Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . chful overno interests but his own. A keen observer, it was easyfor him to see that, even with Cromwells power at itsheight, the majority of the nation were either secretlyor openly royalist, and that at his death the Connnon-wcalth nnist give jilace to a monarchy. A secret corre-spondence began with Charles Stuart, then in exile,which resulted in an ofler from the Admiral to place theentire fleet at his disposal. The offer came to naught,for Charles had no i)orts and no money to pay sailors,and as the fleet had
Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . chful overno interests but his own. A keen observer, it was easyfor him to see that, even with Cromwells power at itsheight, the majority of the nation were either secretlyor openly royalist, and that at his death the Connnon-wcalth nnist give jilace to a monarchy. A secret corre-spondence began with Charles Stuart, then in exile,which resulted in an ofler from the Admiral to place theentire fleet at his disposal. The offer came to naught,for Charles had no i)orts and no money to pay sailors,and as the fleet had already been ordered on the fotalWest Indian ex])editi()n. Cromwell, who knew every de-tail of the treachery. i)reserved his usual inscrntal)lesilence. The attack on St. Domingo failed disastrously andthrough no fault of the Admirals, who, to atone forthe unexpected reverse, attacked the beautiful island ofJamaica, and with very small expenditure of force orlife added it to the English possessions. Enchantedwith the climate and natural features of the island, he Sp i:^^ -<%. A QUAKER SOLDIER. 19 talked of it constantlj^ on his return home, and the sonlistened and questioned with an equal enthusiasm,dreaming of the wonderful Western world by day andby night. There was short time, however, for the homelife. Cromwell, for reasons quite inexplicable then,though now perfectly plain, chose to consider Penn asguilty as Yenahles, through whose weakness the as-sault on Hispaniola had failed, and they were orderedto separate dungeons in the Tower. The eldest son,little over ten years old and passionately attached to hisfather, was thrown into a state of the deepest melan-choly, brooding constantly over the misfortune, untilone day, when alone and sad, a deep and sudden senseof happiness came to his soul, and the room seemedfilled with a soft and heavenly light. There is no record of the immediate effect of thisupon the child, but matters very shortly mended. TheAdmiral, who pined in h
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