The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-10-04

OF the coaches and believing of the
Waterman. Neither is it necessary. -
answered the stranger. Behind your
house you have little garden, though
you are no lover of gardening for, ex-
cePt-a little parsley for your soups,
observe nothing in it but nettles. The
old garden wall, too, in spite of its
thickness, is just ready TO tumble. Sup
pose you were 10 make use of this space
to run up little building, sort of
pleasure house, even if it were TO con-
tam no more than couple of rooms.
II might be supported by the old wall,
oy which means considerable part Of
the expense would be spared, and the
wall itsei would be propped up. As l
just now mentioned. for the sake of a
quiet lodging, we would willingly defray
one half of the costs, and when we are
gone the building will be yours you
VIII then have an additional couple of
conYenleia rooms 10 let. If, on the
other hand, you object TO our proposal,
we must leave you" The host, howev-
er, had not the least objection, though
he thought within himself NV ki6s-
man and | were right enough in con-
Guiding that these people were FOOLS
ne Immediately sent for brickIayer;
,he place was examined, and the Eng
lishinen described what they should like
10 have done. Joists and bricks were
quickly brought; three light walls were
run up, the old garden wall formed tho
fourth, from which sloped half roof );
so that The whole looked more like a
"oodhouse than a habitation but the
strangers were satisfied, and Du Long
Fiaughed in his sleeves, Two mouths
thus passed in mutuol consent. The
goldea spring flowed abundantly, though
Tie VINE grew worse and worse every
DAY. The two EngI,shmen very sell
dom Quilted their lodging, where they
ale, drank, and read the newspapers
1he only thing that surprised the land
lord OF the Golden Elephant was, that
Ter the sake of nocturnal repose they
mad quilt house for themselves, and
that now he very often perceived a light
Inc whole night through in their apart
ments. lie once coniec,nrad thew
might hs-eosaero, bur as an the uuurS
'hey spent passed through his hands,
and their guneas, after a most careful
examination, were always found 10 be
good, his kinsman and he had again no
alternative than 10 set them down for
Tools. One fine day 10 autumn he saw
! them go out with their guns slung over
their shoulders. They told him they
we're going to take the diversion OF
sn'pe shooting, and took leave of him
for three days. The three days passed,
and so did the fourth, but the strangers
did moi make theirappearance On the
nth, Du Long shook his head; on the
sixth, hls kinsmaD began TO shake his
also; on the seventh, this suspicious cir
cnlnstance was communicated TO the
police; and, on the eighth, the deserted
habltation was broken open, with all the
formalities of law On the table was
found a billet, The contents of which hiliic!.
were as follow -" Dear Landlord if
you have any acquaintance with history,
you must know that the English were
once, during period Of two hundred
and ten years, in possession Of Calais !;
that they were at length driven out OF
lit by The Duke Of Guise, who treated
them in the same manner as our Ed
ward Ill. did the French that il drove
them OH! of the town, and seized all
their effects. MOI long since, we were
SO fortunate as to discover, in a chest of
old parchments, deeds that proved that
one OF our ancestors formerly possessed
al Calais large house, on The site Of
which, three houses stand at present /;
yours is one Of the three. When our
ancestor was obliged to flee, he buried
his gold and silver at The foot Of thick
wall, which is still ia existence. Among
his papers we found one which afforded
satisfactory information respecting the
situation Of the building. We immedI-
ateIy repaired to Calais, and luckily
found public house on the spot so in
terestlng TO us we took lodgings in it.,
examined every thing, and concerted
measures 10 take possession of our law
fol inheritance, without exciting notice.
In what manner we removed the obsta-
cles is well known to you. The great
hole, the empty iron chest. which you
will find under the wall in our chamber,
are proofs that we have been successful.
4 We make you a present of the chest,
and advise you TO fill up the hole, and
to give yourself no further CONCERN a
bout us; all inquiries will be in vain, as
the names we went by were only assum-
ed. Farewell" The landlord of the
Golden Elephant stood stock still, and
with open mouth. His kinsman came ;
both looked at the hole, and then at one
another, and agreed that the strangers
were not such fools as they had taken