The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-09-17
A PIECE OF PLATE.


Bf SIR C.. Z. LAscELLEs wRANALL, BART.
i a medical commission had sat upon me, and
animously decided that her Majesty's Indian
rces would hencefOrth count one captain the
Is. They all said that it was the piece of slug
ich had lodged in my left shouldcr-bone, at
? first relief Of Lucknow, which did the busi-
Nss but had my private opinion. When a
an does not know exactly how long he has to
,fe, he may prove reckless, and drink more
handy pawnee than is good for him; nor are
ng marches in a torrd sun, and camping out
The jungle dew, conducive to health. After
II, l was not particularly sorry about being
&elved. The fighting was over for a while. l
las toleraby well before the world, as had
fld the command of a regiment of irregulars.
"a had no opportunity for spending my pay.
lere was triac of loot to the good, my pension
d allowance amounted TO a very decent sum.
ID had the Lucknow prize-money looming in
&e future. Luckily, was not dependent OH the
ter. vi WIZ
when l returned to England the medical man
nom l consulted about my shoulder which
med TO have reached stage of chronic rheu.
Ntism, told me mysteriously that / wanted
ttlng up The best way of doing so would
n by retiring to some quiet seaside place. TAX
Y regular exercise, bathing every day (it was
cOldest weather which had been known for
trs), and generally looking after myself This
vice was, perhaps, worth the guinea paid for
but the difficulty lay in selecting the quiet sea-
~ Q place. had been absent from England so
g that was quite innocent of such matters.
tancied that Brighton would be about the
" rk. '''o
/. But my medico shook his head, as he told me
I Brighton was a suburb of London, and per
bps more conducive to dissipation than the cant
itself, and that wodld not do at all. If he
N ght suggest, Pentgate was the very place for
lt lay some miles from any railway station,
~ hence was not invaded by eXcursionists
3 ring the summer months; the society was
y ect and quiet (this meant slow, could see
his dignity did not permit him 10 use the
Wm)i and, in short, 1t was Just the 500. which
uld suit me. by curious coincidence, my
Wysician had son established at Peutgate as n
dical man, TO whom he would be happy to
W c me letter of Introduction.
rs II was matter OF perfect Indifference to me
ere pitched my tent, decided on Pentglte;
a there | and my faithful Stubs, who had
n my servant for years, and refused to remain
j. ind when left India, found ourselves towards
~ beginning OF February. Certainly this is not
III best period of the year to Judge of the attrac-
rs OF watering place, and dreary enough
1ltgate looked, with half its houses suffered
iwhile waiting for the simmer swillows. is
nc between fishing port and watering.place
unable TO decide exactly which it is In sun
II BOT the latter theory there is a certain num-
~ OF squares and crescents, very white faced
n green, ,shuttered; but, unluckily, most of the
e. ses still remain in the shell, as cOlonists did
arrive fast enough TO satisfy the builders
Aguine expectations.
He went through the Court and retired on a
&lpeteLcy; and there the houses stand, until
Wy collapse, through the fishermen and their
stealing fnr
81 gate "as place of broken promises. Once
n time royal duke had visited il during the
Winner, and expressed his determination 10
le again. or course this would make the for
Me oil Pentgate, and the widest spirit of specu-
Won sezed on the townspeOple; nothing less
&ild satisfy them than shutting up" brighton
happily, the royal duke forgot his promise, or
or something OF that sort, and Pentgate was
lamenting that il had put its faith in princes
led IN these ambitious views, the townsfolk
f4lyed that Pentgate should become celebrated
&its fisheries.
~ rlghtiully ugly kyanized jetty was run ont
dozen hshing- boats were established, and
FORK they went with an ardor worthy of a
er cause than "luriag the finny brood with
pan art and human guile out Of the silyerv
~, as Mr. Theodore Martin has it after
81 the but the Pentgatites forgot that fish were
Ainguished by their absence oil these coasts
a. haul OF mackerel was not remembered even
What nuisance, the Oldest inhabltant. Disan.
IN
n had seen better days. Clergymen's widOys
Nned lodging-hOuseS of the approved seaside
Uiel wicket was put up at the entrance of
Jetty, where, by payment of penny, the
yors could ENJOY IN the summer the dulcet
rs OF starveliDg brass band; some mighty
Nulator erected hall IA dozen bathing machines.
thus prepared, Pentgate sat down to wait for
Iperity to visit it.
Vut there was an element in the town which
&arTed progress. A colony of half-pay officers
y. naN 10 To- IL
Mre the invasion Of civilization and railways
u hnally made stand at Pentgate. The town
Wdedly had its advantages. In the first pll zee
rs ten miles from any railway, and even th
est specuator would not dream Of making
10 1t. Next, living was cheap, and that was
bnsideration for the air was very healthy.
induced mighty appetites among the half
Alngs' These families, then, formed a solemn
Gnce, and resolved TO defend Tentgate M nm
ards against the invaders. This did lJtata all
Ihe fentgatltesi for the halEpays did no
Wld any vast amount Of money "a the town
~ were in the habit OF having down parceIs
"A London-the greatest of all offences in tho
OF country tradesman. Another element
scord was ere long introduced several retired
HIy lawyers, qOctOrsi and wealthy trades
pie were allured, by artful Advertisements In
A gate. -
first they tried to coalesce with the halfpayg.
were greeted with such Haiaeu, that thew
ared war 10 the knife. In this war the ladies
ess ihem were the aggressors, and the bat
USED TO take place in the church. AS tbe new.
veIs were relatively much wealthler, they were
ieto eu 70 convert their pews into very plrterre
soe9l silks and satins, the sight Of which
kSeu knT great amount of heart-6urning even
Hh Soung ladies' who had been instructed
H9I youth up, and pour cause. 10 eschew
"a imagine the feelings of a bronze veteran
nay W. hard matter to make both ENDS meet
,onrs s A sIA blooming daughters assaied him
un ear ana declared the impossibiiity of going
Hui'n unless they had new bonnets. on