CHAP. V. 



LIFE AT KILLINGWORTH. 



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bTEPHENSON'S COTTAGE, WEST ilOOR. [By B. P. Leitcb.] 



" Ah ! you mischievous scoondrel ! " cried he to the boy, 

 who ran off. He inwardly chuckled with pride, never- 

 theless, at Eoberfs successful experiment. 



At this time, and for many years after, Stephenson 

 dwelt in a cottage standing by the side of the road 

 leading from the West Moor colliery to Killingworth. 

 The railway from the West Moor Pit crosses this road 

 close by the easternmost end .of the cottage. The 

 dwelling originally consisted of but one apartment on 

 the ground-floor, with a garret over-head, to which 

 access was obtained by means of a step-ladder. But 

 with his own hands Stephenson built an oven, and in 

 the course of time he added rooms to the cottage, until 

 it became a comfortable four-roomed dwelling, in which 

 he remained as long as he lived at Killingworth. 



He continued as fond of birds and animals as ever, 

 and seemed to have the power of attaching them to him 

 in a remarkable degree. He had a blackbird at Kil- 

 lingworth so fond of him, that it would fly about the 



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