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Excerpt from The Descendants of Francis Swayne: And Others
Persons asked for information have been friendly and un suspicious usually, but not always. Once while the author and an elderly Swayne were engaged in poring over a family chart, by aid of which relationships were being traced, the good wife of this Swayne appeared in the doorway, very evidently out of harmony with the proceedings. What's the matter, said she in gloomy tones. Upon being assured - by her husband, not by the author - that nothing was the matter, she moved off, utterly unappeased, remarking as she went, Well, it's mighty funny when strangers get to writing to each other.
This incident may explain why some of the Swaynes to whom letters were sent have chosen not to answer. It is likely, however, that most of these, a rather small minority of all those who received requests for information, were merely indifferent, and had little information, anyhow.
A letter addressed to Dr. Swayne and Son, of St. Louis, Missouri, brought the astounding news that the writer, who signed himself a Swayne, had been born 1742, married in 1784, never had a father, and that nearly all of his relatives worked as bartenders or other saloon employes, or would have done so if such relatives had existed. Soon after this, newspapers re ported that a St. Louis man, whose name was not Swayne, had been fined thirty dollars for adulteration of Swayne's Panacea and other medicines.
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Persons asked for information have been friendly and un suspicious usually, but not always. Once while the author and an elderly Swayne were engaged in poring over a family chart, by aid of which relationships were being traced, the good wife of this Swayne appeared in the doorway, very evidently out of harmony with the proceedings. What's the matter, said she in gloomy tones. Upon being assured - by her husband, not by the author - that nothing was the matter, she moved off, utterly unappeased, remarking as she went, Well, it's mighty funny when strangers get to writing to each other.
This incident may explain why some of the Swaynes to whom letters were sent have chosen not to answer. It is likely, however, that most of these, a rather small minority of all those who received requests for information, were merely indifferent, and had little information, anyhow.
A letter addressed to Dr. Swayne and Son, of St. Louis, Missouri, brought the astounding news that the writer, who signed himself a Swayne, had been born 1742, married in 1784, never had a father, and that nearly all of his relatives worked as bartenders or other saloon employes, or would have done so if such relatives had existed. Soon after this, newspapers re ported that a St. Louis man, whose name was not Swayne, had been fined thirty dollars for adulteration of Swayne's Panacea and other medicines.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Norman Walton Swayne
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780265928912
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm
Page Count - 158
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ISBN - 9781332119257
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm
Page Count - 160
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