hich reigned triumphant out of doors penetrated into the and there as elsewhere terror and alarm prevailed and ordinary forms were for the time forgotten on the thursday both houses had until the following monday se declaring it impossible to pursue their with the necessary gravity and freedom while they were surrounded by armed troops and now that t tlie were dispersed the citizens were beset with a new fear for the public and all their usual places of resort filled with soldiers with the free use of fire and sword they began to lend a greedy ear to the which were afloat of martial law being declared and to dismal stories of prisoners having been seen hanging on lamp posts in and meet street these terrors being promptly by a declaring that all the in would be tried by a special commission in due course of law a fresh alarm was by its being whispered abroad that french money had been found on some of the and that the had been by foreign powers who sought to compass the overthrow and ruin of england this report which was strengthened by the of hand bills but which if it had any foundation at all probably owed its origin to the circumstance of some few which were not english money having been swept into the pockets of the with other miscellaneous and afterwards discovered on the prisoners or the dead bodies � caused a great sensation and men s minds being in that excited state when they are most apt to catch at any shadow of apprehension was about with much all remaining quiet however during the whole of this friday and on this friday night and no new discoveries being made confidence began to be restored and the most timid and breathed again in no fewer than three thousand of the inhabitants formed themselves into a watch and the streets every hour nor were the citizens slow to follow so good an example and it being the manner of men to be very bold when the danger is over they were abundantly fierce and daring not to question the passenger with great severity and carrying it with a very high hand over all errand boys servant girls and as day deepened into evening and darkness crept into the and comers of the town as if it were in secret and gathering strength to venture into the open ways sat in his wondering at the silence and listening in vain for the noise and which had ushered in the night of late beside him with his hand in hers sat one in whose companionship he felt at peace she was worn and altered fall of grief and heavy but the same to him mother he said after a long silence how long � how many days and nights � shall i be kept here not many dear i hope not many you hope ay but your hoping wiu not these chains i hope but they don t mind that grip hopes but who cares for grip the gave a short dull melancholy it said nobody as plainly aa a could speak who cares for grip excepting you and me said the bird s feathers with his hand he never speaks in this place he never says a word in jail he sits and all day in this dark comer sometimes and sometimes looking at the light that in through the bars and shines in his bright eye as i� a spark those great fires had fallen into the room and was burning yet but who cares for grip the again � nobody and by the way said withdrawing his hand from the bird and laying it upon his mother s arm as he looked eagerly in her if they me � they may i heard it said they would � what will become of grip when i am dead the sound of the word or the current of his own thoughts suggested to grip his old phrase never say die but ho stopped short in the middle of it drew a dismal cork and subsided into a faint as if he lacked the heart to get through the shortest sentence will they take his life as well as mine said i wish they would if you and i and he could die together there would be none to feel sorry or to grieve for us but do what they will i don t fear them mother they will not harm you she said her tears choking her utterance they never harm you when they know all i am sure they never will oh don t you be too sure of that cried with a strange pleasure in the belief that she was self deceived and in his own sagacity they have marked me mother from the first i heard them say so to each other when they brought me to this place last night and i believe them don t you cry for me they said that i was bold and so i am and so i will be you may think that i am silly but i can die as weu as another � i have done no harm have i he added quickly none before heaven she answered why then said let them do their worst you told me once � you � when i asked you what death meant that it was nothing to be feared if we did no harm � mother you thought i had forgotten that his merry laugh and manner smote her to the heart she drew him closer to her and him to talk to her in whispers and to be very quiet for it was getting dark and their time was short and she would soon have to leave him for the night you will come to morrow said yes and every day and they would never part again he 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