The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-10
CHAPTER xrlI.-continued.

CHAPTER xIlI.-contnued.
Call on me-" he said grimly, "12
Tomorrow. III see what can do for
you.''
Then. turning his back, he summoned
his daughter.
Lizzie. Conc"
And then, everybody drawing bnck.
tho crowd by the door opened and made
a wide avenue for Mr.. Crunden aud his
daughter to pass out.
CHAPTER XIII.
Delenda est Carthage.
With appalling rapidity Mr. Crun-
den had set to work. In these weeks.
the most eventful In the history of
Medford. 1t really seemed Us If the
world was moving faster to Its end.
things that should have taken years
to bring about happened in single
night; each day brought some new
strange phenomenon. Men ceased to
feel surprised; the old order was gone;
a reign Of chaos had opened. Down
went the fGurginn wall that had guard
ed Lady Haddenham's lower fields: In
went the roadmakers. smashing posts
and rails, pecling away the smooth
turf, tumbling out carloads Of brick
bats; up went the huge boards-with
outlined map showing hundreds of
narrow rectangles. in great white let
tiers announcing that this Is the Hill
Rise Building Estate. and calling on
all to apply for eligible plots to Mr..
Richard Crunden at the Hill Road Yard,
or to William Bowling, Esq. M.S.A.,
at ii Bridge Street Then came pant
ing, staggering horses-a long string
of carts from the brickhelds by the
river. One day. as you passed. you
could see the piles of the ugly stock
bricks, and by the pegs I'm tho ground
trace the foundations of two rows OF
cottages: next time you passed and
looked, footings were set where the
pegs had been. When one went that
way again, empty window frames
were In position; the yellow cottages,
growing fast as toadstools after rain,
had risen to the first floor In a month
the first section OF the new broad road
was completed, and the main sewer
had been carried two hundred yards.
Then. In the midst of the great up
heuval, there fell the second thunder
bolt. Hill House was in the market;
the great Sir John was ruined. He and
Lady Vincent were moving into little
red-brick villa on the Redmarsh Road.
There was to be a sale at Hill House
OF all those noble pieces of furniture
leather armchairs, sideboards. mahog-
any dinner-table. etc.--which were pre-
posterously too big for Sir Johns new
home. A respectfully silent crowd
gathered in the roadway outside the
white gates. to watch for the broug-
ham and the brown liycries when Sir
John ana my lady were leaving Hill
House for ever. For the last time, in
such state, they emerged and SLOWLY
rolled away Ruined; after to-day no
more prancing horses. canary collars.
and cockaded hats:-as they rolled
away down the gentle slope 1t seemed
that the glory Of the Hill was Sisibly
departing. Hats were lifted, but no
man spoke; bowling, bareheaded, the
little crowd expressed Its sympathy
and awe by silence.
At the furniture sale, however. there
was noise enough. All Medford came
pressing again to. the big dinin g- ON.
But for the size of things there would
have been competition to secure mem
entos or souvenirs. Mementos We're
really too large to deal with. and
prices ruled ridiculously low. The gil
rantic,' sideboard fell to Bob Drake Of
the White Hart Hotel, together with
| the coal-box and six armchairs. For
| the rest, the dealers were unchallenged
land could settle among themselves
which lots each should hare, and how
much each should give for them
Then once more .white bills appeared
on garden walls. Hill House and
Erounds--ten acres freehold-Would
soon be offered for public auction in
the the Mart, London, at 8 p. NJ. precisely.
swiftly, too swiftly, the appointed date
\ arrived. and by order of the mortgages
lthis unique and compact estate-"de-
sirable as residence for a nobleman
or gentleman, and affordlng unrivalled
opportunities for prompt development
as a much needed area for4buildlng1--
was put up and knocked down FOR
fl1,5O0 On this occasion no secret
was made Of the purchasers name.
Tive nronerty had been sold to the
London & Suburban Land Trust; and,
as might readily be guessed, this CONF
Epany would not reside in Hal House
like noblemen or gentlemen. liles
Ihud bought to destroy.
Meanwhile, during these autumn
months, the emigration OF the il,li
iRise tenants was already peg lhnlHs.
The Tennis Club was winding ltsell !, y !. Z
lima sort OF private bnnkruptcytT-NWllh
i dreadful revelations as to the rottcr-
ness Of its financial management the
/ extent Of its Indebtedness, and tho ne
cessity Of making heavy calls upon Us
| members In order to meet OUTSTANDING
.l3iiabtlities; Sir John had gone from the
IhilIs all It's glory had 8 hlo;---WhS
|,should any one llnget' "a pth., ,, =
~ Number 4 and Mrs. Ghualelgl OF
N1,nper8 o were FOLLOWING Sir John
to the F,ednlarsh Road and had taken
|syillas within easy reach Of them. No
tees Of departure from odd and even
4 numbers poured in upon the new lands
lord He had said If you don't like
my ways, you may go, and they has
4 tened to show him their dtsllSe.''
MIR. bowling. reading each fresh
i|sletter from n tenant, shook his head
4 and said "rut tut; but Mr.. Cruhden
l.omly grunted. Mr., Bowling deeply l'e-
gretted that most inJudictous speech of
Ibis client; spoke of 1t always as "the
outbreak"
That tho Hill Rise tenants had 1T II,
their power thus to take MI, Crunden
at his word was due to the outwardly
\ lmagnihcent and essentially unhusi-
nessli Ike met DDS os Messrs. Vipmil,
lana Mr.. "A. The terms OF the 'beauti-