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ADVENTURES OF JOHN METCALF. 3Q5
lord’s account: “ Had I known that,” said he, “ I would
nothave ventured with you for ahundred pounds.”—“ And
I, Sir,” said Metcalf, “ would not have lost my way for
a thousand.”—The services of the evening were reward-
ed with two guineas, and a plentiful entertainment the
next day by the gentleman, who considered this circum-
stance as the most extraordinary adventure he had ever
met with.
During Metcalfs residence in London, he found out
several gentlemen who were in the habit of visiting Har*
rowgate, and among the rest Colonel Liddell, Member of
Parliament for Berwick, who gave him a general invita-
tion to his house. This gentleman on his return from
London to the North, was accustomed to make a stay of
a few weeks at Harrowgate, and before his departure he
proposed to Metcalf to take him down, either on the
the top of his carriage, or behind it. Metcalf declined
the offer with thanks, assuring the Colonel, that he
could with ease walk as far in a day as he would chuse to
travel. They accordingly started on Monday at noon,
and he actually arrived at the end of every stage before
the Colonel, with whom he stopped during the night.
On coming to Wetherby, he, as usual, arrived at the Inn
before the Colonel, informing the landlord that he might
expect the latter. This being Saturday night, the Colo-
nel proposed halting at Wetherby till Monday, but
Metcalf continued his route to Knaresborough that
night, and on the Monday he met him, according to
promise, at Harrowgate.
Our hero happened once to be at Scriven, at the house
of one Green, an innkeeper, where two persons had a dis-
pute concerning some sheep, which one of them had put
into the penfold. The owner of the sheep, a townsman of
Metcalf’s, appeared to be ill-treated by the other party,
Who wished to take an unfair advantage. Metcalf per-,
p p C 2 ceiving
lord’s account: “ Had I known that,” said he, “ I would
nothave ventured with you for ahundred pounds.”—“ And
I, Sir,” said Metcalf, “ would not have lost my way for
a thousand.”—The services of the evening were reward-
ed with two guineas, and a plentiful entertainment the
next day by the gentleman, who considered this circum-
stance as the most extraordinary adventure he had ever
met with.
During Metcalfs residence in London, he found out
several gentlemen who were in the habit of visiting Har*
rowgate, and among the rest Colonel Liddell, Member of
Parliament for Berwick, who gave him a general invita-
tion to his house. This gentleman on his return from
London to the North, was accustomed to make a stay of
a few weeks at Harrowgate, and before his departure he
proposed to Metcalf to take him down, either on the
the top of his carriage, or behind it. Metcalf declined
the offer with thanks, assuring the Colonel, that he
could with ease walk as far in a day as he would chuse to
travel. They accordingly started on Monday at noon,
and he actually arrived at the end of every stage before
the Colonel, with whom he stopped during the night.
On coming to Wetherby, he, as usual, arrived at the Inn
before the Colonel, informing the landlord that he might
expect the latter. This being Saturday night, the Colo-
nel proposed halting at Wetherby till Monday, but
Metcalf continued his route to Knaresborough that
night, and on the Monday he met him, according to
promise, at Harrowgate.
Our hero happened once to be at Scriven, at the house
of one Green, an innkeeper, where two persons had a dis-
pute concerning some sheep, which one of them had put
into the penfold. The owner of the sheep, a townsman of
Metcalf’s, appeared to be ill-treated by the other party,
Who wished to take an unfair advantage. Metcalf per-,
p p C 2 ceiving