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TOM'S MEETING WITH THE PRINCE.
"I SALUTE YOUR GRACIOUS HIGHNESS!""I am the Prince of Wales, my person is sacred; and thou shalt hang for laying thy hand upon me!"
The soldier brought his halberd to a present-arms and said mockingly,—
"I salute your gracious Highness." Then angrily, "Be off, thou crazy rubbish!"
Here the jeering crowd closed around the poor little prince, and hustled him far down the road, hooting him, and shouting, "Way for his royal Highness! way for the Prince of Wales!"
