The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-06-03
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/ Serpentine ia Hyde park, Lon tai
which had once been connecfe
a miniature waterfall. Hes6 al BID
pie woman. Ann Hicks by name
drove thriving business Id The sale
of apples, gingerbread, Nuts arls
other comestibles dear III tie heart
of the British schoolboy, NATL her
shelter was demolished and her NJ
Establishments reduced to d mere ON
stall with apcanvas covering
But adversely only served to
velop AIMS great qualities, and
Immediately becamea letter wfito5
of the highest order. She first ~
dressed herself to Lord Linz
then chief commissioner of HI
and forests, stating her IA IiI
and asking permission to cons ltf
locker for the safe disposal Of ~ :
wares at night-sa request which
was deemed reasonable and was al
! once granted. 49,
Encouraged by her success, she
mkt made application to be allowed
to build O brick inclosure, as the
wooden locker was insecure. This,
after some hesitation, was unwill.
ingly conceded, and Ann, whose
ideas were evidently 12 post adj
vanced iberah tY wide in'
depreciation on S a7lds
converted the BIRD ~ g.
little room, which had
door, but window as =
A third communicate r. - /
her locker was NOT
Might she make it
space for the safe] T. +
ginger beer bottles&
plication was succes (sfUl
height was limited to 81
! Once more she wrof8 bin tizE1
ask permission to 20 the ROD
and when the request grante
it was found that the REPAIRS" IL
cluded the projection of a htt&
chimney and the construction OF
fireplace, on which Ann performed
| SuIludIy OpcIalAOhS.
But now she was troubled by ft
ubiquitous schoolboy, who nd
impertinence to look in at TIL
dow, SO fifth application w
patched asking leave to putr1
! hurdles to keep him at res
distance. Then the hurdles
gradually moved outward,
small garden was Enclosed an
by degrees the white cottage,
it came to be called, assumed all the
dimensions and importance of lit
tie estate.
Ann was now in the zenith of her
) power, but her career, like that of
many another conqueror, was to be
cut short just as her empire was ex.'
tending it's bounds and she was be-
ginning TO hold undisputed sway.
Evil times were at hand.
In 1850 preparations were being
made for the great exhibition of the
following year, and an order was isl
sued for the removal of all obstruc-
tons from the park, the white cot
tage being included in the list.
But AIMS was not nature made
to yield without a struggle. She
resolutely refused to move, doubt
less on the principle that an Eng
lish woman's house is her castle, and
her indiscretion even carried her
the length Of departing from the
strict limits of the truth. Her grand
father--so her story ran-had 100
years before saved George II from
watery grave in the Serpentine and
had consequently been allowed to
raise a permanent erection in the
park 49, besides which her cottage
had cost her not less than e13O.
Lord Seymour, then chief COM
missioner, laid the case before the
Duke of Wellington, and that con-
queror of conquerors, after investi-
cation, ordered AIMS eviction and
the demolition Of her cottage, the
result of seven years concessions
and appropriations.
To soothe her wounded feelings,
{ an. allowance was granted her fo1
! 12'months, but though our heroine
, accepted the solatium she was by no
means satisfied and placarded the
trees and fences of the park with
notices of her wrongs. For months
I she pestered members of parliament
. with her story, and at last Mr.. Ber-
!. nal Osborne yielded. to her solicita.
a lions, and on certain day in July,
: 1851, the house of commons had the
unique privilege of listening to the
q recital of the imaginary wrongs Of
an apple woman.
!. Full explanations were given, and
Ann. after her brief but brilliant