Show TH M S i LIONS A story of timo time I 1 BY a AMELIA E BARR author of a 11 th tha a 0 sow o ow of 0 orange 0 ribbon 1 I 1 thou and the cho other or ono c laur tho T th maid I 1 of maldon lane eto etc copy it il 1901 C li hy i ia dod W yd 11 cv conical all liliu hm dmd CHAPTER vill VIII continued there vas as no use Pro prolonging longin a conversation so eo hopeless sho sha was both angry and scornful and she sought out her mother rind found her resting in her own room 1 I get tired soon to la the ice day jane she said 1 I think it 13 the london air and the strange life and the constant fear of sonic some change no one seems to know what a day will bring forth did you see Step stephen ber yes it cant bei be I 1 suppose you know knew it cant be mother she was hurt at the question it was a s wrong to cluny and she said with some temper at it could not cot be under arty any circumstances the man Is mean ho he has just threatened threaten ed me it if I 1 had not been a woman I 1 bould have b ave given wm him ua lis threat back in his teeth I 1 would rather he be ciunys wife wafe it cluny bad not cot a crow n 11 the next day went to jev cry ry house and reported on his Is return its forlorn emptiness there th r were only two or three servants there t r e and they had bad no idea when I 1 the family would mould return about a week after matildaa Mat ildas departure cluny called early one evening and asked jane to go with him to mr Mil 1111 tons house in petty france they sauntered through st james park and soon lost sight ot of oil all humanity odd and were conscious only of 0 each ach others presence so much so 90 that they never noticed a figure which abich emerged front roni behind a clump 0 of shrubs and stood looking at them it was the lord general ils tace face was grave but not unhappy and when he saw cluny and jane lie stood still a moment and then quietly withdrew into the shadow he had left A smile was round his big mouth and his big lips moved in words 0 of blessing as he took another er path to the gate he wished and there was a feeling of pleasure yet in bis big heart hear nhen he entered the sombre apart formation the ir f als SnatCh am came hu fon bonnard or viard Nard mother cried jarc akrc is 13 the matter wat ars lin pencil and I 1 mrs S aff fliam ham answerer answer eJ the sta strangest vrest ihirg blat ever happened in englard ec arl even while she they heard gen coming up the steps stepa the clatter of his big arms emphasizing emphasising ing g his big perturbed 1 feelings lie ile haj bad scarcely entered the door ore ere doctor verity cane came into the hall crying la is it true israel Is it true tru quite tree and well done well doie I 1 am sure eure of it 1 men and went into the parter parlor together and a servant began to remove the Gine minerals rals cavalry boots beets and spurs p urs 1 I told you doctor this morning in aning that a settlement of some klod kind must come today when I 1 leached beached I 1 found the lord general waiting uniting for or sir harry vane and the members who ubo had promised to come and continue the conference relating to the bill early in the day the general was occupying himself w with ith a book boalt but as the hours hobbs went by ho he grew restless and laid it down then he turned to no me and I 1 said truly these men are long in fit cor coming ting are iou ready general and begore becore I 1 could answer he asked again ready and willing I 1 told him biro it a word would move my as ono one man it if that word came from himself and he waited silently a little longer then lord cluny neville came in very hastily and said a few words I 1 know not ahat they and he had scarce gone when col ingoldsby on cu and there was no secrecy then my lorda lord he crier cried parliament is sitting bitting at this moment and sir harry vane sidney and henry marten are urging tho the immediate pass ago ot of the bill so hateful to the aholo nation then cromwell roused himself I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 K W J 1 24 il 1 I 1 P 1 I L ti I 1 if i lr k I 1 j 1 f 9 I 1 1 71 A ii 1 rl r I 1 t d 11 I 1 J 11 I 1 I 1 i le 1 I 1 11 1 I 1 1 I 1 11 i it i 0 I 1 I 1 i i I 1 i ii kwa I 1 I 1 I 1 ill W I I 1 ill I 1 I 1 1 i k 1 I 1 1 t I 1 11 4 I 1 I 1 I 1 take that bauble away ment where israel swaffham SwaB ham with a guard of soldiers was la in attendance lie iio then entered a lofty royally furnished room where the council were waiting his arrival officers of the army and members of parliament cromwell opened the discussion by reminding the members that he had already held more than a dozen meetings in order to induce parliament to issue an act tor for the election of a new parliament and aber discharge itself itsek this is what the people want in overy bevery corner of the nation he be said and they are arc laying at our doors door the performance nonperformance non ot of this duty and of their wishes hazelrig reminded him that parliament had determined to dissolve on the sri of the ensuing november after calling tor for a new election it Is now only the of april answered cromwell cromell sharply sharp ly give me leave to tell you that the ad of november will not do such it a far off aromise Is but words for children I 1 will vill better it I 1 will say tomorrow to morrow this speech had a marked effect I 1 the parliamentary members agreed to let the bill tor for perpetuating them elves live over until after another on ference to be held the following day and with this understanding miling the members of the council separated CHAPTER IX cromwell interferes daylight came with that sott soft radiance of sunshine over fresh green things which makes spring so delightful early in the morning mornin janes friends called tor for her and they wont went away together lull full of youths enthusiasm and anticipation they took the road to the river and to the sound bound of music and the tailing failing and dipping of the oars oare they their reached richmond and soon spread the contents of their hampers upon the gross grass under some great oaks in th the seclude oil d park I 1 after a happy Ici leisurely surely local they spent the rest ot their holiday in wandering an through the palace until its melancholy monastic ars grandeur bleur subdued them almost to silence it was like passing from death unto life to come out of these caverns into the light and glory lot the sun to feel its warmth and see its brave colors and bear the cuckoo like a uan wandering dering votes voice among the trees soon they were vert at the river stairs and as tbell through the city they were instantly aware 0 of great excitement ital impossible not to feel that gom something ething of great moment had happened happ 11 or was going to happen andl jane ii entered the hall ball at sandys sandy and saw doctor veritas Ver itys hat bat and cloak there she sha e expected that belta it d come with la in like an angry lion ills his passion at this perfidious conduct leaped into lame flame he shouted to lambert and bis big own troop of Irous ironsides Ides ile he gave me the alie signal I 1 understood and we vent quickly to the parliament house but what then asked doctor verity his face burning with the eager soul behind it 1 I stood at the door watching him my men being in tho the lobby ile he went to his usual seat but in a very great and majestic manner and tor for a little while atille tic be listened to the debate then he beckoned major general harrlson harrison and told him lie he judged it was high time to dissolve this P parliament arli ament and harrlson harrison told we me this afternoon that he advised cromwell to consider what be would do tor for it vas as a work great and add dangerous anti and who he asked Is sufficient tor for it if and cromwell answered the servant of it tho the lord he is sufficient yet he sat down again looking at me as be did so and I 1 looked back straight into his eyes that I 1 and mine could be depended on in a few minutes the question tor for passing parsing the bill as put anil and the man could be restrained no longer he stood up took off his big hat bat and looked around the house and it quailed under his big eyes every man in it shifted on his big seat and was wag uneasy he began to speak and it was with a tongue ot of game flame ile ho reproached them for their self seeking and their hypocrisy and oppression and as ho he vent on there was the roar of 0 a lion in bla big voice and it the members being condemned 0 of their own ourt consciences cowered before him did no one open their mouth against him so no one but sir peter wentworth he said my lord general this parliament liaa has done great things tor for england and cromwell answered the spoke in tho the wheel that creaks most does not bear the burden in the cart then sir peter told cromwell his abuse ot of the parliament was the more horrid because it came from the servant ot of the parliament the man they bad trusted and obliged at these words dr verity laughed loudly cromwell the servant ot of such a parliament he cried not he what then israel ile he told wentworth to be quiet lie ho said he had bad heard enough ot of such talk and putting on hla his hat bat he bo took the floor of 0 the house I 1 watched him as he bo did so lie ha breathed inward like one who he has a business of life and death in band I 1 could see fee on his face fac that he be was going to do the deed that had bad been tho the secret of his breast tor for many days and his walk was wan that quick stride with alch he ever went to meet an am enemy ho stood in the middle of the biome find and began to tol accuse tt the members ills his words were swords iia ho flung them at the I 1 I 1 mm men as if 1 they wore were javelins lavell ns choti ahot I 1 hem in III their f faces a ces as it if from a pis tol ire he told them that the lord had I 1 done don c with them lie ile said aid they berei were no parliament and that he had been sent to put an end to their sitting and their prating and at these cords cluny neville spoke to tle the sergeant and h lie opened the aco 8 and some musket cers entered the ilowe then SL sir harry vano vane tried out ont this big Is not honest and CrOm C 11 reminded hla him of 1113 own broken brokew Prein tse and they began to go out at slowly and then in a hu hury hary ry jirs or on the hooli ct each other stat V stat cf lett lert all al ile he has a stubborn born will i ile he sat still in the speakers char chair icell cromwell ordered him to como dawn for a moment he hesitated but bu gen harilson said bald 1 I will lend I 1 you ton my hand sr sir and so h he e a bent cit cd c it but was there no attempt to stay star such ouch I 1 am amazed dumbfounded said doctor verity verily I 1 alderman alen the treasurer ot the llie army as lie ha went out said conle thing to cromwell Croin uell which angered him very much and le then and there charged awn alien with wih a shortage of one hundred it pounds and corn com mittel him to vic tie care 0 of a musketeer for exa alon I 1 tell you there was no the Cro cromwell ol of this llila hour lye he was more than mortal mori I man and vase vare and the others knew it if they the bad not known before bihy ihy by lie ho was never defeated in battle battie after the speaker had left what then ills his eye tell fell upon the mace and ho he I 1 said scornfully to some of the ironsides take that bauble away then he ordered the musketeers to cheari clear the house he be himself walking up to its cleric and taking from under his arm the bill which had caused the trouble and which was leady toi to pass ile he ordered tho the man to go home and he slipped away without a question cromwell was the last soul to leave the chamber and as lie he vent out of it he locked the door and put the key in III his pocket ile he then walked quietly back to hla his rooms room a in the cockpit he will need god on b his Is rl right hand and on his left said doctor verity more than we can tell willa will come of this implacable hostility I 1 rancorous jealousy everlasting envy and spite the members 11 the members interrupted gen swaffham ham have tied themselves vesI hands and feet with cords of their own spinning and oliver cromwell 1 holds the ends of them they will not dare 0 to open their mouths 1 I 1 to be contic contim continued |