The Litchfield County post., 1826-10-10

tnaI we Htgilt Ct3Htl4tt4f tCt q tOtS tAett<4 ~
spend our money with yoH- Your hon-
ors have only to give your commands
an inkeeper is, by profession, the slave @.
all the whims that tFrong to him from all
The four quarters of the globe, You
have, to besure, continued he, had pro-
dIgiously large beast painted on your sign:
but your house is only fly among inns; it
scarcely contains three tolerable rooms, and.
unfortunately they all look into the street.
We are fond of rest; we want to sleep.
Your Waterman has a very loud voice, and
the coaches roll the whole night along the
street, so as to make all the windows rattle.
We wake every quarter of an hour to curse
them, and fall asleep again, to be again
walked in another quarterof an hour. You
must admit, my dear fellow, that this Us
enough tn destroy our health, and exhaust
our patience The host shrugged his
shoulders. How canitbeh elpedl, sVery
easily, replied the stranger, if you are,
not afraid of little expense, in which we
will 60 halves, without requiring at our de-
parture the smallest compensation Do
Long, whose barren field had, since the ar
rival of the Englishmcn, been daily fertili-
zed with q shower Of guineas, promised to
do all that lay in his power to satisfy his.
guests, but he could not help the rafting of
the coaches and believing Of the watch
man. 2 Neithcr,is necessary answered the
stranger. 'Bchind your house you hayesa
snug little garden, though you are no lover
of gardening for, except little parsley
forsyour soups, observe nothing il il but
nenlcs. The old garden wall, too, in spite
Of it's thickness, is just ready to tumble.
Suppose you were to make use Of this space
to run up little building, sort Of pleas
IRE house, even ifsit were to contain mo-
more ttafia couple of rooms. 1t might
be supported by the old wall, BY which
means considerable part of tho expense
would be spared, and the wall itself would
DO propped up. AS just now mentioned.
for the sake Of quiet lodging, we would
willingly defray one half Of the costs. and
when we are gone, the building will be
yours you will then have an additional
couple of convenient rooms to let. III. on.
the other hand, you object to our proposal.
we must leave you.' The host, however,
had not the least objection, though he
thought, within himself, My kinsman and
1 were right enough in concluding that
these people were FOOLS He Immediate
ly sent for a bricklayer; the. place was ex-
arnincd, and the Englslnsen described
what they should like TO have done. Joists
and bricks were quickly brought: three
lhghtswalls were run up; the old garden
wall formed the fourth from which slopcd
a half roof; sothat the whole looked more
like wood house than a habitation but
the strangers were satisfied, and Du Long
laughed in his sleeve. Two months thus
passcdin mutualcontent; the golden spring
flowed abundantly, though the wine grew
worse and worse every day. The two En-
lglishmen very seldom quilted theirlodgings.
where they ate,y drank, and read the news
papers. The only thing that surprised the
landlord of the Golden Elephant was, that.
for the sake of nocturnal rcpose, they had
built a house for themselves, and that now
ne very often perceived light the whole
night through in their apartments. He
once iconjectured they might be ceiners
but, as all the money thew spent nassed
through his hands, and their guineas, after
most careful examination. were always
found to be good, his kinsman and ne had
again no other alternative than to set them
down for fools. One fine day in Autumn
no saw them 60 out, with their guns slung
over their shoulders. They told him thew
were going to take the diversion of shine
shooting and took leave of him for three
days. The three days passed, and SO did
the fourth, but the strangers did not make
their appearance. On,the fifth, Du Long
shook his head; on tho sixth, his kinsiinarn,
began 70 shake his head also ! on. The sew
enth, this suspicious circumstance was com
mnnicated to. the police; and on the eiahth.
the deserted habitation was broken onen.
with all the forn,alities of Law. Oh thc
table was found a billet, the confsnls If
which were as follows; Dear landI81.|.ls
Ii you have any acquaintance with histo.
ny, you must know that the Enalish weEa
once. during 9 period of two hundred. ana
ten years, in possession Of Calais ana
they were at length driven out Of 4 bv the
Duke Of Guise. who treated them II the
same manner as our Edward I'll. did the.
Freach; that is, drove them out of the
town and seized all their effects. Notions.
since, we were 50 fortunate as 10 discover.
in chest Of old parchments, deeds that
proved that one of our ancestors formerly
possessed At Calais q large house, on the
site Of which three houses stand Ii present |;