Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-03-18

him. Jane. think you ought. God
knows he loved you well, and most
thanklessly. And he is the last, the
last de Wick. Root and b. Anch. the
de Wick tree has persisted. | wish L
could die also
"And Cymlfn. Matilda?"
Il shall marry Cymlin-at the prop
er time"
You may have sons and daughters"
i hope rot. pray not have had
sorrow enough. My father and his
three sons are good ending for the
house. 1t was built with the sword.
anc 1t has been destroyed by the
sword. No, Jane, the line of de Wick
is finished. Cymlin and | will be tho
last Earl and Countess de Wick"
And Prince Rupert?"
rs dream from which I have
awakened"
But he may still be dreaming"
rupert has many faults but he is
man OF honor My marriage to
Cymlin viii be a barrier sacred to
both of us. Our friendship can hold
itself above endearments. You need
not fear for Cymlin; Matilda de Wick
VIII honor her husband, whether she
obeys him or not. Cymlin is formed
Tor power and splendor, and he will
stand near the throne"
IF there be a throne"
VI that. who now doubts? Crom-
well is falling sick, and you NAV feel
God save the King in the air. If Won
had married Stephen, he would have
peen awe to join in the cry. l could
weep at your obstinacy, Jane"
Let 1t pass, dear. | was sucked 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"
On, then, would he were heret
This sorrowful world with Stephen in
it was better world than il is with
out him. Jane, Jane, how he loved
you,'
And | loved him, as a companion.
friend, brother, if you will. When YOU
lay his body in de Wick, cast a tear
and flower on his coffin for me. God
give him peacei"
At length their farewell" came
The last words between them were
soft and whispered, and only those
SAD, loving monosyllables which are
more eloquent than the most feryfd
And so they parted.
brewer in this life.
The next afternoon Jane and Cluny
ode through London streets for the
asst time. On the ship they found
ane's father, Doctor Verify and Sir
thomas Jevery. There we're no tears
t this parting; nor any signs of sor-
ow; every one seemed resolved to
egard it as a happy and hopeful
vent. For, though not spoken of,
here was a firm belief and promise of
meeting again in the future not
cry far off. Israel held his little
aughter to his heart, and then laid
er hand in Cluny's without a word:
ne charge was understood. When
ne last few minutes came, and the
len were trooping to the anchor. Doc
)r Verify raised his hands. and the
Tree or four in the dim, small cabin
melt around him, and so their fare
ell was a prayer and their parting a
essing.
Israel and Doctor Verify walked
way together, and for a mile neither
them spoke word. AS they came
ear to Sandy's, however, Israel said:
1T is a short farewell, John. It
il be my turn next"
81 shall go when Won oo1
TO the Massachusetts Colonyf"
Yes. | am ready to go when the
me comes
ut is not far off"
A few months at the longest"
He is very ill?"
The foundations of his life are
AIKEN, for he lives not in his power
his fame, or even in the work set
m to do. No, no, Oliver lives in
8 feelings. They are at the bottom
his nature; all else is superstruc-
re. And Fairfax, as well as Lambert
d others, think they can fill great
lver's placei-no man can"
For that very reason, when he de-
rts, | will away from England.
We no heart for another civil war.
Il draw sword under no less a gen.
Il than Oliver"
Good night, john
Good night. Israel Have you told
rtha?"
Not yet. She will fret every day
the change comes. Why should
have hundred frets when a dozen
y do?"
But when Israel went into Marthas
sence something made him change
mind. The mother had been weep
, and began to weep afresh when
saw her husband He anticinatod