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PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION Margaret Gill
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SAMARA 31 For the Good of the Cause DURING the close of the Civil War be- tween the Puritans and the Cavaliers, a wealthy Cavalier family lived in the beautiful county of Devonshire on the out- skirts of the small village of Alverdiscott. The family consisted of two children, Ru- pert, the eldest, a handsome boy of seventeen, who was an excellent horseman, and his sis- ter Rose, a courageous and beautiful girl of fifteen. Their father was a brave soldier and had become one of the leading generals of the Cavalier forces, while their mother super- vised the huge estate and their numerous wo- men servants, with a calm efficiency, in her husband ' s absence. The house was an old rambling one with hidden stairs and secret panels whose existence was only known by the family itself. Rupert had been very useful to his father by delivering important dispatches through the enemy lines to other branches of the Cavalier forces. It was extremely dangerous work and his mother and sister were in con- stant fear of his being captured. One windy night as Rose was retiring to her lonely room in one wing of the house, she heard a gentle tapping at the casement. Supposing that it was the wind rattling the thick ivy outside, she got into bed and tried to sleep. But then the tapping became more urgent and at last she went to the window and opened it. What did she then see, but her brother ' s pale, anx- ious face peering at her, half hidden by the ivy ' s exuberant growth? Quick, Rose, he said. Conceal the light. I am being pursued by a company of Round- heads and must seek shelter. But why did you come here? she asked. To gather some clothes and money for father ' s friend who must flee to France on the morrow, he answered. Just then they heard the noisy clatter of horses ' hooves in the courtyard below and suddenly the mas- sive entrance door was loudly pounded. Hurry, Rupert — the secret chamber, she said. Together they searched in the dark woodwork which would reveal the chamber to them. At last the black space loomed be- fore them and the boy hurriedly entered while she drew closed the aperture until with a sharp click it was a blank wall again. While this had been taking place, angry voices downstairs had been heard shouting at the bewildered servants, and then as Rose went down the broad staircase she heard the calm voice of her mother answering firmly the ringing questions of the Roundhead lead- er. Rose entered the hall where at least twenty soldiers were gathered, and her heart sank as their cruel, hard faces were turned on her. Her mother said to her: These men have told me that they are pursuing your brother, but I have repeatedly told them that he is not here. Nevertheless madam, we must search the house, the commander said brusquely. The soldiers looked in every room and in every nook, pressing panels in the hopes of discov- ering a secret hiding place. At last they ar- rived at the room which belonged to Rose, who held her breath when they began to push the dark rich woodwork . . . She near- ly fainted when at last to the Roundheads ' great satisfaction the hidden door flew open. They searched inside it and came out, not bearing a struggling Rupert, but empty hand- ed. Rose could not believe her eyes until there was a great commotion in the courtyard below and then the sound of a galloping horse. The soldiers peered out into the grow- ing dawn and saw a curly-headed lad wave his cap defiantly in the air at his enemies and speed off, having cut loose the cavalry horses which immediately ran into the forest. You shall rue this very bitterly, vowed the commander to the amazed women, as, scowling fiercely, he and his company troop- ed off in vain pursuit of their horses. When his sister had left him, Rupert had listened intently, for the angry deep voice
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