Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-07-17
ASHTABULA o. SATURDAY. MORNING. July Iz ISIS.


lne romance OF real life Is ordinary
enough. Il occurs every dag, and then
nobody thinks about IT, A courtiuQ match
between couple OF rural lovers Il fall OF
this romance. Bot. transfer il to hloher
society, and how lucid IL CLEANS throuoh
like fine painting. with judicicus coat
OF varHisb, bringing hitherto concealed bean.
ties into notice and admiration
Henry Cecil, 10th Earl Of Exeter, with
landed estates 70 the yearly value of Rl00,-
00e, und the palatial residence Of Burgley,
with its statutes, paintings, and articles Of
yertu said TO be worth $500, 600, married a
Miss Vernon, from whom, owing TO her
violation Of the marriage vows. he was di.
vorced in 1871. Almost heart broken by
this disgrace aud misfortune, he resolved to
retire from high life, and Immediately after
the divorce, betook himself to retired vii
lage in Shropshire, named Bolas, about I20
mills from his own beautiful Burgley. OF
that place, however, he was not lord then.
nor until the death of his uncle the 9th
Earl, in 1898. But he was heir presump-
tive to the title aud estates, and bis peeu-
mary allowance was on very ample scale,
suited TO his future position. Al this time,
too. he was only plain Mr.. Henry Cecil.
At Bolas, be actually became farm SER
want TO rather a rough diamond, one Thomas
Hoggins, who, besides his farm, had mill
ia pretty full employ. Cecil's chief work
was in this mill, and he labored like any
other servant fairly to earu his wages
Part of his business was to leave full bags
Of -four at various farm houses 10 the parish,
aud to take back the empty oLes. He had
frequently to call at the house of the Rev.
MIR. Dickinson, the clergyman Of Bolas,
where, according to the custom Of the time
and place, he was always invited to rest in
/ the Kitchen, and take ga mug OF aIeS He
seldom was tempted to euter into conversa-
tioB, but spoke SO well, when he did eou.
verse, that Mfr Dickenson's household gave
him the name Of Gentleman Harry" Ii
was not long before this s0brtgxet, aud its
cause, became known to Mr.. Dickinson,
who put himself in the way Of meeting this
strange millers man, aud became so much
in him that, instead of being asked to rest
and refresh In the kitchen, "Gentleman
Harry" was regularly invited into the study.
where the good pastor used to join him in
a draught Of home brewed aud pipe Of
the Nicotaian weed.
|
lent him various books, limited his suspicion
! that Gentleman Harry" belonged to a
higher position than be teen occupied This
was confessed, with an assurance that there
/ was 40 disgrace connected with his iacogaito
and promise to reveal the particulars oI
the secret st no distant day.
Thomas Hoggins the miller, had one
daughter named Sarah, known far aud wide
as the Beauty Of Bolas.n About this
time she was scarcely twenty, and through
the Intervention OF moaeyed aunt had re-
ceived what we have heard described Gin
her native Shropshire) as bettermost
educated" That iss she read and wrote
correctly, had some slight acquaintance with
French, and played tolerably well upon the
| harpsichord. 1t came to pass that Miss
! II. turned favorably pair of bright blue
eyes upon "Gentlrman Harry" Alas, for
the romance Of the story, bis premier jeuResse
1 was gone--for he was in his thirty-eighth
year 1t happened shso that be became in
terested in her, so much so that be called
at the parsonage one evening to consult
with Mr.. Dickenson---in word, to entreat
him to marry them privately and then,
making a clean breast Of it, Gentleman
| Harry" confessed that he was Mr. Henry
| Cecil. next heir to the Earldom and estates
of Exeter. He bound over the clergyman
to secrecy, not allowing him to disclose his
personal secret to Mr.. Hoggins. nor even
| to the fair Sarah 1t was a difficult mat
| ter for the clergyman to obtain the millei's
consent to the marriage, which was cete-
brated on the 30th of October, 1871. The
! "a Il
the following two years--until Mr.. Cecil
casually learned from Shrewsbury paper
that the death of his uncle had placed a
coronet upon his brew and immense wealth
at his disposal.
| Still conceaIing the secret Of bis rank
from his wife, Cecil told her that be had
determined upon change of residence
: She prepared TO accompany him, leaving
her native Bolas with regret. for she had
been happy there, as maid, wife and mother
, She accompanied her husband, aud they
came, at last, to Burgley, the Leanty Ol
} which greatly struck her, as they rode BY
il In their humble conveyance. Her bus
} band told her that it vas show-psaSe, enC
she gladly assented to bis Invitation t.
. alight and see il. They entered the demesne
| walked up Tue UfUuu dfebuS Win us 1uuDi
? fringe Of stately oaks, went through th
E garden and conservatories, and hnally mad
. a tour Of the mansion. AT last, returning
{ down the grand staircase, into the statel
y hall, around which were ranged figures j
y antique armor, and family poFrsits, froI
e the days of Holbein and Vandyke down
+ Reynolds, her husband asked her how sh
d liked the place. Beautiful r. she e,
c claimed. "Oh, Henry, what a Parad |
l. to live and die in I" BY this time sma
,e crowd of relatives aud attendants had mad
4 circle around them. Sarah. said h'
IS as be kissed her white brow, "This plae
is yours am Earl Of Exeter" The
r turning to the company, be said, This
y the Countess Of Exeter"
z Hazlett, himself a Shropshire man, Wen
E. his birthplace, being near Bolas, has To-
y this story, and adds that the surprise vi
d too much for the peasant Countess. 81
ID tainted at the disclosure, aud. he says b
he mind never wholly recovered its balance.
ic Her children were a daughter born
4. Bolas. In 1902, (whose daughter. wedd
to Lord Charles Wellesley, will probab