Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1903-06-17
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swaffham and pe WIek.

Cambridgeshire. It was SO old that 1t
had a sort Of personality. 1t was the
history of the Swaffham family in
stone and timber
The central tower-built Of the
white stone Of the neighborhood-wa
the fortress which Tonbert swaffham
erected A. d. $40, to defend his lands
from an invasion Of the Danesi and
five generations of Tonbert's descen
dants dwelt In that tower, before VII
liam OF Normandy took possession of
the crown Of England The Swaffham
of that date became a friend Of the
Conqueror; and the Manor House had
the singular fortune to be Identified
with the stirring events of every
dynasty.
In the middle of the seventeenth
century it still retained this character.
Puritan councils Of offense and de-
tense had been held in its great hall,
and parliamentary soldiers drilled in
its meadows. For Capt, Israel Swaff-
ham was the friend Of Gen Cromwell,
and at the time this story opens was
with Cromwell in Scotland.
A great fighter, he had no parlia-
mentary talent, and no respect for
pnrliaments He believed England's
religious and civil liberties were to be
saved by the sword, and when the
Kings fast-and-loose proposals had
been discussed by the men of Cam
bridgeshire, in Swaffham, he had
closed the argument with this passion
ate declaration:
There is no longer dispIting with
such a double mind as the mind Of
Charles Stuart The very oath of God
would not bind him. Out. instantly,
all Of you who canl"
His three sons rose at his words and
the rest of the council followed, for
all felt that the work was but half
done--there was to be a Second Civil
War Then home was again deserted
for the battlefield, and Capt Ewaif-
hams wife and daughter we're once
more LETT alone In the old Manor
House.
Mrs, Swaffham was the child OF q
Puritan minister, and she had strong
principles. hut there were hours when
his inaxc,,aabie troacberies and ra.
GREETED the pomps ana ceremonies OF
royal state.
Jane Swaffham was of a different
spirit. She had soul of the highest
mettle; and she had listened TO those
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