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Land sakes! when I was a boy, 'bout once a month, in warm weather, I used to ask father if I could walk to the other end o' the village and look at the governor's circ'lar steps; that used to be the liveliest entertainment parents could think up for their young ones, an' it _was_ a heap livelier than two sermons of a Sunday, each of 'em an hour and fifteen minutes long." LAND SAKES WHEN I WAS A BOY BOUT ONCE A MONTH IN WARM WEATHER I USED TO ASK FATHER IF I COULD WALK TO THE OTHER END O THE VILLAGE AND LOOK AT THE GOV'NOR'S CIRC'LAR STEPS THAT USED TO BE THE LIVELIEST ENTERTAINMENT PARENTS COULD THINK UP FOR THEIR YOUNG ONES AND IT WAS A HEAP LIVELIER THAN TWO SERMONS OF A SUNDAY EACH OF EM AN HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTES LONG
towards the house and their expensive curved sides to the road, a procession of curious persons in wagons, carryalls, buggies, and gigs wound their way past the premises. The governor's "circ'lar steps" brought many pilgrims down the main street of Beulah first and last, and the original Hamiltons had been very proud of them. Pride (of such simple things as stone steps) had died out of the Hamilton stock in the course of years, and the house had been so long vacant that no one but Lemuel, the Consul, remembered any of its charming features; but Ossian Popham, when he pried up and straightened the ancient landmarks, had much to say of the wonderful steps. "There's so much goin' on now-a-days," he complained, as he puffed and pried and strained, and rested in between, "that young ones won't amount to nothin', fust thing you know. My boy Digby says to me this mornin', when I asked him if he was goin' to the County Fair 'No, Pop, I ain't goin',' he says, 'it's the same old fair every year. FINALLY LAID IN PLACE THEIR STRAIGHT EDGES TOWARDS THE HOUSE AND THEIR EXPENSIVE CURVED SIDES TO THE ROAD A PROCESSION OF CURIOUS PERSONS IN WAGONS CARRYALLS BUGGIES AND GIGS WOUND THEIR WAY PAST THE PREMISES THE GOVERNOR'S CIRC'LAR STEPS BROUGHT MANY PILGRIMS DOWN THE MAIN STREET OF BEULAH FIRST AND LAST AND THE ORIGINAL HAMILTONS HAD BEEN VERY PROUD OF THEM PRIDE OF SUCH SIMPLE THINGS AS STONE STEPS HAD DIED OUT OF THE HAMILTON STOCK IN THE COURSE OF YEARS AND THE HOUSE HAD BEEN SO LONG VACANT THAT NO ONE BUT LEMUEL THE CONSUL REMEMBERED ANY OF ITS CHARMING FEATURES BUT OSSIAN POPHAM WHEN HE PRIED UP AND STRAIGHTENED THE ANCIENT LANDMARKS HAD MUCH TO SAY OF THE WONDERFUL STEPS THERE'S SO MUCH GOIN ON NOWADAYS HE COMPLAINED AS HE PUFFED AND PRIED AND STRAINED AND RESTED IN BETWEEN THAT YOUNG ONES WON'T AMOUNT TO NOTHIN FUST THING YOU KNOW MY BOY DIGBY SAYS TO ME THIS MORNIN WHEN I ASKED HIM IF HE WAS GOIN TO THE COUNTY FAIR NO POP I AIN'T GOIN HE SAYS IT'S THE SAME OLD FAIR EVERY YEAR
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