Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-08-10

The little Earl of Arundel is TO be carried
now 10 the shrine of Caravargio, where
prayers for the recovery Of his sight, un-
availing elsewhere, are to be offered. We
know of nothing at once more pitifu and
more interesting than the case of this four
year old heir of all the title, estates and fame
of the great Howard family. There is
notion prevalent that the family inherits its
| chief title from the rough diamond Roger
| l}igod Earl of Norfolk, who when cholCric
Edward !, urging HIM to dstuslelul adj
venture, cried by God Sir Earl, you shall
| either 20 or hang" stoutly retolted "By
| God, Sir King, | will neither 90 nor hang !.
and forthwith raised him an army of revolt
so imposing that the King sought recoucil-
| lation. II reality the Bigois had lost the
title and were well nigh forgotten when the
| Dukedom of Norfolk and its hereditary Earl
Marshalship passed over to the MOwbrays,
and thence became ccntered in the person of
Il young woman, together with the estates
and titles Of the Fitz-Alans, Lars OF Arun-
del, carly III the fifteenth century. This girl,
the hcircss and sole representative Of two
great lines, was welded to n smart young
Knight Of Yorkshire, Sir Robert Howard,
the head OF u family OF lawyers who had
more wealth than blood. 1t was the son of
this marriage, John Howard, who rode into
high favor with the York Kings, was made n
councillor by Edward ". AID given both
Dukcdum aud MarShalship by Richard Ill,
who found those lines which Shakespeare
immortalized pinned on his tent door on the
morn OF Doswurlh fight -
Jocky Of Norfolk, h, not SO boil
| For Dickun thy master is bought AMI soil,
| and ,ybn IinI on tho ,iolI ,,,itI Il; a
King that same day. Eighteenth in succession
from that "Jocky' is the present Duke of
Norfolk, iienry Fitzalan Howard, the pre-
mier Duke and hereditary EIrl-Marshal of
| England, aud the foremost Catholic noble
man of Great Britain. Even IN his religion
| lie is historic, for another OF his ancestors
lost his head in Elizabelh's time for his de-
votion to Rome and, and incidentally, to
that most bcwitching of Romcs daughters,
Mary OF Scots, The Towards have kept
the faith ever since, through good and evil
report. The present Dukc welded Lady
| Flora Hastings, a daughter of the famous
| Countess Of LDudorn, and of another ancient
English family which draws its very name
from the battlefield .hat gave Britain to the
| NorMans. Their single son. Philip Mary D.
seph, Earl of Arundel aud Surrey, was born
blind. There has been something infinitely
| touchlngin the devuutnrss of the Efforts made
by the stricken parents to avert this ailllJlIon.
The poor little boy has been blessed i'll persJ
by the Pope; lie has been prayed for at
Knock, at Lourdes, and half the other
shrincs of Europe, and special invocations
in his behalf have been cnjoucd more than
once from the Vatican upon tine churches OF
Europe. But the bndncsS still fingers, and
now the lad is to he taken Is Il last resort to
Caravagsio. an Italian town some forty
I mil a la. Al.
known to sinners us the centre of II famous
watermelon district, hut il seems there is n
shrine OF great reputation there as well.
Surely even those most capable of preferring
| Caravaggos melons to It's holy bones and
relics Will hope that the latter may have the
power TO work nj least one mracle-and
that on the eyes OF the little Arundel.