The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-06-05
TEN POUNDS REWARD.


7efy pretty place 70 my fancy, Is Faulsham,
with locA and dreamy weir just above Il, and
o wilowy ait, ~ wcse dead water ihe pike love
TO he, below j with syclmqres, beech, aspcns
oyerhauging the sparkling river from tie smooth
green lawns which form its bbks The village
is small flee from lie dehmeut 5tladiug aud ur-
lading targes The clean itIle inn, the swan,
With rs aay garden running down % Ae waters
edge, s Kept by one Thomas Bs,k ,lauoas for his
former strength and sklll as au catsmau, famous
fJr that fishing craft whieh every spring secures
bin lhe hcst catch d Thames Iouti tumsQs for
the hOmc-hnNcd ae which fgw 50 scfly down
the parched threat q Tie exhausted roYer Who
mindful q "Oli Bees iap, has resisted Tie al
lurements Of the "Jolly Young waterman four
miies-and such miles, against 1eurreut running
like milidam- lower doNui ftu Gus up 10 last
summer for Ibis TWO petty tuaom daughters,
whose faces ghcercl the eye, as the beer they
served did the esolhagas oi ,le weary, bllslcred,
thirsty water-tob.
rs Their iather held the am ahd ihe isfry, ana
was he proprietor ota whole dJtiAa Of pleasure
boats and tishing-pu Is susan aud Bgtsey Beck
were considered good matches y the sons Of
the Thames ior miles uP aud a0"n the river,
many ef whom entered for tlese "waterueu' g
badges with purse q geld aud lIoss % trcedomi'
bur they turned up their p sty noses at all save
Joe aud Harry Hamilton, two brothers, who we're
natives Of the same Sitl &C. aud VINO, growing up
with them, had deyelopel calmly and Laturally
from playmaies into igsers
INo hne young iel.oWs the Hamiltons we're,
and well known ior sk.llul aud piucky rowing
from Henly 70 Resher,ie, lat they we're not
rich; for though they occasionally van consider
able sums at different icsatas, tie money went
4 NU#ff pf rna IN l.HH
and skltles, the rJst IA backng themselves for
other matches which they did H9i win
Now, Old BeGt had 20 objections 70 the llamil-
tons for son-u-laHs; they Eere good enough lads j
aud all that, be would observe, but the man who
married his daughters must be able t0 Keep them
as they had been kept; aud when JOe and Harry
could each show NheIry on the river, and hity
pounds ia the tat k, he would adj duplicate boats
and fiiies, and then they could each take ap APP
prentice, and live comfortably, and haze Mss
Beck. This was the state ot alaira when | first
made The acquaintance q the persons concerned,
some ioar o. i've years ago. aud came 70 take
great interest iu ibis double courtship, for Joe
Hamilton Is my trainer and especial friend
Every morning aud evening during my stay at
Paulsham, we scull over certain course together,
be preceding ne wtl critical eye and constant
ad,ise as, sDoui pull SO much with your arms -
Put your back more lntO ii,'' Lh-pall your
ehy'' &c. ! took a great fancy 70 Joe the hrst
time ever saw him, lie was 50 deligAuully blunt
aud free from sycoEhiucy.
IL know. | sal on thai occasion, as ! put on
my jacket after my experimental Performance be-
fore him. aud fishing. own, for a compliment,
for at that time did nqi know it--'I know that
I am bnd seGllr."
"hell, siF, replied Joe, 'it isn't that yCn
are a Tad scullqr; you can't ecull at al.
Harry was just as outspoken as J5c, aud yet,
though the pair ate together, drank together aul
Whenever practicable worked together, no one
ever heard them sQu4bbibe. When lhey disa-
g.e iu yinion iey dij not quarfcl-they tossed
| never kacB two such brothers There was
something So romantic ia DE simple character q
the men ana thtir love affairs, that to watch
their fortunes was like reading ~ interesting