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Nor was this all; he had been endeavoring to bring the property more and more into his own clutches, a point which he would ultimately have gained, had not the Colonel's late succession to so large a fortune enabled him to meet his claims. At one o'clock the tenants were all assembled about the inn door, where the Colonel had resolved to hold his little court.
When I arrived in Ireland, I met with an English gentleman who took a lively interest in the purpose for which I crossed the sea, namely, to see what I could see for myself and to hear what I could hear for myself on the Land Question. He volunteered a piece of advice. "There are two different parties connected with the Land Question, the landlords and the tenants.
The squire had business with one of the tenants in the library that evening, so his sister and her two nephews were alone in the drawing- room after dinner. "Aunt," said Walter, "look at my hands; do you know what this means?" His hands were crossed on his knees. "I think I do," she replied with a smile; "but do you tell me yourself."
We look through the window of a second floor back room, and see the out premises, but one look is sufficient. We want to know something of the tenants, so we enter into conversation with them, and find them by no means reserved. Room 1. Husband and wife about thirty-five years of age, no children; husband has been ill for some months, during which the rent got behind.
It is my purpose to send Colonel Dayton to Johnstown with part of his regiment, to settle the thing once for all. He will have the aid of Herkimer's militia if he needs them, and will arrest Sir John, the leaders of his Scotch followers, and all others, tenants and gentlemen alike, whose freedom is a threat to the neighborhood. In short, he will stamp out the whole wasps nest.
Several of the passengers were, like us, cast on the beach during this horrible night all perished. I repeat to you, my friend, that a miracle from Heaven was necessary to save us, James and me to save me especially, ill as I was. The tenants whom we replaced on this farm found us almost dying on the shore; they brought us here.
From the moment that Brunswick was occupied by the British, every one of Mr. Meredith's tenants, who for varying periods had refused to pay rent, adopted a different course and wholly or in part settled up the arrears owing.
Much of the public land was occupied by wealthy men, as tenants of the state; and some of these his law would have ousted from profitable spots, while the rest were to be forced to pay their rents, which they had done very irregularly or not at all.
The inhabitants of the parish of Carlaverock were also strictly watched, being tenants, mostly, of the Earl of Nithisdale; and the same precaution was taken with regard to his Lordship's tenantry in Traquair, Terregles, and Kirkcunyean; yet, according to the statement of Mr.
He could not remain at his daily study without interruptions. They were pretty frequent. People tenants, workmen, and others would persist in coming for orders to Mr. Lionel. In vain Lionel told them that he could not give orders, could not interfere; that he had no longer anything to do with Verner's Pride.
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