He was lost at sea." "Did he leave two children ?" "Yes, sir, two," she sighed, and the white-haired stranger; glancing at her face, asked: "Was he a good man ?" "Good man! Oh, sir, he was an angel of goodness; but, alas, I never appreciated him, until he was gone.

I oft recall that fatal morning when he bade me farewell, when he kissed the baby and left a tear on her cheek.

I was happy then!" Tears were now trickling down her cheeks.
"Are you happy now ?" "Alas, no.

I am miserable." "Why ?" "My husband is an enemy to my son.

Price is a royalist while Robert is a Puritan and a republican." "Is your son with Bacon ?" "He is, and Sir William would hang Robert if he could." "He shall not hang him." "If he captures him, who will prevent it ?" "I will." They parted at the door, and as the old man went down to his boat, she gazed after him, murmuring: "Heaven surely hath sent us a protector at last.".