The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-01

showing hundreds of narrow rectan- Siess m gre white letter announcing that this is the Hffl Rise Building Es- tate: and calling on all to apply for engibie plots to Mir. Richard Crundsn et the HfIl Road Yard. or to William Bowling. Esq, N. s. A., at i4 Bridre street Then came panting, staggering norVes-a long string of carts from
 the brfckhelds by the river. One day
 as you passed. you cr-i1d see the piles or the ugly stock bricks, and by the
 pegs in the ground trace the founda.
 lions of two rows of cottages: next
 lime 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 toad stools after rain, had risen to the first floor. In month tho first section of the new broad road was completed
 and the main sewer had been carried 200 yards.
 Then. in the midst of the great up- heaval 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 It,
 tie red brick villa on the Redmarsh
 Road. There was to be sale at Hi1l
 House of all those noble pieces of
 furniture. leather arm chairs, side- board. mahogany dinner-table, etc. which !. ere preposterously too big for Sir Johns new home. A respect
 fully silent crowd gathered in the
 roadway outside the white gates. to watch for the brougham and the
 brown liveries when Sir John and my lady were leaving Hill House for ever. FoA the last time. in such state, thsy emerged and slowly rolled away. Ruin ed; after today no more prancing horses. canary collars and cockaded hats;--as hey rolled away down the gentle slope 1t seemed that the glory
 of the .Hiil was visibly departing. Hats
 were lifted, but no man spoke; lowing, bareheaded. the little crowd expressed It's sympathy and awe by silence.
 At the furniture sale, however, there
 was noise enough. All Medford came pressing again to the big dining-rooIn.
 But for the size of things there would have been competition to secure me- mentos or souvenirs. Mementos were really too large to deal with and prices ruled ridfculous1y low. The gigantic sideboard fell to Bob Drake of the White Hart Hotel. together with the coal box and six arm-chairs For the rest, the .eaIers were unchaf1enged and could settle among themselves which lots each should have, and how ruch each should give for> them,
 Then once more white bills appeared on garden walls. Hill House and grounds--ten acres ffeehold-would
 soon be offered for public auction in the Mart. London. at 3 p. m. precisely.
 Swiftly. toe swiftly. the appointed date arrived. and by order of the mortgages this unique and compact estate-"desirable as a residence for a nobleman or gentleman, and afford ing unrivalled opportunities for prompt development as amuch needed area for building"--was put up and knocked down for E11.50o. On this oc- casion no secret was made of the pur- chaser's name. The property had been sold to the London and Suburban Land Trust; and. as might readily be guess ed, this company would not reside in Hill House like noblemen or gentle men. They had bought to destroy.
 Meanwhile. during these autumn months. the emigration of the Hill Rise tenants was already beginning. The Tennis Club was winding itself up in a sort of private bankruptcy--with dreadful revelations as to the rotten ness of its financial management, the extent of its indebtedness, and the necessity of making heavy calls upon it's members in order to meet out standing liabilities; Sir John had gone from the hill; all it's glory had gone why should any one finger? Captain Sholton of Number and Mrs. Chud-