Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-07-31
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Of rural lovers is fun Of this romance, Bat
transfer il 10 higher society, and how lneld u
CLEANS through, like Gnepainling, with lu'
dicious coat Of ramlsh bringing us hitherto
concealed beauties into notice aud admiration,
Henry Cecil, 10Th Eah Of ENler, with land
ed estates TO the yearly value OF 100000,
and the palalial residence Of BuTey, with It's
statues, painiings, aud articles ol yeriu said 10
be worth f50OO00, married Miss Vernon,
from whom owing TO her violation 81 the mar
rage vows, he was divorced in 1901, Almost
hear,.bfoken by this disgrace and misfortune,
he resolved 10 retire iro,n high life, and imme'
diately after the divorce. betook himself 10 a
retired village IA Shropshire, named Bolas,
about 100 miles from his own beaulllal Burg.
lev. OF that place, however, he was not lord
then, nor until the death OF his uncle, the 9th
Earl, in 1893. But he was heir.presump;ive
10 the title and estates, aud his peeunary al.
lowanee was on very ample scale, suited TO
hi, future position. At this time, Too, he was
only PLAN Mr.. Henry Cecil.
A, Bolas he actually became farm servant
to rather rough dinmond-one Thomas Hog
gins--who besides his farm, had mill in
pretty fell empoy. Ceel's chief work was in
this mill aud he labored like any other SER
want, fairly TO earn his wages. Pant OF his
business was TO leave full bags OF flour at Va
rious iarm.houscs in the parish, aud TO take
back the empty ones. He had frequently TO
call az the house OF the Rev. Mr.. Dickinson,
the clergyman Of Bolas, where, according 10
the custom Of the time aud place, he was al.
ways invited % rest IN the kitchen, and take
"a mug of ale." lie seldom was temp ed TO
enter into conversation, but spoke so well when
he did converse, that Mr.. Dickenson's house
- Il. At Az. In
ry" 1t was not long before this sobriqnei, and
its cause, became known to Mr.. Dekenson'
who put himself in the way of meeting ihiS
strange millers man, and became so much it,
interested in him that, instead OF being asked
to rest and refresh in the kitchen, "Genileman
Harry" was regularly invited into the study,
where the good pastor used to join him in
drought of home.brewed and pipe OF the
Nicotain weed.
Ere long, MIR. Dickinson, who had freely
lent him various books, limited his suspicion
that "Gentleman Harry" belonged to higher
position than he then occupied This was
confessed, with an assurance that there was no
disgrace connected with his Weosaito, and
promise to reveal the particulars of the secret
at no distant day.
Thomas Higgins, the miller had one daugh.
ter, named Sarah, known far and wide as The
Beauty of Bolas." About this time she was
scarcely twenty, and, through the Intervention
of a moneyed aunt, had received what we
have heard described lin her native Shropshirel
as a "bettermost cducation;" that is, she read
and wrote correctly, had some slight acquain-
lance with French, and played ,oIerabIy well
upon the harplschord. 1t came 10 pass that
Miss II. turned favorable pair Of bright blue
eyes upon Gentleman Harry" Alas! for
the romance of the st Try, his premier jcunessc
was gone, for he was in his thirty. eighth year.
It happened also that he became interested in
her, SO much so that he called at the pars onage
one evening to consult with Mr.. Dickenson-
in word. TO entreat him TO marry them pr-
vately; and then, making clean breast OF II,
"Gen,leman Harry" confessed that he was Mr..
Henry Gee !, next heir to the Eardom and es-
ta,es of Exter. He bound over the clergyman
to secrecy, not allowing him TO disclose his
personal secret TO Mr. Higgins nor even to the
fur Sarah 1t was difficult matter for the
clergyman 10 obtain the mer's consent to the
marriage which was celebrated on the 30h Of
october, 119l
The hrppy couple lived upon small farm
during the following Two years, until Mr.. Cecil
casually learned from Shrewsbury paper that
the death Of his uncle had placed a coronet
upon his brow. and immense wealth at his dis.
posal
Still concealng the secret Of his rank from
his wife, Cecil told her that he had determined
upon change Of residence She prepared to
accompany him, leaving her native Boas with
regret, for she had been happy there, as maid
vile, and mother. She accompanied her hus-
band and they came at last to Burnley, the
beauty Of which greatly struck her, as they
rode by il in their humble conveyance. Her
husband told her that il was show.pace, and
she gladly assented to his invitation to aight
and see it. They entered the demnsns, walk.
ed up the broad avenue with its double fringe
of stately oaks, went through the garden and
conseryator;is and finally made tour of the
mansion. At last, returning down the grand
staircase, into the stately hail. around which
were ranged figures in antique armor, and
family portraits from the days of Holbein and
Vandyke down to Reynolds, her husband asked
her how she liked place. Beautiful" she
exclaimed. "Oh, Henry, what Paradise TO
live and die in!'' BY this time small crowd
of relatives and attendants had made circle
AROUND them. "Sarah," said he, as he kissed
her white brow, This place is yours. am
Earl Of Exter." Then turning to the compa
ny, he said. his is the Countess Of Exeter"
Hazlett himself Shropshire man, (Wem,
his birthplace, being near Bolas,) has told this
story. and addsthat the surprise was too much
for the peasant-Countess. She tainted at the
disclosure, and, he says her mind never Who'll.
ly recovered its balance.
Her children were daughter, born at Bolas,
in 1872, (whose daughter, welded 10 Lord
Chas. Wellesley. will probably be the Ouch
ess of Wellington ere she die,) and two sons,
the eldest Of whom, born in 1895, is the pres.
emf AIarauis The peasant Countess died in