach the
borders of Hertfordshire, and take up his quarters
at Royston, which locality he afterwards: much
affected, and whither he resorted to hunt ‘the
’ fearful hare.”” He was at his house there when he
heard of the poisoning of Sir Thomas Overbury, and
Somerset was actually arrested in James’s presence
for participation in the crime. We could with
pleasure linger over the progress, and glance at the _
High Sheriff attended by his seven-score of goodly
men ‘‘ suitably apparelled ” in blue liveries, white
doublets, hats, and feathers, all riding horses with
red saddles. We can see the beautiful steed pre-
sented to James, a prancing creature which the
King, with much presence of mind, desired the High
Sheriff to ride forthwith and show the docility of
the animal. Sir Edward Denny obeyed, and rode
the spirited animal “ with neat workmanship” to
Master Chester’s house, where for a wonder the
King paid his own charges.
As the procession neared London, the arrivals of
grand personages and the crowd of spectators
became more frequent and more numerous. On
the 2nd of May James reached Broxbourne, Sir
Henry Cock’s house. Sir Henry was Cofferer, and
there fitly the King met the Lord Treasurer Bur-
leigh, the Lord Admiral (Charles Howard), and
most of the nobility and council of State. The
entertainment here greatly contented. the King,
who next day moved on to Theobalds, the magnifi-
cent seat of Sir Robert Cecil, Knight, Secretary of
State. Theobald’s Road in London still reminds us
of the palace which afterwards became a fayourite
resort of James, who exchanged it with Cecil,
then Earl of Salisbury, for other. properties. 7
Theobalds was built by Sir William Cecil, after
wards Lord Burleigh, and Queen Elizabeth visited
him there, the expenses being frequently at the
rate of eighty pounds a week. From. Burleigh
Theobalds descended to his son Robert, who so
magnificently entertained the King for four days.
The astute Cecil had other objects in view,
though, than mere loyalty. He took advantage
of his position to ingratiate himself with the King
end exclude Raleigh, Grey, and Cobham, whose fall.
“he so ardently desired. So well did he play his
cards that he was retained in his office when many
Seottish lords were sworn of the Privy Council.
Here in the gardens, full of ‘‘ labyrinths, canals, and
fountains,” in the beautiful mansions and the open
cloisters facing the “‘ leaded walks,” so delightful and
pleasant, the King and his enormous following _
remained.
The procession quitted Theobalds, and we can
follow it riding through the meadows and
““marshes ” to Stamford Hill. Then the London
and Middlesex authorities accepted the charge, the
hardy Hertfordshire squires returning back. . Here
the London sheriffs made welcome; the King
received an ovation by Master Richard Martin, of
the Middle Temple. On Stamford Hill the Lord. _
Mayor presented the keys of the City and the Civic
sword. Knights and Aldermen, Gentlemen of the
Hundreds, Serjeants-at-Arms with their maces,
Heralds with their coats of arms, Trumpeters clad —
in velvet or gold or dressed in courtly style and cut,
all came to welcome his Majesty to London. Old
Sir Henry Lee, the Queen’s champion, came out in”
brave attire.
We can close our eyes, and picture the gallant _
cavalcade prancing along: the multitude of citizens
and people who covered the fields and roads, and
every available point of view. Shouts of welcome
came from thousands of throats, and amid the
babel of cries, King James reached the Charter
House, where Lord Thomas Howard entertained
him. ~ : /
Here were knighted fourscore gentlemen, and on
Wednesday, the 10th of May, James set off for the’
Tower of London. His entry into the City was’
through Aldersgate, where this statue was subse-'
quently placed. James then proceeded to the
Tower by water, having gone “ quickly by White-|
hall,” and -entered his fortress by the “ King’s
Gate.’”’ Here he made more knights, saw the lions’
fighting, and proceeded to Greenwich.
It was during this progress that Cecil, now Lord} =
Cecil, had ingratiated himself. with James, and
managed to deprive Sir Walter Raleigh of the'
various offices he held. It was while the King] \
was at Greenwich:that the “ Main” and “ Bye: *
Plots ” for seizing his person were conceived. This ~
plot we have already alluded to, and it is only men-
tioned in our narrative because our young hero,
John Gill, played a prominent part in the business,
CHUMS,
which is sometimes called Sir’ Walter Raleigh’s
conspiracy. os
The continuance of the Plague had greatly inter-
fered with the coronation of James, from the public’s
point of view, as they were not permitted to proceed
to Westminster for fear of infection. The distance
thus separating the two cities was sufficient. ~In
that particular week, many hundreds of people
died, and we read that the weather was darker and
more rainy than ever had been known at sucha
season.
As the year proceeded, the King made various
journeys to Windsor and divers other places. But
though Cecil had succeeded in putting his enemies
under suspicion, he had not actually encompassed
their destruction. :
Sir Walter Raleigh was at Windsor, whither he
had followed the Court, when the arm was stretched
“out against him. He: was walking on the terrace
when Cecil perceiving him saw: his opportunity.
The Council was there. He could be questioned.
“ Go and bid Sir Walter Raleigh attend a private
meeting of the Council,” said Lord Cecil to his -
secretary. “We will inquire into these rumours
concerning my Lord Cobham and his negotiations
with Count Arnberg.” oe
(Zo be continued ; commenced in No, 675.)
“Yourn: ‘ Where is that.book of mine? You
know I told you last‘night where I had put it for
safe keeping.”
Sister: “‘ Yes; but I don’t remember where you
said you had put it.”
Youth: “ Well, I declare, girls can’t remember
anything.” .
: OUR PUZZLES.
I : No. 1.
“van you work out the following sum? Five
multiplied by four minus two; a fourth of nine; _
half of eleven; ten minus one; add to one-fifth of
seven. ‘The garden would be a good place in which
to find the solution, -
* ‘The names of three Australian cricketers are
nidden in the above design, What are they ? -
Answers To Pezzies 1x No, 679,
No. 1,—Plant, lamer, amuse, nests, tress.
No. 2,—Milton. Mallet; Indian; Lighthouse;
Train; Owl; UnioN Jack. :
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FIVE MINUTES
WITH THE FAMOUS
te: A
Dr. Furnrvaty, the well-known Shakespearean
scholar, has kept up sculling ever since he went to
Cambridge. He is now in his 81st year, and hag
sculled for 63 years, ___y
Mr. Benner Burieicn, the war correspondent,
is no amateur in the arts of war, for in the sixties
he wore a lieutenant’s uniform in the Confederate
States navy, and took as keen a delight in blowing
up the enemy’s gunboats as he does to-day in
chrcnicling the bravery of other men.
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Dr. Ineram, Bishop of London, remarked the
other day, in the course of a speech at Shrewsbury
School, that “if public schools ceased to turn out:
men of character, men of courage, who would stand
by their comrades -in every part of the globe, then -
they failed in their greatest traditions.” ~
—*k— - :
Tom Exmerr was once put on to bowl against a
local team in Australia, when he was visiting that :
continent with one of the early English elevens,’
The batsman looked at him for a moment, and was.
astounded at the sight, for the first time, of a left-
hand bowler. ‘‘Hi, stop!” he shouted. ‘“ He’s
bowling with the wrong hand !’” .
: —*k— . . :
Sir Hrram Maxrm once entrusted a valuable watch
to a conjarer who proposed to smash it first, and
then return it intact to the owner. The smashing
was performed most successfully ; but its restoration ’
to its original form was quite another matter.
Something had gone wrong with the trick, and Sir
Hirdm Maxim had his watch returned in its broken
state. 4 —*—
M., Javrés, the French Socialist leader, was keenly
interested in politics at a -very-carly age. He was
an awkward-looking boy, and his clothes never
seemed to fit him; but once, when he was only
thirteen, he held an audience entranced for two solid
hours, in the square of his native town in Auvergne,
while he delivered an oration on the rights cf man.
His triumph had rather an unhappy ending, for when
he reached home he had a severe thrashing for being ©
late tosupper. . ty .
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ApsiraL Toco’s knowledge of our language,
when he came to England as a youth to complete
his education, was confined to the two phrases “ Good.
morning” and “Thank you.” After a month’s
coaching he had got far enough to write a letter,
the first sentence of which ran ‘* When we shall to
meet next week I shall be conversation to under-:
stand with you.” He was very polite, full of fun,
anda hard worker, Except on one subject ho was |
not a great talker. That one subject was Japan, -
the fatherland which has since owed so much to
him, ' , :
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Krxe Epwaxrp, when a boy, often went to Eton to
watch the boat races. The boys used to raise their
hats to him, but he was never mobbed, Once he
was watching a football match at an exciting.
-moment, and he got rather in the way of the
players. A> boy who was keeping the ground clear
ordered him roughly to keep back, and then
cuffed him, and pushed him roughly behind the line
before he discovered that he was hustling the heir to .
the throne of England. The Prince only laughed
when the lad came to make his profuse apologies for
the mistake, . :
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Mr. Martin Harvey, the actor, wrote a five-
act tragedy when he was a lad, and cast himself
for the leading part. A rather pathetic footnote
to the programme asked his audience—consisting
of his family—to abstain from laughing. They
kept serious faces while the most sensational
events occurred on the improvised stage ; but when
Martin Harvey had killed off all the other actors,
and then committed suicide, a final scene proved
, too much for their gravity. As everyone was killed,
. there was not an actor left to lower the curtain.
After a pause, Harvey came to life again, and rose
from the corpse-strewn stage to let the curtain
down, and so inform his audience that the per.
formance was over.
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