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things heard of l)nt not seen in this our time/^ The 

 forty years passed by Pridmore and Jolly in the stables 

 of the Ecton Squire point to the fact that the race of 

 attached followers is not altogether extinct. As confirma- 

 tory of this, a neighbouring squire, distant only a few 

 mileSj can boast of having eight servants in his establish- 

 ment^ who have lived with him on an average of thirty- 

 four years each. This case is probably without parallel, 

 and is a matter of unqualified pride alike to master and 

 servant. 



Dying at the ripe age of eighty-five years, Mr. Isted 

 left no direct heir ; and his successor not having assumed 

 the name with the property, it has become extinct, save 

 in the memory of the many friends who will ever hold it 

 in esteem. 



It may be truly said of this remarkable specimen of the 

 " English country squire '"^ that, " take him for all in all, 

 we ne'er shall look upon his like again." 



MR. E. LEE BEVAN. 



If jealous of the powers of an outsider, some resident 

 member of the Hunt had been commissioned to " smash,^' 

 " pulverize " (to use the phraseology of the Prime 

 Minister), and lower the crest of the tenant of Kelmarsh, 

 to no one could the feat have been confided with a greater 

 likelihood of success than to Mr. R. L. Bevan of Brix- 

 worth Hall. 



Born with a love for animals, and especially for horses, 

 he took to hard riding as naturally as a duck takes to 

 the water ; and to give a lead to a semi-willing friend in 

 cold blood over a stiff bit of country was a gratification 



