Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-06-03

feet high, large in proportion, and snuffed
inveterately This box-chest, we should
now call it--lssted her two days. And
now, dear boy" he continued, "6ll your
pitcher, and listen to me. Harry, you see
before you miserable man"
"Go on"
"I tell my chosen friend that I am
miserable man." said Mr.. Longchild,
family, "and am simply requested to go
on'w
"Before I can sympathise with my
friends sorrows, l must know them"
"Hsrry, am in love-"
"My good fellow" -.
"You're such devil of distance off"
said Dick, "that can't shake hands with
you; else for the sympathy expressed in
your tone, would give you grip you
should remember for fortnight. Yes,
Harry, Ilove"
ado 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"
IL don't positively insist upon your do.
Ing either. 1t was only hope, rather let
me say, an expectation; for l see that
your mind is made up"
To the first, yes" said Dick, refllling
his immense pipe, and sending forth vol.
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 inclemency OF British summer
by the rider.
can apparition go unwonted attracted to
the easements more than one comely rus
&c 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 couple of tall dovecots,
placed one upon another, with an observ-
atory topping all.
"I never saw so queer wigwam |" con-
tinued Dick, dropping the incognito.
Although of inordinate height, it con.
sisted of only two floors, the lower of
which might have accommodated cam
elopard, who had growing family in the
nursery above.
"I checked my horse, and was admir-
| ing the simple grandeur of the building,
when "a fgure-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 a woollen spencer for the fork
with three prongs, one with taoo and for
the helmet, a natural diadem of fawn-col
ored hair, lnterpersed, for the moment,
with wisps of hay, you have before you
the noble object am feebly endeayoring
to depict.
1.-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 1t 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
magnificence of that fair woman's proper
tions. speak of her, of course, as COM
pared with existing races. In brighter
ages mere doll, she was now what might
not inaptly be termed a giantess. Henry
Hslsewell, that grand development was
seven feet two inches in stature |"
nlJnOut ner SnOeS
"Or stockings" replied Mr.. Longchild,
solemnly; "she hadn't either. This Cor
nish Britannia was, l should say, about
three-andtwenty. Her manner, sir, was
easy and digni6ed and as she dibbed the
handle of her tri-bident, / 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 had been totally Hnaccus.
toned.
my appearance, or that of my horse,
seemed to awaken her interest. Summon
ed by graceful backward movement of
her disengaged thumb, the individual in
the loft descended and stood by her side.
He also, was (for modern times) hale and
well grown, standing good eight feet in
his boots.
"For whole minute, we gazed silently
on each other. Then the male giant
spaSe,-
60 say, mister, won't ye step in There
ant no charge, and fathers a sight bigger
nor sce. He's doubled up with rheumatis'
just now, but he don't mind bein' draw'd
out for strangers.'
" My good sir : replied, rather taken
aback by this address, by no means.
Your worthy father shall not be forcibly
Strengthened for me. Do not mistake a
very pardonable admiration for intrusive
curiosity. The attraction outside your
mansion is more than sufficient. May
beg you to present me to your char-that
is, your sister9 My name is Longchild.'
"Hern's Pettidoll'
Il bowed, and a gracious smile widened
Brttannia's lips to the extent of about
quarter of yard. 'Pettidoll! |"
90 Tkapapa oi vi foot of no in 70 Tni1U alto.
gether, between eight; wi'out count O. the
baby, which, bein' only year old, ant
four foot yet,' remarked Mr.. Pettidoll.
But won't ye come down for bitY he
| added, with involuntary Difference to the
stature of my steed.
Wouldn't come down. All, Harry
What would l not have given 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, / But, no, no. Once dis.
mounted, the sense of insignifcance in
proximity TO proportions 80 vast would be
too strong for me. One single moment
foot, preparatory to coming down, but my
heart failed. 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 me
"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 storyY"
"No, the beginning. / have visited
this remarkable family" said Dick, with
heightened color, more than once more,
/ may say, than twenty times. They grow,
sir"
"I should have thought that impossi-
ble"
Hear me out-grow more and more
upon me. Britannia (Susan, / mean) is an
angel AS she stood with her broad
white hand on my horses name"
"You are always ON horseback ?"
81 have never" said Mr.. Longchild,
mustered courage to disabuse her of the
idea she manifestly entertains, that am
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