The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-10-11
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I of crowns were wanting 10 swell heritage
Of millions
Hopkins and his clerk had now compile
| ted their inventory of the young students
room, and a small kitchen adjoining, and
! the officer was about to enter into the CID
/ lady's chamber. when M'Fariane sprSng
! forward and seized his ARM
Sir said he calmly, Il entreat you not
to 20 in there my mother IS nj, and just
now she sleeps"
The officer paused upon the threshold of
the chamber, round which he cast hi
searching looks, and in a low voice dictated
his inventory, while Butcher looked at hun
with flashing eve, ready to dart upon him
if he should invade the apartment of the
invalid.
The old lady had, however, awakened,
and from the foot OF her bed, which was
surrounded by old chintz curtains.she heard
the whispering. My poor Frederick"
muttered she to herself, ''aheady at his work
and reading over his laboursl - But to"
soon she recognized that it was not the
voice of her son, and caught ;he words, san
old mahogany chest of drawers, with mar
bic head; pcndulo, in scuIp'ured b'ass &;
two cid arm chairs covered with silk -
\ CRY burst from the lips of The invalid -
for she guessed the truth. M'farlanc
sprang towards her, and slrovc % sooth her
while Hopkins finished his iHvrrtorv.
Two days after, M'Farlane, accompanied
by his dog, followed a hearse, which took
the road TO the public bury1ng grounds.
1t was n great night for lie peer, the
night of the first Of march, 1898! The
spacious apartments of that splendid bull
ding, which is at once the PRIDE and an o.
namcnt 10 the CITY of London. known a.
Guild Hall, had been decorated with n 2
nifcence for tho great philan'hrnric bali Of
wich have already spoken, and vhich
had Lady Emily Fi'= .anas for ouc Of or
lady patrorcsscs. A lore str:rg Of carrIn-
ges brought to this enchanted s. ct, al. dat
London contained Of brilliant wcmen and
men CONNIE il .fabL The arisiocracy Of
birth, Joined hands with thn arlstocracy ui
wealth, in this truly iraiernai asSemi.aEeS
where the sentiments al belcvolence and
philanthropy expanded all hearts. Thc
richness and variety of the costumes. the
profusion of flowers, Of !am3s, and OF gn'd
gave 70 the lele the aspect a fairy scch,|
All nations and all epochs were there min
gled and conl0unded. MarchIOncSses 81
the eighteenth century, duchcsses OF tic
fifteenth, abbcs. pilgrims, pachas. chcvalIc-s.
Swiss peasants, French guardsmon. b'a
men. and cnieftains, were crowded together
and wavercd 10 and fro, amid torrents Of
light and music. II was Il sight 10 ma e
one adore philanthropy and charity. anc
niyethanIls 10 iicaven that there were suCi
people as the poor.
Lady Emdy Fltz Hardin b. her , ~
tv. her diamonds. and the spcndDur Vi her
oriental costume, would have attracted all
eyes, even if the rose -co,oured knot, tin
distinctive sign of her functions as iady
patroncss, had not fixed attention Hpcn her:
She was the queen OF tins iete. where also
shone her husband, in gnse Of trouhn
| dOur her brother, the young Earl Ct ..i' ~
dale, in the rich costume Of coulter =
| Henry the Seconds time; and her sls,'r,
! Lady Cecilia Huntingdon, habicd rs
| Chinese, and lCaning on the arm of man.
( DARN, General Huntingdon. These Two
dresses, which had been expressly procured
from China, and were Of incredible magnfi
icence. had cost over tho;'sand pounds
sterling. But can one make too great sac-
rliccs, when (eie for the benefit Of ...e
poor is in question
All a. once Il movement vas Observed nj
one of the doors Of the hall, and Il mask CO.
tered, round whom the crowd ga,har,d, at-
tractel By the singrlariiy Of hi costume.
/, was Il man clothed in the gnrb Of a brs
g1r, carrying a wallet, aHd on whose gar
ments were pasted innunIerabie PaP'rs Go.
legal process His breast. his back. h:'
arms, his legs, were covered with ihsm; Mr-
and Lady Emily FItz Harding were a
mongst the FIRST toaPproach this mysterious
parsonage, aCd read on a large sheet OF
stamped paper, which covered his breast,
exact copies OF the different Instruments Of
legal process on thc'part of the heirs of the
Earl Of Eichdale. all whose names and de-
/ scripiions were set ont a, full length, against
the poor student. including the inventory,
and ending with the advertisement of sale.
which, as nave said before, covered the
different parts Of the body OF tie mask
/ On his hat, which was surrounded with Il
black Grape, was written paper, with these
words, in large Characters
"THE CHARITY OF THE MEN OF THE
WORLD.