The sun., 1914-09-27

may be stripped. hut he kept an open
house at Srthig for his brothers and
other dependent kin. sure of A roof
over their heads and desperately pu,
10 1t for change, whether small or great
Still there was housekeeping of a sort
" We may judge from this request tina,
came to Erthig. my Cos Mary Desire
the favour OF my Cosen Betty Glegg 10
make her a bottcl of surrop Of Glove
gilfiower and she will return her the
sugar with many thanks"
The Rev. Thomas Pocock married
Anne. daughter of this neerdoweel
family. and smsrtly he paid for ii. Anne
was In debt fl5 and the good parson
married her debt and was hurried off
10 sponging house and thence to A
debtors prison with many letters back
and forth and much agony Of spirit
before he was enlarged In these let
tcrs there is yet another from a poor
prisoner and captive who writes con-
joint pathos and colons:
only good Sir: give me leave. Ia
entreat YOU: that Mr. Jones charg,
may he Included: in your demand, as
] may not he left in his hand and 7
humbly begg: YOU will excuse: my con
duct: in my confinement: and before
even all: 7 have offended Won in: for
l am very sure: that have ALWAYS
and in all: companies: Acknowledged:
Your former kindnesses: TO me: in the
most GRATEFUL manner 7 coud: tho you
NAV think 7 have not acted farcly
towards you: hut can plead nnocency
as TO my intention: 7 hope YOU will
haSton: and please to release me: from,
this troublesome: confinement. in com
passion unto my poore: wife: whose
circumstances: his very much re-
duced"
When Edishury had run his pace the
estate was sold out under a ChanCcry
order and passed into the hands Of
John Mellcr. master in chancery.
whose handsome portrait still hangs IN
the hall and iS reproduced In this work
with all tho glory Of a full hottomed
wig. II was this wig or another of
the sort which forms the subject nf
this honest letter. which we may hc
sure did not fail Of It's object. since now
Erthig was in the possession Of n man
OF means:
~ hev sent your bush wigg that YOU
he spake. which 7 due hope will make
you y moanes Sir for your pashans
Praye Sir. parden my long negglect: the
prise T.. Sir ono pound fifteen shillinge.
and am shure is as moddish wigg as
II YOU gave 3 gineas for ono and 7 due
not queschan hut II will ancer your ex.
pectashan in tho wearc Of 1T. Thcs"
all. Sir. with my Humhull Sarvis %
your Gud sellfe. and pray Sir. give
my most Humhull DuteN TO my gud
father and Mother, and Respects to- all
the Rest ~ your sud Company. So
teak leave. Sir. your most Humhell
Sarvent and honist perewigG meakcr 10
Command. WILL GROVE"
We find some sixty years later
reference 70 the passing Of wigs II
Is in one NJ tho Rrcreton letters gossip
ing about the affairs of Parliament:
"Syderham proposed tax on swords
and fun hottomed wigs which last do
not amount ~ 10 IN the whole Kingdom
the Speaker. Attorney and Solicitor tho
only wearers then in the house pull ID
off their bats To thank him"
Meller had u nephew who fell ~
evil ways and paid III" penalty We
have the letter. uf this John YorlSc, =
clerk IN some puhl" office Vet it
Is sdddcning To discover what n cheap
going wrong this was. how little 7
would have cost T. set The poor lad
upon his feet again. From his letter
of contri:i. and confession dated IN
III We extract such passages as make
clear the extent and manner of his
undoing: MY interest 10 get ac-
quainted with some Of tho senior clerks
which 7 could not propose hv other
means than treating 'cm now and then
with = glass NJ wine and my fathr~
never allowing me- money sufficient for
reaSona hlc expenses. The money
slipt awav inscnCesbly between ro-es.
sarNc~ and tr,hing expenses. | cannot
but confess ! have been too guilty of
eNtravagant expenses relating TO cat-
ing and drinking, but So far from
spending all my money that way. tlat
| Steidfastly believe could tho whole
sum he exactly known in the fivc wears
that ! have heen in the office II would
not amount to much above ton or
eleven pounds. Tho Chiefost of my ex-
trHvaganCN has been in books Gn an
other letter ho mentions hv name su'h
works ag Golfers Essays. nr. Shar, ck
on "IudCems nj" Bev"ridce's "Thoughts
on Religion" ono volume Of tho Tai
lor'). 7 was formerly top much ad-
diCted to tho seeing plays and run out
that way hut ] have been
very senCesible Of this error for ab5vc
this two years past ] have
laid ont since 7 have heen at tho office
upwards of thirty shillings in futes.
also n guinea on Il silver SNUFF box and
other smaller expenses IN such needless
Somehow this docs not secm 4 very
serious petition in the bankruptcy {
a human life before il had moro than