American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-12-27

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means. With capital pheasant preserves,
andthe reputation Of having money to
lend, he was soon visited BY almost all the
first people in the country, All first tie
old lawyer seemed to take q new lease Of
life, looking after his gardens and farm.
and riding out topay visits; for he was a.
handsome old fellow. not much above six,
ty--a widower, and mothers thought be
might marry again. Z i.s lj -lI5oa5
Butit was too much for him at last.
He took too drinking. and played such
tricks with low company. that he went
back a. fast rs he had gone forward, and
one By ono, wasdropped ofhis new friends
for, although they might pardon strange
behaviorin one Of themselves, they could
not put up with the liberties Of man
that some remembered as an ofice-boy in
Peterborough, The end of it was that he
made Jolly companions of whoever would
be jolly with him, and ended by marrying
the daughter and Bar-maid of Bob Carter,
one of the Swan Inn, a bouncing girl of
eighteen.
Now, the lawyer had son whom he
had brought up for the church, and was at
college long enough; though he never be-
came parson, nor did he agree at all with
his father He used to be away a good
deal, travelling, until his father come into
the property. Then be returned with his
wife, very nice lady. ,,.,5 .'@ ..i sa. y ~. --S- s
The father and son, whom we all called
the young Squire, did not get along at all
together-they were so different. The old
lawyer was loud, noisy, and hearty; the
young Squire was pale, shy, and silent
Helhad not married according to his faith.
er's liking. and he did not push himself
forward. { He liked his book and hatedlh
bottle. t..--.,,
| When lawyer Rigors married Kitty Car
ter, the young Squire left the Park and
went abroad. trayelingin in foreign parts
France, Italy. and such like; for the old
/ gentleman made them handsome allow
ance. AT longth the old gentleman went
too fast, though Kitty took all the care Of
him she could, was taken sick, fingered
for several months, and died. ~, ,,,sF "
ofcoarse the young Squire was sent
for; it turned out that he had left curl.
GUS will that no oue. could unders.and,with
all sorts of directions;but above all. great
income and one Of his best estates to Kitty
for life, if she did not marry. They say
the look the Squire gave Kitty, when the
will was read. was awful. And that he
i flung out OF the room without noting the
4 hand kitty, who was always friendly
soul--held out to him. .' q
Now, when the old lawyer died. will
say there was not more beautiful place
ia the kingdom. You went up drive
through the little park, after passing the
lodge-gate, under an avenue Of beech and
oak trees--that led straight to the lake fed
i by the springs that flowed out in a water
fall aud went murmuring along for miles;a
stream swarming with trout. On the 9th.
er side the lake was the Place, stone
house, standing behind some terraceG gar
dens that led down to the water, with ricf
i pati-eolorsd beds dotting over the green
lawns Aanked by groves and bright ever.
4 green's. Behind the house the lawns and
! gardens rolled until bounded by plantations
where vistas opened views Of the distant
hills and the pasture fields of the home
farm. The range of walled gardens were
! placed on the warm. south side, quite ou
Of sight; there the best fruittrees had beer
grown ever since the monks made the
gardens. The old lawyer spent thousands
in building graperies and pineries, for h
} prided himselfon having the best Of every
thing.
70 walk out on autumn evening Of
those terraced gardens, all red aud goll
{ and green with flowers, turf, and ever
, green, and see the lake where the coot
> and wild ducks played. and the swan
sailed proudly and the many colored tree
! of the park, where the pet deer lay or brow
5 sed, with everything as perfect as men
money, scythes and brooms and weeders
could make it. Often was up by day
3 break to see that gardeners make all read
l for lawyer Rigors to see when he cam
q from his annual London visit. 81 s' .''
And the house was fine old place wit
: suites Of rooms, one leading from another
: without end, and q great hall and a Ion
! gallery. whore the family portraits hung
"a and the lawyer put up billiard-tablt
!. where he and his friends played in We
9 weather. yy - aNa r47 q
3 The old lawyer was buried before til
Q letter telling Of his death reached his sol
9 SO Mrs. Kitty cleared and went to he
|. ioiDtnre house., and from that up, to Lor
9 don, where she met young Mr.. Rigors, an
!. heard the will read. ae'. I,shs'i '.SsF'.i
u We had orders to get all ready to receiy
d him. mind as il it was Yesterday, seein
9 the big travelling coach, piled with trunl
|, and imperials, come up the avenue, an
wind round the lake as fastas four hors'
% can trot. The children had their fact
's all out of the windows, wild with del:gh
q and In minute after the coach stopped 4
the hall door. the boys were out and ov'
= the gardens pulling the fruit, and into Il
4 stables, and then back to the house, an
!; running races through the corridors.
Is At first. the young Squire, as we ST
q called him, kept up something Of his fail
q sr's style, though he put down four no
b sas to q pair, and got rid of lot Of i'd
n men sefvantss The calls Of those gentr
/, that came. he returned, but excused hin
g self on the ground Of his, health, and Il
: education Of hischildrsh, from ereceiyin