The Old Dower House : a Tale of Bygone Days / By the Author of "the Young Prima Dona", the Belle of the Family", &c, &c, &c 3
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They did not choose to have " doctor's stuff" from any hand but that of Lady Hester's old house- keeper, because they knew so well the family medicine chest, out of which all the simple remedies were brought ; therefore in course of time, a conspiracy was set on foot^ to see if Madam Merton might not be prevailed upon to keep a medicine chest likewise. In short the villagers were becoming indepen^ dant of Abbeylans altogether, and shortly after they had began to be aware of it themselves, a new... and intolerable grievance overwhelmed them. In a narrow lane which skirted the Park of the old Dower House, was a little iron gate, through which, the people had been in the habit of passing, as a short cut to the Priory grounds, and the high road beyond. By doing this they traversed the beautiful slopes, and saving a notice written up, that they were to keep to the foot-path, and not go TOL in. F 98 THE OLD on the grass, no restrictions were placed on their pleasure there. From time immemorial, the Sibley family had allowed the neighbourhood the privilege — the poor knew that it was to the kindness of the Abbeylans' owners that they were indebted for the liberty thus enjoyed, and they never attempted to dispute that it was not private ; but habit had so dulled their memory on the subject, that the pensioners used to pass back- wards and forwards, and the children swung the little gate back upon its hinges, with the same freedom and carelessness, as though it were the entrance to the village play-ground, instead of the estate of Abbeylans.
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