Excerpt from The Household Angel in Disguise

On a slight eminence, in front of which lay a smooth lawn, uninterrupted except by rows of aged elms that met over the avenue in a loving embrace, stood a large stone mansion. Directly opposite the front entrance, and about three rods distant, was a spacious gateway with immense stone posts, and an arch over it from which hung a ponderous lamp. Advancing up the avenue, before named, about two thirds of the distance to the house, were carriage drives turning to the right and left, and winding around to the rear of the building. The house itself was an irregular structure, with here awing, and there a luthern, or a bow window; but altogether it formed a pleasing scene, and was not without some claims even to artistic beauty.

The owner of this mansion was Mr. Hugh Stanley, who had accompanied his father from the North of England to the United States when a lad of tn years of age.

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