Rowantree was tempted to enter the service of the Earl of Carlisle

Rowantree was tempted to enter the service of the Earl of Carlisle

Rowantree was tempted to enter the service of the Earl of Carlisle

At one time, Rowantree was tempted to enter the service of the Earl of Carlisle, as a game-watcher, on the Naworth Castle estates, and continued to be so occupied "a canny bit."

When more than four-score years old, Rowantree went to live with a relativeMr. Wanless, of the Bay Horse inn, Haltwhistleunder whose roof he spent the last twelve years of his life; and died there in April, 1873, at the patriarchal age of ninety-four. Some nine or ten months before the latter endthe final closing scene of a long lifehe "hed sair croppen in," and was in fact nearly bent double. But previous to that time, his appearance was so fresh and animated, his step so firm and active, his intellect and memory so clear and retentive, that no stranger would have taken him to be anything like his real age.