Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-12-23
ROUND ROBIN.

RI wav OF gratifying lOng-cherished
rbin Of nine. l determined TO spend
M summer holiday, if possible, in a
-rrieal olt-fashiOned house situated far
sEay from the busy hum of men, where
/ could enjoy genuine peace and recre-
| Ton at the same time that l rode my
,1tiggari6n hobby as much as / liked
Fora long time such a GeSideTatum was
nat in the market; there were country
sBsrtments ard Queen Ann houses and
rgo1eS and ftrm-hOuSes by the dozen
n syery paper, but nothing that ap-
-Oached my real requirement. At
s1yth, after some weeks minUe study
| q the papers, and dancing attendance
u house-agentS, HatteTed myself that
| had got '-the very thing" and read
WI TO ny wife, with almost the ling
sTng delight Of 4 gOlt-mst-
as fine old Tudor mansion 10 be
s..sor three months from July, replete
Eiih every modern convenience, but
n0t at the expense of its antique char:
w.er, walled kitchen-garden, flower
gardens. lawns, strawberries, about four
acres Of meadow-land, and stablin, i!
leauired.-Apply Mr.. " st-cTtsTGI
C5aldnt read cettel,' l said.
Stunning exclaimed Bobby, hOma
from school. "Sure TO be a ghost, and
rsp-dOCrs. and secret dungeons, and
al those things We read abOu. in Aims
E1rth.n
"peliCousr' said the Sentimental
Helen, aged sixteen. 1--WE long wan
ai to read Astr0UiI and Arcadia in a
suitable place
ayes; but We cannot be too careful
sb0ut these old houses" I said as a sort
debsck upon too exuberant anticipa-
dm and imagination. Il shall not con-
eBie any arrangements until l have
sen the house. "
So went down, and was received at
lie little cOuutTy-statiOn hy the *"
q TIE advertisement, q prosperous, con-
isltel-lOokiug Kentjsh farmer, in whose
-dmily the estate had been for centu-
res, whose wife had been ordered
change Of air, and who, being farmer,
Elmblei al the bad times, and had re-
solved 10 let the old house, during his
a5seree, to a respectable tenant.
The house came quite up to my ex-
pectaiigas as formed from the wording
Of the advertisement.
lean leave an old family man SER
yani, = sad the farmer, ''if you like.
lie IS queer old fellow; but, being an,
Old retainer who was born on the estate
you must not mind his little peculiari-
les. must warn you however of one
Weakness he has-that Of satisfying his
caylng for animal and liquid food at
a. risks and hazards.
by which I suppose you mean"
aid that his ideas of mann and tuIun
s' regards bodily sustenance are a little
lH:"
Precisely" answered the farmer,
but, mind, if you catch him in the
s't or have reasons to suspect him,
PACK him of to his friends IN the VII
age without any delay. He is under a
I. aSt waning from me; but it is more
;--e.y Than not that your being new
-Aal y VIII cause him TO break out again
t. DuI here ne ls-you can take stock OF
Aiin without his seeing u.s."
% we slipped behind a laurel-bush,
-ll tle subject OF our conversation
lA,ne iLt0 view. lie was a jovial-look-
-ls oid-iel!0T, standing considerably
v'eG SIX leet, with a Tuddy face and
i1' IOee' and a h ge development of the
-o"er part Of his trunk which sufficient
= proclaimed long and intiuSlte ac-
fis4-h'ance w with the good things of this
lie. As he rolled along almost with
- a-f OF proprietorship, lie trolled forth
~, = Z iich voice the words of an old Ken.
lsh love soDg-
- nave md ami house in Kent
--1L- il ygI -0ye me, love me now;
-TToItAle-2i!. penny = nv rent,
s.,,. ~ SiAAo- come every day 10 woo.'"
,,,s ms real name is Robin HAYDEN, u
s..u .'- tne farmer; ''but because of his
ies ana corpulence he is universally
Uni ~ 'I as Round Robin. He's off to
-. .o rough now, and, if he cannot
~'TP ~ 'hem alive there, no one else can. -
,r,r',- NC ny pected the house and grounds,
s--4 ,~4'-1ac'ed the necessary formalties,
~. - went home thoroughly satisfied
:, = a i,aQ found what l wanted. /
ana a y S-l not take rs long to settle down
ro-.hd - mound Robin was invaluable as
roo.p raC.loae, advising US as to the best bed
priSo SI,S, !, ana pointing out with great
r,.re nsa. Tue Kitchen and larder arrange
1b.s;, 1.sa, patronising the servants whom
lin~ ,'t ~. .o.olght, and Immediately install
fra rltliSeit IN their good graces.
of ,0s @as delighted 50 far with the result
- experiment, for the house was
Inc sIoIiAe oiI e relic, with scores of rooms,
gsTss1 al C-u S.aircaSes. oak panellIng, and a
dooS4iy o. Oh Old family portraits. within
tka ~; whist, although the scenery OF
ma. I .e ADorhOod was charming, l was
torno, NM oe tempted away from the quaint
and IA ~ Oid gardens, with their terrace.
sps PIN sa, grass plots, their shady walks
delicS.attSs IAN strawberries. My wife was
gsrs u.eg, Tor the kitchen arrangements
sbtcb "~amiTahle, especially the larder,
tOr was big genOugh to bold provisions
suon., regiment of soldiers, as likely
II mad In the old days, and which