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On one wall was a cheap old railroad map of Warwickshire. This had been newly labeled, "The Rossmore Estates." On the opposite wall was another map, and this was the most imposing decoration of the establishment, and the first to catch a stranger's attention, because of its great size. ON ONE WALL WAS A CHEAP OLD RAILROAD MAP OF WARWICKSHIRE THIS HAD BEEN NEWLY LABELED THE ROSS MOOR ESTATES ON THE OPPOSITE WALL WAS ANOTHER MAP AND THIS WAS THE MOST IMPOSING DECORATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT AND THE FIRST TO CATCH A STRANGER'S ATTENTION BECAUSE OF ITS GREAT SIZE
t over-abundant, and the knick-knacks and things that go to adorn a living-room not plenty and not costly. But there were natural flowers, and there was an abstract and unclassifiable something about the place which betrayed the presence in the house of somebody with a happy taste and an effective touch. Even the deadly chromos on the walls were somehow without offense; in fact, they seemed to belong there and to add an attraction to the room--a fascination, anyway; for whoever got his eye on one of them was like to gaze and suffer till he died--you have seen that kind of pictures. Some of these terrors were landscapes, some libeled the sea, some were ostensible portraits, all were crimes. All the portraits were recognizable as dead Americans of distinction, and yet, through labeling, added by a daring hand, they were all doing duty here as "Earls of Rossmore." The newest one had left the works as Andrew Jackson, but was doing its best now as "Simon Lathers Lord Rossmore, Present Earl.  OF A HUMBLE SORT AND NOT OVERABUNDANT AND THE KNICK KNACKS AND THINGS THAT GO TO ADORN A LIVING ROOM NOT PLENTY AND NOT COSTLY BUT THERE WERE NATURAL FLOWERS AND THERE WAS AN ABSTRACT AND UNCLASSIFIABLE SOMETHING ABOUT THE PLACE WHICH BETRAYED THE PRESENCE IN THE HOUSE OF SOMEBODY WITH A HAPPY TASTE AND AN EFFECTIVE TOUCH EVEN THE DEADLY CHROMOS ON THE WALLS WERE SOMEHOW WITHOUT OFFENCE IN FACT THEY SEEMED TO BELONG THERE AND TO ADD AN ATTRACTION TO THE ROOM A FASCINATION ANYWAY FOR WHOEVER GOT HIS EYE ON ONE OF THEM WAS LIKE TO GAZE AND SUFFER TILL HE DIED YOU HAVE SEEN THAT KIND OF PICTURES SOME OF THESE TERRORS WERE LANDSCAPES SOME LIBELLED THE SEA SOME WERE OSTENSIBLE PORTRAITS ALL WERE CRIMES ALL THE PORTRAITS WERE RECOGNIZABLE AS DEAD AMERICANS OF DISTINCTION AND YET THROUGH LABELING ADDED BY A DARING HAND THEY WERE ALL DOING DUTY HERE AS EARLS OF ROSSMORE THE NEWEST ONE HAD LEFT THE WORKS AS ANDREW JACKSON BUT WAS DOING ITS BEST NOW AS SIMON LATHER'S LORD ROSS MOOR PRESENT EARL
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