Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-17

him in his business. and he docs not
complain that the times have been es- f
pcci.,l,v hard with him /
THE VACANT CHAIR. t
You have all heard et the thcvIOt
1t YOU have not they are "A
rough rugged, majestic chain OF hills,
which a poet might term the Roman
wall OF nature; drowned with snow.
belted with storms. surrounded by pts-
tureS and fruitful fields, and still dlvId-
inr the northern portion of Great Britain
from the southern With their proud
SUBMITS piercing the clouds. and Their
dark rocky dcc.ivitics tr"wnInT upon
the slens below, they appear = 'mh"Llti,
of the Wild and uutalntble spirit 81 the
burdyrers who once inhthttcd their
sides. We say, YOU have AL heard "i
CheviOts. nnd know them to tie very .
high hills. like Il Auge clasp r!E"Nh5 .
England and Scotland together; Dul "1 /
are not aware that You may have hettI /
e! Marchiaw, AN old. greE-IoUkInT ihrn- I
house substantial as Il modern fortress, +
recently, and. tor uugEt We kH"% 10 the .
! contrary. still inhabited by Peter h'ii"t.
: the proprietor Of some uNr iiIu,!I't >ur-
, rounding acres Ice boundaries u
! Peter farm indeed. We're dctip"i neIth-
rr hv fields hedges, nor stone walls.
\ wooden stake here and u StpH" tn -,
Ut considerable distances from eacA
other. were the general ltndEt"ESi but
neither Peter nor hi, neigADtr7 r"Hs.i-
cred a few acres worth Iuarre!ug iDout;
and their sheep frequently visited eHch
others pastures III i friendly WAY, mar
IuuniOuslv sharing i fanny Dinner. III
the same spirit Is their masters mtt'
theMselvc. free 1T each other tables
Peter Was placed IN very unp.ea9 tnt
circumstances. owing IL the >ituatip. Oi
Marchuw House which unfortunately
was built Immediately acrU7, the '!Hc1t'
line dividing the two klnSt"ma a'd
his mis- ortune WAS, that. beng born
within it, he knew not whether he was
an Englishmun OF 4 Scutc!Iuian. lie
could trace his ancestra. line no iarth-
er back than his great grandfather
: who, it appeared from the iaml-
X " Bible, had together wlth ht.
: grandfather and father. claimed March
law Us their birth place. They. how
= ever. were not involved IN IN" sam,
/ pcrvlcxities rs their descendant In.
- parlur was distinctly acknowledged I
q be in Scotland and two-ihirds OF III,
l.. kitchen were rs certainly allowed To bt
- in England his three ancestors Wei,
l. born in the room over the paI.ur, and
r therefore. We're Scotrnmcu beyond IUr-
!. tcn, but Peter. unluckliv, beng br"ugl
into the world before the death at b..
grandfather. his parents occupied
room immediately over the Icoatan.'
Il IL flsh
en-. The room though rely "Igh
feet square, WAS evidently situated be
N tween the two countries, but. u" nn
&c being able to ascertain what p"rt"
at belonged To each. Peter, after many n
81 ~umeuts and aitercatioms upon tn" sui
feet. was driven to the dlsagrerah.c a
n tentative Of confesSng he knew n
Id what couutrvman he was. " hat rei
nj jered the confession more painful wa
,;s it WAS Peters highest ambition to h
- thought a Scotchman. All his arab
81 land iav on the Scotch side his m"the
vo was colla.eral!y related to the Stuart'
and few families were more ancient :
respectable than the EIlioto Peter
speech. indeed. betrayed him to be
on walking partition between the t"
en kingdoms, Il living representation
a .ie ,,,,ooh "I'. .ho Ia,tnr :. with thr brra
ro- nounceo 'ne !eI'eL WIN WIN IT' W. 0rt''
or .i1 I =, ,h. noyt win thc ii,,nij burr
I' ANY T,.,hnn,hr,.ns ~
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