New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-08
HOWbLOsT THE COUNTY.
Prom the Belgravia.l

LUCKY fellow, you'll" said my frient
Saradonyx, as We left the house together
after the division that presaged the disso
luton which was imminent, "to have (
county in your pocket Well, here's tn
COMPOUNDED business to begin again, ant
after the facer I got ct Newmarket, til
maddening, Walwyn, upon my word.
I looked down upon him with the easy
compassion of q man with secure seat
Upon my word" said, 81 don't care
two pins about it. The county will have
me, or I'd Just as soon not be bothered
with it. But then it costs me next to
nothing"
There you Co." said Sardonyx, say.
agely. costs next to nothing! 0, you
lucky devil! Why, dare say you won't
spend couple OF hundred for your cleo
Eon!'
"About seventy-five is the usual figure, -
replied; land upon my word, think
get the worth of it in butter and eggs, and
fish, and saddles of mutton that the people
send me in honor of the event."
''Ughv' cried Sardonyx, grooming
again. "Well, you ought to put down a
couple of thousand, at least, at the Calle-
ton as thank offering; or, perhaps, you'd
OcltSl udul IL OVCl w LII al IOI OLA
at least. You won't? Hard hearted old
brute, farewell !"
Next morning l had letter from our
''whip."
"Dear Walwyn-I may tell in extreme
confidence that the chief is determined
for diss." "a thing everybody had known
about weekly You're all right at Cad
nant. l suppose; but keep your eye on
Gimball. To your tents, o Israeli
I'd q particular reason for not wishing
to leave town just now, and it was with
great reluctance that ordered my man to
pack my things, aud meet me at Eusten
for the five o'clock express. There was
no fear of anybody coming forward
against me; but felt that ought to 60
down to make arrangements. AS for
Gimball, that was absurd. He'd never
dare to do such thing. Why, my father
had been the making of Gimball, and to
think of his coming forward against us!
Pooh! pooh! he would be laughed out of
the county.
Hitherto, as Sardonyx had told me, 1
had been lucky fellow. l had been left
an orphan early, and came into the estate
at my majority with fine accumulation
to start with. had found seat in Par
lament waiting for me without trouble or
expense. Certainly speedily got rid of
the accumulation and had dipped the es-
tate little since, but l enjoyed myself
considerably in the interim, and had &C
cumulated fine fund of experience.
Penwalyn, my place in Wales, is not o
favorite residence of mine. 1t is damp |
and gloomy house, surrounded by ances-
trail trees that seem to distil green mold, |
and is dozen miles from anywhere. 1t |
is very little changed since my great
grandfathers time; the furniture is of his
date, think, and the rooms are of that |
period-dark and dull. The hall is the
only decent place in the house, and is
hung with the portraits of my ancestors.
haven't much respect for my ancestors;
believe they were q coarse, raffish
ot and ate and drank good deal
more than was good for them or their
But there are some good por-
rats Sir Whipple Walwyn, by Vandyke,
. man with a peaked beard, and hair
hanging down over his shoulders; the
ourtly painter has subdued the glowing
int in his nose, but there it is, neverthe-
family badge. The next is a
Iely; Lady Gwendolen Walwyn, q court
beauty of Charles Ii. g time; decollete,
importing beauty, who first introduced
God looks into our family. Then there is
'ir Peregrine, by Hudson, in o wig. blue
elvet coat and a white satin waistcoat.
nd the glowing red nose, characteristic
t the family, that makes one think that
lady Gwendolen, his mother, was, per-
APPS q good deal belied. A sweet girls !
sce, by Sir Joshua, is the charm of the
oh - ,l0 Iyvn -nI 1
yer the traces SO confoundedly, whose
usband was killed in duel about her,
nd who bolted afterward with the sur
lvor. On the whole, I had just about as ,
DON spend week in the family vault at !
'enwalyn. I've the greatest possible 9
bJection to place that seems to reek of I
eceased ancestors; and sympathize most a
arnestly with those Persian fellows who, | t
hey tell me, rather than inhabit house
which their parents have died, pull it
own and build another. I
l got to Penwalyn next morning at f
even or SO, and sent for my steward, g
owland Evans, who lives Just on the
,tskirts of the park; the queerest look t.
z fellow you ever saw. He wears a tall Y
lffy hat stuck on the back of his head: v
8 eyes are long and narrow, and he gen.
ally keeps them half closed; he has q 81
,oked nose, and a mouth that is always a
ttoned up tight into an expression of n
re and anxiety. He is dressed in gray d
elsh tweed, and carries in one hand a b
luminous umbrella, in the other q "
mare basket opening with couple of n
ps at the top.
was waiting for him in the business I
I'M, a little room looking out on the m
K, the only pleasant ono in the house,
[ think, which I generally use when &c
1t Penwalyn. Az soon e he came he eI
-.AS A. i..loA ~, <hn AnAp mt his / o1