Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-12-11

house.
The doors and window blinds were
all closed, and the faint light within
CLEANED ftfully through the chinks
where the frame work was warped.
The front door was not locked, and
we. entered at once into the hall that ran
parallel with the front of the house, and
formed in fact, a sort of anti-room tc
the large parlor that lay behind it.
From this hall, besides the central dooi
before ms thst led into the parlor, there
was door on the right hand and OF
the left, leading into the side-bed cham,
bers in the wings, and by the side of the
right hand door, nearer the front wall
was the stair case leading up to the
large chamber in the gable end, thai
was lighted and ventilated by that fan
shaped window seen in the front of the
house, os@~9 the portico.
We passed through the hall, and thro
the large empty parlor behind it, and en-.
tered the. long dining room in the rear.
There we found Mrs. Hawkins and
Alice awaiting us among the piled W
furniture.
You hook tired and out ofspirits, Mad
cline. You must have worked harder
than we did,
How have you got on?' I enquired.
why, we have arranged the bed
chambers and the kitchen-that is all
We have left the dining room and par
Tor hall to be put to rights tomorrow
But Hector has got the supper ready
and set the table in the Kitchen; let u
so in there; it is warmer; come, girls
come, WIFI
As j before mentioned the Kitchen
pantry, laundry and servants rooms
were in building behind the dwelling
house; not Joined to it, but standing back
to back with it at q distance of three
feet. So we had to go out Of doors to
enter the. kitchen. l remember even
now the sense of comfort | experienced
on entering that coy room; it was a
stone room, with a great fireplace, a
wide, high dresser, upon which shone,
tier upon tier, rows of bright metal and
clean eroekery ware; in the middle OF
the floor was an inviting table, upon
which smoked an abundant supper.
'Ahn said VIII, with an approaching
glance at the board, thus fortified we
can meet the enemyn
Can you spend the night with us,
WHIP enquifed Mrs. Hawkins. @
oh, no. must return; mother dosn't
know Tn Sslt.. replied the youth.
Accordingly after supper, Win pre-
pared to take his leave Of us.
Before you go viii, / wish you to
take Hector and the lantern and 90 oy-
er every foot of the grounds, and all
along the walks, tosee that everything
is safe here said our grandmother.
'Of course, of course, noble lady! or
der the seneschal and the luminary, and
| will reeonneitre the state of the forti-
ticationsr said NViilsas he buttoned up
his coat.
BY the time he had drawn on his
gloves, Hector appearsd IT the door
with the lantern, and they sailed forth.
| looked through an end window, and
found strange amusement in watching
the progress ofthat lantern up one shad-
owy walk and down another, and along
the hedged wall, until at last it approach
ed the house. VIII entered speaking
gayly.
We'll, Aunt Hawkins, / have recon-
noitered the defences, and found them
in an excellent condition. The wall is
strong, the hedge on the inside is high,
and that upon the outside is sharp
The enemy could not attempt to scale
without such damage to cuticle from the
one, and bone from the others, as no en-
envy endowed with the better part of
yalor' would risk. All is quiet within
the garrison; and if you viii send the
warden to lock the gate after me, think
the castle will be impregnable for the
night
Hector once more received orders to
attend the young master, who now babe
US good night and left the house.
Meanwhile Classy had washed up the
dishes and restored the kitchen to or
der. So that when old Hector returned
from his GRAND, bearing the key of the
gate, nothing remained for us to do but
examine and close the house, offer up
our evening worship, and go to bed,
which, as it was very late, and We were
very tired, we prepared to do at once.
After every room was visited, and every
door and window firmly secured, We
went to the dining room, for family
prayer, and then let Classy and Hector
out, and gave them the key to lock the
door on the outside, so that they might
be able to let themselves IN, in the NOR
ming, to light the fires without disturb
ing US. After having thus dismissed
them, closed the door, and heard it lock-
ed, we turned to seek our rest.
i do not consider these lower bed
rooms quite dry and safe just at present,
girls; so / hive had two beds made up
in the room over head, which is large
and well ventilated: Alice can sleep
with me in the large bed, and you, Mad
cline, can occupy the other said our
grgrdmother, as she led the way up
stairs.
/ did not quite like the arrangement;
but could not resist Mrs. Hawkins.
The upper room, notwithstanding, the
fact of its being in the roof, was amply
high, and large enough for healthful
chamber. Our beds
stood parallel, but sufficiently far apart,
with their heads against the north or
back wall, and their feet towards the
front gable, lighted by the fan shaped
window aforesaid. AS it was very
damp and chill, and we were very much
we did not long linger over
our final preparations, but went speedily
to bed.
Our grandmother and Alice seemed
scarcely to have settled themselves I'M
Ter their blankets, and given me drow-
y good night, when they slid offinto the
and of dreams.
l could not sleep, / seldom can the
first night in strange house, and this