Little journeys in old New England . eived idea of colonial mag-nificence. A rambling collection of build-ings, seemingly the result of various L ^expansions, form an inharmonious whole 245 OLD :^EW EISTGLA^D ROOFTREES which would have made Ruskin quite site is, however, charming, for theplace commands a view up and down LittleHarbour, though concealed by an eminencefrom the road. The house is said to haveoriginally contained as many as fifty-tworooms. If so, it has shrunk in recentyears. But there is still plenty of elbowspace, and the cellar is even to-day largeenough to accommodate
Little journeys in old New England . eived idea of colonial mag-nificence. A rambling collection of build-ings, seemingly the result of various L ^expansions, form an inharmonious whole 245 OLD :^EW EISTGLA^D ROOFTREES which would have made Ruskin quite site is, however, charming, for theplace commands a view up and down LittleHarbour, though concealed by an eminencefrom the road. The house is said to haveoriginally contained as many as fifty-tworooms. If so, it has shrunk in recentyears. But there is still plenty of elbowspace, and the cellar is even to-day largeenough to accommodate a fair-sized troopof soldiery. As one enters, one notices first the rackin which were wont to be deposited themuskets of the governors guard. And itrequires only a little imagination to pic-ture the big rooms as they were in theold days, with the portrait of Strafforddictating to his secretary just before hisexecution, the rare Copley, the green dam-ask-covered furniture, and the sedan-chair,all exhaling an atmosphere of old-time246. OLD ITEW EIsrGLA:^rD EOOFTEEES splendour and luxury. Something of im-pressiveness has recently been introducedinto the interior by the artistic arrange-ment of old furniture which the housespresent owner, Mr. Templeton Coolidge,has brought about. But the exterior is^ spick-span in modern yellow and whitepaint! Yet it was in this very house thatMartha for seven years served her futurelord. There, busy with mop and pail — A maid of all work, whether coarse or fine,A servant who made service seem divine! she grew from childhood into the lovelywoman whom Governor Wentworth wooedand won. In the March of 1760 it was that thehost at Little Harbour exclaimed abruptlyto the good rector of St. Johns, who hadbeen dining sumptuously at the manor-house : 247 OLD NEW E:^^GLAND ROOFTKEES This is my birthday; it shall likewisebe my wedding-day, and you shall marryme! ^o wonder the listening guestswere greatly mystified, as Martha and theportly governor were join
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