Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-08-02

men 70 say az Oauands during ccptem-
Der; for the shooting on the estate was
considered lrst-raie, and it ought to have
been, for it was most rigidly preserved.
Lady Crawford, at the same period, usu-
ally selected fIom amongst her accquainl-
ances an. equal number Of the fair sex to
sojouu with her, in order TO make the
visit of her husbands friends more agree
able. A man of pleasure, in England,
works awfully hard, though he does it al
most uuconciously. Tramping, perhaps,
for miles, o5er the stubble all day long,
after that dancing the night away, aud
not getting three hours repose before he is
again in the field. Pay him an enormous,
salary to do it, and you would fnd he
could never stand the fatigue.
ain the autumn of the year 1866, among
the guests assembled at the 0atlands, was
a young lady who, in point of beauty, far
out shone all others OF her sex that | ever
behed on the other side of the Atlantic.
Miss Lydia Layton was an orphan, an
heiress and an acknowledged belle. She
had lust emerged from her teens, and her
charms were fully developed. Her car
riage was stately as that of Cleopatra,
and the fire that at times would fash from
her dark lustrous eyes indicated that she
rather resembled, in temper Orientqueen
who conquered half the ancient world.
Her forehead was high, her eyebrows
arched, her Phidian nose most exquisite
ly chiseled, and her delicate little mouth
and chin would have tempted the saintship
of an anchOrite. Highly accomplished, |
heard she was, and the rumor that all the
men were mad in love with her soon reach.
ed my ears, for ladies' maids will chatter.
"On one part Of the Oatlonds estate
was a large wood, which covered an area
of several hundred acres, and was border
ed on one side bY wide, deep and beau
tiful lake, in which fish were plentiful
Running through the wood, PARALLEL with
this fine sheet Of wafer, were several green
lanes, which were very pleasant and pic
turesque places in which to do little
love-making. Miss Lawton soon discover.
ed this, | fancy, for not very long after
her arrival, | came suddenly out of the
wood, just as the day was growing dim,
and found her sitting upon one of the little
rustic benches which were placed at inter.
walls along the walk, in every close prox.
unity to Mr.. Edgar, who had her hand il
his own, and who was eveidently spoon
ing Not wishing to interrupt their tete-a
tete, retired into the shadows of the
wood before they observed me /; but on Q
subsequent evening, when [ CHANGED to bt
near the identical spot, and detected the
same young lady strolling about with Mr.
Lionel, continued on my course, and wa,
close to them ere that gentleman observed
me, and quickly withdrew his arm from
around the taper waist of the fair girl who
was leaning affectionately upon him.
"'Y on are Airt, miss, and are play
ing a game that somebody will rue,
thought to myself, though | touched my
hat deterentially as | passed by my young
master.
"About week afterward | was in al
inner apartment of the little cottage | oc
cupied, cleaning breech-loader for one
Of the young gentlemen at the hall, wher
| heard the porch door opened, and ther
the rustic of silk dress. For few Sc
conds wondered who my visitors ooud
be, for my Alice was the only lass thai
ever came to see me, aud she never wore
silk; but my wonderment changed to dis
gust when heard Mr.. Edgar say, in hi'
CHEEKY, pleasant way:
"The shower will soon be over, darling
and then we can continue our walk. Will
son is away, suppose, but | know he
won't mind us taking possession Of hi
room for little while
"Mr. Edgar was a thorough gentleman
and would no more have thought of in
truding upon my privacy than he woulc
Of insulting lady therefore, it was no
his having come there that vexed me, bu
the knowledge that he was the dupe o
the scheming woman who was his compan
ion, and whom | at once recognized BY
her voice as being Miss Lawton.
"Never before or since did | ever pla,
the part Of eavcsdropper, and | do no
think that hould have done it then, onl,
| great regard for Mr.. Edgar, and
wished to know exactly how matters stood
so as to be able to place him on his guard
Ere the rain ceased to fall, and he quittec
my cottage with his companion, | hat
learned enough to satisfy me that he wa
the betrothed of the designing girl.
! "Alice came to see me the next night
, accompanied by a fellow-servant W.
thought it best to be discreet, and | drcN
t. her aside, and asked her whether it wa