Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-13

flowers. George Eliot wrote of the perpet-
ual undulation of heath and copse, and
clear views of running water, with here
and there grand pine wood steep, wood
clothed prOmontories and cleaning pools,
but she did not much of that as she
sat most of the summer in the bit of gar
den, wrapped in a cloak, with hOt-water
bottle at her feet. if local legend is to be
believed.
The sense Of standing on a round
world" which she claimed to love so much.
she accomplished by leaving Brookbank
beneath her; only to rise into the region Of
the hated winds.
Memories of TennysOn.
Tennyson, who was one of the hill folk,
found the Leweses in Brookbank. One
wonders how the fastidious and somewhat
sickly woman bore with that breezy man
of the hills. in those mite of rooms. Local
gossip does not deal POLITICALLY with the
poet. According to those who knew him
there he was an incessant smoker Of coarse
tobacco in Guilty pipes, of which he was
very fond. He seemed to have sort Of
individual affection for his pipes, such as
one might have for his dogs, and generally
carried with him in his various pockets
half dozen of them, stained and oily from
long service. In manner he had the rep
utation of being rather harsh toward
strangers. In his determination to avoid
the public and to thwart its natural inter-
est in him, he sonnet times showed himself
a Tartar. and gave some pretty severe re-
Bluffs that did not rebound to his local pop
ularity. 1t Is even said by some that Ten
nyson at heart really enjoyed his celebrity
and often ostentatiously fled from pursuit
when there was no purSuer.
Where TyndaH Lived.
Tyndall came to Haslemere in 1887. Dur
ing three years he and his wife lived in a
mere shanty while their house was build
ing. In two rooms Mrs. Tyndall, lord S
daughter, did her own work and was
happy at it. Later the care of the servants
was added to the greater spaciousness of
Hindhead House, as Tyndall called his
new home. Every summer the house was
let while the owner was off to the CONT
nent, his Alpine chalet and his beloved
mountain climbing, just as in his bachelor
days, for he did not marry till he was
fifty-six years old He was much respected
and liked by the townspeople. His appear
ance and manners were pleasant, and his
hand ever open for local Improvements and
charities. He was evidently a good son
also; at least his father was proud Of him,
for the elder Tyndalrs gravestone is in
scribed Father Of Professor Tyndall. But
kind and generous as he was, Prof Tyndan
resented his grievances. When he came
here the land was rough and wild, a broad
expanse Of gorse and heather.
He would have liked to keep 1t so, and
was bitter against spectators and the
builders Of the suburban villa style of
dwellings. His disgust reached Its height
or depth Wnen, returning from an Alpine
summer, he found a new house upon his
own hill top. within view Of his windows.
1t was a pretty little house. az artistic on
small scale his own mansion, and with
equal right to be there. Prof. Tyndall
either thought differently or cared nothing
about his neighbours rights. He bought
strip Of ground close upon the offending
house purposely to erect there what may
Justly be called spite wall. At close view
It was a mean erection of lathes and poles,
stuffed and covered with heather, an eye
sore to the newcomers. From the Tyndall
windows 1t was almost invisible, melting
into the color OF the heathery hillside, as II
a part of itself. Prof. Tyndall died while
yet his wall was new. 1t came down soon
after his death.
Traditions OF the Region.
This region of Haslemere has its tradi-
tons, like almost every inch of beautiful
England. How many times the old coach
ing road between London and Portsmouth
passing here has entered into English ro-
nance! Barring Gould. In his Broom
Squire" has laid the tragedy of his novel
just here where three men hung on Gibbet
Hill, on the very spot where they waylaid