The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-06-25
Rcmances Of the Peerage.


| land that has the senltlahce Of m ere snob-
berry and servility is das to sort of rever-
ence IL. the history and romance of the
country. Nesr'y all the titles 10 England
are full of suggestiveness, as Hiking the
present with grand eras aad scenes which
shaped the country 70 its present civiIliza-
ton. The peernge stall rep: esenss the ro-
nance Of every school boy aud sohool-giri,
and hardly week passes but some item
appears the papers calculated to awaken
their interest and curiosity concerning tie
old families BY which they are surrounded.
For example, the will Of the late countess
/ Of London has b2en published, 10 which
she directs that her right hand shall be cut
of and buried in DounlBgson park, with a
| stone cr6ss over it, bearing the family motto :
al hyde my tyne" The story behind this
singular provision is rs follows: In early
days a usurper seized Dopning'on, the .eat
of the Londoa family, and held possession
But once, CD the occasion of :: bAbuet Of
the usurper and his retain r., the lawful
, owner Of the castle gained admission IN the
disguise of server and with him some
taisilfui comTadee. The serving Of the
banquet being impatien'ly demanded by
tie usuper, this lawful owner and disgr,s-
ed lord cried out. II bide my time" and
at the So ne moment a bulls head-the
ancient synbol o. death-waa thrown upon
she table. Then the u.urrer andhisfriends
were attacked and ki;ied.- The family is
bow poor, and til. once great ho,.~e on its
last legs. It eliminated in influence with
| the second earl Of MORA and frs marquis
| Of Hastings, the celebrated governor gener-
! al of India. II reached it's lowest eLb with
It's last male heir, and the countess, in hay
ing her hand buried, and pointing to the
castle, with the old motto on it, is suppo.-
ed to have indicated hope for the restora
ton OF it's ancient greatness,
| Last week, also died Lord Kingdsale and
the announcement is accompanied by the
reminder that his is the only family which
has the privilege of remaining covered in
the presence of the sovereign. He was the
premier baron of Ireland, ard, as he died
unmarried, bis title passes to lis COUSIN
john Almericus Fitzroy De Courcy,. who
will be 3lst Of the title. Now follows in
/ innumerall e homes rehearsal of the story
of f'the fearless De CDufcy;" how false
King J John Ca. D. lI99-l2l6) threw him
in prison; how, when the king accused of
the death Of Arthur Of Brittany by the
king OF France, and with demand for
satisfaction on his hands, could get no
warrior to Gro S the channel for a single
combat; how his fair queen advised that
De Courcy should be brought from his
dungeon, and how when the knight was
asked he said. ~ will fight for the honor
of England, but not for false King john"
how the knights of France bit the dust,
and De Courcy returned, with the following
results.
In tie ears Of the craven monarch
OFT must this burthen rim -
| 'Taoush the crown be thine and the royal line.
He is In thou hit thy kngi'
So they gave tins graceful honor
To the bold De CouTcys race,
Tnat they ever shCuld dare tlelr helms to wear
Before the kng's own face;
And the sons OF that line OF heroes
To this day their right assume.
Fof, wRen ever head is uubDn leted,
They walk IN cap and plumeE"
And so, when the new Lord Kingsdalc
appears the youth OF England will not be-
hold mere mediocre man, as he n doubt
is, but nine hundred years old Bit of tie
age of ehivalry.
That is bur one among several curicsities
stIll maintained among the neblity-par-
ticularly il Ireland--w hiri, once had
meaning. One of these is the custom at
the castle of the earl of koye of letting
down the draw-bridge before the portal
whenever the family takes meal The
legend connected with this cu, tom is that
when the fair Gvendolne (GraceD was
queen Of the Hebrides, more than thou
eanc yeere ago, shs once visited the rival
kingdom. ~ he west of Ireland OF which the
earl of Rove was the chief She was weary
and hungry land sent her attendants to Keve
castle to ask for hospitality. It was refus.
ed. 10 going away size met little boy in
rich attire, the young heir of the earl of
Eove, whom she seized and bore away to
the Hebrides. For years the proud earl
and his lords and so}diers tried to get back
this captive youth by force, but failed. At
last they were reduced to appeal to
Gwendoline to restore him on her own
conditions. She replied that she had been
refused hospitality by an earl of Kove, ana
she would surrender his son ani heir only
on condition that, if any of her subjects, or
of their d, scendants, should ever approach
kove castle and ask for food, they should
be entertained with the best that sbe castle
could afford for the. proudest guest. AT
| that ti@e all the northwest Of Ireland raid
| allegiance TO Queen Gwendoline. The
earl of kove agreed to these terms, and to
this day not only is the draw let down and
the gate kept open during every nenl, bu.
! if any person from Dublin or the nor th west
chooses to enter, plate is ct once laid for
him, and he is invited to partake, even
though the earl may at the tirae be giving
fine dinner-party. Whether anybody ever
avails himself now Of the privilege is doubt
full. But it is in good part the rnainte
nance of such old legendary customs, and
their celebration in village ballads. which
preserves That atmosphere of romance
around the nobility which continues to
impress the mind of each generation, ard
which renders it possible for ever educated
people, to echo the sentiment of Lord JOIN
Manners e. mout ie.ich
let laws and learning. wealth aad commerce
ele,
But leave still our old nobility"
The Blood of ST. Januarlus-
The Miracle of NaPles-waitiny for
GeuuarO's Biooa 10 LiIuefy.
F.om Ro5ert Dale oEen's Remii iscenc seq