Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-06-09

| iInal quite up to his weight, and they must
have looked like Godfrey de Bouillon, of
Westminster, attending George the Third,
ofIPall Mall. - = =
We were waited on at dinner by a but
Ter and two footnen, whose united length
must q am afraid / shall hardly. be
believed) have exceeded twenty feet.
| Everything was on the like tremendous
scale, and Dick carried his singular hobby
| so far as to eschew the small and delicate
Gates, which, in his heart, he loved, IN or
| der to dine off Joints that might have salts
| fed a bevy of aldermen.
When soup, a mighty turbot, a brace
of capons the size of Norfolk turkeys, and
a calfs-head, had been removed, there was
heaved upon the board a magnificent
haunch of veHison. .'s... =. -f,,..-
Harry, my good fellow. said my host,
in tone OF regretfnl apology, am
| afraid you see your dinner.
=, I replied, with some alacrity, that had
distinctly perceived it half an hour ago.
"Nonsense 70 s"o
I" 1t is true" .'aI
"Fie, fiep' said Dick, remorselessly be-
| ginning to carve. .sfr
"If you were to add tfo-fum,' in the
| manner of your distinguished ancestors,
/ I should tell you L can do no more,
Now, see here, !" said Dick, in reason
| ing tone. "This will never do. Those
| lighter matters were merely provocatives
and toys. (White burgundy, to Mr.. Halse-
well in chalice) Taste that, my friend.
Then resume your 1yeepo'ns, and TO your
"IfI were twenty-five men, you should
not invite me twice. As it is, my appe-
tite is g ene.- It was hale, but not immpr-
tai 1t dwindled with the toapon. 1t van
/ ished with the calf head.' Se
We'll, we'll" said Dick, r" the fault is
not ours Let nature bear the blame Sof
her degeneracy. How melancholy to re-
! fleet that, at period of dinner when half
a bullock and a couple of. hogs would
| have been dealt with by my foretathersas
| a woodcock and a brace of 1arks, zoe cover
and quail before a miserable haunch
Take away, and bring pitchers and
Two mighty claret jugs and some Tur-
kish pipes (of which the specimen selected
by Dick reached nearly to the window
having been produced, the butler placed
large carved box on the table, between
us, and withdrew.
aHelp yourself" said my friend, push
| ing the box, not without an effort, within
| my reach 'sMy great-great- grandmother
| favorite snuff box / She was nearly seven
feet high, large in proportion, and snuffed
| inveterately. This box-chest, we should
now call it-lasted her two, days; And
now, dear boy" he continued, fill your
pitcher, and listen to me. Harry, you see
| before you a miserable man."
l "Go on" ie S7" .i-- tr> r~s-at
"I tell my chosen friend that I am a
| miserable man." said Mr.. Longchild,
family, and am simply requested to go
on p' .s,s.-
a /" Before I can sympathise with my
friends sorrows, must know them"
- Harry, I am in love.o-s v-sSs
"My good feloWPes
you're such a devil of distance of" !"
| said Dick, "that can't shake hands with
! you; else for the sympathy expressedrin
your tone, would. give you grip you
| should remember for a 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
"I don't positively insist upon your do
1 ing either. 1t was only hope, rather let
me say, an expectation; for see that
your mind is made up" ~,
"To the first, yes" said Dick, refilling
| his immense pipe, and sending forth a vol
/ uIne of smoke that almost obscured him,
| bushes and all. "But fill your. goblet
/ 1t was towards the close of a sultry, August
day, that solitary horseman might have
| been noticed, issuing from the pictur=
,esque defile created by the diggings of the
Oorburam & Treddidlem Railway, in close
proximity to the sequestered and intensely
| Cornish village of Trecorphen. The anil
NAL he bestrode, though not less than sew
enteen and a half hands high, was almost
\ concealed by the folds of the enormous
travelling cloak Worn-in Difference to
the inciemency OF q British summer
| by the rider. i ----'-.is ~ ~
4 "An apparition so unwonted attracted to
/ the easements more than one comely4rus-
tic 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 half hidden in trees, and singular
| enough in structure, having rather; the
appearance of a couple of tall dovecots,
placed one upon another, with an observ-
atory topping all. OF
4 az never saw so queer a wigwam I" con-
tinued Dick, dropping the incognito.
&c Although of inordinate height, itcon-
| sisted of only two floors, the lower of
/ which might have accommodated cam
| eiopard, who had a growing family in the
/ nursery above. o. .,r-,-s ,-5--....- =
| ".I checked my horse, and was admir-
| ing the simple grandeur of the building,
when IA '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 popularly known as
| Britannia. Sir, if for the shirt of mail we
| substitute woollen spencer for the fork
with three prongss oneswith koo; and for
| the helmet, a natural diadem of fawn-eol-
ored hair, Interpersed, for the moment,
with wisps of hay, you have before you
the noble object { am,feebly endeaToring
to depict. ,--
".The hair decorations have mention
/ ed, proceeded from a truss of hay which
she bore upon her shoulder, and which
she flung up, as though it had been a
penny roll, in the direction of a massive
head and shoulders which appeared at the
window of an adjacent loft. .-
"It was. only when she turned and
faced me, that became aware of the full
magnificence of that fair. woman's proper
tions. 1 speak of her, of course, as COM
pared with existing races. In brighter
ages a mere doll, she was now what might
not inaptly be termed a giantess. Henry
Halsewell, that grand development was
/ seven feet two inches in stature ~ ssH
Without her shoes ?" -si5
"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 digni6ed; and as she dibbed the
handle of her tri-bident, I mean-into
the soil, and, placing her white elbow be-
tween the prongs, gazed at me with great