The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-01-31
THE sECsE sr1aMBER.
DEDIciTEp 10 THE INQUIRIES y TuE
NORMAN TOWER
CIAPTER i.

Castle Gosrie is one OF the most
famous and Interesting IN al Scot
land. /, Is a beautiful old house. 10
start wirh-perfeci 10 cid feUdai gran
dcur. with It's clustered tGrrets aud
walls bat eoDld withstand az army
-jts labvrinlbs. its hidden stairs, its
long mysterious passages-passages
that seem 10 many cases TO Lead 10
nothing. bat "a which no one eau be
100 sure to what they lead. The
front. wiki IL ias gateway AID flank
l8g towers, Is approached now by
velvet Ia Sns, and q peaceful, beanu-
ful old avenue, With double rows of
frees Ike a cathedral; and the woods
or q y Rich the graz towers rise
( loy K a, slfJ and rich 10 dlase, II Dot
- isiiV Ia ZTaaJb. a. toe groves oi
ltnr Ssulu BHJ ibis -ottne-s % as-
p-cl II all aew 10 the place-that Is.
I new wisbin the century or t@o which
/ count Tor but iItIle in the history Of a
50 aeil,ug-place, some part Of which,
A. least mas been >;sndIug since the
DAYS - bea the Saxon AtheliIgs
br6ugu. zucb share OF arts a. belong.
ed to lbem1o soliGify and regulate
IRE original C,sl-Ic al @bicO reared
igci,ed stones uoon rude burial-places
and tNined mv,gic kncts 90 IL cross
- before historic days Even Of
his primitive decuTatio1 there are
--lic- a. Cos re. where ibe -wistings
snd tSiaiBg- Ot RB8ic cI-ds appear
IA some bits OF ancient wall. solid a.
rocks and almost as everlasting
From these 10 the graceful French
tsrr-;-. which recall many grav
ebateaa. wha, d loog Interval Of
Sear-, Bat these are filed with stir
ring chronicles enough, besides the
dim. not a.Isvs decipherable re-
cords. v blcs different delvopments If
architecture cave lef5 on the old
house. Tie Earls Of Gowrie bad
been 10 ,be Fest Of every commotion
that took place on or about the High
land hoe for more generations than
sny sui Celtic pen could record
/ RFseilions. reveDges, instructions,
sDiracies-bothing in which blood
Was she'd and lands lost took place 10
Sco,lsud in which they hsd not had
"A share and The annals Of the house
, are very full. and not without msnv
a stain. They bad been bold aud
= vigorous -ace-wilh much evil IN
them. and some good never insig
nifeaut. whatever else they might
be II canno; be said, however, that
hey sre remarkable nowadays. Since
the ir-, Stuart rising. known IL Scot
land as the "Fiftsea. they have not
d4De much that bss been worth re-
c,-diar but vet their family history
: has alwevs been of an unusual kind
c The RaDaolpb- could uot De called
eccentric ir themselves on the COZ
rrsrz. y ben you know them, they
were ~ bottom 8 respectable race.
. full Of al the country gentleman VIZ
-rss. sad vet their public career.
: ssca as * vas, 5aG been marked by
/. me srraagest lesps and isrks Of Ticis-
-itrde Yoa would hare said 81 I'M
pgl-fve, .ancifal fanily-now making
a grasp az some visionary advantage.
now rushing into some wild specais-
,ien now making a sudden sally INTO
, pchlie life. bI.t ss0a falling back into
1 me6lceriyy-B0s able. apparestiy,
even w saa the impulse was ps-eiy
.eISSa anl UnerceDary, % keep it Up
i Bas Ibis would rot have been
A. an trae conception Of the
: anlv easracrer their actual
yir-ue. were nos cf the imss'
NATIVE order. and sAeiE freaks were
mvs-erv to their frieads. Neverihe-
is.S tbs>e freaks we're whst the gen
e-sI word was most aware Of N tBe
Rsndaipa raee. The la.e Earl had
h1-n a representative peer OF Scot
lard .sbey bad 70 Engissh title. and
I baa made quite a weBdsTfGl start,
ssi for e wear or two seemed s6oai
no a.rain 8 FeEy sH5aeBt place II
Scotch Affair." e0t bis ambition was
'if.Und 20 base made use Of .osRe very
.ssuirseal zs.,aes of gaining sDaoeoee,
.s.i b. dropped sec ,rdiagss ., once,
ard s5yszer. from The y hssral hrma-
.snt This xas quite common cir
samstauce IL tse family An appar-
sn,lv byillians ceglssoz q discovery
az evil y,eaos Sd .o<e5 for ambitio0s
es8=. a Sas:Esa sso-idence, and the ~
r;aas eancssSsoa At tne END cf every
ching saas sAs- >sheiBsF, this G0se-B-
fasissss sgeesls-or eF. Bo4EEiess0, ga- 6
: dali sa.d ass sfe sll-oasmbi.
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