The Two Scholars of Westminster and More Reflections
A miscellany of reminiscences and vignettes. Sir Patrick Newcastle hosts a royalist prisoner at his birthday table, and a boyhood courier recalls Westminster school bullying. The tale shifts to a German physician and the fate of an atheist family, plus brief notices on politics and potato storage.
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Charles I
Parliament
Patrick Newcastle
Cromwell
Patrick
France
Westminster School
Westmister
Westminster
Sir Patrick
Political candidacy in Galveston by Jack Mills outlined
John Mills, a Galveston butcher nicknamed Jack Mills, announces a bid for the Legislature. He pledges reform, opposition to monopolies, support for education of the masses, and a plan to aid the homeless and poor, while denouncing old fogies and endorsing women’s rights. He states he will visit electors and oppose treating.
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John
Jack Mills
Galveston
Galveston County
Austin
Tam
Joan Mitus
P. S
Dream of Tartar Wife Described in Conversation
Two men debate the character of their spouses with humor. One says his wife is a Tartar, the other mocks with a sharper remark that his wife is the Dream of Tartar. The exchange ends with a proverb aboutwill.
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Wisconsin
Sandlor
Dying Father Confesses Faith and Passes Counsel
A frail father in a dark chamber, nearing death, gathers kin for parting words and blesses his eldest son to keep the family together. His wife, faithful and grieving, prays with their son James who prays at the family altar after his father’s death, finding conversion and resolve in faith. The tale blends pious duty with domestic sorrow.
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Christ
James
Dames
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