Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-11-08

FAREWELL To THE LANDLADY.
now and then an American may be seen
buying something and trying to pay for
it without saying over in his mind:
4farthings make penny.
l. pence l shilling.
~ shillings pound.
Then the half crown comes along and
knocks out his calculations. So does the
guinea.
Darn guinea anyhow.
lived next door to flock of them one
summer i'll North Carolina, and they got
up so much earlier than 1 did in the
morning that Reason tottered on her
perch.
My former lodgings were at Chiswick
pronounced Chizzickl. ChizZick was
the home of Hogarth, and his body lies
buried in the Chizzick churchyard. There
also is the beautiful estate of the Duke of
Devonshire. known as ChiSwick House.
Chiswick House is built after the plan
of an old Roman villa and is n massive
pile. Lots of old statuary from Rome
and some decorations even from the Vat
lean are there. Several stone benches
from the Roman senate were put under
the trees at Chiswick House. They were
the genuine thing, too-seats that the
Roman senator had sat in while he
thought of his speech: cold. hard stone
seats that they sat in ON wintry morn
ings in December with nothing between
them and the hot blooded Roman but a
cotton toga.
Is ii any wonder that Rome fell and
that the barbarian Goth stabbed his
horse in the palace of the Caesars
4
rated in white and gold, with beautiful
" painted ceilings done by Italian art
lists of 200 years ago. The grounds are
laid ont in Il ma gniticent park of 63 acres.
Here Pope was a constant guest, and. rs
Plum Levi. my barber friend in North
/ Carolina, would say, Pope used to be
around Chiswick House 4 right much.
His favorite walk between two huge
evergreen hedges - feet high has also
! been a favoritc walk Of mine while here.
If he had not been snatched away before
l came to England, Pope and 1 would
have helped each other. He was strong
in some ways. while l came out better i'll
others. Pope could have shown me how
to get about London by the mysterious
railroads. while l could have corrected
his essays for him.
lie Duhe OL llttNOuSIllTe Is Wen
and leases the place at Chiswick just as
Mr.. Gould might have leased Irvington
to some one in New York. or rs George
/ Washington might lease Mount Vernon
to Denver man. with use of tomb and
right of piscary.
If the duke had been there, he would
have doubtless sat the dog on me, but
the lessee, DIR. luke, told me TO go any
where over the place, eat dollhouse grapes,
pick orchids, climb the tree planted by
Queen Victoria. or do my literary work
where Pope did his. There are trees
there planted by Garibaldi and many
other eminent people living and dead.
The tree planted by her most gracious
majesty does not seem to thrive, and l
feel almost positive that she did not
mulch It properly when she first sat it
1ut.
use the word sat advisedly. l use it
IN the advice Of my valet. Clarence, aged
IS. who says he belongs 10 the hupper
clahsscs.
| got to talking with Clarence quito
freely the other evening, for l do not
want time TO hang heavily ON his hands.
There was no good theatrical perform
lncc that l felt like taking him 10 see.
~ We NIAttGNl lliC evening AWAY SldE-
cnce and l. 1t is pretty hard for an
American gent to entertain 4 valet, not
being accustomed to it. Inover had one
before. so it comes rather awkward.
He thinks l ought to have my boots
freed every night. l told him to tree
them if he thought best. but that ne
would have to knock them off the
branches in the morning. for l would
not go up after them, so he puts sort of
dofunny inside my shoes at night to fill
them up and keep them in place and says
it is better than to keep them on ut night
for that purpose.
have lodgings now just off Piccadil-
ly, as l said, having made the change
two days ago. Ny former landlady was
an amateur in that line. She sent me
up an egg that was intended for parlia-
ment. 1t was q good egg. for a riot, but
not for eating purposes. 1t looked on
the outside rather tottering. 1t looked
rs an egg might that had been laid I'M
der the Tower and forgotten for few
sluggish centuries. 1t popped like a rife
when l tapped it with my knife, and il
the window hadn't been open l should
have been asphyxiated. What a terrible
death it must be to cork up room tight
", make ones will and then turn on IN
egg like that-an egg that had been left
to itself ever since the Saxons came
here, an retrospective egg laid by NOR
bid hen,
1 spoke to the landlady about II. This
egg" said l, turning away TO avoid see
ing its still features. should not hav'
been disinterred. Will Won take it bacl
to the cemetery again and see that th'
grave is resodded at my expense:
She thought l was sarcastic. That L
a mistake" she said.
Yes made reply; lit has that Al
about it
, No" she said: Il mean that the cool
! has made Il mistake and sent You up
T cooking egg"
r "Oh, You use these eggs for cooking
p do you:' l asked. with well feigned as
constituent. You use them to rails
2 bread with and make angel food. In
stead of using them in the interests o
home rule you make buildings of them
Very well,' added in a broken voice
} ''if you have no other excuse to offe
than that it is cooking egg, must sa
farewell"
Ihad been there . week, mostly b