Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-01
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where the psgs had been. When one
went that way again empty window
frames were in position; the yellow cot
tages. growing fast as toadstools aft,-
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 200 yards.
hen. in the midst OF tie grsat up
heaval, there fell thu second thuadc rtolt
Hill House was in the market; the great
ST. John was ruined He and Lady Vim
cent were moving into little red brick
villa on the Bedmarsh road. There was
to he a sale at Hill House of all those
noble pieces of furniture-ieather arm
chairs. sideboards. mahogany dinner table
etc.-whtch were prspost erouSly too big
for Sir Johns new home. A respectfully
silent crowd gathered in the roadway
outside the white gates 20 watch for the
brougham and the brown liveries when
Sir John and my lady were leaving H II
House forever. For the last time. in such
| state. they emerged and slowly rolled
away. Ruined: after today no more
AIDED hats. AS they rolled away down
the cntie slope it seemed that tn. glory
Of the Hill was visibly departing. Hats
were lifted. but no man spoke; bowling.
bareheaded. the little crowd expressed
| its sympathy and awe by silence.
At the furniture saln. Eow,vsr thera
| was noise enough All Medford cam
| pressing again to tho big dining room.
But for the size of things thers would
have been competition 10 secure mamsntos
or solvent e. Mementos were really too
large to deal with and prices ruled ridicu-
| lousy low. The gigantic sideboard fell
to Bob Drake of tn. Whit, Hart Hotel
together with the coal box and six arm
chairs. For the rest, the dealers wer
unchallenged and could settle among
| themselves which lots each should have
and how much each should give for them.
Then once more white bills appeared
| on garden wallis Hill House and ounds
| ten acres freehold-would soon be one re
| for public auction in the Mart, London
| at 3 p. IN. precisely. Swiftly. too swiftly.
| the appointed date arrived. and by order
of the mortgages this unique and COM
pact estate-"6esirable as res:d nc, for
| nobl >man or gentleman, and afTo ding
| unr;valsd opportunities COR prompt d.
velopment as a much-naeded area for
building put up and Knocked down
| for G1l,500. On this occasion no secret
| was made OF the purchasers name. TIL Z,
| property had been sold to the London
| and Suburban Land Trust. and, as might
| readily be guessed, this company would
not reside in Hill HOUSE like nobi-men
| or gentlemen. They had bought to
! destroy.
Meanwhile. du ing thase autumn mont his
| the emigration of the Hill Rise tenants
| was already beginning. The tennis club
bankruptcy, with dreadful revelations as
| to the rott enness of it's financial manage
| merit, the extent of its indebtedness and
the necessity of making heavy calls upon
| its members in order to meet outstanding
| iiabil ties: SIR John had gone from the
| Hill; all its glory had gone; why should
any one linger? Capt Sholto of No. 4
| and Mrs Chudleigh of No. 10 were fol-
| lowing Sir John to the Radmarsh Dad
! and lad taken villas within easy reach