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The Puritan's Sister.
with a dissatisfied , supercilious air , and evidently showed himself impatient of the accident which brought them , even for a few moments , together . " How comes it , Master Newlight , " said William , after surveying him for a few moments with ill-concealed mirth , " that we meet you here ? if the fold is deserted by the shepherd , peradventure the wolf
may gain admittance : or hast thou heen admimstering consolation to some sister in the faith , whose dwelling is not within the walls ?" "I have been , " replied Newlight , " where my ministry called , amongst those who worship , not , the abomination of prelacy , the imposition of hands , and where I meet not the insults of the scorner and unbeliever . " " Unbeliever ! " repeated William : " I am not one of your
psalmsinging sect , to be sure , Master Newlight ; but I trust I am a Christian , though I do not dock my hair like a terrier dog , and murder English by speaking through my nose . Unbeliever!—my faith is orthodox , as my sword should have proved , had a soldier or a gentleman questioned it . I have always believed as my church believes . " " Indeed , Sir Cavalier , and what may your church believe ? " inquired the puritan , with a sneer . " The same as I believe , " replied the royalist—and drawing his
brother ' s arm through his , the two young men passed on , leaving their enemy to resumehis controversy with the next passenger . A short walk brought them" to the house of Edward Marston , in St . Augustine ' s , who , with Ms sister Grace ,- resided near to the old monastery . They had been schoolfellows , and though divided both in political and religious opinions , continued friends . A year before the present period , Edward had married
a maiden of his own persuasion , who , dying in childbirth , bequeathed a helpless boy to his paternal love and the protection of his gentle sister , ' who lavished upon it every care but that which the maternal bosom can alone bestow . The bereaved husband bore Ms loss with that outward show of firmness and resignation wMch the gloomy doctrine of his faith inculcated . After the first burst of grief had subsided , a fixed
melancholy , and yet greater love of retirement , alone manifested to the world the loss he had sustained ; but in private , the feelings of nature , from being restrained , burst forth with increased vehemence , and Grace had more than once found Mm leaning over the couch of his motherless boy in a paroxysm of tears and hopeless sorrow , Grace was seated near the cradle of her nephew , watcliing his infant slumberswhen the
, brothers , accompanied by Edward , entered the apartment . " Hush !—tread lightly , " exclaimed the careful nurse , " or you will wake my charge . " " Let him be removed , dear Grace , " replied the father , casting a look
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The Puritan's Sister.
with a dissatisfied , supercilious air , and evidently showed himself impatient of the accident which brought them , even for a few moments , together . " How comes it , Master Newlight , " said William , after surveying him for a few moments with ill-concealed mirth , " that we meet you here ? if the fold is deserted by the shepherd , peradventure the wolf
may gain admittance : or hast thou heen admimstering consolation to some sister in the faith , whose dwelling is not within the walls ?" "I have been , " replied Newlight , " where my ministry called , amongst those who worship , not , the abomination of prelacy , the imposition of hands , and where I meet not the insults of the scorner and unbeliever . " " Unbeliever ! " repeated William : " I am not one of your
psalmsinging sect , to be sure , Master Newlight ; but I trust I am a Christian , though I do not dock my hair like a terrier dog , and murder English by speaking through my nose . Unbeliever!—my faith is orthodox , as my sword should have proved , had a soldier or a gentleman questioned it . I have always believed as my church believes . " " Indeed , Sir Cavalier , and what may your church believe ? " inquired the puritan , with a sneer . " The same as I believe , " replied the royalist—and drawing his
brother ' s arm through his , the two young men passed on , leaving their enemy to resumehis controversy with the next passenger . A short walk brought them" to the house of Edward Marston , in St . Augustine ' s , who , with Ms sister Grace ,- resided near to the old monastery . They had been schoolfellows , and though divided both in political and religious opinions , continued friends . A year before the present period , Edward had married
a maiden of his own persuasion , who , dying in childbirth , bequeathed a helpless boy to his paternal love and the protection of his gentle sister , ' who lavished upon it every care but that which the maternal bosom can alone bestow . The bereaved husband bore Ms loss with that outward show of firmness and resignation wMch the gloomy doctrine of his faith inculcated . After the first burst of grief had subsided , a fixed
melancholy , and yet greater love of retirement , alone manifested to the world the loss he had sustained ; but in private , the feelings of nature , from being restrained , burst forth with increased vehemence , and Grace had more than once found Mm leaning over the couch of his motherless boy in a paroxysm of tears and hopeless sorrow , Grace was seated near the cradle of her nephew , watcliing his infant slumberswhen the
, brothers , accompanied by Edward , entered the apartment . " Hush !—tread lightly , " exclaimed the careful nurse , " or you will wake my charge . " " Let him be removed , dear Grace , " replied the father , casting a look