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"Mr. Hamilton told me four years ago, when I went up to Boston to meet him, that if I could get any rent from respectable parties I might let the house, though he wouldn't lay out a cent on repairs in order to get a tenant. MISTER HAMILTON TOLD ME FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN I WENT UP TO BOSTON TO MEET HIM THAT IF I COULD GET ANY RENT FROM RESPECTABLE PARTIES I MIGHT LET THE HOUSE THOUGH HE WOULDN'T LAY OUT A CENT ON REPAIRS IN ORDER TO GET A TENANT
; expending the rest of the money in turning the dilapidated barn into a place where they could hold high revels of various innocent sorts. The two freshman sons, two boarding-school daughters, and a married sister barely old enough to chaperon her own baby, brought parties of gay young friends with them several weeks in succession. These excursions were a great delight to the villagers, who thus enjoyed all the pleasures and excitements of a circus with none of its attendant expenses. They were of short duration, however, for Lemuel Hamilton was appointed consul to a foreign port and took his wife and daughters with him. The married sister died, and in course of time one of the sons went to China to learn tea-planting and the other established himself on a ranch in Texas. Thus the Lemuel Hamiltons were scattered far and wide, and as the Yellow House in Beulah had small value as real estate and had never played any part in their lives, it was almost forgotten as the busy years went by.  DIFFICULTY AS SOLVED EXPENDING THE REST OF THE MONEY AND TURNING THE DILAPIDATED BARN INTO A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD HOLD HIGH REVELS OF VARIOUS INNOCENT SORTS THE TWO FRESHMAN SONS TWO BOARDING SCHOOL DAUGHTERS AND A MARRIED SISTER BARELY OLD ENOUGH TO CHAPERON HER OWN BABY BROUGHT PARTIES OF GAY YOUNG FRIENDS WITHIN SEVERAL WEEKS IN SECESSION THESE EXCURSIONS WERE A GREAT DELIGHT TO THE VILLAGERS WHO THUS ENJOYED ALL THE PLEASURES AND EXCITEMENTS OF A CIRCUS WITH NONE OF ITS ATTENDANT EXPENSES THEY WERE OF SHORT DURATION HOWEVER FOR LEMUEL HAMILTON WAS APPOINTED CONSUL TO A FOREIGN PORT AND TOOK HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTERS WITH HIM THE MARRIED SISTER DIED AND IN COURSE OF TIME ONE OF THE SONS WENT TO CHINA TO LEARN TEATH PLANTING AND THE OTHER ESTABLISHED HIMSELF ON A RANCH IN TEXAS THUS THE LIMIEL HAMILTONS WERE SCATTERED FAR AND WIDE AND AS YELLOW HOUSE IN BEULAH HAD SMALL VALUE AS REAL ESTATE AND HAD NEVER PLAYED ANY PART IN THEIR LIVES IT WAS ALMOST FORGOTTEN AS THE BUSY YEARS WENT BY
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