Gazette and sentinel., 1860-04-07
Wild Mr.. Will.
A STORY THAT WAS ECsHro cr.

coal nre-anO lnQulglng III inc OElLOuOA
amusement of storytelling We hal
an ancient housekeeper among us, who
had known some Of US ever since we
were born, and the papas and mammals
of many others of us long time before
we were born.
".Ah :" remarked this ancient dame.
when one Of our stories-l think it was
its all very easy to talk, but suppose
there are other persons who have seen
strange thiEgs-ayc, and can toll
strange things about 'em, too"
"No doubt, MAIN one Of us answer.
ed: there was the old woman who
went I'D to the moon; she must have
some uncommonly strange things to
tell"
Likewise the old woman who lived
in q shoe" another took occasion to TO
magk.
"To say nothing of the old woman
who fell asleep by the kings highway"
a third observed, land wa 50 badly
treated Dy NJ. Stout, the tinker"
An, yes, l d~arcsay !" the housckeep-
cr rcjoincd, That's right! Tease and
mock & poor lonely Old body, do Its
very generous and manly, isn't it Il
wasn't s. when | lived with the quail
ty."
VITA whom did you say, ma'm"I
made bold TO inquire.
WITH gentc,o!ks :" the h~ousekoepet
retorted, snapp:stiy. with the very
first families With none Of your rub
bisn country spuiyes: nay, nor with
knights nor baTgovknich;s neither; but
win born lords ana ladies. With tho
very frs. nobility ii TIC land, though
say it. that shyu.dDt-'
Indeed, mann interposed, in as
! RESPECTFUL Z tone IS l could command,
wishing - conci.atc the worthy, but
somehow irasciolo oidiady.
"Yes, indeed !" pursued the house
keerer. at ISM Cor nothing, pert and
hlppant as you arc, mat lived seven
wears and three months in the service Of
my Lord Mjiiama-t.'
Il knew his lordsAip we'll" l obser~
grayely: "that is. | have seen his por.
trait in the print shops, when | was a
boy. lie ran away with and married
Miss Jaghirc, the great Italian heiress.
didn't he ?'
"Yes, SIR, he did"
"He killed Sir Uargrcaves Grimwood,
the west-corntry baGonet, in a duel
about Lady Grimwood, didn't he? /
remember his trial and acquittal, as
they occurred Yesterday.
Yes. sir, he did; but he was sadly
provoked. Sir Hargreaves was 4 sad
IraU-Iived q the Birthstone Coffee
mousse. and always drank a pint OF
schcidam before breakfast. lie wasn't
TIE first taj, gentleman who had been
sau: ABOUT Lady G.imwoOd."
".hui J., lied Ambassador Al Madrid,
diin hc?'
Yes. si:: but that was long after l
left his service 1t is full forty years
/, a~a tina. ! was housekeener to the Right
Honorable The Earl Of Milamant, Lord
: Lieutenant oT berkshire. and Colonel OF
the DariSh:re Ycomanry Cavalry, at
Cav.ioi, House, Hay Hill, Berkeley
= Square"
And was !. there yoG became ac-
, quainted with any tale
The housekeepcr nodded significant
ly. ~
$ "What may it havo been about now
love p
c "Not a bit OF it." replied the house
G keeper. Il could abide love, and
wouldn't trouble my head about such
= nonsense. No. il wasn't the least IN
the world about love"
Murder, now" | limited.
: Worse y said the housekeeper, en-
s p~hatically.
"Worsc :" | repeated. What can DO
worsc?" ] might have suggested fire.
thieves, suicide, elopement; but !
Y thought murder would cover q multi
G tude Of crimes. "Now what was it,
C my dear, good soul|
There" resumed the h~ousekecpcr, now
thoroughly appeased, 81 see you're all
diving Of curiosity 10 know about it, and
won't keep you any longer in sus'
2 pcnse. 1t was hushcd up at the time,
n and it would have been much more thar
nv place was worth TO breath a word Of
c it TO a living soul. The very dog was
poisoned with two ounces of poisoned
meat by the butcher the day after
5 wards. as if-poor dumb creature HE
could have wagged tail to compromise
T. anbody."
v "Bnt we haven't heard who the dog
was. nor the butcher either" | broke in
am ufraid, somewhat impatiently.-
'Prav. begin at the beginning, my dea,
&c madam; we're all inpaticnce to hear"