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Show THE LIONS WHELP A Story of Cromwell's Time BY AMELIA E. BARR. Author of "The Bow of Th t (Copyricht. MOL Oran,. Rlbbotx - I. Thovi end the Other On. -Mla of HtlcUn Lone, Etc. by Dodd Meed & Company. CHAPTER XVI. Continued. For Matilda had concealed every a.ult and every unkindness by her irompt action in the matter of Lord ieville. and Jane had been loving and raising her for It, until the sweet-lesof their first affection was hereon them. And Matilda enjoyed iraise; she liked the appreciation of ler kind deed, and was not therefore lisposed to make light or little of that she had done, or of its results. "And, pray, how comes my lord on ;oards recovery? Life was nearly gone; Slowly. body and mind were at deaths door; but he can walk a little now, and in are going wo or three weeks we away, far away, we are going to my brothers in the Massachusetts cols ony. "You will come back? "I think it is unlikely. Father feels change approaching. The Protectors health is failing rapidly; he is dying, Matilda. If he dies? Father will leave England as soon as Cromwell is in his grave. Cymlin will keep old Swaffham fair, for Cym-li- n will never leave England while you are in it. And you can bear to talk of leaving England in that calm way, with- out tears and without regrets. Jane, it is shameful; it is really wicked. "Dear Matilda, do not be angry at me because I had to do what I had to do. I was married to Cluny three days after he came home. We all thought he was going to die, and he wished me to be his wife. Now did I not do right to marry him when and how, he wished?" Yes," she answered, but her face and voice showed her to be painfully affected. Jane, I cannot bear to lose All richu rerved. It is another friend gone," he said mournfully to his own heart; lover and friend are put far from me and mine acquaintance Into darkness. Cluny was so much troubled and afTected by this visit that Israel thought it well to take him to see the ship which was to carry him to the solitudes of the great waters and the safety of the New Yorld. He was impatient to be gone, but there were yet a number of small interests to be attended to; for they were to carry with them a great deal of material necessary to tne building and furnishing oi their future home. Every day revealed some new want not before thought of, so that it was nearing the end of June when at last all was declared finished and ready. Then Jane hastened home, resolving to see Matilda on the followBut when she reached ing day. Sandys House, Mrs. Swaffham met her with a letter in her hand Lady Jovery asks you to come to Matilda, who is in great trouble, she said. So Jane went to her friend. With her, also, she found the grief death brings. "Stephen is slain! were her first words. She could hardly utter them. But Jane knew how to comfort Matilda; she could talk to her as she could not to the ladies of Cromwells How was Stephen slain? household. she asked, in a duel? No, tbank God! He fell, as he himself could have wished, fighting the enemies of his king. He was with Conde and the Dukes of York and Gloucester before Dunkirk, and was killed while meeting the rush of those terrible Ironsides. CamDy wrote me that he said Mother! joyfully, with his last breath. Poor Stephen! but even then they are liable to rua short, and orders must await the manufacturers ability to fill them. These rushed orders are apt to be less conscientiously filled than those which came in earlier. By getting the machine early, all possibility of having to wait for It after It is needed Is can do this by making believe to hit him in the body. Then when "yo think you have the opening, drop your right hand down and back- with the Self Defense elbow bent so that the forearm and upper arm are almost at right angles. Bv KOB&RT FfTZSMMO VS From this position throw your arm In Champion Middle Wtht Fighter of the a World. Champion Heat j Weight Fighter up and over to the side and Instructor of the World, ittMIW; Millie Honaker. thereby avoided. of your opponents head. Lecturer on Fhyelcal Culture, ete., etc. Close your fist while the blow la Black 8panish. Keep the palm of the travelling. The Black Spanish Is one of the oldglove down in a line with the body. 11. Article 4. est varieties of domestic poultry. As the blow starts swing the right Their name has been identified with leg and all the right side of the body of for hundreds years the Industry with It. Just as it Is landing stiffen How to Land Blows. on worth farm the and their practical Having learned how to use the feet, the arm and push the shoulder forTheir of value. much been has long hands and body, I will now explain ward, turning the body at the hips. haughty bearing, large red comb and how aome of the blows used In box- The force of the blow should not be ended the moment It lands. Keep ing are struck. You have not forgotten that the feet It going; It will have more effect that must be held apart, with the left leg way. before the right and the left knee The first two knuckles of the hand bent a little. Also, that the weight should land the blow. If you throw of the body rests on the right leg. your palm down and hit with the You remember what 1 told you about thumb you are liable to break it even keeping the muscles free and easy, with the protection of a glove. and not held stiffly. All this Is ImThe left swing Is made with the left portant In striking a blow. band In the same manner as the right arm and that hand It la not only the swing, only the position of the legs le are used in striking; the legs, body not changed. It does not have as and shoulders also come Into piay. much force as the right swing, bewattles and the white face and lobes There used to be an old Idea of strik- cause It does not get a like shift of peculiar to the breed, contrasting with ing with the arm working like the the body with It. But it Is easier to In of an engine. story- - land, as it travels a shorter distance. their glossy black plumage, render piston-rothem most striking fowls. White-faceBlack Spanish have long been favorCourage the Keynote of a Boxers Success. ably known for their exceptionally fine laying qualities. Lack of Often Con tributes to the Defeat of a event For, though not spoken of, there was a firm belief and promise ol a meeting again in the future not very far off. Israel held his little daughter to his heart, and then laid her hand in Clunys without a word; When the charge was understood. the last few minutes came, and the men were trooping to the anchor. Doctor Verity raised his hands, and the three or four in the dim, small cabin knelt around him, and so their farewell was a prayer and their psoling a blessing. Israel and Doctor Verity walked away together, and for a mile neither of them spoke a word. As they came near to Sandys, however, Israel said; It Is a short farewell, John. It wil be my turn next I shall go when you go. To the Massachusetts Colony? Yes. I am ready to go when the time comes. It is not far off. "A few months at the longest. He is very ill?" . The foundations of his life are shaken, for he lives not in his power or his fame, or even in the work set him to do. No, no, Oliver lives in his feelings. They are at the bottom of his nature; all else is superstate ture. And Fairfax, as well as Lambert and others, think they can fill great Oliver's place! no man can. For that very reason, when he departs, I will away from England. I have no heart for another civil war. I will draw sword under no less a general than Oliver. Good night, John. Good night, Israel. Have you told Martha? "Not yet. She will fret every day till the change comes. Why should we have a hundred frets when a dozen may do?" But when Israel went into Marthas presence something inade him change his mind. The mother had been weeping, and began to weep afresh when she saw her husband. He anticipated her sorrowful questions, and with an assumption of cheerfulness, told her how happy and hopeful Jane and It did not feel Cluny seemed to be. like a parting at all, Martha, he said, and indeed there was no need for any such feeling. We are going ourselves very soon now. The words were spoken and could not be recalled, and he stood, in a moment, ready to face the storm they Martha looked at her might raise. husband with speechless wonder and distress, and he was more moved by this attitude than by her usual garru lous anger. He sat down by her side and took her band, saying: (To be continued.) Physical Culture and half-circl- e Buying an Incubator. From Farmers Review: Many persons who are planning to engage more extensively in the poultry business are now studying the advisability of That poultry buying an incubator. may be more profitably reared by artificial means than by natural methods Is nov well known and universally acknowledged, and rare indeed Is the Interested poultry keeper who does not desire to own one of these popular machines. But while their first cost and to is, of course, considerable, many seems prohibitive. It is in fact not excessive, compared with the cost of other special lines of machinery. Income on any farm The poultry where this particular branch receives anything like the attention It deserves is from one to three hundred dollars per year, and what other article of convenience which will so greatly facilitate the work in other lines of tarm Industries can be bought for less s incubathan the cost of a tor? And what other machine Is there which may be made to return a greater profit on the investment? Bumble Foot. Good Fighter. But the fact that a much larger Bumble foot is an enlargement of number of fowls may be hatched and the feet of fowls, and is generally ThlB Is a lesson on courage. There reared with an incubator and brooder caused by bruises due to the fowls Is no trait of character which a boxer is not their only advantage. In truth alighting heavily when they fly down needs more than this. Courage of the this Is one of their least, slice by from their perches. The trouble ochighest order not only physically, their use it Is practicable to control curs most frequently with heavy but morally Is essential to .success the season as well as the quantity of birds, which generally have poor powas a puglllsit I say as a pugilist, the poultry output Not of fowls alone ers of flight, when their weight is because It Is In that direction that my but eggs as well, since the age of the compared to that of their wing power. lies. However, I have experience learned that this question of moral as pullets more perhaps than any other The lighter fowls, having more flying determines their power, light easily, and their feet are Blocking one consideration Swing and Deliv- well as physical courage is really the first laying season. But this Is not all. not bruised. When heavy fowls are ering Left Hook on the Jaw. keynote to success. The youug poultry may be reared at permitted to perch high, it is a com- books the hero always knocks down There never was a boxing champion, not mon thing to see them come down the villain with a blow a time when other farm work is from or a champion, in fact, in any line of straight pressing and the cockerels and other from their roosts, light on their feet the shoulder. sports, who was a coward. They have culls sold at an early age for far more and tumble over. The alighting is often That is all changed now. A blow all been fearless, and in nearly every than could be obtained for mature accompanied by a hard thump. This to have force must have the "send instance morally superior men. Their birds a few weeks later. Then, too, is the prevailing cause of bumble foot of the legs and the swing of the body sense of right and wrong has been as these early reared chicks are less lia- The results of Buch bruises are swell- with It. A straight blow has not the keenly developed as has their physble to be afflicted with lice, or sub- ings in which pus develops. It these telling force of a swing. This Is be- ical superiority. jected to the depredations of rats, swellings are lanced and the pus cause the swing has all the weight of It Is courage that tells in every hawks and other summer enemies. escapes, the feet regain their normal the body behind It walk of life. This It Is that leads the As to the kind or particular make size. If the pus is not permitted to A Simple Blow. gallant soldier to victory; that carries of incubator, there Is perhaps much escape it ultimately forms a cheesy An important blow Is the straight the cycle champion un- mass and the enlargement Is perma- left lead for less choice than manufacturers themface. It is a simple the selves would lead us to believe. All nent The way to prevent bumble blow and easily landed. But It Is not claim, and of course aim, to employ foot is to place the roosts low and one of the hard raps In boxing. the best methods of obtaining the de- have the floor covered with litter. To deliver a straight left lead watch sired results, and in this day of sharp This makes it possible for the fowls your chance when the other has his competition are as anxious to make, to come down off the roosts without guard low. Step in quickly. Swing maas we are to buy, only sustaining bruises. the left shtfulder forward from the Almost all manufacturers, chines. Pluma In Servia. hip, at the same time sending the arm to meet the demands of all however, out In a straight line. As the arm WENT TO DUSS INSTEAD. classes of customers, make several dif- In Servia Is a great producer of plums. we goes out shut the fist. Keep the palm for which the last 1902, year and Incubators of both ferent grades Chorus Girls Quick Wit Got Her an have statistics, the plum crop of that of the hand turned Inward and partly brooders, of varying prices. While downward so that the top knuckles Engagement. each and all are undoubtedly as good country was about 79,000,000 pounds. John Duss, the western Pennsylas could be produced for the money A part of the product Is exported and will strike. While you are striking you must vania musical director, who came to part made into plum brandy and those of like capacity for which New York two years ago to battle asked, The Servian plum not forget that your opponent may the largest price is demanded have plum marmalade. with prejudice and harsh critics, has no doubt cost the most to produce and grower Is not a scientist by any strike you at the same time. Therebad his hearing, and is not found are Intended to be the best machines. means, and takes very poor care of fore, you must learn how to prevent I will tell you how to do this In wanting. This fact should be borne in mind by the trees that comprise his orchard. him. of less than a future lesson. For his summer season Mr. Duss this consists Generally prospective purchasers. Will Confuse a Boxer. has secured Madison Square Garden, In regard to the size or capacity of 200 trees. The government has taken Lead and Deliver The straight lead has many uses. It Blocking and such artists as Nordlca, De machine best adapted to the require- hold of the matter and has estabs Right-HanIng so a boxer confuse cannot will that he lished stations at Blauvelt and Reszke, Campanari, experiment ments of the ordinary poultry raiser, Blow. A do. to to time what send tell will Leskovatz. A and Scotti An good chorus of would say that this matter should be assist him. Chonpua 1,000 voices will be heard in large decided without regard to the differagricultural school has also been es- In this blow Is when your opponent der the wire a winner. The courachoral works. geous man knows cot the word failence In price between those of the tablished at Krablvo and 62 nursery starts a swing at you. A straight lead in the face will stop ure. For this chorus there are many ap- larger and smaller sizes. Right here stations at different points. ExperiHis password Is "victory, and plicants. A young woman tripped many a buyer has made a serious mis- ments are being carried on with nu- many a hard swing before it can land. hls golden rule reads, Be sure yon lightly into the presence of Mr. Duss take, which is keenly regretted later merous varieties of plums of native It will also go through an open guard are right, then go ahead. a few weeks ago, requesting a posi- on. It Is almost as easy to rear a and foreign origin, and with various when a swing would be warded off. The boy who Is learning to box methods of checking insect and funThe best time to send In a straight must be courageous. tion in the chorus. He must not large hatch as a small one, and there Is Is , when blow your opponent What experience have you had? coming know the word fear. It Is not physchicks all of one gous pests. is this advantage toward you. This lends added force ical asked the bandmaster. or even the cleverness age may be fed and cared for In the to the stroke. Besides, it may stop that strength, Hay Crop of 1903. Ive sung in church choirs, in the same manner and at the same time, comes to an expert boxer, that Below we publish by states and ter- the others rush. chorus of a comic opera, and recently and later marketed and managed more wins battles. It Is moral courage. If Always be careful not to injure your a boxer be ever so clever, be he ever on the vaudeville stage, singing rag- conveniently, while with many small ritories the figures on the hay crop time and coon songs, said the appli- flocks on hands at once, and of vary- of 1903, as compiled by the United arms or hands when striking. It so strong, he cannot win battles unless States Department of Agriculture: cant, proudly. he is courageous. And he cannot be ing ages, It becomes Impossible to A case of from good to bad to give each the special care required courageous unless he has the moral States worse, surely, remarked Duss, with without separate yards and buildings. strength of' right. some sarcasm. On the other hand there is a limit to Take "Right and put it against Maine My mother said I was going to the the size which the smaller poultry .New Hampshire "Might, and In nine Instances out of to can use Those Vermont raisers d I ... so , advantage. whimpered the girl, and ten Right will score the victory. So extra large sizes are In reality, special Maasachnaettt. thought Id make a change. Rhode Island....... be sure you are right before you go Connecticut Are you going to keep on going to purpose machines and are manufacahead. New York ? the d questioned the musician tured to meet the requirements of New Jersey ........ Another element that contributes more considerately. specialists who make poultry raising Pennsyleanie....... Delaware largely to the success of a boxer is n exclusive business. Those who enMaryland. Yes, if D. stands for Duss, said If a man Is not gage in it as a side issue seldom keep Virginia the girl, eagerly. North Carolina i.e cannot hope to win bator plan to raise a very large flock, so Sooth Carolina Duss engaged her. Boston Post. tles. I have noticed In my experience do not have a sufficient number of Georria In the ring how often a boxer will he yiorldi Alabama .... sucbrooders and to other accessories DUKE OF YORK SNUBBED. defeated simply owing to lack of Mississippi .... huncare or for three four cessfully Louisiana Men whom I have met Mounted Police Had Good Idea of dred chicks at one time. All things Arkansas and defeated in a round or two have considered the two hundred egg size Teoneeaee . Their Dignity. Lead gone out a few weeks or months later Jest Virginia ... Pushing and put up wonderful fights. Listening to the conversation of the is the best machine for general purKentucky with Hand. Right Ohio Canadian mounted police, as one en- poses. Won In Other Battles. Michigan...;... a sometimes blow that does While all manufacwho happens companies Indiana counters them everywhere In the men have taken blows and These IHtnole to who boxer more harm the ture delivers incubators make also brooders, Northwest, it is distinctly evident that Wisconsin received punishment which I never It than to the one who receives It and usually offer some reduction in Minnesota they are men of a different stripe from Iowa A straight right lead Is like one dreamed of inflicting upon them, and the Tommy Atkins of the British regu price on both ordered together, as a Missouri with the left hand, only, of course, the come out of those battles victorious.' matter of fact' there is more difference X ana as The Leslie's lars, says Monthly. Nebraska right is used. In this lead the right In their contests with me they simply Smith Dakota.. mounted policeman is a head, not an in make and quality of the brooders I had gained a North Dakota is brought a little forward, adding lacked confidence. offered different than by leg companies automaton nor a flunky. This was Montana r as a and winto force of in the is blow. Its the there their reputation This incubators. is swing W yomlng curiously Illustrated during the visit It ner was therefore Colorado of and Is so often as not used because This stroke battles, the of the possibly requirements of the duke of York to the territories New Mexico that deleft iead. The reason for this Is that lack of moral last year. As the royal train came incubating eggs are fewer and easier Arizona Slab the right glove Is so much further feated these men as soon as I landed Into one of the frontier towns two met than are those of the living Naradi chicks. At any rate I selected my in- Idaho .. away from Its Intended mark. Then, a few blows. The blows 1 gave them liveried outrunners dashed breathlessalmost without hesitation, Warrington..... cubator again, the right arm Is used more for had neither the speed nor the force to the platform, shouting excitedly while I studied ly a guard and for heavy swinging. Now of those which the same men took uncatalogues extensively for the police to get out the royal and Oklahoma .... we come to the swing. with flinchingly from men of no reputation. different corresponded many Indian .... Territory The troopers of the unihorses! United States manufacturers before deciding on the The right-hanswing, when rightly Therefore, do nqt forget that you must versity type smiled and said nothing of brooder to be used with delivered. Is one of the best blows in be morally courageous before you can but one of the frontiersmen in khaki make The one selected has many apparent boxing. It is hard to land, as it trav- hope to win battles In the struggle of frowned and took a bite of chewing toFeed. Cattle In a and has a long dis- life. There Is no better moral In the advantages, being what is called an bacco. the for cattle els ,With Increasing price world to follow than this, "Be sure yon outdoor brooder. ' This brooder will feeds It becomes absolutely necessary tance to go. This makes It easy to are The two little men in royal livery not be used outside in cold weather, to or avoid right, then go ahead. stop. make the most out of them. The became apoplectic. recommended 1901, by A. J. Drexel Bidfor use. watt such In this until although Copyrighted, you punch landing old plan of putting the largest possiDon't you men hear? Get out the It is dle. Philadelphia. Entered at Stationers two separate brooders, ble amount of corn through the cattle get your opponents guard low. You Hall. London. horses! Whos going to get out the which really be connected or not as and may horses? letting the pigs pick up their livdesired. One is designed for night The trooper in khaki again calmly use and the ing from the droppings is still popular Linguistic Resurrection. Hairdressing or Long Ago. exa other for daytime In this country, but is certain to be took consolation for the insult from tension. A chair of Gaelic has been estabin her recently published book at. One of the features which in time by a more reason- lished at Harvard university and libNo? his tobacco. , Have Borne? costumes Alice Morse Earle recommend it to thoughtful people Is supplanted able method. At the Illinois experiHorses? Did you say horses? Well the double floor and erally endowed for the purpose of re- quotes from the diary of a little girl bottom moderate ment station we noticed the care used viving the orlgnal tongue of the Irish. who lived many years ago an account dont burst your buttons. What do heat under the hover. With this two you think you are for? Get em out others of simpler and less expensive in preparing the rations for the cat- Whether the undertaking is practical of how the fashionable roll of that day tle. The grain was ground and mixed or not remains to be determined. Lin- was fixed on her head: "It makes yourself! my makes are used in warmer weather with chopped hay, clover and alfalfa. who have studied it say it is a head itch and ache and burn like anyand for the older chicks. The animals thus received their food guists Wasnt Quite Sure. rich language, flexible and luminous, thing, mamma. This famous roil 'is have had Although many Zeb Barix Be thet gal o yourn im- their incubators Inspecialists for some In a form In which mastication could and some Irish scholars contend, with not made wholly of a red cow tail, but operation most of for It out the cattle. the the characteristic earnestness and is a mixture of that and horsehair provin in her planner playin since weeks past, this fact ought not to get The result was the greatest possible vehemence of the race, that but for she begin takin lessons? (very coarse), and a little human hair induce those who are inexperienced amount from of beef posSi Oatcake Gosh, I dunno. Shes in winter chick British tyranny Gaelic would still be of a yellow hue that I suppose was to make undue sible amount of food.theIt smallest rearing Is true that either Improvin er else were gittin' haste to start their new machines. of the Irish race. If taken out of the back part of an old the even then the hogs that followed the this language used tew it, blamd ef I kin tell which, The first of March Is is so, it does not speak as much wig. But D. (the barber) made it early enough for cattle could get much nourishment for the vitality of Gaelic as those who (our head) all carded together and the first experiment, and will give from the but we also insist upon droppings, To Enlarge Washington Univereitits resucitation claim for twisted up. the amateur enough to do to successlearned to fed be had extra. that ml they Samuel Cupples, the St. Louis it. Pittsburg Post. fully rear chlckrf hatched after that In the case of beeves in not pasture lionaire, who has just sailed for Eu- time, for, even if the weather Is comJapan's Kitchen Cabinet. followed by hogs the feeding of corn Liked the Setting. rope, states that upon hiB return he paratively warm. It is no small underWhat may he called "the kitchen In wasteold is the way exceedingly Intends to enlarge the Washington "Your every tooth is a cabinet of Japan consists of Irtarquis taking to properly care for such moth- ful, and with corn at its present prices make and it the largest erless young. university tenderly whispered the lover Ito, Count Inouye, Count Matsugata Is certain to make a loss rather than pearl, school of engineering and technology But although a new Incubator Is not a profit for the farmer. Some years fond. And softly laughed the win- and Marquis Yainagata. Those four in the world. to be used for a time yet, it should be ago at a convention Mr. L. H. Kerrlck some girl when the moonlight caught men were leaders in the tiansforma-tioof their country from its former ordered now without dqlay. There was asked if he could profitably make in her tresses blonde. His lips neared World's Largest Spider. beef without hogs, and he replied that here, but before they met in a kiss, medieval condition into the progressare several reasons it good why might The largest spider In the world has he could not Of course his answer to order early. All was based on the old method of feed- the rest of the world forgetting, "You ive nation which it now Is. Marquis been found in Sumatra. Its body is prove advantageous like pearls, then? said the small co- Ito is credited with having drafted the of have at this course, companies, ing, which meant a large part of a nine inches in circumference and its season quette. Not so much, he replied, constitution under which Japan is now several ahead with bushel of corn each day to every carloads legs spread seventeen inches. as I like the setting. which to meet their spring demand, governed. Part d d first-clas- Left-Han- d stout-hearte- d first-clas- s Left-Han- Jane knew how to comfort Matilda. I shall have no one to love me, no one to quarrel with," she added. You will have Cymlin. Cymlin is Cymlin; he is not you. 1 will say no more. When a woman is married, all is over. Then Jane rose to go, and Matilda tied her bonnet strings and straightened out her ribbons and her gloves, doing these trifling services with a tenderness that filled GoodJanes heart with pleasure. she said with a kiss; I bye, dear! will come as often as I can. "Very kind of you, Lady Neville, answered Matilda with a curtsy and a tearful mockery; very kind Indeed! But will your ladyship consider then she broke down and threw her a arms round Jane, and called her dear, sweet, little Baggage and bade of her give Cluny some messages hope and congratulation, and so parted with her In a strange access of affection. But true friendsnlp has these moods of the Individual and would not be true without them. Jane walked home through the city, and Its busy turmoil struck her as never before. What a vain show It was! A passing show, constantly changing. And suddenly there was the galloping of horsemen, and the crowd stood still, and drew a little aside, while Cromwell, at the head of his guards, rode at an easy canter down the street. Every man bared his head as the grand, soldierly figure passed cy. He saw Jane, and a swift Bmtle chased away for a moment the sorrowful gravity of his face. But he left behind him a penetrating atmosphere of coming calamity. His glorious life was closing like a brilliant sun setting in a stormy sky. The fifteenth of May had been set for his assassination. Cromwell knew all the secret plans of this conspiracy; knew every member of It; and on the afternoon when Jane Swaffham saw him passing up London streets, so stern and scornful, he had Just ordered the arrest of one hundred of them. Jane heard constantly of these events, but her heart had closer Intea ests. The ship which was to carry Cluny and herself to America was lying at the wharf nearly ready for sea. There were to be no other passengers; Cluny and Jane alone were to find in its cabin their home for many weeks, perhaps had A recent experience months. proven the necessity for this exclusion of strange elements. Early in June, Israel had taken Cluny to bid farewell to his old General, and the meeting had tried both men severely. At its close Cromwell went to a desk and wrote a few lines to the officials of the Massachusetts Colony; in them, Lord Neville to their commending kindness and care. His hands trembled those large, strong hands trembled as he gave the letter to Cluny. Then he kissed him once more, and with a Farewell that was a blessing, he turned away, weeping. you. long-abse- black-ribbe- Oh, Indeed tis very well to cry, poor Stephen, when he is beyond your pity. You might have pitied him when he was alive, that would have been something to the purpose.. All his short, unhappy life has been one constant battle with Puritans and poverty. Oh, how I hate those Stuarts! I am thankful to see you can weep for God him, Jane. I think you ought. knows he loved you well, and most thanklessly. And he is the last, the last de Wick. Root and branch, the de Wick tree has perished. I wish I could die also. "And Cymlin, Matilda? I shall marry Cymlin at the proper time. "You may have sons and daughters." I hope not. I pray not. I have had sorrow enough. My father and his three sons are a good ending for the house. It was built with the sword, and it has been destroyed by the sword. No, Jane, the line of de Wick is finished. Cymlin and I will be the last Earl and Countess de Wick." And Prince Rupert? Is a dream from which I have awakened. But he may stil be dreaming. "Rupert has many faults, but he Is a man of honor. My marriage to Cymlin will be a barrier sacred to both of us. Our friendship can hold You need Itself above endearments. not fear for Cymlin; Matilda de Wick will honor her husband, whether she obeys him or not Cymlin is formed for power and splendor, and he will stand near the throne. If there be a throne. Of that, who now doubts? Cromwell Is falling sick, and you may feel God save the King in the air. If you had married Stephen, he would have been alive to join in the cry. I could weep at your obstinacy, Jane. Let it pass, dear. I was suckled on Puritan milk. Stephen and I never could have been one. My fate was to go to the New World. Stephen has escaped this sorrowful world and Oh, then, I would he were here! This sorrowful world with Stephen In It was a better world than it Is without him. Jane, Jane, how he loved you! And I loved him, as a companion, friend, brother. If you will. When you lay his body In de Wick, cast a tear and a flower on his coffin for me. God give him peace! came. At length their farewell The last words between them were soft and whispered, and only those sad, loving monosyllables which are more eloquent than the most fervid And so they parted, protestations. forever in this life. The next afternoon Jane and Cluny rode through London streets for the last time. On the ship they found Jane's father. Doctor Verity and Sir Tborvas Jevery. There were no tears at this parting; nor any signs of sorrow; every one seemed resolved to regard it as a happy and hopeful d Solar-Plexu- d Cha-bat- i nt 81de-8te- Left-Han- d hard-hltte- e cS&. d it d half-circl- e old-tim- e milk-whit- e n . |