2i6 StJ' Charles Knight ley. 



exclaimed; "they are freeholders but not free 

 givers I " 



In the days when dogs were used for drawing 

 small carts a fishmonger from Daventry named 

 Bree used to take fish into the country for sale. 

 One day he was passing the " Lantern House ^' 

 (a lodge gate) when the man who kept it stopped 

 him and asked if he had a turbot ; Bree said he 

 had, a good one. The lodge-keeper told him that 

 the cook at Fawsley wanted one. Bree replied, 

 " Open the gate, and I will go down.^' 



" Unless you promise to give me half the price 

 of the fish I won't let you through," said the 

 grasping lodge-keeper. 



After considerable argument Bree agreed, and 

 was then admitted to the Park and went and 

 sold his fish to the cook. While he was at the 

 door Sir Charles appeared upon the scene and, 

 enquiring the price, said he would settle for the 

 fish. Bree said, " Forty stripes on my back, 

 with a whip ! " pulling off his coat to receive them. 

 And no other payment would he take. Sir Charles 

 fetched the coachman, and, saying he had a fool 

 to deal with, told the man not to hit him hard. 



Bree counted the stripes up to twenty, and then 

 exclaimed : — 



" Stop now, there is a partner in this business ; 



