The Grit-advocate., 1905-02-17
CHAPTER v.
Lo-5 ws,e-r MESSAGE.

vent ut9 he aouse and down =
long corridor until reached The 1t-z
znOvn as the ibrary- Here III "a
er Ess 1~out 70 spend Most u
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called most yIvidiy ~haI was o. u
re-se OF slipping ny mind. that Llrr-
Waters Ess a EretcaeGly SICK uan-
Ills life. as Gil nan said. aac be-
rIiue1 BY a xou an-nis first ri
FROM ga cavalier about that
fortunate King Charles /. cJUr., -
1ao become morose RounGhssd. =
RouDdheaa FOR a short lime only 1t
9 nDrose man eTeT afteTvard.
Il g matter of history how af,aF
leaving the Kings side ana se-rl-g
Cromwell al both the batr- IS 4
Winceby and Iarsden. he mad as Eg--
dsnir resigned from The sfuv a.
gone 10 mis- estate al Long Haut 70
Sussex county There ne mar-el
ha.ing previously oOtaineh q divo-ea
from his first 1site, squire's daughJr-
Who brought hin much and anG 20 5
What could have induced him n
nar-T again alter such 3 dire failure
snow not. Men are inscru,abie c.ez-
lures: no doubt yoman's 'e1Lsr
giances made MIN for The time forzec
mis- former disappointment
I was the issGe Of this second ma
rage. Hy mother a gentle creatUre
dying IN child birth, left Lord Tatz-5
10 again face an existence which hsa
slight charm for him.
Long Haut vas not 50 NAM m les
from London as the crow flies. 1u,
separated from i by s!oughs. rocsg
hills and morasses.
The Manor House vas boil, on d
steep Mill OF bowlders taken from ne
rocky hillside. 1t vas well nigh n.
pragnable and that perhaps was Why
in the many changes of Parliament /
had been left 20 the indisputaHle
rights OF its original owners, VIXEN
many other estates changed hands.
Only one horse road led to II. t
vas road that in fair weather 1as
only fair but in foul an unapproacl-
able way. The wagon must ne u
strong timber that could even climb
10 where the or!hle path began -ur
let il rain and it rained often IN tina.
region by the sea the road became
river Of mud. A cart irving to ascend
then would be buried M To the hubs
and needs be forced to stay there IN.
til spring dried up the slough.
The Manor vas surrounded Jr
many acres of forest, fen fell and
some tillable land. A village which
was held in fief Of some hundred
souls was huddled at its puriieus and
gave Lord Waters little obligation.
They seemingly rendered him seant
service, except at the planting in the
spring time, and in the autumn there
gathered together a motley, Half-say-
age crowd-consisting of men WON
en- and children-and they all fell 70
work at the husking and failing os
the corn.
When the work was done ri0'0u5
fun began Flaming torches OF Jared
pine were placed al intervals n he
open to give light and to pierre 9ut
rhe harvest moon. These lent we.cd
aspect To the glen.
a long board was spread v-h
trenchons OF steamins beef. huge piles
Of black bread and other edibles, and
about this the people were benched.
II did not take them long 10 tighten
the table Of its weight Of plenty,
Hogsheads Of strong home-brewed ale
helped wash and pack down the beet
in the bellies of the men. till they
! we're like taut drawn drum heads ina;
touch might burst
, ITO be continued