gtons,
dwelt an old man and his daughter. She soothed the declining hours of
his sojourn. His errors and his crimes--and they were many and
aggravated--were not unrepented of. She watched his last breath; and
the richest lady of that land was "THE PIRATE'S DAUGHTER."

[Illustration: GEORGE FOX]

GEORGE FOX.

"O Thou who every thought pervades,
My darkened soul inform:
With equal hand Thy goodness guides
A planet or a worm."

On the eastern side of Swart Moor, about a mile from
Ulverstone, stands Swartmoor Hall. This bleak elevation took
its name from Colonel Martin Swart, or Swartz, an experienced
and valiant soldier, of a noble German family, to whom the
Duchess of Burgundy, in 1486, entrusted the command of the
troops which were sent to support Lambert Simnel in his claim
to the English crown. A more detailed account of this
transaction will be found in the first volume of our present
series, in the tradition relating to "The Pile of Fouldrey."
Suffice it to say that the rebel army was defeated here with
great slaughter; and Swartz, along with several of the English
nobility, was slain--an event which entailed the name of this
chieftain on the place of his overthrow.

The hall, about 180 years ago, was the residence of Thomas Fell,
commonly called Judge Fell, vice-chancellor of the Duchy Court
at Westminster, and one of the judges that went the Welsh
circuit; a man greatly esteemed both in his public and private
capacity. His wife was a lady of exemplary piety: she was born
at Marsh Grange, in the parish of Dalton, in the year 1614, and
was married before she had attained to the age of eighteen. The
Judge and his lady being greatly respected, and much hospitality
being displayed in their house to ministers and religious
people, George Fox, in the year 1652, on his first coming into
Furness, called at Swartmoor Hall, and preaching there, and also
at Ulverstone, Mrs Fell, her daughters, and many of the family
adopted his principles. The Judge was then upon the circuit.
On his return he seemed much afflicted and surprised at this
revolution in his family; and in consequence of some malicious
insinuations from those who met him with the intelligence, he
was greatly exasperated against George Fox and his principles.
By the pr