The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-11-14
THURSDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER II, 1s5.

"hea ths Dab, Il Leeds ,hsH married ks
Tea sae yourr lsdy vi h,.A quality.
tis~ isrry y ~ that ssht,snsusa b.
1" d' staes o! Leeds sosa scnpary'
Sht shhN have al that, Las snd ,.is
AsA ,lc best - sllk snI sstiu % wear
iad ridr 10 Goa ca g. ,sls the s,t.
Ana ts,e hvsss In 81 LAM rqv~ss.
Lady B'rbara always pnp!es>c, grea,
aH ii0n and rescrnncr Tor the old gen
iienan. and sends him many merry and
k'nd compliments aud messages and
sends h'Hi, moreover. her new books A.
soon as they are ou'.mosi magniGccn,ly
bound but all won't do. lie only saw,
a she'd please me, she'd give up that
cursed opera-hos. Why, the rent Of
that thing only 10 ,it in and hear Ilal.
ian women sqncaIins and sqnalIin.. ard
10 see impudent. ou,,andish bec.ars
kicking up their heels higher than any
decent head, ought to be the rent.
say, wod.l maintain a parish rector, or
keep halt. a.'luycn parish schools ago
ing A. for her books. ti,a. all the
Worij besides aye IN rapiures about, tic
old squire turns them over as a dog
would a ho; humpling; saws hothing
but bible ocgln TO be 81 cS,rayagan,ly
bound ANA profcsscs ,ha, I" the matter
may all be very fine. but he can max
neither head nor tail of IT, Yet, when.
ever Lady barbara is with him. she is
sure to talk and smile herself in about
half an hour into his high favor; and
he begins TO run about TO show her this
and that. and calls out every now and
then, Let Lady barbara see this, and
90 10 look al that She can do any
thing with him, cxccp, 20, him 10 Lon
don. 4" London = he cxclaims; "no :;
get me 10 Bedlan II; once What has
Il rusty old fellow, IKE me, to do a,
London! II | could find again the jolly
set that used TO meet. thirty years ago,
a, the Star and Garter, Pail Mall, il,
might do but London isn't what Lon
don used to be. It's too fine by half for
country squire. and would drive me
distracted III twen,y-tour hours, with it,
everlasting noise and NONSENSE"
Bu, the old squire does get pretty
well distracted with the annual visit
Down come driving the young squire
and Lady Barbara, with u train Of car
, rages Ike feet of men-of-wur. lead
ing the way with their travcling-coach
and four horses. Up they twirl to the
door Of old hail. The old bell ring, a
laundering peal through the house.
Doors iy op"n--Unt come servants
down come the young guests from their
7 carriages and while embraces and sal.
utations are going on in the drawing
room, the hall is fast filing with pack
ages upon packages servants are run
ning to and fro along the passages f;
grooGIs and carriages are moving oil 10
The stables without there is lifting and
granting at porlmantcans and impcria'S,
/ as they are borne upstairs; While Ia
I dies maids and nnr>c.maids are CRYING
/ out. "Oh. take care of that trunk -
Mind that ban-boX" "Oh, gracious.
/ that is my lady's drcs>ing.case it will
be down. aud be totally ruiued"' Dog
are barking children crying, or romp-
ily about, and the whole house ~ the
most blessed state Of hustle ani congu-
/ sion.
For a week the liurly-burly coa,in.
ues; in pour all the great people TO $40
Tom and Lady barbara. There a. F..
shooiings in the mornings. and great
dinner parties in the evenings. Tom
and my lady have sent down before
them plenty OF hampers OF such wine,
as the old squire neither keeps moi
drinks, and they have brought the.I
plate along with them; and the ol,
house Itself l. astoni,hca at the o1or'
of chamnagne, and hock. iha, prrvadc
and at the glitter o, gold and silver IL
il. The old man j. full Of attention
and politeness. both 10 his guests and Il
their guests but hc is half worriec
with the rhil4 en-. aud i'orher halt w0r
ricd with so many line folks and mud
died with drinhing thing, that he is no
u.ed TO. and with late honrs. War,ta'
las had-as he alway- does on such oc
casions - 10 a farmhouse on the verge
Of the estate. The bali, and the per
sonacr. aad even the garlucr's house
are al fall of bed, fc guests, and ser,
wants, and eroom,. Presently. the OLE
gentleman, in his mornin2 rides, see
? some Of The young backs shooting 'h'
phcasauts in his home. park, where Ia
never allow. them to be disturbed, au'
comes home in !uinc. 10 hear that ih'
lousc is lurred upsidc-down 10y The ho.
r!e,.5reo ocled aud powdered livery
servants. and they have turned all 'h
maid,' heads with sweetheartin.. Bu'
at length, the day Of departure arrive
, aud ali sweep away a. suddenly an'
rapidly as they came; and the ole
.au.rc send, of for WagstaH, and bic,
,cs lli, stars that what !c calls "iAe an
nual hurricane is over.
But what change will there 10
, when the old squire j, dead Alread
, have Iom and Lady Ia bara wake
over the ground, aud planned IL. Iha
= horrid fri.h, of an old house, as ,he
call il, wili be ~ epi a. clean away as
II had not stood there five hundre
years. \ grand Elizabelhesn p.!e !
already dccreel 10 succeed II, III
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