The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-16

love him. one should read the chatter on his
domestic life. It was an interesting family.
! that the Protector could gather at his side In
his hours OF leisure at whitehsll: an aged
mother: n wife whom he calls "dearer than
any creature" in q letter penned on the even
Ing after the great fight At DUNBAR: four
daughters. and his sons Richard and Henry.
At the dinner given to the Dutch ambassadors
in 1904. the aged mother was vet alive. and
bright enough to be Interested In what was
going on: she did not accompany the Lady
Protectorsss to the dinner table. but though
vergine on her oath year she very
likely caught the sound Of her sons
voice. when. to the delight OF the
pious Calvinists from Holland. he sang
psalms after the feast. Every day she wished
to see his face and hear his voice. and every
day the invincible conaueror used to visit her
IN her own room. He would sit and talk with
her. Not q word was said Of war or parliaS
ments. The talk would be OF the far past In
the old ~Huntfngdonshire homo Atlastcomes
n memorable scene. The master OF three
kingdoms. who still to her Is but a boy. is sit
ting By her side for the last time. and she Ia
passing to the other life. She looks up and
says. My dear son. I leave my heart with
thee: good night" and died. Tenderly
through nearly forty years OF widowhood this
mother had been cared for BY the most dutiful
Of sons, and now he lays her body In West
minister Abbey. 1t is we'll known that the
four daughters Of Cromwell were married
when young. Elizabeth. the eldest whom he
loved best OF all his children. became Mrs
Claypole: Bridget became the wife OF 1reton.
who was left BY Cromwell in Ireland as his
deputy: Mary and Frances. the two little
wenches.'' as their father calls them In oneof
his letters. wore young enough to enjoy tho
-,..t>. - yvltSoh.n -bAp thn prnfortOr fnnk
possession Of It. They had been there two or
three years when the musical Glib-tongued
M~ary"-the phrase Is her father's-was mar
ried to Lord Falconberg: and door little
F~nnny"-again the fathers phrase after
much trouble and perpleSity tsome jealous
lover having put II into his Highness's head
that Rich was not Just the right kind OF a man.
to the son Of Lord Rich.
Theee incidents were preceded by the mar
riage OF divers eldest son Richard to Doro-
thy Mayor In 1919. Cromwell had been too
busy a man to see Dorothy's father. but In
one OF his letters he tells Mr.. Mayor that he
has had an ofYer Of q great proposition from
a father OF his daughter. yet l rather incline
to this the Mayor alliance, in my thoughts:
because. though the other be very far greater.
yet I see different ties and not that ASSURANCE
Of eodliness. though indeed Of fairness" So
uo tCAluG Nuo ohoi "a bAoNSSNS w
his son married into . family which has no
rank and but little property. The consider
alton Of piety in the parents" he writes to
one OF his friends. and such hopes OF the
g~entlewoman in that respect make the bust
ness to mo q great mercy" just as he is set
ting sail to Join his army in Ireland
he writes to Mr.. Mayor that he is
very glad to hear that our children
have so good leisure to make a journey
to eat cherries" The wedding had evidently
taken place. for. in the Same letter. Oliver
writes: Il have delivered my son up to you.
and 1 hope you will counsel him: he will need
1t. / hope / shall have your prayers in the
busin ess to which l am called" The business
was the wal in Ireland. A few days later. be-
ing ut sea- he writes. From aboard the
John" to his beloved daughter" Dorothy:
II do entirely love you. and hope a word OF
advice will not DO unwelcomo nor unaccept-
able to thee" The advice touches religion.
desire you both to mako It above all things
your business to seek the Lord" This private
letter does not confirm tho impression which
the Royalists have striven to convey that Crom-
we'll entirely parted with his piety when no Se-
came . great man.
Another little flash OF light Is thrown on the
domestic life Of Cromwell by q letter dated in
1857. Oliver is writing to Fleetwood.
his son-in-IaM. deputy In Ireland: MY dear
Ny dear love to thee. Love to my
dear Biddy. who is . Joy to my heart II the
good OF the public will allow. come over with
your dear wife" DR.. Clark says truly that. to
one who will think a moment. the sportive
nickname "Biddy will throw not q CLEAN only
a food Of light on Cromwell. He is tired
OF ambassadors and Parliament mon: he
to have Biddy by his side. He was soon
to need her sorely. for in the summer OF
q sorrow. falling close on other sor-
rows. fell with crushing power on Cromwell's
life. ellis eldest daughter. Elizabeth. Mrs.
Claypole. fell sick at Hampton Court.
and there she died. In Thurloe's papers
read that for fourteen days Oliver
was at her bedside unable to attend to any
public business: and Maidstone. another con-
chronicler who knew him well.
says that "the sympathy Of his spirit with his
dying daughter did break him down" Strong
immovable amid the storms OF the world.
this father. cltnging 10 his child until she died.
now PROSTATE: with impaired health and
a broken heart lie nevertheless struggled to
resume his duties. 1t was impossible: he
died on Sept. 3. 1858 His time was come"
wrote his friend Maidstone. and neither
prayers nor tears could prevail with God to
out his life and continue him longer
with us." Our author does not lInesr over the
closing scenes. He let's tho curtain fall around
deathbed with the full belief that |
. whittier and purer spirit has seldom passed
away from earth. |
OF the position to which Cromwell had
raised England in the summer before he died.
Carlyle has written: In those same June
days. while Hewitt and Slingsby lay down
their heads on Tower Hill. aud the English
hydra finds lite master is still here. there arrives
the news OF Dunkirk Rloriously taken, Span
iards glonously beaten. victories and sue.
cssses abroad. which are a new Illumination
to the Lord Protector in the eyes OF England.
Splendid nephews OF tho Cardinal. Mancinis. |
Dukes de CIRCUIT. cross the channel to con.
gratulste the most inyincible OF soyereigns:'
young Louis XIV. himself would have come |
had not the attack OF smallpox prevented.
Once more has Oliver saved Puritan Eng.
land. and not till his head lies low shall
English Puritanism bend its head 10
any created things. Erect. with It's foot