Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-05-22

have not forgotten. AS yOu seem deter
mined to set yourself up for your lifetime
with "reminiscences of your travels in
Europe, have had to consider what you
could cary away from here. an afraid
that lnver Mudal jewelry would't make
much of show, and | haven't seen any
shell necklaces or silk scarls or
blue pots about. But what about High
land maid? suppose the New ! ork Gus
toms officers wOuldn t charge m"Ch for that
article of vrtu. Now the maid who waits
on me here is very pretty, and gentle in
manner; and ! suppose she could he in
duced to go-iOr a proper consideration
and you could begin the training of her
now and have her quite accomplished by
the time we get home. Sounds rather
like slavery, don't it? but she would be
going to the land of the free, and the ban
ner would wave over her. She gets $50 IA
year and her board I'd he better than
that, If You took Il fancy to her.
But the NEST remarkable person here
perhaps it is the contrast between his
personal abilities and his position that is
the striking thing-is IA deer stalker and
gamekeeper whom they Familiarity call
Ronald and confess that, with ali had
heard of the intelligence OF the Scotch
peasIntry, this fellow, before ! had been
talking with him ten minutes, rather
made me open my eyes. And yet, looking
back over the different subjects we fell
upon, ! don't know that he said anything
so very remarkable on any one of them.
] think it is rather the personal character
of the man that is impreSSve-the manll-
ness and independence of his Judgment,
and yet his readiness to consider the other
side If you can convince him, his frank
land, should say, f. olish) recognition of
the differences OF social position, and then
a kind OF curious self respect he has which
refuses to allow him to become quite
friendly, though you may he willing
enough to forget that you are talking of
Ia "a he is
of the employees, and anxious only to con-
verse with him us man to man. I'm afraid
this is rather mixed, but you would have
to see him To understand quite well what
manner of person he iS-a good looking
fellow too. well knit together, with keen,
hard face, full of life and ii half-cOncealed
force of humOr. ! should Judge he would
make pretty fair king of good company
in the unrestralned intercourse of "A few
boon companions, and imagine he has
hard head if there should lie any
drinking going ON. What to do
with him ! don't know. 1t is absurd
he should be where he is. His brother has
been TO college, taken his degree, and is
now in the Scotch Church somewhere.
But this fellow seems quitecOntent to trap
foxes and shoot gray crows, and in the
autumn look after the grouse shooting and
the Devastating of other people y man
of his brains would not be in that position
for a fortnight in our country. Here
al for him to be in subScrVient position.
And yet there is a curious Independence
about the fellow; | don't know what i'll
ducement | could put before linn to get
him out of it, suppose we SAID, Come
you with us to America, and we II run you
Tor President I'm afraid he'd quote
Kingsley in our face, and be of to where
the dun deer lie In fact, his reverence
for the starspangled banner appears to be
of II mitigated description. | found he
knew more than | expected about our
wire-pulling gentry at home: but then, ON
the other hand, discovered that he knew
nothing about the necessity of protecting
the industries of young country beyond
what he had read in the English papers,
and you know what high old Mother Hub
bardism that is. Now ! want to do some
thing for this fellow, and don't know how.
He's too good man to be thrown away
a kind of upper servant, rs 1t We're, of his
lordship lie has plenty of ability and
plenty of knowledge in II dozen different
directions, if ii only could be dppliod.
But then ne logged kind of crea-
ture-he is not plant; if you can show
him sufficient reason for changing he
might change, otherwise not one inch will
he bulge. What is the inducement to be