Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1854-11-11
StItttt6 Gait.
yr.ELIGE BROKEN IIIEAR1I'. -.
RY THE AUTHOR OF 1.-THE sueALTEEK"

In one OF lIe northern counes Of England, al,
the distance of mile and hall from the sea, and
farther removed from we'll known ui"ilary sta
troH. there stands All ok asholled red BRICK maa.
son. The Architecture aaL extent OF WHICH hardly
enIifed 10 be regarded as belonging 10 The class
OF manor-houses; al The same tine that they may
beSpeak lts ProprIetors as moving in sphere con
eIderably above that Gf ardiaaty yeomen For up
wards OF lhree cenlaries, it the residence OF a
family, OF the name OF Wilmot: a race, which, by
some accident oc another, coulnVed ueser, by ex
efon Oh one hand, or misconduct on the other,
ether 10 rise or tail iH The wohd. One generation
received II from another, in precisely the same
Condition IN which the frs, had received It from
tie geHesahan preceding line iauds attached TO it
were not increased, ncilhes wee they diminished
no rooms were added, neither were they any TAX
ca away; in word, aaens the continual changes
which sublenary things, ii appears as If the Tell
and The Toll alone, femsiaed stationary.
The last OF the name which iaha5iled lha, man,
sion, were faiher and his daaghiet. The fOrmer
after serving many years in the navy, married in
eGne distant part of the kingdom, young wife !;
pledge of her affection, and 10 make him ieei how
much he had lost, in being thus deprived OF her
Whether his demesc alii ictiou had any effect in
producing the measure, is not known but Captain
"ilmot went no more 70 sea- after he became a
~idower On the contrary, he withdrew himself
eniTely from public life and taking possession of
the Toll, devoted his undivided attention TO The
education and nurture OF his child
10 this retired spot, Rose WiImot grew up, to be
the IDOL OF her father's affections, and an object Of
love and esteem 10 all the surrounding neighbor.
hood She vas beautiful yet her personal beauty
constituted The least valuable OF her attractions -
AEicss gentle and generous, Rose was never so
Il happy, as when, by chance, she found an oppor-
'unliy Of adding 10 The happiness oi others. Toihe
a poor: she was warm, and yet judicious friend !;
10 her equals, lively and cheerful companion; /;
and 10 her parent, The very apple OF an eye, with
n olt WHICH, life would hare no value. Rose was
no', IN the ordinary acceptation OF the term, accom-
pushed; that is 10 say, she was no classic and
ne only modern tongues with which she was &C.
iuain'ed: were the French aud English She play
EI' lNJeed, and sung with taste and feeling but
"el sole instrument was the piano iote, and her
'oHechon OF music consisted almost entirely Of
wiz and simple nalodal airs. But Rose was pos
''''eu o higher gifts than can be conferred by The
'''sS' masters. Her heart was good, her under
sanding was clear, and her disposition just so far
'''i4F'c, as 10 give zest to the enjoyment of
'oHnon life, without contributing, in any very Sc
'ou' degree al least, TO manifest its petty grieyan-
al ces
AS was generally understood that Captain Will
MOI in addition 10 The Toll property, possessed
'0ne'hIng considerable, which he had acquired in
ne shape OF prize money, sui,ors were not wanting
u nose soon as she had arrived a, the first dawn of
''inanhool, Many advantageous Offers were made