Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-19

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whether ought 70 offer you my condo
q lences over the death Of your Muatrious
z cousin, Or my congratulations on yeaF 90
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q aid the doctor.
"You have, 1 suppose, seen the evening pa
persl The paragraph Is in all OF Ihem !
wonder how these editors get hold OF neWsso
/ quickly. The news of bis lordship's death
9 arrived this morning only"
4 "But my two cousinsF'
"One Of them died three years ago and the
other three months ago"
"Good heavensr' cried the doctor, sinking
into his chair
Papa" said Norah, something has hap
pened. think you had better let me see the
paper"
The doctor sighed, but he drew the thing
out of his pocket and handed it to his
daughter.
While she ran her eye down the columns
nobody spoke. Mrs. Cronan held a needle
In suspense at the very moment Of action;
Uncle Joseph ceased drumming; Mr.. Muir
ridge smiled superior as one who knows what
is coming, and the doctor looked more miser-
able and foolish than at any previous situa-
ton in his whole life.
II have found itr' cried Norah. sListen,
mother. Where is Daffodil! where is Ca
listaa Ths children ought to be taken out of
bed and brought down. Oh, here is newsl
Listen, everybody. Papa, is it possible9
You knew it all before, and you told none
Of us-not even me. Mother, didn't you
knowY'
"Your mothers grandfather, the alder.
man Uncle Joseph began; but Norah
interrupted, reading breathlessly:
Wehaye to announce the death of Hugh
Hyacinth, Viscount Clonsilla, of the Irish
peerage, which took place in the island of
Madeira a fortnight ago. Lord Clonsilla was
born in Dublin in the year 1910, and was
therefore in his seventy fifth year. He mar
ried, in 1886, Ursula. daughter of Sir Pat
rick McCrath, baronet, and had issue one
son, who died unmarried in the year 1856.
The late lord never took any active part in
politics. The heir to the title is Hugh Hya-
cinth Cronan, ESQ.,, NJ. D., the great-grand-
son Of the first ~viscount and son of the late
Hugh Hyaointh Cronan, formerly of the
Irish civil service. DR.. Cronan has been for
many years practicing as a physician il
London THEREI"
What does she meanI' asked Mrs. Gre"
nan, helplessly.
I'VE are all viscounts and honorables
Oh" said Eorah, what will Hugh say?
what will Go1fcha saw G0NI o,oosaueI To-
like a dreaml'
''Hyacinth, tell me this instant" cried
Mrs. Cronan again, "what it means"
ut means, my lady" said Mr.. Murridge,
bowling low-though he was an old friend of
the family, and had never bowed low be-
fore-'it means nothing less than that your
noble husband is the Right Honorable the Wis
count Clonsilla, of the Irish peerage. Nothing
less, ! assure you"
"A lord viscountr' said Uncle Joseph.
There was a v~iscount once-he was a Tenn
plar. Maria, there ought to be, on this
occasion, a bottle of champagne"
Nothing less,n repeated Mr.. Murridge.
"And nothing more" said his lordship.
But no one heard him.
"A v%iscountl My grandfather was an
alderman-and yet Hyacinth, can't you
speak9 Why have not been toldF'
TITS duke, marquis, earl, viscount and
baron, baronet and knight, unless you
reckon the ranks Of grand lodge and the
Thirty third" said Uncle Joseph. Really,
Maria, on such an occasion"
There was no use in telling you of a
change which seemed 20 impossible" said
the doctor.
'.And I've been married to a nobleman's
cousin for fve-and-twenty years, and never
knew itn 5s
"Only his second cousin once retnoved.n
said the doctor. My dear, / told you the
truth. My father was in the civil service,
as ! told you. His grandfather was the
first visccunt Clonsilla and the second Lord
Clonsilla. When last / heard anything
about 1t, Lord Clonsilla had a son, and a
married brother, and a first cousin; all these
stood between me and the title. Was it
worth talking about / had no money: l
had never spoken to the viscount, or set
eyes on him. Nor had my father before me.
What was the good Of my great relationsP'
Great relations are always good,n said
his wife. IF it hadn't been for the alder
man, my grandfather, and my Uncle Joseph,
where would have been the family pride9'
"At all events, my Lady" said Mr.. Muir
ridge, there is no doubt possible on the sub
ject. The late lords only SON died twenty
years ago unmarried. His brother, it is
true, was married, but he had no children.
And the first cousin, who was the heir pre-
sumptive, died three months ago, also with
out offspring-S. p, as we say in genealo-
gies. Consequently, the next heir to the
coronet and title is-your husband
"Oh," cried Norah, throwing her arms
about her fathers neck, II am SO gladl You
: poor dearl You shnn't 60 any longer slav-
ing like a postman up and down the street all
day; you shaln't be walked up by a bell and
made to go out in the middle Of the night, as
if you were a railway porter; you sha'n't
any more make up your medicines; you
shall hand over all your patients to anybody
who l~kes-give them to Hugh if you like.
What win Hugh say when he finds out that
am the Honorable Norah-or are we the
Ladies Calista and Norahg' 4
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