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Japan. The boys felt that it would require a month to
examine all the treasures of the apartment.

Ben noticed with pleasure English books lying upon the
table. He saw, also, over the carved, upright piano, life-sized
portraits of William of Orange and his English queen, —a
sight that for a time brought England and Holland side by

 

WILLIAM OF ORANGE AND QUEEN MARY.

side in his heart. William and Mary have left a halo round
the English throne to this day, —he the truest patriot that
ever served an adopted country; she the noblest wife that ever
sat upon a British throne up to the time of Victoria, and Albert
the Good. As Ben looked at the pictures, he remembered
accounts he had read of King William’s visit to the Hague in
the winter of 1691. He who sang the “ Battle of Ivry,” had