were chained near him succeeded better. Under their gentle ministrations he found peace and learned a degree of patience. He was very grateful, and came to love them dearly and to delight in the sweet and soothing influence of their presence. He asked them why they were in prison, and when they said they were Baptists, he smiled, and inquired —

“Is that a crime to be shut up for in a prison? Now I grieve, for I shall lose ye — they will not keep ye long for such a little thing.”

They did not answer; and something in their faces made him uneasy. He said, eagerly —

“You do not speak; be good to me, and tell me — there will be no other punishment?

Prithee tell me there is no fear of that.”