The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-10-05

of u few weeks, = # his guests, M 81
DERBY man, thus addressed hun I.and-
lord, saul he, we like your house and II
you viii acqalesee 10 certain 'h,m, II is
prOba lie thai W. mIgft commune ~ loo
tlme 10 spend our money with you Your
honors nave only L. CIV Your cummapds .
an inkceper Is, BY prolession. the slave vi
all the "nim7 that thfeng IL him from al
the four quarters Of lhr globe 'You hnr
to be sure, continued hr, had a prrdisi-
ously large beast painted IN YOU sisu
but your house Is nj, a Hs among inns !,
II scarcely contains three tnie, abs room i,
and, untorI hndleiy, They al louk into TIA.
street. We are fond ol rest We want 10
steep. funr natehman has u very lou
voice, add the coaches roll the Whole nigia
| along the Street, 30 a. tO tnHkp all the win
dUws rattle. We wake every quarter al
| an hour Ia curse them, aud Ill asleep agaIn
10 be again walked III anether quar ter of an
hour- You must admit. my dear fellow.
that thls s enough 10 deslray our health.
aud rX aust our patience THE host snrug-
srd his shoulders. How can II be help
ed r VERY easily replied the stranger,
= II You are uOt afraid NJ Iittlr expense.
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iInB al our departure the snail, At conprn-
sttion.' Du Long. whose barren 6rld bad
since the arrival of lhe Engllshn-n. becn
daily irruIIzed with u shower Of guineas,
PROMISED 10 do all that lay IN his power to
satisfy ms guests, but he could act help the
rafting ot The coaches and bclowiug of
tie watchman. Neither is II necessary
answered the stranger. Behind ,our
mouse you have snug little garden, though
| you are 40 lover ofgardenlna ; Tor. except
! httle parsley Tor your soups, Iubsrrve
nothihS Ia II but nettles. The old ga,drn
wal too, IN spite of It's thekHrss, Is lus,
e'cy To tumble. suppose you WIRE to
make use OF tins space 10 run up a hide
building, sod Of pleasure house, rvra #
IL were 10 Contain no more than a couple
OF rooms. II might be supported by the
! ola wan, by which means consld crab lr
p"rl OF the expense would be SPARED, aud
The wall Itself would BE- probbrd up A. |
just now mentioned, for thr sake OF quiet
lodging, We would Willingly defa, one nalf
oil The cost, aud whtn - are gone, the
hnIlIIoG Will be ynar,; you III then have
an additional couple of convenient rooms
10 let II On In other had, you object
10 "a' proposal, WE uu,tItd'- you fhe
host, however, had nj tn. lrasl oblrctlpn
thohgh he thought, wlthln hlm4tif NV
kihsmdn d were right e0o pgh ~ cwn-
Guiding that tHese peo,lie Were foI-.' iIr
immediately sent for b,lcklairr; the
place was examined, and tn kLglisli,nrn
described hat they shouId Hike to have
done. louisiana brick ~efr Quickly bruusnt,
| IhT, Ii.yi.f ii.
den wall formed the fourth. from when
sloped halt roof ne that the whole look
ed more like wood h use than hahtla
uon but The strangers were satisfied,
and Da Long laughed III his sleeve. Two
months tnus passed III nna.ud content the
So'drn spring flowed abundanH,, though
.Iie Nine grew worse and wor5. every
! day. The TWO Engllshmen very seldom
quilted Their lodgings, where tney ate,
Ora k, aud read the newspapers. The On
! y tnlnG tnAt surprised The landlord Of the
! dniden Elephant Vas, that, for the sake oi
! Nocturnal lrpose, they had buIt IA house
| Tor themselves, aud taat M" hr very Often
perceived llSht The ~llale Hlght through
inthen apartments. Hratohcr couirclnrrd
they might be- coinrls but. IS alt ihr mo
nrt they spent passed through nlS haods,
and ther gnlneas, after a 'rost c.rrfIl TX
animation, were always fouai To- b. good,
nIs hlnsman aud he had again 40 other al.
+, Tentative than 10 set fhrm down for fools.
Doe fine day In Autpmn hr saw them 60
out, with thrir gus slung over hrir shpui-
ders. Thry told them they were gong
10 take the diversion of snIpe shooting,
and took leave ofhIm lar three DAYS. The
tnree days passed, aud 80 did the iourt
but the strangers did noi make their ap-
pearsnce On The fifth, Dn Long shook his
head /; Oh the 9th, his klnsntn began to
shake his also ; on the TN this suspicious
| police and on the eighth, the deserted
hahltatlnn Was broken open, with all the
tOrmaIties of law. On the table was found
a billet, the contents Of which were as fol-
low !; Dear iandord-If you have any ac-
qudlntance with history, YOU must know
that the English were one, during PERI
cd of two bundled and tea years, in pos
session of Cal rs and they were at length
driven out Of II BY the Duke of Gulsc, who
| treated them In the same manner as pur
Edward III. did the French that is
drove them out OF the town and srlZpd all
their effects. Not l9ng slncr, we we're 50
fortunate as 10 discover, il a chest Of qjd
parchmenis, deeds that p,aVed that ons OF
oor ancestors formerly possessed at Cnlas
IA large house, on the site of which three
HOUSES stand At present; yoOrs Is oar ri
the three. When our ancestor WAS obi
gcd to fee, he buried his gold aud silver at
the foot OF thick wall, which is still ~
existence. Among his papers we fpuud
one which afforded satisfactory informa-
! t'nn respecting the situation of The bulId
! Ing. We immediately repaired To Calais,
aud luckily fonpd Il public house oo the
spot so interesting To Us :; we took lodgings
in it, examined every thing, and concerted
measures 10 take possession Of our lawful
| inheritance without exciting notice. IN
what manner WE removed all obstacles is
we'll known to YOU. the great hole, and
the empty iron chest, which you " i'll find
| under the ~ all i'm our chamber are urunIa