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An individual residing at a place named "The
Summit," from its situation, was asked where he lived. "I live at th'
riggin' o' th' warld, I reckon," says he; "for th' water fro' t' one
side o' th' roof fa's to th' east sea, an' t' other to th' west sea."


SIEGE OF LATHOM.

"Let me no longer live, she sayd,
Than to my lord I true remain;
My honour shall not be betray'd
Until I see my love again.
* * * * *
"Oh! blame her not if she was glad
When she her lord again had seen.
Thrice welcome home, my dear, she said,--
A long time absent thou hast been:
The wars shall never more deprive
Me of my lord whilst I'm alive."
--_Mirrour for Married Women_.
No authentic drawing or representation of Lathom House, we believe,
exists. The author has, however, had the temerity to present a
restoration of this renowned edifice, as it appeared before the siege,
and before "the sequestrators under Cromwell, weary of the slow disposal
of the building materials by sale, invited the peasants of the hundred
of West Derby to take away the stones and timbers without any charge.


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