You will not so decide ?" She said it bravely; it was her final appeal, and as she made it she knew that it was useless.

The sceptre had departed out of her hand.
He smiled sadly at her, but shook his head ominously.

"Mother, do you know these last fought for Stuart pretenders against the house of Hanover?
George III., in your creed, has no right to the place he holds.

Do I not then follow my ancestors in taking the field against him ?" "Ah, my child, 't is an unworthy subterfuge.

They did fight for the house of Stuart, God bless it! It was king against king then, and at least they fought for royalty, for a king; but now the house of Stuart is gone; the new king occupies the throne undisputed, and our allegiance is due to him.