The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1905-03-17

God save the King IN the air. II you
had married Stephen, he would have
been alive to join in the cry. l could
weep at your obstinacy. Jane"
Let it pass, dear. I was sucked on
Puritan milk. Stephen and l 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 here!
This sorrowful world with Stephen in
it was a better world than it is with
out him. Jane, Jane, how he loved
you!"
ana l loved him, as a companion,
friend, brother, if you will. When you
lay his body in de Wick, cast a tear
and a flower on his coffin for me. God
give him peace!"
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 feryid
protestations. And so they parted,
forever in this life.
The next afternoon Jane and Cluny
rode through London streets for the
last time. On the snip they found
James father, Doctor Verify and Sir
Thomas Jevery. There were no tears
at this parting: nor any signs of sor-
row; every one seemed resolved to
regard it as a happy and hopeful
event. For, though not spoken of,
there was a firm belief and promise of
a meeting again in the future not
very far off. Israel held his little
daughter TO lis heart, and then laid
her hand in Cluny's without a word;
the charge vas understood. When
the last few minutes came, and the
men were trooping to the anchor. Doc
TOR Verify raised his hands, and the
three or four in the dim, small cabin
knelt around him. and SO their fare
well was a prayer and their parting a
blessing.
Israel ard Doctor Verify walked
away together, and for a mile neither
OF tnem spoke a word. AS they came
lear to Sandy's, however, Israel said:
1t is a short farewell, John. 1t
Vii be my turn next
Il shall go when You 60"
To the Massachusetts Colony?"
Yes. | am ready to go when the
tine comes"
lit is far off"
"A few months at the longest"
He is very ill?'
The foundations of his life are
shaken, for he lives not in his power
OF his fame, Or ever in the work set
rim to do. No, no. Oliver lives in
lis feelings. They are at the bottom
Of his nature; all else is superstruc-
cure. And Fairfax, IS well as Lambert
and others, think they can fill great
divers place!-no man can
For that very reason, when he de-
parts, | will away from England. I
have 70 heart for another civil war. |
VIII draw sword under no less a gen
eral than Oliver"
Good risht, John"
Good night. Israel. Have you told
Martaa?"
Not yet. She will fret every day
ill the change comes. Why should
We have a hundred frets when a dozen
may do?"
But when Israel went into Martha's
presence something made him change
his mind. The mother had peer weep
ing, and began to weep afresh when
she saw her husband. He anticipated
her sorrOwful questions, and with an
assumption CT cheerfulness, told her
how happy and hopeful Jane and
Cluny seemed to be. 1T did not feel
like a parting at all, Martha" he
said, 'ant indeed there was no need
for any such feeling. We are going
ourselves very soon now"
The words We're spoken and could
cot be recalled, and he stood, in a
moment, ready to face the storm they
might raise. Martha looked at her
husband with speechless wonder and
distress, and he was more moved by
this attitude thar by her usual garru.
lous anger. He sat down by her side
and took her hand, saying:
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