Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-10-15
CHAPTER XXX

The early train on Thursday morning
paw Granville Rose, accompanied by Mr.
Nightjar, solicitor, junior partner of the
arm Of Hawk, Sparrowbill and Co., on
his way to Slantover, the nearest railway
station to Mannersley, from which it was
distant about four miles, Having Srriv.
cd at the latter place, and ascertained
mat Pearman was at home, Granville sent
In his card, and request to see that gen.
heman for few minutes, on business of
Importance. Now, it 80 happened, that
though Rose had a thorough knowledge
Of Sam Pearman, the other knew nothing
whatever of him. He had never encoun-
tered him personally, except to exchange
that sentence or two after the Xminster
ball. l don't know whether even then
he had identified him; but of a surety
that scene had pretty well faded from
his memory, especially as regarded the
personality of the other actor therein. 1t
was as an entire stranger that he receiv-
ID tho young barrister.
Il must apologize for troubling you, Mr..
Pearman; but l am here as the represen-
tative of Mr.. Harold Denison."
you could not have come with better
credentials, Mr.. Rose. Charmed to see
both you and your friend :" he glanced at
the cards in his hands. "Mr. Nightjar, l
think? Will you take some lunch now,
or after we have had our little palaver?"
Nothing, thanks; our time Is pre-
eious, and we will detain you as briefly
~ maybe. You are, of course, aware
that there is death fine on Mannersley
OF, to speak more intelligibly, that the
owner of Glinn has right of heriot over
your manor on the death of any holder
thereof"
"A right of heriot!" muttered Pear
man. "No, never heard of such claim
and think my father died in complete
ignorance Of any such right"
Though far from suspecting what was
about to take place, Sam Pearman knew
enough Of law to understand this express
don.
you had better read that deed, Night
jAr. Such right exists, and has been al
ways exercised generally compromised as
fns-a course we propose to adopt In
the present instance"
The solicitor laughed, and opened, hrst
somewhat musty parchment, and then
document consisting Of some two or
three sheets Of foolscap. II will be as
short as l can, Mr.. PeArman, but the
story Il a little intricate to follow. I
must premise that Mannersley was by no |
means originally part Of the Glinn proper- |
ty. It seems to have been granted by the
Abbot Of Xminster to one Hugh Wilson.
yeOman, for service rendered, conditional
upon his bearing arms for the abbey. and
being ever ready to do service under the
banner of Sir James Denison of Glipn
the then lay lord and champion of the
abbey. he further lay under the right
Of heriot; In the first place, to the monks
Of minister, who were entitled to claim
three beasts upon the death Of Hugh VIII
Son. or any one Of his descendants hold
ng Mannersley, as an Acknowledgement of
he fealty they owed to the abbey: In
he second place, Of one beast to the lords
Il Glinn, as a similar Acknowledgement
o the secular representative of the alb
'ey. But the monks of minister were
wept away In the Reformation under
Henry Will, and of course that right of
sriot disappeared Still the masters Of ,
Him continued to exercise their claim
pom everv Occas sion ror rrther over two +
undred years, at the expiration of which \
me, In consequences Of the decay of the !
7iIson family, Mannersley fell, BY pur- Z
lase, into their hands, where It remain 4
ill sold to Mr.. Pearman twelve years h
70. The curious thing 4. this right Of :
riot still exists: the owner Of Glinn il 9