Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-12-04


be ambitions to ulvn u good acc cunt OF his
Stewardship; think very likely he would
be, for he's n young mnW but II BUY II
place in the Highlands. it viii have to be
managed as ! wish 1T to bc managed.
When | said that | wanted the most made
out of the land, did not mean the most
money. No | should he glad TO have
four per cent. for my Investment: II lcan't
have that, should he content with three;
but it is not as II commercial speculation
that shall 90 into the affair, if go into
it at all My wants are simple enough;
As tell you, | admire the beautiful wild
country; | like the people -
what little have seen of them;
and If | can get a picturesque bit of terri
tory somewhere along this western coast,
/ should Ike to give my family n kind of
foot-hold in Europe, and | dare say my
boy might be glad to spend his autumns
here, and have turn at the grouse. But
for the most part OF the time the place
would be under control of the factor
and want Il factor who will work the
estate under certain specified conditions.
First, no foresting Then | would have
the crofts re-Valued-as fairly as might
be no crofter To be liable to removal who
paid his rent The sheep farms would go
by their market value, though | would
not willingly disturb any tenant; how
ever, in that case, should be inclined to
try Strang's plan of having those black
cattle OH my own account. would have
the cottars take away from the crofts
(alowing for the rent pad to the crofter,
for that would he but far when the value
of the crofts was scttled) and | would
build for them modcl village, which
you might look upon as philanthroplc
fad of my own to be paid Tor separately.
No gratuitous grazing anywhere to crofter
or cottar that is but the parent OF subse-
quent squabbles. Then would have all
the draining and planting and improving
of the estate done by the local hands, so
far as that was practicable. And then l
should want four per cent, 1eturn on the
purchase money and / should not be
much disappointed with three; and per
haps Though | would not admit this to
anybody if | saw the little community
thriving and satistied-and reckoning also
the honor and glory of my being king of
my own small domain-f might even be
content with two per cent Now, Mr.
/ Carmichael is this practicable: And is
this young fellow the man TO undertake
it? ] would make it worth his while. |
should not like to say anything about
payment by results or percentage on prof
it's: that might tempt him to screw 1T out
of the poorer people when he was left
master--though he does not talk like that
kind OF n fellow. wrote TO Lord Ailine
about him. and got the best of characters.
| went AVID saw the old man who is coarh-
ing him for that forestry examination: he
is quite confident about the result-not
that ! care much about that myself.
What do Won say. now You ought to be
able to Judge
Mr.. Carmichael hesitated.
"If you got the estate ut fair price,
he said at length, ''it might be practical
bic. though these improvement schemes
suck in money as a sponge sucks in
water. And as for this young fellow
well, | should think he would be just the
man for the place-active. energetic
shrewd-headed. and n pretty GOOD hand
at mannginr folk ms | shoul1' rurss. But
Won know. before giving any one an i'm
nortnut most like that and e.pecinll,
with y0nr l-oinp back TO America for the
hnsI y !rt Of every vpor-I think vor
onph1 tn nave some KIM Of money GUAR
anIee MS n kind or SAFEGUARD It's usual
God forbid should suggest auythins
ooainst Tho lod-he's .s honest-lonkiup ~
INV own two hovs aud cnn saw no more
thnu thnt-still' business is hnsiness ]
coiinIo of sureties nov Of r5D1 nuiece
,niTht no suf,icinnt
.:,t is usnnlz, rrncnted MIR. Uodson. nh
seniIv Yes | sunnnse if il prettv har,
on :, ioun1 fellow thonph If he can't fin,
} The snretjes 4 Ihousnnd pnunds is n biz
figure for one in his nosition. lie has tot,
mo ,hnnt Ms father nud his hrothe,
, thev're not i'm if anvho,y-both of then
with hardly n sivnencn to snare How
, cvar lis mo- use talking about il until W
, soc ,vhrtherth hi. nloc n here is satisfactory
, and even then d6n't say word about
10 him. for if some such most were offerp
to him and if The securities we're N
: rirht and 81 forth il has pot Ia he give
tn him ns = ltttlp nrnsent from an Amer
: can youn~ lody If Won cam call il n Dre,
emf when Won merely nronoee to pny n ma
, n fair DAYS wares for n fa,r davis WORK
And am less honerIIl now. the thre
plncps we have looked nj were clearly on
of the question. and my Highland MAJ
sion mIy prove to he q castle i'm Spai
3 after ali"
2 The steamer WINS now slowing into tn
wide, still loch. and they had To- 90 belo,
; to nut their thin~S toreihnr and nrenor
r for roinr ashore Vary deserted did IN
, bip hoteI took omid this vjntrv land
J scnpc. but thny had telerranhad for room
! and eyervthIn-, wns in rrnIiucss for then
t while the agent for the estate they wei
; gnim0 to insnrct was wnitinn for ,hen
Q wnr0nrtte and All Mt fine door The
started almost directly. and a long nm
desnernteiv cold drive if nrnvcl 70 In
3 MIR Uodsou. for one. was clad cnour
whom thpy dismonnted at Tho knanaT
+ cnttnpe where thrjr frnmn over Ri
e gruuId was to pcrin, he did not cnrc ho
+: rourh the country might he 90 long rs
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