Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-02-26

Dear IL
81 have cast over 1t tho balm Of
prayer; l have shut it up in my
heart, and given my heart to God.
l have said to God, DO as thou wilt
with me- l am content, and I have
found light in sorrow, brighter than all
the fiaring lights of joy"
Then you believe him to be dead?"
Eyes. There is no help against such
a cor clusion, and yet. Matilda, there
comes to me sometimes, such an in
stantareous, penetrating sense OF his
presence, that | must believe he 10 not
far away" and her confident hearts
still fervor, her tremulous smile, her
eyes like clear water full Of the sky,
affected Matilda with the same appre-
hending And there was such haunt
ing sweetness about the chastened
girl that Matilda looked round wan
deringly; it was as If there were
freshly gathered violets In the room.
She remained silent, and Jane, after
a few minutes pause, said, Il must
go home, now, and rest little. To
morrow I am bid to Hampton Court"
"And you will come and tell me all
about your visit The world turned
upside down is an entertaining spec
tacle. Ann Charges the market wom-
an in one place, and Elizabeth Crom-
well in another"
THE Cromwells are my friends, Ma
tilda. And l will assure you that
Hampton Court never saw a more
worthy queen than Elizabeth Crom-
we'll"
"I have a saucy tongue, Jane-do
not mind when it backbites; there is
no one like you. l love you WE'LL"
These words with clasped hands and
kisses between the two girls. Then
Matilda's face became troubled and
she sat down alone, with her brows
drawn together and her hands tightly
| clasped.
did Rupert kill Neville?" she ask
ed herself. "Oh, me, l do fear it He
| lied to me, then; of course he lied;
| but that was no new thing for him to
| do. What snail 1 do?" Sne went over
and over this train of thought and
ended always with the same irrsso-
lutte, anxious question, What shall
| do?"
The next day Jane went to Hampton
| Court She was conducted to an
apartment in one Of the suites for
merly occupied by Queen Henrietta
Maria AS she dressed herself she
thought of the great men and women
who had lived and loved, and joyed
and sorrowed under the ancient roof
of Wolsey's splendid palace.
In a brilliantly lighted room Mr.. and
Mrs. Claypole and Mr. and Mrs. Rich
ard Cromwell and Doctor John Owen,
and Mr.. Milton, and DR.. Verify were
| grouped around her highness the Pro-
tector's handsome wife. She sat at
the Protectors right hand, and Jane
| Swaffham sat at his left
He was in an unusually happy mood
and Doctor Owen, remarking 1t, Ad-
miral Blake said, They had been
mobbed-mobbed by women-and the
Protector had the best of 1T and that
was a thing to pleasure any man."
Then Mrs Cromwell laughed and said:
your highness must tell US all now.
or we shall be very discontinued.
Where were you, to meet a mob OF
| women?"
1--WE were in London streets, some
where near the waterside. Blake was
with me and Blake is going to Ports
mouth to take command of an exps-
dition."
Where to-" asked Mrs. C1aypole.
well Elizabeth, that is precisely
the question this mob of women want
ed me to answer. You are as bad a.
they were But they had some ex-
cuse."
pray what excuse, sir, that I have
not!"
"They were the wives of the sailor
men going with our admiral on his
expedition. And they got all around
me, they did indeed, and one handsome
woman with little lad in her arms
she told me to look well at him be-
cause he was called Oliver after me
took hold of my bride and said, You
won't trample me down, General, for
the lads sake, and it's but natural
for us to want to know where you
are sending our husbands. Come,
General, tell us wives and mothers
where the ships are going tor And
there was Robert Blake laughing and
| thinking it fine sport, but | stood up
in my stirrups and called out as loud
as | could, Women, can you be quiet
for one minute? They said, Aye, to
be sure we can, if you'll speak out
| General Then 1 said to them, You
want to know where the ships and
your men are going. Listen to mel
| The Ambassadors of France and Spain