Excerpt from Lieutenant Colborn, or the Disinherited IN the latter part of the eighteenth century, in the ancient town of Plymouth, England, there was situated upon the north Side of what was then called Pell street, and not far from the harbor, an Old-fashioned inn. The upper story protruded over the lower to the distance Of several feet, which feature, added to the leaning position of the whole building towards the street, owing to the settling of the ground in front, gave the house rather a threatening attitude to people pass ing. Yet it was as firm as a rock, and thus it remained for many long years after. The main.door opened upon a room which occupied nearly all the space of the ground floor. Upon a slightly elevated seat in this room, at the time of the commencement of our story, was a young female of great beauty, whose large eyes were so fascinating that when once seen, their expression was never afterwards forgotten. Around her in front, was a semi-circular counter, on which were several beer faucets, and on either side were three highly polished spirit casks. Around the many oaken tables that were arranged over a lately sanded floor, sat customers who were happy in drinking and smoking, or admiring this pretty bar-maid. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.