The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-29

entail.
This Wheeler found him now 20 shrunk
In body. so pale and haggard I'm face.
and detected In mind, that he was really
shocked. and asked leave TO send a doctor
from the neighboring town.
What TO do?" said Richard moodlly
Its my mind: it's not my body. All.
Wheeler. IL Is all over. l and mine shall
never have Huntercombe now"
I'm tell you what IL Is" said Wheeler,
almost angrily. you will have six feet
by two Of II before long II you go on this
way. Was ever such folly 10 fret your
self out OF this jolly world because you
can't get one particular slice of it's upper
crust. Why. one bit OF land Is as good as
another; and I'll show you how 10 get
land-in this neighborhood. too. Ay, right
under Sir Charles nose"
Show me that" said Bassett gloomily
and incredulously
Leave of moping. then. ard I will. I
advise the bank. you know. and 'Splat-
chett's' farm is mortgaged up 70 the
eyes. II is not the only one. ! go TO
the village inns, and pick up all the gos-
sip l hear there
How am TO find money 10 buy land?"
'I'll put you UP 10 that too; but you
must leave of moping. Hang 1t, man.
never say die. There are plenty OF chances
on the cards. Get your color back, and
marry a girl with money, and turn that
into land The first thing is TO leave
of grizzling. Why, you are playing the
enemy's game. That can't be right, can
it?"
This remark was the first that really
reused 10 sick man.
Wheeler had too few clients 10 lose one
He now visited Bassett almost daily, and
being himself full OF schemes and inven-
tions, he got Bassett, by degrees, out OF
his lethargy, and he emerged into day
light again: but he looked thin, and yell
low as guinea. and he had turned miser.
He kept but one servant. and fed her and
himself at Sir Charles Bassetts expense.
He wired that gentleman's hares and
rabbits in his own hedges. He went out
with his gun every sunny afternoon. and
shot brace or two OF pheasants. with
out disturbing the rest: for he took no
dog with him TO run and yelp, but a lit
tie boy, who quietly tapped the hedgerows
and walked the sunny banks and shaws
They never came home empty-handed
But on those rarer occasions when Sir
Charles and his friends beat the Bassett
woods. Richard was sure 10 make large
bag: for he was a cool. unerring shot.
and flushed the birds In hedgerows.
slips OF underwood. etc. 10 which the
fairer sportsmen had driven them.
These birds and the surplus hares he
always sold in the market town and put
ate. and also squirrels. and. above all.
young hedge hogs; GYPSY taught him
how 10 cook them. viz, by inclosng them
In clay, and baking them in wood embers;
then the bristles adhered TO the burned
clay. and the meat is juicy. lie was his
own gardener and vegetables cost him
next TO nothing.
SO he went on through all the winter
months. and by the spring his health
and strength were restored Then he
turned woodman. cut down every stick
No In y f1a hfc
and sold II, and then set TO work 10 grub
up the roots for fires, and cleared IL for
tllage. The sum he received for the wood
was much more than he expected, and
this he made a note Of
lie had strong body. that could work
hard all day, a big hate and a mania for
truly Spartan llfe and everybody in the
village said he was mad.
While he led this bard life Sir Charles
ana Lady Bassett were the gayest of the
gay. She was the beauty and the bride.
Visits and invitations poured I'm from
every part OF the country. Sir Charles,
hattered by the homage paid to his be
loved. made himself younger and less
pair often drove l. miles TO dinner and 20
to dine and sleep-an excellent custom in
that country, one of whose favorite tossts
Is worth recording: May you dine where
you please, and sleep where you dine
or two themselves.
delightful form which is confined 20 large
houses. They would have numerous and
well-assorted visitors staying at the
house for week or so and all dining a
was the time TO see how hosts and guests
enjoyed themselves The hall door OF
was approached by a flight
Of stone steps easy of ascent and about
a feet wide AT the riding hour the
county ladies used TO come one after an
other. holding up their riding habits with
one hand. and perch about this gigantic
night OF steps like peacocks and chatter
Ike jays. while the servants walked their
horses about the gravel esplanade and
the fourth hand waited a little In the
ing of thoroughbreds there was. till all
were ready; then the ladies would each
put out her little foot. with charming
nonchalance, TO the nearest gentleman or
groom, with a slight preference for the
srooms who were more practiced The
man lifted. the lady sprang at the same /
,ime and into her saddle like a bird
taay ISn Bsssett on very quiet pony, or In
me carriage TO please some dowager-and /
away they clattered In high spirits. q
regular cavalcade. IL was n hunting /
county. and the ladies rode well: square
seat, light hand on the snaffle the curb
reserved for cases OF necessity. and when
they had patted the horse on the neck
~ starting. as all these coaxing creatures
must thsy rode him with that well-bred
ease and unconsciousness OF being on a /
horse which distinguishes ladies' who
have ridden all their lives from the
Eawky snobbesses IN HYDE Park who I
ride. II riding IL can be called with tneir
elbows uncouthly fastened TO their sides
ls NJ by rope. hands as heavy as a /
nousemsids $, saving the poor horse with !
,urb ana snaffle at once while the whole /
body hreathes pretension and affectation
ind seems 10 say. Look AT me; 7 am on I
horseback Re startled al that-as ann /
md ] have had lessons from a riding
master. He has taught rne how a ladv I
should ride In his opinion. poor devil
The champine the paving the mount /
ne and the Gathering ~ these bright cav
'lcades. with the music of the women
'Ncited by motion. furnished a picture Of f.
wealth and gavety ana happy country \
lie that cheered tho whole neighbor.
lood. and contrasted strangely with the 4
stern spartan life of him who had per \
uaded himself he was the rightfuI own \
'r of Huntcrcombe hall
Sir Charles Bassett was n magistrate
md soon found himself n bad one one 4
lay he made little mistake which,
wing 10 his popularity. was very gently T,
landled by the bench at their weekly \
meeting. but stlll Sir Charles was