The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-01-27
ting is bad for you every way. why

ting is bad for you every way. why
will you do it," e III .- -
How can help 1t. mother?"
Then Mrs. Swaffham looked at her
daughters white face, and said, you
know, dear, where and how to find the
comfort you need. God help you
child"
And oh, how good it was to the
heart-sicll girl, to be at last alone, to-
be able to weep unmatched and I'M
checkcd-to shut the door of her soul
on the world and open it to God, to
tell Him all her doubt and fear and
lonely grief. This was her consola-
ton, even though no sensible comfort
came from Though the heavens
seemed far off, and there was no ray
Of light, no whisper from beyond to
encourage her.
At nine o'clock her mother brought
/ her; a possett and toast, and she took
them gratefully. Els father homer"
| she asked. =
"Yes, Jane. He came in an hour
ago with Doctor Verify :,
: Have they any word of -'
Il fear not. They would have told
me at once. l haven't seen much of
them. There were lots of things un-
| done, and badly done, to look after"
-. IF Doctor Verify gives you any op-
portunity will YOU speak about Cluny,
'mlother?' ~
You know I will. He and others
will. maybe, have time for word of
Kindness now. Now. Cromwell has
got his way, there will be only Groin:
well to please, and surely a whole
city full can manage that"
II don't suppose he has ever thought
of Cluny being so long over time"
mot he! He. has had things far
closer to him to look AFTER"
But now?"
'Now he. will inquire after the lad.
Doctor Verify must speak to him.
Dear Jane, do you suppose / don't see
how you are suffering? I do, my girl,
and l suffer with YOU. But even your
father thinks we are worrying our
selves for nothing. He says Cluny
will walk in some day and tell his
own. story-nothing worse than at
Of ague or fever, or even wound
from. some street pad; perhaps
heavy snowstorm, or the 'swampy
Netherlands under water. Men can't
fight the elements, or even outwit
them, dear. Mother is with you, Jane,
don't you doubt that" and she stepped
forward and clasped the girl to her
breast,
James supposition that Doctor Yer
ity would be with her father and that
their talk would be only of Cromwell,
was correct. Mrs. Swaffham found
the two men smoking at the fireside,
and their conversation was of the Man
and the Hour. -.
II am sorry for Oliver Cromwell
Such a load as he has shouldered! Can
he bear it," said Israel.
Through Gods help, yes; and ten
times over, yes! He is a great man."
answered the Doctor.
Il think more of measures than Of
men," continued Israel
every good. But something de-
ponds on the men, just as in a fire
something depends on the grate," said
the Doctor. "Oliver will do his work,
and he will do it we'll, and then go to
Him who sent him. Verify, believe
he will hear the We'll done of his
Master
'And them"
''The Commonwealth will be over.
The soul of it will have departed
can it live afterwards"
! IF l. survive the Puritan govern,
ment," said Israel, 81 will. join the
pilgrims who have gone over the
great seas
':I will go: with you, Israel, but we
will not call ourselves pilgrims No,
indeed! No men. are less; like pil
grims than they who CO. not to wan
der about, but to build. homes and
cities and found republics in the land
they have been led to-. They are citi
zens, not pilgrims
At these words Mrs: Swanham, who
had listened. between sleeping and
waking, reused. herself. thoroughly.
"Israel," she said, ri will not go across
seas 1t. is not likely. Swaffham .is
our very own, eand we will stay in
SWafffiam. ~" g. u -
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