The Presumption alluded to by Mrs.
Alder, we find, is that she had made up the Sum of 22l. for the
Brewer, which her Husband took from her for that Purpose, but he
having a strong Propensity to put himself in Fortune's Way, only paid
10l., and with the other Twelve purchased the Ticket.
On Thursday last Mr. Alder set out for London, with Mr. Bowles of
Abingdon, Attorney-at-Law; in order to Cheque His Ticket with the
Commissioners Books, and take the Steps necessary for claiming and
securing his Property.
Subsequent reports in the _Journal_ described Mr. Alder as clothing the
poor and distributing bread and beef throughout the whole place, and of
being elected a churchwarden of St. Helen's, a result, we supposed, of
his having become possessed of the L20,000.
[Illustration: THE ROMAN WAY: WHITE HORSE HILL IN THE DISTANCE.]
We now bade farewell to Abingdon and walked in the direction of
Salisbury Plain, for our next great object of interest was the Druidical
circles of Stonehenge, many miles distant. As we had to cross the
Berkshire Downs, we travelled across the widest part of the Vale of the
White Horse, in order to reach Wantage, a town at the foot of those
lonely uplands.
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