The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-08
EpoEwoop's EMPTY HALLS.
,wshinr,oa L<uer,i in s4rimere AnetisaA-


 washinrton L<uer, in Baltimore Anerican-
 aEdsewocd.- as it is called. is tenant less, while its owner roams in Europe She Jeff here little over a month ago with her children. for a five years ,oa abroad. The grounds are kept in solerA ble order by the faithful servant in ~hoss charge they were left by her. But the great house, with it's nch furnishings stands precisely as she Jeff it, and the broad acres of the magnificent estate lie uncultiyated. IL IS characteristic south ern mansion. set n the magnificent for- est which enriches the hills north of the city. From the broad verandas which grace the iron, of the building the visitor looks through an opening m the woods down upon the city of Washington, with the whiie dome of the capitol gleAming in the sunshine or the mellow moonlight. as the case may be. all making A beautl- ful picture.
 How is it, was asked of this friend of the fair propie,ress. tha, this fine estate was lief, idle = That was the reply ~ IS wha, no one knows Certainly Mrs. Chase IS not so well ot financially as 10 be able 10 throw away such place She IS. however, very peculiar woman. and fl she can; get what she wants she is no, likely ,o le; II go al all. She has been offered sl,o month fer the house. and she won, take Il; She wants s,oo a month. and unless she gets ,ha, prefers to le, !, stand ieie. aeer wei. Il IS abou, on \ par wi;h mos; ot her performances. Now. here IS an estate worth So GOO she has been offered that for II and yet she wl.l TO; make any use of Il. Why. she wouldn't allow I; titled when she lised here. She kep, ,ao or three men employed keeping Il in order. bu, wouldn't allow the groand tiled The place brought her m deb, every year. The taxes are something enormous
 Lat. suggested the correspondent |; has been stated that congress has relieved the estate from taxation. That, con ,inued the gentleman referred 10, :. is like many other things ,ha, have been sad aboai this family. l, is only partly true. Congress did relieve II from certain taxes. ba, those were back taxes altogether The place, you know. belonged ,e her father. He bough, II long before ,he war. Af;er hs death l; was found that there were some sco.oso taxes due and unpaid on II. Well. Kate was pretty shfewd. She knew her power. and how to make ase oi !, 10 advantage. She pro- posed 10 the other heirs ,ha, she would take ;he estate 'ust as it stood providing for he taxes herself giving up to them, suppose. certain of the other property They agreed 70 that. The property was transferred ,o her, in her own name. and after ,. Whie a little bill made Us appear anee n congress remit,ing the taxes then due. That, however, does not affect Il now
 The old servant now in charge tells many stores illustrating the peculiartles of his mistress. She wouldn't let him plant cabbage anywhere near the house because she could "smell 'em.S Last spring she engaged man at very high price and set him to blowing up the fields. She said she was going to make the land of some use to her. But, bless you. he hadn, go, i, plowed before she called him n one day and told h,m to stop all work on II. tha, she was gong ,o Europe to be absen: hve years.