San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1884-05-01
An Eneenirie Lord.

The late Lord kilmorey was o'ei
nInsty when he died. Ho had been IN
,hs Guards, and twas with Sir John
Mooro's army In the Advance run'
Salamanca % attack souit' anu ih tn'
subsequent disastrous retreat 70 .orun
ma" and ''had seen as much Oh uaN9',
SNORT, aud adventure, "a much Oh i,io w
~ various phases, good and owl ~
nnv man oi his generation but "
vvas moi advisable 10 dwell upon the
caylIcr mart of his career In later INC
be had a passion for buying places, ON
the Thames. improving and then selling
them. On one occasion, II being nee
essary for his projected Improvement,
That he should add n scrap oil waste
land 10 his property, he NJ once Ieh wod
Il In. Az night the fence was pu''ca
.lIo put il up again; and again Il laid
low. the work 81 rcparation and demon.
tation being repeated several times, ~
Ionctb he devised plan Of his own 70
n,.,, the case. He wrote nj the top oil
half n dozen separate sheets of foolscap
n,per. Lord Kilmorcy proposes 10
rive next Christmas a. tho poor oil inc
Parish f20O.' These sheets oil paper ho
distributed about the pnrish, one shee'
at the public-house, another AZ thn
butchers, n third AT the chemist s. anu
40 on at other places OF resort lie theh
proceeded 20 put up the fence AGAIN.
That night II was levclcd ns usuai,
The next morning he went the rounu
~ tho placcs where the foOlscap sheets
had been lodged, anil made the follow
inv,entry in each. TO cost OF putllng
mn fence pulled down last night, fo;' 10
be deducted from the above f2uo.
A disturbance the next night waa
treated In tho same way, and then the
fence was allowed 10 remain, ana NJ
Christmas the Earl distributed the t2oo
without deduction. Another coveted
corner no was unable 10 obtain;
though he tried oven more high-handed!
measures. The piece Of land belonged
10 n laundrcss. who refused To accept
another piece in exchange or double IT'S
ynlue in money. SO the Earl wnited
till the laundrcss' linen was hanging
out 10 dry and the wind blew OIL his
own land towards the drying-ground'
and then no lighted bonfire OF green
wood and kept the dense smoke blow
ing upon the linen for many hours bht
a. the landress held to her own, ana the
Earl's quick resentment ere long evap-
orat.,d with the smoke Of his own bon
fire" The Earl was equally unsucess-
full IN his attempts to force chnritabic
institution for female orphans to sell
him u certain triangle Of land winch ne
coveted. His own property ran close
up tho entrance gates Of the institution,
and there he established a marine store,
fcstooncd with unsightly vessels IN
hope to annoy the Governors into SUD
mission. When he was nearly eighty
he had fall at waysidc railway sta
tion and broke two ribs, but he insisted
on continuing his journey. AT the ter
minus he refused 81 leave the carriage.
which was shuntcd on to Il siding, ana
there he remained for more than
week. Some of his friends will re-
member having visited him IN ms ex-
tcnporizcd hospital AT the author >
Office, in Lincoln's Inn Fields. the Earl
one day met another client who whs
cighty-two and ns proud of his age rs
the Earl himself, who was then eighty
five. The solicitor said
Let me introduce gentleman OF
cighty-fvc to a gentleman OF eighty
two 'Eighty-two, sir echoed thH
Earl, slightly raising his hat to MIR,
Levien, IN run you round the sqnar"
for a flyer Some days afterwards Mr.;
Leyicn called on the writer again, ana
remarked slowly and with much
solcmnity; 1--WE been thinking great
deal about that bet. Iwish had taken
il. '".-LORIOn .lMcnTHm.