. Lucy and Their Majesties, a comedy in wax . their hearts content. They were all verygay, and behaved more like children than thefamous people they were. It was hard to be-lieve that the world, at one time and another,stood in awe of them. Queen Elizabeth hadtaken a great fancy to Lydia, who had putcherries with double stalks over Lucys earsand her own, and so far unbent as to say: Those cherry ear-rings in thine ears be-come thee marvelously well. Fix a pair inmine, maiden. The fashion being set, all the ladies fol-lowed suit, as is the way of ladies, and werepresently walking about decked w
. Lucy and Their Majesties, a comedy in wax . their hearts content. They were all verygay, and behaved more like children than thefamous people they were. It was hard to be-lieve that the world, at one time and another,stood in awe of them. Queen Elizabeth hadtaken a great fancy to Lydia, who had putcherries with double stalks over Lucys earsand her own, and so far unbent as to say: Those cherry ear-rings in thine ears be-come thee marvelously well. Fix a pair inmine, maiden. The fashion being set, all the ladies fol-lowed suit, as is the way of ladies, and werepresently walking about decked with cherryear-rings. Richard III, in a crafty voice, wascomplimenting Mary Queen of Scots uponher beautifully shaped ears, which theseadornments, he declared, made even morebeautiful, when she, taking his complimentsin earnest, asked him to sling a hammock forher between two trees. This he proceeded todo, and when he had finished, he offered hishand to the lady to assist her. But TomThumb, who had been watching him, sprangforward and cried:. To show that lie bore no malice, Loushkin hoistedTom up into the tree THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOft, FOUNDATIONS LULLA, LULLA, LULLABY 225 Do not use it, Scotlands Queen! See-he has so cunningly twined the ropes that themoment you get into the hammock you willfall to the ground. Then, turning to thecrooked king, he said: You will earn thetar and feathers yet, Richard Three, and Ishall be glad to be at the Pest on thee! exclaimed Richard III. How darest thou interfere, and what mean-est thou by thy tar and feathers ? It is a national institootion, monarch,replied Tom Thumb, -an institution whichthe free and enlightened citizens of a greatrepublic are much skilled in and greatly proudof. Nay, Tom of the Thumb, said RichardCceur de Lion, thou canst not claim thatnovel penalty as a national institution, for itis one of our own ordinances, devised for thepunishment of knaves when we were on theEnglish throne. Knave in
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