Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-06-11
ACOMEDY OF ERRORS

A COMEDY OF ERRORS-
The fast-growIng GUS ON of wealthy
New NoIkers coming over 10 England
nd renting couutrN houses has lately
ed tO au amusing occurrrncr, the ia is
pf which might b. protitab!y worked
.uto a scene IN novel or a play. 1t
--rms that two fine countTy-houses,
zach surrounded b a splendid park and
tuated close u each other. in one o.
the home cOun .es, are Severally owned
hy certain peer, whom We shall call
the Earl OF PcrJcul!is, and by q certain
hIronet, whom We shall call Sir Rod
rick Biennerhassett. The nobleman's
place is called GTasslan Park; that OF
the barouet Oakden Manor. Sometime
turing the autumn months, both Lori
POrtculliS anu 5 Roderlck, for reasons
+ quite distinct character, deter
uins q to spend Ihe winter on the cOntI-
uent and to let their houses Tor six
IA nths- To that end, tney put the
lOuses in the hands of two West End
! noEse-agents to be let, and, ere long.
satisfactory tenants were found IN the
persons of two New York families. 1t
should be remarked that neither house
agent was awar- that the other house
as lflI 81 lildL " llth lLC WV
New York fam 'liesappIied 10 each, one
was told that Sir RDdeTick was a near
lr,ighbor. while the other was Informed
that the Earl of Portcull lived he r
/ bv. \ house owned by an earl, with
| lsronet next doc suited one Anglo
maniac down TO the ground, while
/ !. use owned by "A b tronet, W In an earl
next door, exactly filed the bill for the
| other. Nothing cOu d be better. Rent,
accommodation, and habitable condi-
| ton were minor considerations IN oth
| cases, and the houses were taken IN
sianjly.
So Grassland Park fell to Mr.. Schuy-
| Ter Van Wrinkle and Odk'len Manor to
] Mr.. Hir IN T Ba-sett. NOvembe saw
each gentleman with his family III resi-
/ dence. Now. tie Van Wrinkles and
| BasSetts, though both New Workers,
dad mol know each other The Van
inkles were n and of the world-fa-
nous Four II ndred. The BasSetts
We're not. That was sufficient. The
| Van Wrinkles CO sisted of Mr.. and Mis-.
and their daughter Julia, a handsome,
high-bred girl of two and twenty, who
! had been nearly but not quite belle
II New York society Tor couple OF
seasons. The Bassett family was made
up of Mr. and Mr.. their daughter
Dora, a pretty but somewhat loud
| Young lady of nineteen, and their son
| Hiram T., Jr-, commonly designated
| among his family and intimate friends
HI
Let us harK back to November, when
the Van Wrinkles and BdsSettS have
been in residence about fortnight.
I'm considerably disappointed says
Mrs. Bassett, one morning at break
fast; I've been overhaulIng the card
receiver and / find there isn't single
title among them all
All double ones, eh?' asks Hi, who
thinks himself wit.
His mother does not deign to notice
him; Nr. Bassett reads i'll silence the
London morning paper while he eats
lie could not do more un-EnglIsh
thing If he tried), and Dora says:
How very provokingl What can be
tine reasoup Pm afraid the houSe-agemt
took US IN. He said Lord Portcullis
lived very near
Yes, l know he did. Perhaps I've
overlooked him. Let me ha e anOth 1
try,' and Mrs. Bassett, with a hopeful
look in her eyes, produces the china
caTd-receiver rom her lap beneath the
taDle-cloth, and spreads the contents
out, one by one, on the table in front
of her, pushi" g aside her plate to make
room. No, | was right. There's no
name of that sort. As l say, and S {
gathers up the cards aud throws them
dIsIaintuI!y back in o tie receiver,
there IS not a sing t title among them.
TIE Earl of Purtcu lis says Dora,
meditatively; I wouder-I wonder
We'll, what do you wOnderf' asks
her o.her, with some mlsglvings as t.
the DIR # of her daughters cogitatlons
If he's a mythT'
sMy, mop exclaims Dora: Il know
better than that. Our groom know:
one or his lordship's grooms very well.
Only if Lord Entitled knows him.
Mr. Bassett looks up quickly from hi!
paper
what about LoId Entitled? h,
asks.
i only SAID l wondered if he knew
Lord Portcullis.'
Who's Lord Portcullisi'
How tirgsOIne you are, papa! Hei
Lo Il Purtculiis or the Earl Of Po. {
cullis, if you like il bet er. hats al
| know about him, except that he live:
AT Grassland Park
oh. YES. to Ice sure That's the man
/ forget his name. By-thr-bye, l saw
him cut driving to-day. That Is to say
ne drove out of the park gates as Wa
passing in my four-In-hand coach. a
tall, handsome, distinguishing man
and he had mighty pretty daughter
Il least, | presume she was
What? Pretty OF his daughter?
queries Hi
Both answers Mr.. Bassett, with al
annhi ating nod at hls son; anything
further TO offer?' Hi has not, and hi!
lather goes on. Il guess he Begin
with one of those lapSes back to III!
natural lid viduality, not common will
The average AnglOmaniac.
'Whatr' cry Mrs. Barrett and Dora
IA d breath.
'Eh?' saws MIR. Bassett; what? Oh
Well, l fancy it was the earl HI
looked like an Englis man, anyhow
'Of course it was says Mrs. Barrett
who else could it be? And there Is /
Sife-there must be, OF course, if there
: daughter
Yes. a wife, daughter and son. re
: marks Dora; so Ge1rge-Our groom
on kuow-says L wish had Peer
.4e.''
Where is it? Lost it?' asks he
lother, anXiousiy.
NO. Forgot 10 pack it,
OF all things TO forget' exclaimed
lrs Bassett; ''we're in a pretty FL
nowl'