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GENEALOGICAL NOTES OF BARNSTABLE FAMILIES. 97
the condition and appearance of the place, she called her
home.
Her estate, if she had allowed her husband to have
managed it, would have been much larger at her death. Her
wood she would not be allowed to be cut and sold, and the
proceeds invested. She lost by investing her money in
mortgages on old houses and worn-out lands, and loaning to
persons who never paid their notes. She also had a habit
of hiding parcels of coin among the rubbish in her house,
and sometimes she would forget not only where she had
placed the treasure, but how many such deposits she had
made. It is said that some of her visitors, who were not
over-much honest, often carried away these deposits, unknown
and unsuspected by her.
On one subject, saving, Rebecca Blush was not of
sound mind. She was, however, a woman naturally of strong
mind— no one could be captain over her. She knew more
or less of almost every family in town, and was always very
particular in her inquiries respecting the health of the fam-
ilies of her visitors. She delighted in repeating ancient ballads
and nursery tales. In her religious opinions she was
Orthodox; and she hated the Methodists, not because they
were innovators, but because the preachers called at her
house, and because her husband contributed something to
their suppoi-t.
Not a dollar of the money saved and accumulated by
her, during a long life of toil and self-denial, now remains.
In a few short years it took to itself wings and flew away.
Her curiosities, which she had spent so many years in collecting
and preserving, were ruthlessly destroyed before her
remains were deposited in the grave. She died on Sunday.
On the Thursday preceding, her attendants commenced removing.
She overheard them, and asked if it thundered.
They satisfied the dying woman with an evasive answer.
Before her burial, all her curiosities were either burnt, or
scattered to the four winds of heaven.
The old house soon lost all its charms, and its doors
ceased to attract visitors. Its interior was cleansed and
painted ; paper-hangings adorned the walls, and handsome
furniture the rooms. Forty-five days after her death there
was a wedding-party at the house. Mr. Blush endeavored
to correct the sad mistake which he made when a young