Litchfield enquirer., 1865-03-09
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2 eI sass4 vSm las .spas ll1l tsSGJsE1 tsSGJs El F kgangI eDwssdowni and fcarry off all the liket iyoupge fellows they eonld find. ..r Why, ,bles .I you, master,' he continued, it. was a common
 s thiny for one Of them to come all by himself and pefhaps' anothefkind of dress;s so as yot I miehtn't suspect him.. and ,gsisgl about among
 the, taEeras and Shops-s get-to- knaw- -xhara-t the I sort of men were to be; found. and then return. I iug with Aia SastIbf atia gang, easSy dem of
 aboard ship. without by-your-leave or good | bye to friends or family,
 But they never ventured into private houses! fxciaip,eds bearing in mind the national boast l Of an Englishman 8 castle ~. sssss
 t "Weib,' replied my compaitionI don't go
 80 far as to say they would gu It0 burst a door
 mi but if they found it open, why, in they vent; and many ,a scrimmage took place ip ! those days, and manya nasty knock put, nails into collins IS ,consf sbles or croyners never heard of. know 10 one, case, he continued
 with the accent and plraseology of, Deyonsbire l where young fellow--ay, and as likely a one I as ever. drawed breath-was took away the very night before he was married, and in sight
 of bis sweethart and bis friends, too. IL was a
 strange matter, that was. altogether, he added, almost te himself,,i, .,s 9e,zs I,.,cr.l- iPray tell it., Isaid. becoming interested; z ! It's long story. master, and it's dry work
 taking, he replied, with. 2 significant twinkle iu bis eye, through his face .naintained its So it is. said I, and inc warm warm weather has made me thirsty; suppose we step in here and Icy the dust ]; then perhaps iyon'fi favortne sMy new; acquaintance reqairine mo further Sap la1 t~~s ! noticed standing apart from the village, and
 there, seated in the cool parlor overlooking the bay supplied with rnm and a pipe of tobacco.
 whilegI confined myself to q remarkably un-
 pleasant compound which the sign. post pro
 claimed as home, brewed,' after few prelimii-
 nary draws and puffs, he commenced his story. e.You see, mats,' he said, becoming more fa-
 miliar in his conyiyiality, this isn't altogether
 q story Of the press-g gang, as you'll find before
 I've done, and it made good deal of talk at
 the time as l remember, though was only 2 lad but you see the crowner's quest sgt all
 things, right, and after that ik was no use ask
 ing further questions It must now. be nigh
 nfty years ago-ffty years ,agor he repeated,
 half closing his eyes, and pansing. as his mind
 unveiled over the space which had brought SO
 many aad so great changes, even to that quiet little village that an old sea-faring man they
 called Captain Meredith lived-at least, that is
 to say, lodged-in the house of Q widow named
 Penrhyn. Ton might sec the spot-from the
 brow of the hill. for the house itself has been
 pulled down since then. We'll he might have
 been captain Of not, 1'don't predend to say,
 it is certain that he had . bit ofmoney put by,
 and lived comfortably enough. Some said he
 had been in the smuggling trade, and made
 money that way. However, it don't much mat
 ter; he was well respected, and though he had
 no wife iivingshe had Q daughter, as was called
 Ellen. and the prettiest lass in Cawsand and
 for miles around. We'll, now, this old widow
 had . son, named Paul, and strange article
 he was! I remember him little bandy-leg-
 ged chap with red hair, and the people used ts call him Doctor, Z. = 7 y1 < v -
 sWas he surgeon, then r I interrupted. < - I'm going to tell you. He had been pren.
 call it Dock. in those days), and after his time
 was ont, he had been stopping with his mother
 to take care of her. or perhaps because he
 oouldnt find .a situation readily for himself l The old widow mad put something by. I sap4
 pose, and Paul had been at home about a year
 when the captain came to lodge there with his l daughter This Paul's room was at the top oi
 the house, where his light would be seen burn Hing at a time of, night when all honest folkt I were in bed and asleep, Sometimes he would
 be met in the morning returning with his arms Efull of weeds and plants. which he used to take
 up stairato the I doctor's shop sithey called lit, .u tsyss 815p sb3aa E. ai,j et~ggo3 e ya ! sAs A botenist,' Iremarked. Gc 1oi1qs3xs ssii
 ss' Idont tknow about that. replied my frient
 slightly puzzled, but the people said he made pisen ont of them. Any way, once when Paul
 was passing by the blacksmith's the dog rar
 out and hit him, and the next day Paul wal
 seen to give him piece of bread, and the dol was dead within an hour. The neighbors blam a him for if and I ,recollect, when 3 youpgster calling after him, There goes Dr. Nightshadel and his stopping and saying, If had to doc tor youimy lad you wouldn't shout ssoslopd
 We'll. very shortly after Ellen and her fsthe had been lodging at the widows house, ,it wa clearct see that Paul wished to lcourt her wherever she wentlsure enough Paul wasn't fa behind, and things went on this way for abou six months, when one dark and 4wintry night ,a the wind, blowing great guns. and the sea run ming high we saw signals of distress from son u vessel of the point there There was no life s boat in the place. and our small craft conldn, II have lived an hour in such weather. In tn Fl Incoming we san no signs of the vessel and " j had supposed she had gone down, and all O | hoard lost; however, we heard in the day gtha ! one Of thg poerfvllows had escaped and thoug icutiand bruised, ,,hnd coRtriyed t0s 0scrawl up tn E Epoi6E there, swhereehs had beanifoand by GaI 1 ttaia Meredith, who brought hhim home to hi 5 Ioen aodging and aafsed him. He was a fin | Eyodng fellows an orphan, ,as be said, tby nam i, IsWllian Randall. and had been4 working Ri way to Liverpool in hopes to obtain emplo, mont. The clergyman of the. plass--y yo1 ma d see the church On the right as you go toward F Edgecumbe Eerry-heard of this and becomin < good deal interested in the young man, offe ' led him a place as gardner. Or general servan t ot somethinH or other. :" Bill was a handy cha ' aud soon made ffiends with the people, afi }, tthey ppfsnsdsd him to stop here ,instead of9g q IjEg to Liverpool as she intended. sa aHe ,didn }! want much pressing. fot any one could see ih, d pthsfs was gitl in the ease and that Eifl V, ,f lEilea MsrfedigD, and t didn' want more ss }. 1.-two syes to see that shs liked him. fe foll le tused to iiser Paul about his nose being out Iy Ij6ints md Tom yevellian the, blacksniith, ' lowed hitl.a .grndge Tor the dog, used to sa
 IsWeN, Doctor, howis your nose by this time N But they say the doctor only used to turn lwhi a tKpd fub his hands ;;s 1t was way he had, al ., the did the same when he gave the dog Il le tbread. We'll, things prospsred SO well vii 6, fyoGhg Randall that at last lie made up his mil ,e to ask the Captain for his consent, and d u Isl old fellow was aiolly, easy going customer, al Affixed Billvefy much besides, t was notalot .L Ikof.sA f K. s n