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His retreat down the stairs was just audible, and also his departure by the side door, through which entrance or exit was easy to those who knew the place. Nothing further happened, and towards morning Swetman slept. To avoid all risk he said not a word to the girls of the visit of the night, and certainly not to any one outside the house; for it was dangerous at that time to avow anything.
He bade them serve the dinner; and, as the visitor had withdrawn since the news of the battle, prepared to take a platter to him upstairs. But he preferred to come down and dine with the family. During the afternoon more fugitives passed through the village, but Christopher Swetman, his visitor, and his family kept indoors.
One minute, two minutes passed, and the pedestrian did not proceed. Christopher Swetman got out of bed, and opened the casement. 'Hoi! who's there? cries he. 'A friend, came from the darkness. 'And what mid ye want at this time o' night? says Swetman. 'Shelter. I've lost my way. 'What's thy name? There came no answer. 'Be ye one of King Monmouth's men?
That his visitor might have been a friend of the Duke's, whom the Duke had asked to fetch the things in a last request, Swetman would never admit. His belief in the rumour that Monmouth lived, like that of thousands of others, continued to the end of his days.
There they are the beauties! on the green grass, and we ride in among them to have a word with Tom Swetman the huntsman and good George Austin the whip, the latter of whom has given me a lead over many a fence. Gallant Tom! the bravest and gentlest of men, how little we thought that in a year or two we should never see your honest face again on earth!
'He that asks no questions will hear no lies from me. I am a stranger; and I am spent, and hungered. Can you let me lie with you to-night? Swetman was generous to people in trouble, and his house was roomy. 'Wait a bit, he said, 'and I'll come down and have a look at thee, anyhow.
Some of the villagers, intoxicated by the news, had thrown down their scythes, and rushed to the ranks of the invader. Christopher Swetman had weighed both sides of the question, and had remained at home.
Notwithstanding that Swetman importuned him, he only added, 'If I never come again, do with my belongings as you list. In the pocket you will find a gold snuff-box, and in the snuff-box fifty gold pieces. 'But keep 'em for thy use, man! said the yeoman. 'No, says the parting guest; 'they are foreign pieces and would harm me if I were taken. Do as I bid thee.
In the spring of 1916 Miss Alice Pierson married Ralph Swetman and during the summer both undertook a house to house campaign, with numerous open air meetings in the smaller towns of Hartford county. The income for the year was $27,442, nearly all of which was expended. The membership of the State association by careful count was 32,366 and the affiliated leagues and clubs numbered eighty-one.
'I was here before three o' the clock this morning; and these men have only arrived now. 'True, said the yeoman. 'But still, I think 'Do not press your question, the stranger urged. 'I am in a strait, and can refuse a helper nothing; such inquiry is, therefore, unfair. 'True again, said Swetman, and held his tongue.
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