Strange Pages from Family Papers

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Strange Pages from Family Papers by Thomas Firminger Thiselton Dyer

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Fatal Curses The Screaming Skull Eccentric Vows Strange Banquets Mysterious Rooms Indelible Bloodstains Curious Secrets The Dead Hand Devil Compacts Family Death Omens Weird Possessions Romance of Disguise Extraordinary Disappearances Honoured Hearts Romance of Wealth Lucky Accidents Fatal Passion 289

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Grayrigg Hall, who was not only a great persecutor of the Quakers but was one of the magistrates who had committed him to prison. As might be imagined, Justice Duckett was not a little surprised at seeing Howgill, and said to him, "What is your wish now, Francis? I thought you had been in Appleby Gaol."

Howgill, keenly resenting the magistrate's behaviour, promptly replied, "No, I am not, but I am come with a message from the Lord. Thou hast persecuted the Lord's people, but His hand is now against thee, and He will send a blast upon all that thou hast, and thy name shall rot out of the earth, and this thy dwelling shall become desolate, and a habitation for owls and jackdaws." When Howgill had delivered his message, the magistrate seems to have been somewhat disconcerted, and said, "Francis, are you in earnest?" But Howgill only added, "Yes, I am in earnest, it is the word of the Lord to thee, and there are many living now who will see it."

But the most remarkable part of the story remains to

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