00097541 Digitized with financial assistance from the Government of Maharashtra on 02 July, 2018 MATIINB AND MUTTON’S: OE, I THE OE .HIHGHTON. ^ % i ’obe ^ o r n . S 7541^ jiy Ct'j'ITBEirr BEDE. ^ muoK 01 ■ r«w’,.r : ■ » .■. lmi am > jitAunn . • •T.. KJ{, »rc. A" 0 L . 1 1 . K?55y ' • ■ ■ » ■ - R ^ ■■f p 'f \ L ( * N D O > : : f t ^A-'D»80N i;0\V', s o x , \.x d marston. MIi.T'iX IK jI M;, l i '. '. I I . 11I,L IK.,1, 0''V t <■’' rr ■» 1 ^ON’TH):^: I’RrHTKD UY WOOnrALL A'.D KIN * 1, U IU O & U L iL 'ir, ATICAND, WM. 00097541 00097541 « ♦ CONTENTS OF TOL. 11. »•> CHAP. PA(JK 1 I. E v en so n AI . II. T h e E n d BATniNG-M.vciiiNE . o . I S III. A D u iv e a n d a L e t t e r . :iti IV. ^ t i s s P e t t u ' e h ’s G r i n o u n f , . 5 2 V. T h e G h o s t o f C l i f f P l a c e Ci7 VI. A t t h e P a v il io n . ? 2 VII. U n d e r t h e E l m s .... im VIII. A G a l l o f o n t h e D o w n s . ,/ 1 1 5 IX. M r s . G r im s b y G r o u t ' s E n t e r t .a t n m e n i . 1:51 X. K it t y G a l l o w a y M i s h e u a v e s . U 3 XI. S u n d a y in B r ig h t o n .... 1 0 0 XII. C onversations a n d E ntertainments . 1 7 5 XIII. A D r e a d f u l I n t r u d e r . 1 0 4 XIV. T h e P ic n ic a t t h e D y k e . 206< XV. A L i t t l e S l i p . ■ . XVI. M r -. P o r d a g e t a k e s a R u r iu n o . 2 4 7 XVII, T h e T e l e g r a m t o B r ig h t o n . 2 0 2 XVIII. O n t h e C h a in P i e r .... 2 7 0 XIX. V ic t o r y o r D e f e a t ? .... XX. A l l ' s W e l l t h a t E n d s W e l l . 3 U . 3-2H XXI. C o n c l u s i o n ................................................................ if MATTINS a n d MUTTON’S; THE ;b e a u t y o f b k ig e t o n . CHAPTEli I. EVKKSONO. : fON’T you fiiul, Miss llnrily, that this quiet street is nitlier too noisy for comfort? ” asto^ Edgar, as the riding- master and liis hovy o f' pupils cantered up the street and aroused its clattering echoes. “ We "almost need speaking-trumpets to make ourselves heard. The everlasting niggers are a frightful nuisance and a drawback to the place. But I suppose ihat wo must expect disappointments at Brighton ns well us elsewhere, and must not he surprised at the sands turning out to bo shingle, and the i>retty girls at Mutton’s the reverse of beautiful. Do you patronise Mutton’s ? ” YOl.. n . n 2 MnUlns ami MutUm's. “ Somctimea,” said Miss Hardy. “ When she doesn’t patronise Mattins,” said Miss Galloway. But, seeing that her friend looked somew'hal. hurt, she dexterously elmngcd the conversation. “ Oh, j\L. -MJIludew, we have hecn plotting against you." “ A plot against mo ! M'liot can it he ? ” “ W’hy, if you canrot get a great old-fashioned family coach from Silverthome’s, we shall have to divide forces. We want^o have a drive—•the usual trundle from Adelaide Crescent to Kemp Town and hack again ; and a Brighton lly won’t hold four ladies and one on the hox ; and thou where would you ho. unless you rode postilion or sat hodkin ? It would never d o; wo should be taken up for cruelty to animals. So you must get two (lies, and wo three girls can ride in one, and you can do the honours in the other.’’ But when Mrs. Melladew was appealed to she' said that she would prefer the drive postponed to the next day, ns she had not quite gokover her IraVidliug and tho motion of the railway, amt she would wish to k('op quiet that'afternoon and not do more than go down to the beach, and there sit awhile on ono of the public seals. This was ■Evensong. ngn jcl to; it was settled that the same party shouid assemble for a d^ve on the following ulii rnoon,,tand Miss O’Fay volunteered to hear Mis. Melladew company on the beach, the ij^ile the three youfger'^ladies an^ Edgar Melladew strolled about in their vicinity. The two elderl 3^ladies avoided the seats on the r promenade, .^hqi'e they weuld be in the midst of vliirl :.nd clatteft^juad sought one of those double scats placed on the'* beach upar to the pleasant green that extends from Brunswick Terrace to Adda I Jo Crescent, within which space is the haiiil-riinest portion of the sea front of F ’"''ghton, or, io speak strictly, of Hove, for the tod-house at the eastern end of the green marks the division liftwfi ii Hovd and Brighton. But as the suhiirh is merged in the metropolis, so Hove is compre- hemlnl in Brighton, and the splendid ranges of pul.'iial buildings erected in Hove are not sur- pa : even by their magnificent Kemp Town ti •> o i'li iliren at the opposite extremity of Brighton. A dduble drive and roadway, divided by palisades, imi. ' .(lately fronts this range of semi-palaces; Io d succeeds the wide promenade and the ■ '( I i]\-sloping green, surrounded and intersected B 2 Matting and Mutton's. by .footpaths. Then comes the beach, jvdth many vessefs and boats ha^ed upon its shingle ; and the western detachment of bathing machines, where the bathing is certainly somewhat more private than on tlve range ot^hewcii opposite the Bedford. Here, for the next hour, with their faces sea­ ward, sat Mrs. Melladew and Miss O’Fay, whiling away the time in agreeable^ corfverse. They had much in common^ and on religious topics were quite of ’one mind; so, as the phrase is, they got on 'together admirably; and if Edgar and his sister •^■'emed themselves fortunate in maldng the acquaintance of Miss Hardy, their mother was equally pleased that a happy train of circum­ stances had favoured her with the companionship of so excellent and sensible .a person as Miss O’Fay. “ I have a very dear friend,” said the litfe'* lady, “ who is now staying for a short time at Brighton, which, indeed, was one of the induce­ ments I had in coming here ; I refer to Mrs. Grimsby Grout. Do you happen to know her ? ” Mrs. Melladew had not that pleasure. •* Her acquaintance is indeed a pleasure and a Evensong. 5 privilege,” said Miss O’Fay, “ for she is a real /I ^ Clu-istian, who knows whe^e to place her trust. She is expecting a visit from that good and Gospel-loving man, the Eev. Micaiah Mowle of Clapham, frofl^i’ wLbse ministrations I formerly reaped rich sheaves of blessing. You have pro­ bably heard* of jhim in connection with the missions to the lost tribes ^ Mr^ Melladew, with some little shame, was compelled to confess Jhat she had lived in igno­ rance not only of such a reverend gentleman, but also of the missions with which he was specially connected. But Melladew, she pleaded ir excuse, was so out of the world that she was frequently In darkness as to many matters that would other­ wise possess an absorbing interest for her; and although their rector, Mr. Pordage, was a truly excellent person, yet he- never busied himself to bring missionary claims before them, except in a very general way; and of course they could not expect the curate to do much, although she must say that, Mr. Ansley was a very well-disposed young man; and if he possessed a name that should lead people to imagine that he was connected with the Mountnorris Annesleys, she Mattins and Mutton's. supposed that he was not to blame, and that it must be considered t,o be more his misfortune than his fault. But perhaps Miss OTay would be so good as to enlightpn her ■ Concerning the Kev. Micaiah Mowle and the lais^’on that he was connected with. As nothing could give the ]ittle lady gi’eater pleasure than to do thjs for a willing' listener, she at onCe complied with Mrs. Melladew’s request, and gave such an account of the esteemed Clapham minister that her companion conceived a vei'y high estimate of him, and considered Mrs. Grimsby Grout exceedingly fortunate in having such a favoured individual for her tem- porai-y guest.