The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-06-02

} my reach. my great. great grandmother
, favorite snuff box She was nearly sever
J feet high, large in proportion, and snuffec
, inveterately. This box-chest, We should
now call it-lasted her two days. Ant
now. dear boy" he continued, "ill you
pitcher, and listen to me- Harry, you Sc,
! before you miserable man."
"GO on"
81 tell nv chosen friend that 1 am .
. miserable man." said Mr. Longchild
, family, land am simply requested to &c
on'r ~
Before I can sympathise with my
friends SORROWS, l must know them"
Harry, am in love-"
"My good fellow"
"YOu're such devil of distance off,
said Dick, "that can't shake hands will
you; else for the sympathy expressed In
your tone, would give you grip yor
should remember for fortnight. Yes
Harry, Ilove."
"Do SO. Marry. And be happy"
"Harry, you know the upas-tree under
which it is my lot to dwell" rejoined
Dick, "and you bid me love and marry
II don't positively insist upon your do
ing either. 1t was only hope, rather lei
me say, an expectation; for l see that
your mind is made up"
"To the first. yes" said Dick, refilling
his immense pipe, and sending forth vol
ume of smoke that almost obscured him,
bushes and all. "But fill your goblet
1t was towards the close of sultry August
day, that solitary horseman might have
been noticed, issuing from the pictur-
esque defile created by the diggings of the
Corburam & Treddidlem Railway, in close
proximity to the sequestered and intensely
Cornish village of Trecorphen. The ami
NAL he bestrOde, though not less than sew
enteen and half hands high, was almost
concealed by the folds of the enormous
travelling cloak wOrn-in Difference to
the inciemency OF a British summer
by the rider.
can apparition SO unwonted attracted to
the easements more than one cOmely rus
| 'ic face, usually on the broad grin; but
to none of these did that pensive traveller
vouchsafe the slightest heed, until he had
arrived opposite the last dwelling: an
edifice halt hidden in trees, and singular
enough in structure, having rather the
appearance of couple of tall dovecots.
placed one upon another, with an observ-
atory topping ell.
81 never saw so queer wigwam y con-
tinued Dick, dropping the inc rgnito.
Although of inordinate height, it con-
sisted of only two floors, the 10 Ser of
which might have accommodated CAM
elopard, who had a growing family in the
nursery above.
Il checked my horse, and was admir-
ing the simple grandeur of the building.
when "a figure-came into view"
Dicks voice trembled slightly, and he
passed his hand across his brOw.) You
are, doubtless, not acquainted with that
majestic abstraction pop0larly known as
Britannia. Sir, if for the shirt of mail we
substitute woollen spencer: for the fork
with three prongs, one with taoo and for
the helmet a natural diadem of tawn-cCl-
ored hair, lnterpersed, for the moment,
with wisps of hay, you have before you
the noble object am feebly endeavoring
to depict.
"The hair decorations l have mention
ed, proceeded from truss of hay which
she bore upon her shoulder, and which
she flung up, as though it had been
penny roll, in the direction of massive
head and shoulders which appeared at the
window of an adjacent loft.
at was only when she turned and
faced me, that became aware of the full
magniicence of that fair womaa'S proper
tons spesk of her, of course, as CON-
pared with existing races. In brighter
ages mere doll, she was now what might
not inap ly be termed giantess. Henry
Ii .lsewell, that grand development was
seven feet two inches in stature y
Without her shOesf"
"Or stockings replied Mr.. Longchild,
solemnly; "she hadn't either. This Cor
nish Britannia was, 1 should say, about
three -and.twenty. Her manner, sir, Was
easy and digniied; and as she dibbed the
handle of her tri-bident, l mean-into
the soil, and, placing her white elbow be-
tween the prOngs, gaZed at me with great
calm eyes, the size Of cheese plates, felt
my whole being dilate and thrill, in man.
ner to which l had been totally unaccus
toned
"My appearance, or that OF my horse,
seemed To awaken her interest. Summon
cd by grace fdl backward movement of
her diseng aged thumb. the individual in
the loft descended and stood by her side.
He also, was (or modern tines hale and
well grown, standing good eight feet in
his b ,Ots
"For whole minute, we gazed silently
on each other. Then the male giant
spake,-
al say, mister, won't We step in +? There
ant no charge, and fathers sight blgger,
Just now, but be don't mind bein' draw'd
oul f strangers
{" My good sir!' replied, rather taken
aback by this address, by no means.
Your worthy father stall not be forcibly
straightened for me Do not mistake
very pardorable admiration for intrusive
| of
mansion is more than sufficient May
beg you to present me to your char-that
is, your sister? My name is Longchild.'
"'Hern's PettidOll
4 bowed, and gracious smile widened
Brttannia's lips to the extent OF about
| quarter Of ward. 'PettidOll!'
a. There's sixty foot of US in family alto
| gether, between eight; wi'Out count o the
baby, which, bein' only a year old, ant
| four foot yet,' remarked Mr.. PettidOll.
{ But won't ye come down for bit !? he
added, with involuntary Difference to the
stature of my steed.
Wouldn't come down! All, Harry |!
What would | not have give to come
down; to stand before that blessed crea-
ture; to tell her that here, at last, was
the realization of my dream; that, united
with her, and parent, perchance, of line
of giants, i But, no, no. Once dis
mounted, the sense of insgnificance in
| proximity to proportions so vast would be
too strong for me- One single moment |
hesitated. | even disengaged my right
foot, prepa ratory 20 coming down, but my
heart failed. l flung all the passion that
was seething in my soul, into one look,
and rode hastily away. But, sir, that look
had been returned She loved. Britannia
loved mel
Turning an angle in the road, l
glanced back. She was immovable, lean
| ing on her bident, her eyes (plainly visible
even at that distance) still fixed on my re-
treating form"
"And that is the end of the story?"
"No, the beginning. | have visited
this remarkable family" said Dick, with
heightened color, "more than once: more,
l may say, than twenty times They grow,