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Show das exacting temper and sharp tongue THE LIONS, WHELP A Story of Cromwell's Time Author of - The BY AMELIA E. BARR. Bow of Oran Ribbon - I. Thovi end the Other Mold of Malden Lone." Etc. (Copyright, 1901, by Dodd, Mead & Company. VI. (Continued.) mother, when 1 look back to CHAPTER But, jlIf August' you want to look happily for-,ar- d I have never look backward. ono that found hour good jtrays And Jane took nng3 on another." t counsel Into her heart and anon ygan to sing, when soon a loud, Jov-j- j voice joined her, and Its owner ,0e into the room singing them. Jane cried, Oh, Doctor Verity! glad I am to see you. I had been here an hour ago, but bad to wait on the Lady Mary Crom-,eiShe has sent you & letter, and , coach Is at your order, and you are Whitehall. And you will be id to -- Do -- L there." Jane ran to her mother, and !j welcome ltt Then of fineries was quickly jicked, and the girl came down for ,er visit glowing with hope and hap box er ltO( ,mess. they drew near to Whitehall, spirits fell a little. She had .ot caught a glimpse of her lover, and je felt a sudden anxiety about her Sometimes prosperity Is as jositlon. ital to friendship as adversity, and te girl tried In silence to prepare ;erself for any change in affection sat change of fortune might have laused. But her fears were very insient; Mary and Frances Cromwell, full of the Joy and pride of their '.vest position, soon carried Jane all irough their splendid apartments, .ad afterwards sat down together in toy's room to talk over old times ,d the friends and occupations that ad made them happy and memorable. Their first Inquiry was for Lady Maids de Wick, and when Jane "Her father Is dead, and I now not exactly what has befallen the girls were ?r since hl3 death, silent a few minutes. After the ause, Mary Cromwell said: I remember her so well on her fine jirbary mare. IIow handsome she I wonder where ias! How proud! Ai ines d, .11 Is." be "It was said she would live with On.-T- he All rights reserved I At tills moment Lord Cluny Neville entered the room. He saw Jane on the instant, and his eyes gave her swift welcome, while in the decided exhilaration following his entrance Love found his opportunities. But among them was none that gave him free speech with Jane; they were not a moment alone. Cluny had a fund of pleasant talk and soon there was heard from a distant r part men t the sound of music, low and sweet, and full of heavenly melody. That is Mr. Milton playing, said 1 would know his Mary Cromwell. touch among a thousand. And then Cluny blushed a little, and held out a small roll which he carried In his hand. It contained three fair copies of his own hymn, and Mary delightedly hurried Jane and Frank away with her to the musician. He turned as they entered and bowed gravely, and the girls fell at once under the charm of his music. Glory to God!" he sang, and the room rang with the lofty notes and seemed full of Presfaces, sublime ence, and of flame-likand tender, while the air vibrated to the final triumphant crescendo, Glory to God! Glory to God! Glory to God And in his beautiIn the Highest! ful face there was sees for a few moments that face of the soul wherein had wounded her often; but for all that she knew Matilda loved her. With her mind full of kindly thoughts towards Matilda, Jane returned to her nome, and she was delighted to find a letter from her friend waning for her. "It came this very morning," said Mrs. Swaffham, "and I told the man who brought it you would bo here today, and no doubt would answer It forthwith. Jane laid aside her bonnet and She is at Lady opened her letter. Jevery s house, mother, and she longs to see me. and indeed I am In the same mind. We shall be sure to quarrel, " but then "You can both play at that game, and you hold your own very well. I would go to Jevery House In the morning. Whom (lid you see at the Cock- e God shineth. Then there was a short pause of which was sensitiveness spiritual broken by the opening ol a door, and all eyes turning towards it beheld Cromwell standing oh the threshold. Frances ran to him with a cry of delight. Mary looked at him with adoring pride, and then put into Mr. Miltons hand the roll of manuscript Lord Neville had given her. Jane left her companions and timidiy advanced to meet the Lord General. Jane he said tenderly, Jane, Swaffham, I got your message, and it did me good; it did indeed. And if ever I can nelp you or yours, Jane, come to me; i will be as good as my word doubt not. Let us see what John Milton is going to play for us. turning, beheld Cromwell. she must Ill warrant tis All eyes, aunt, Lady Jevery; If so, her Ixndon." We have seen tie In Lady Ileneage said Mary Cromwell, "and tis Aid there Is a purpose of marriage between Alice Ileneage and a favorite if my father's Lord Cluny Neville. I have seen Ixird Neville, said lane. "He brought me your letters d the blue and gold ribbon you sent as. His visits were flying one; he "rue and ho went" "Like the Knight In the story he oved and he rode away. He is comas here this afternoon, U he not, ften, lost Prank? "He said so. He was to make some 'oples of the hymn he wrote, for Mr. Milton has sot it to music, and we aro o together, practice the singing father thinks vcry highly of the e ifi ords." "Dear me! ejaculated Jano, la he Iso a poet? I thought he wrote only 1 fear that he has lth his sword. Has he not one many perfections. 'ault to balance them? too but never mind them now, Mary; there Is the bell for dinner, and wo must answer it at once or we shall grieve mother. They rose at these words and went "Yes; Aid iTt' to the Mrs. Cromwell, leaning upon the arm of daughter, Mrs. Ireton. wns Just nterlng It, and Jane wondered silent-a- t lulckly dining-room- . !r the stato these simple country Pntry had so easily assumed. Tim General dines with the Speak-rahl Mrs. Cromwell; and she was torsolf about to ,t say grace when Doe-ta- r ID Verity entered. He was greeted lth a chorus of I 0 welcomes, and read-I- f took bis seat at the foot of the ta-- u S' and spoke the few words of grate-praye- r cl whleh sweetened and leuscii the meal. Then be tsald : A I came rf through Jermyn street I I ndy Matilda i de Wick. She okpd daggers and B at mo. God plslols W I pity her. She was shrouded r I a black. Has ts anything been heard of Ste- n to Wick? I asked Jane. It is thought he reached The Hamia jr t safety. His companion, Sir Hugh f r, I r 3H flU 'frd, Joined t there Irlneo ltupurta pirate my young soldier's hymn, and in my judgment, a good hymn. They were advancing towards the organ as Cromwell spoke, and they Joined the group around the Inspired player. His trampling notes gave the sensation of charging meu and horses, of angelic and of the ministration hosts. The exultant song ceased, but tin Ir hearts were yet full of thanksgiving, and Cromwell walked about the room ming with Frances and Jane at his the majestic melody, or breaking out into some line of audible song, until, addressing John Milton, ho snid: Wo have sundry letters to write, and the plain truth Is, I could wish they were more heavenly. Here Is a man to answer who is playing fast and loose with us and will not have It He is laying too much weight on my puticuee; let him take care that he break it not." Speaking thus, he walked towards the door, and Jane marveled at the man. His countenance was changed; all its wistful tenderness and exaltation had giveu place to a stern, steadfast severity; bis voho was sliaip, his words struck like caustic, ami thq homelike, country gentleman was suddenly clothed with a great and majestic deportment. Neville left soon after the Lord General, and the girls tind a game of battledore and shuttlecock in the long gallery; then sewing, reading aloud, the evening meal amt the evening exercise closed the day. Tho days that followed were little different. On tho whole, Jane was not very sorry when her visit was over and she was free to return homo. In spite of the frankest kindness, she felt out of her element. The Cromwells had outgrown their old friends, and not all their familiarities could dispel tho atmosphere of superiority which surrounded them; It was unavoidable and unequivocal, though conscious they wero not themselves of it. Then there rnmo to Jane's mind In very sweet fashion the memory of Matilda do Wlok. They had quarreled almost constantly for years, and Matll- side-hum- 1 COLOMBIA MEANS TO MAKE EFFORT TO COERCE PANAMA ft? HI WEEKLY vif) PANORAMA ITALIAN pit?" "I saw Lord Neville several times, but had no private speech with him; and I heard Mary Cromwell say there was a purpose of marriage between him and Alice Ileneage." 'Tis very like." not think so. I am sure he loves me." "Then he should say so, bold and I do outright." He said last night he was coming to see my father and you, and though he spoke the words as If they were mere courtesy, I read In his face the purpose of his visit Mother, we shall need your good word nth my father. I cant go against your father, Jane. I would as soon take hot coals in my naked hands. You will have to do as your father says, Jane; so make up your mind to that. Father may have a purpose already of marrying you to someone else. I will not marry anyone else. "Your sister said the same thing, but she married Philip Armingford; and now there is no man in the world but Philip. I will marry Cluny Neville or remain a spinster." You will in the end do as your father and brothers say. There, now! say no more about your marriage. It is beforehand talk, and that kind of discussion amounts to nothing. It is mostly to go over again. I have been making Inquiries about the Jeverys; they are what your father calls Trimmers' neither ono thing nor another. In the morning Jane an hour before noon was on her way to Jevery House. It stood close by Drury Lane a mansion nobly placed upon a stone balus-trade- d terrace, and surrounded by a fine garden. In this garden the old knight was oftenest found; he was there when Janes carriage stopped at the Iron gates. She had been delayed and almost upset In Drury I.ane by the deep mud, so that the noon hour striking as Sir Thomas Jevery met and courteously walked with her to the entrance hail. Here there were number of servants, and their chief ushered her into a stately cedar salon, the walls of which were painted with the history of the Giants war. Soon Delia came hurriedly into the room with an exclamation of delight. "Oh, Miss Swaffham! Oh, Miss Jane!" she cried. "My lady is impatient to see She led Jane up a magnificent you. stairway lined w ith portraits, and they soon reached Matilda's apartment As the door opened she rose and stretched out her arms. Baggage! she cried with a weak, hysterical laugh. "You dear little baggage! You best, truest heart! How glad I am to see you!" And Jane took her in her arms, and both girls cried a little before they Matilda was so weak, could speak. and Jane so shocked to see the change In her friend's appearance, that for a few moments tears were the only possible speech. At length Jane said: "You have been ill, and you never sent for me. I would have stayed by you nlgbt and day. I would have been mother and sister both. Oh, Indeed, my mother would have come to you, without doubt! Why did you not let us know?" (To be continued.) 1 COURT IS , SHOCKED. Queen Margherita Said to Have Made Morganatic Marriage. Another royal sensation has shocked the courts, of Europe, and more especially that of Italy. It Is nothing less than the astonishing report that Dowager Quern widow of the assassinated-Humbert- , has niorgaualically married her chauffeur. The engineer to whom the queen mother is alleged to have been mar-- , rled Is named Trneranl. lie Is over fifty years of age and is employed as caretaker of the numerous charitable Institutions which are supported by the queen. The courtship must have been swift and secret, for the nows of the mar rlage has come quite as suddenly a did the startling report of the assassination of the king. The marriage, It Is said, took place during the queens recent journey to Norway, and so successfully has the royal bride concealed her romance SCENE OF THREATENED WAR BETWEEN COLOMBIA AND PANAMA. that even now the name of the bridegroom is not known, nor the exact to are Colombian said of of Gulf where location marks troop Darien, (Star place where the wedding took place. have been landed to march to Panama.) What Is known is that the queen went to Denmark on the 20tti of last UNCLE JOE" AND THE SENATE. September; that after a brief stay In RECONCILED IN A HOSPITAL. Copenhagen she went on a visit to e Animosities Forgotten in Speaker of the House Haa Little Love the King of Norway and Sweden, and for That Body Presence of Misfortune. that for some weeks prior to her trip , In the early days of North Dakota Speaker Cannons predecessors were Senator Jud La Moure and Alexander accustomed to bow to the secretary McKenzie, the latter famous as the of the Senate when he appeared in most daring sheriff in Bismarck, were the house with a communication from bitter personal and political enemies. that august body. But "Uncle JoeV Whatever one wanted done was sure backbone becomes stiff as a ramrod to be opposed by the other, and they on such occasions. "Bow to the sec carried their enmity to each other to rotary ?" he snorts. "Why, I wouldnt A senate. great and sometimes ridiculous ex- bow to the whole tremes for meu as level headed as few days ago ho ordered one of the they were In ordinary matters. Each officials of the house strictly to en had a host of friends and these were force the standing rule against sinok arrayed In hostile camps, political, so- ing. That same afternoon, as soon cial and business. The two men have as the house adjourned, he took Some cigar from bis pocket and began to become reconciled, however. The official aptime ago McKenzie got Into trouble puff contentedly. in Alaska, and narrowly escaped a proached and said: "Do you want the rule enforced, Mr. Can prison sentence for contempt of a "Of courso I do," said the local Judge, from whose jurisdiction non." the Bismarcklan removed a prisoner. speaker. "Oh, I forgot, he continued After a bard fight McKenzie was re- and hurried luto his private room. leased and returned east, broken In POPE PIUS IS AGING. health. For months he has been lying In a St. Paul hospital, hovering between life and death and descried Pontiff Beginning to Feel Weight of His Responsibilities. by a majority of his former friends A traveler who has Just returned Here his old enemy. La Moure, found and at once took up his station at from Home was greatly impressed the bedside of the stricken man, min-wa- s with the charge In tho appearance of istering to his every want with the tho Pope. He was received by him solicitude of a mother. Mainly the day after his accession to the pom Queen Margherita. t0 Ha Moure s careful nursing McKen-- a tilical throne, when he was ruddy, zie Is recovering bis health and ex- erect, gay and full of life. On this last to the north Queen Margherita had pects to leave the hospital in a week occasion, however, he found him a lit- appeared to her Intimates to he or two, when his adversary tle baler, a little more bowed, a llttlt strangely excited and uneasy. It Is more subdued and less buoynnt; In - It la pretty wrewwiely knava that . will escort him to Bismarck. safe to say that the friendship thus fact, a slight but perceptible change the wedding took place outside the established will never be broken. Mc- for the worse a young man growing Italian domain and while the queen So Kenzie a few years ago was a perfect older. This change has come in less was on her way to Copenhagen. a royal specimen of physical manhood, stand- than four mouths and s due to the dif- that King Charles entertained welcomed ing 6 feet 4 inches and being built in ference in habits and work and the bride unawares when he The Pope goes In the Queen Margherita. confinement. proportion. It had been known that the Dowaopen air less and less. In the beginROBERT GOELET TO WED. ning he took walks in the garden and ger Queen was mystic and democratic, regular exercises, but as his cares and but no one supposed that Bhe would Man Captures Heart duties Increased he went less aqd less develop a romanticism In her middle Wealthy Society until he ceased altogether, confining age. A daughter ot the royal house of Noted Beauty. Savoy and the widow of a king, It It is said the engagement ot Miss his walks to the loggia overlooking oi was at least supposed that if the Rome now even and here be seldom Mr. of and Elsie Whelen, daughter mother queen married again abe Mrs. Whelen of Philadelphia, to Rob-- goes. would select a partner from among the princely families of Europe. But Cold. Natures Cure for a Charles Gibson, the Indian editor, no one conceived the possibility of claim that consumption was never the mature widow . marrying a pleknown by the Indian until he began to beian. Tho fact of the marriage 1 denied try to live like the white man in a Rome. The report was originally at house. "To cure a cold an Indian went to a mountain to camp and hunted and telegraphed from Bologna. In spite ate wild meat for forty-eigh- t hours, of denials, the fullest credence Is which is now the easiest way to cure given the story. a cold on earth. You never contract DR. HALE WILL BE CHAPLAIN. a cold in a camp. It is curious, but is nevertheless true. Try It and be and Author Clergyman convinced. No one ever saw a tepee Venerable Honored by United States Senate. Indian with a cold or cough. Nature will cure you If you are not a coward The Republican Senators In caucue and will go Into cuiup and give nature decided upon Rev. Edward Everett Hale of Boston for chaplain of the A chance." f )i i i f Old-Tim- ' anti-smokln- g ! I i t - if i ? w ow-ln- old-tim- e New Table Glass. Never was an ambitious hostess who did not succumb to the charm:-o- f V A-i-dainty glassware, let those who will try to harden their hearts against of fluted specimens the beautiful crystal that stand erect on the dining ;p: V o tables of the leading Parlslennes. With some sets of wine glasses tho JZss JOUST hTE&IT top edge of each cup opens out Into no less than eight little flutes; but ert Go l t, brother of the Duchess of far more beautiful aro the cup j jtoxburghe. will hoou bo announced, that are fashioned with only four, so and that tlie wedding will speedily that the Impress of the top of one follow. Miss Whelen Is a noted on paper would be something like a beauty and was the belle of Newport shamrock. last summer. The giasseB are. of course, of the finest crystal, and take for ornament GOOD JOKE ON GOLFERS. raised bands of rich gold, which give wonderful dignity. Touches of the exHave Fun with Members of Aristocratic Club. quisite French enamels come on some of the glasses as the blossom of I N. B. Coles ami Daniel Bacon, two delicate spray of (lowers traced In enthusiastic members of tho new and gold, or, on tho more ornate cups ot aristocratic Country club of lotko-woocrystal, nmong (lie luti Karlen of . had a match game of N. monograms. a side recently. Each It.OflO for golf had a good record on the links, but Retted on the Suns Day. neither was aide to cover tho ground In A. D. 313 the Emperor ConstanIn anything liko good time, both extino of Romo granted toleration to periencing great difficulty at two of tho Christ Inns and In 321 he gave Im- tho halves. Just as the match was perial sanction to tho observance of concluded they discovered that a totho first day of the week. Tho edict mato can had been fitted neatly Into which Introduced a new era In Sun- ono of tho holes and that a row of day observance run: "On the venerpins had hern stuck In the hard able day of the sun let (lie magistrate ground around tho other. These oband pisiplo residing In cities rest ami structions had disastrous effect on lot all workshop ho closed. In the tho work of the players. It was discountry, however, persons engaged In covered that some girl members of the work of cultivation may freely the club were guilty of playing this and lawfully continue their pursuits, Joke, and formal complaint has been bemuse It often happens that another lodged with Ooorco 3. Gould, presiday Is not so suitable fur grain sow- dent of the club. Tho foozlera aro deing or for vino planting, lest by neg- termined that some one thall suffer lecting the proper moment for such for tho Infamy, but It Is not thought operations the bounty of bcavu likely that any punishment will be should be hsL" , Inflicted. 7 Cost of Living in the Waldorf. Manager Hilliard of the Waldorf-Astori-a hotel, New York, says that an epicure living there In a suite of rooms enn easily spend $2,000 a day, but that by eschewing alcoholic beverages and flno cigars and keeping tips within moderate limits a guest can bring his dally expenses down to $8. For this sum ho will be comfortably fed and boused, can command his share of service from the 1,500 employes and will be able to enjoy all the music, pictures, statuary and other endless luxuries which go with life in the great caravansary. w t four-leave- Crusade Against Profanity. Headed by Its secretary, Rov. Rol and D. Sawyer, the Anti Profanity league has begun a crusade In Bouton, the league thinking that such a movement is much needed in tho hub. Mr. Sawyer says It has come to pass that one can not walk along the streets In Boston, travel in u street car or tarry in a public place without being compelled to hear shocking language. He thinks It lu time tho city government took action regarding tho mutter. J-- j Ibsen Day of Labor Ovqr. The latest new concerning Ilmen health Is of a serious kind. A Vienna doctor who recently visited him In Christiania reports that "ho haa prac- tlcnily lost Ills speech." Tho doctor says further: Also his faculties aro Impaired. His loss of memory Is particularly noticeable. In consequence ot these defects lie cannot work, Ibsen Is, In fact, completely broken up. He presents the plcturo of a holplea old man." ri) Edward Everett Hale. senate, beginning Jun. 1. He Is a and Is now 73 year old. Dr. Hale has wired his willingness He has to accept the oppointment made arrangements to spend the winter In Washington with hi family. Hard at Work at 90. Prof. Marclus Willson of Vineland, N. J., author of a successful school series and many other works, was 90 years old lat week, and Is believed to bo the oldest American author He still able to do literary work. was unable to attend n birthday In hi honor tendered by an historical society, excusing hlniBelf on the ground that ho was hurd at work on a upw book, nnd was also perfecting a patent which would his friends. aur-pri- se (i I i ' |