New-York tribune., 1841-04-16
Arm ABY r L d G E.
q Scw gg'ork by Go:.
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CHAPTER l.
r, NJ a distance Of shout twelve miles from London
from the Standard in Cornnii, or rather from thc
, on or near to which the Standard used 10 DC III "a "
yoroa house of public entertainment called 'c VIA:
} ,c, was demonstrated all such travellers aS c"ud
iLrr read nor write (and siNty-siS years ago 'is'
,,,no, both travellers and stay-aoncs were IN TINS con-
d,on) by the emblem reared on The roadside over aais
IN. house which. If not o those goodis proportions a' -
nolcs were wont present IN odcn 'ime-' was i o'"s
ash. thirty feet III iight' ana S'tdis"' " '
re Nynn-by which term from hcnccfvrth 10 reant
,; bs, and not its sen--he Naypcc was an oid puiid-
49,; ,b more pablccndS than lazy man would care 10
- - M emmy dcv: huge zg-zag chimncys. out OF which
rJ ,s though smoke could not choose ou co'he
in more than naturally fantastic shapes impaired 10 1t III i'
,ortuous progress and vast stables gloomy r"ou7 anu
,r The place was said 10 have been built IN the days
s. e. Ucnr, ,bc Eighth; and there wa, legend no'
olv LAT Queen Elizabeth had slept there one hsh "'iv
unop hunting excursion, to w.t. III II certain oaA-laiec
room with a deep bay-wirdow, but tfiit next morning
LII standing ON a mounting block. before the door WIN
ono foo, in the srrup, the virgin monarch hau eh 'Hu
,l boxed and cucd unucky page Tor some ncgiecl VI
dutv The mattcroi-act and doubtful folks oi WHOM 'c
were few among the Maypoc customers As 'iiucS'ly
,bcrc always are il, little community were hclheu 10
look upon this tradition rather apocrypi but whenever
5 rdl,J of that rcicn, hostcry appealed to the mount
inc blok itself rs evidence and riumpanty pointed o'
that there stood in the place that very day the
doubcrs never failed be put down 10y larsc hi'orit'
.lsliy =
Whether these and many other stories OF the IlSc NATURE
- t,,c or untrue the Naypclc really an old house.
very old house perhaps old as 1t Claimed 10 Dc' ''o "
ha,s older which vii! sometimes happen WITH houses oi Il"
uncertain as with ladies ot certain ngc l> "ioo" WY
old iamond-pane latticc, floors were sihcn ana uc
WON IL ceilings bl;ckcncd bv the hand OF time, aud heavy
with massive beams Over the doorway was an ancient
porch quantity crotcSqucy carved and here on sum
mcr evening, the more favored customers smoked ana
dralk-ay and sung many good song too Sometincs-T
posing ON two sm-ooking high backed settles WHICH, Ike
he w-agon of fairy tale guarded the entrance 10
L!c mansion ,
In the chn,ncv Of the disu>cd rooms. swallows had on
their nests for many year. and from earliest spring to latest
autumn whole coone, oi sparrow chrpcd and wlcrcd III
theeavcs There pigeons about the drcary 'ao
ward and ou;buldncs than anybody but the nniord oo"
r.cL nm The wheeling and circng flights oi runts and
tails tnIblcrs and poucr>, were pcri"l. not P"T CONSIST,
on, ,y, ,, crave and sober character oi the pudS po'
,A onotonou cooiug which never ceased to be raised oy
some auo, them all day long. suited II exactly ana seemed
10 u il forest With ovcrhanging stores drowSy4
pane OF glass front bulgng out and prolecg over the
pathway the old house looked a. were nuu"s !" '>
scep Indeed il needed very great stretch o il;c! ,ode
roc, II in other rescmbancc> 10 humanity Inc plchs oi
which !, WA. bull mad originally been deep dark red but
Ij cow, ,.low and dscoorcd like old man skin; the
rIy ,imhers had decayed like tcch and here and there
the Nv like warm garment TO comfort II IL Its age "ai'
IL, crccn leaves closely round the timc-worn walls
l. y, hale and hearty age though stll and III the sum
me- or autumn evenings, when the glow OF the setting sun
il n,n h, oak and chcsnu OF the adjacent forest
49, III I,. por,nkinc of lis lu>rc seemed their iii com
pauion and 10 have many good years of life III HIM yet
Tn, evening with which have 20 do neither sum
~ nor M autumn one bu; the twilgh, OF day in March
when the wind lowlcd d,may among the bare branches oi
the trees and rumbng the wide chlmncys and driving the
rain AGAINST the windows OF the aypolc lnn gave such OF
IL nucntcrs as CHANGED be there at the moment an u-
cniac reason for poonCng their stay and caused the
landlord 10 prophecy that the night would certainly clear at
eleven clock precisely which, by remarkable coincidence,
was the hour at which he closed his house
The name OF him upon whom the spirit OF prophecy thus
descended was John Willct. buy arge-headcd man. with
ia, face which bcokcucd profound ob>tnacy and >!owAes
OF apprefcnsou combined with strong reliance upon
his own merits 1t was John Willcs ordinary boa, IN his
more pncid moods that if he slow he surc; winch
assertion could least be by no means gan>y-
ed seeing that he every thing unquc>uona5y the re
verse OF fast and wi,a Of the logged and positive
fellows cN>tccealwav. that what he thought or >a
or did right and holding thing quite settled and
ordained by the laws and Providence thai any body
wns sad did 'Nrrr otherwise n> DC inevitably and
necessarily wrong
Mr vi Ilct walked slow hr window. ia;tcncd IN 5
against the cold si adins hi> 'yt- max M
Pr nieii Ia. Affected Ids ci"" ~ the hr'
Nk,l n,,I Then ne walk, ,, r, back his old
the chiu,pc>-corr md con'po- hruri: IN ii with
ga, siuser. lci n a man might acquire
sihoie. relish f,- the b!ai, - .."'rine round
'orf tfc ..,,,:
|, ii l.ar Is, eleven o'clock. No ,oone ' no later.
I t-'i"re .i,i hot a,-r~ntd
\ How d out ,a, ,ad Ie o ihc oi'-
,s rhe past the full. s'd si,c f,-c> at
b."
\ Iohn loec .e,latcy and .olynny at qucsuouc aHtil
bad broe 81 t, uInd 10 bar upon the whole {" ' ob
asUa Dad 'rr made IN tone which seemed 70
ply that y: iecGiIaIl! hi, business. aid no bod!
I Never t0u ID atol the moon. Do nj you trouble