Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-03-19
STANTON, VIRGINIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 10. 1886.
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of he house. You will tel us the family
history. won't you as soon as we settle
downs All the men were knights without
fear, and all the ladies were beautiful and
without renroach.'
Il will tell you at once About 200 years
AFRO there was an ttorney in Dublin named
Hvac.nth Cronan-Cr eeping Joe they called
him, so greatly was he admired He made
his son barrister, and the barrister ecame
judge, and the ju lge was made, for GER ain
political services L I'd Clonsilla-Crawl-
inc J e, his friends called him. to distinguish
him from his father His son, for other
eminent pc itical services, was raised stem
in the Irish peerage at the time of the
union That is all the family history,
Norah: end am hanged if see much to be
r. ord of when it i; told" 2 ,- ~
Not one of hen," said uncle Joseph, $50
much prov nciai grand MASTER
'Oh! And no Ian hoe? no ghosta no
white ladys Are you quite sures asked Norah
'Not even so much as family DOGGY, my
dear"
'Well, then there Is town house some
where, am sure hope it il Ireland l
feel real Irish alre DIV. Tomorrow I shall
try "The Wearing of the Green Where Is
our beau iful town house. Lady eClonsilla's
town house. where she will live in the season
with her daughters, the Ladies Calista,
Norah, Honor and Kathleeng"
''There used to be one over in Dublin, but
I suppose it's been sold lon~r ago."
well, there's the money and the dirty
acres" Norah persisted
81 wish you goodnight, Lady Consilla,'
said Mr.. Murridga sO,ce more, con.
graduate you Good-ni rht my Lord"
He bowed very low, much lower than is
expected by viscounts as rule, and retirel
II was about to remark Maria" said
Uncle Joseph ''when we were interrupted
by Mr. Murridge, that had always observed
something of the air of rank in your hus.
band 1t was certain, to me, that he was of
noble parentage, though he concealed the
fact from friends who would have appre-
ciated its Importance"
eyes; you never told me. Oh, Hyacinthr'
said his wife. reproachfuily. aft would
have made us all SO happy to think that you
had such noble blood in your veins.
my DEAR he repea ed, ~ didn't know
there was the least chance of the peerage.
It's the most extraordinary thing thai ever
happened And. Maria he added, rubbing
his chin, 81 believe We made the greatest
fool of myself ever known. I'll go and see
Murridge about it tomorrow But l am
sure of it, beforehand There never was a
greater fool in all the world than your hus-
band. Maria
"Oh." cried Norah again, 'syou will look
so beautiful in your cor onet!'
Shall I, nv dear? wonder where it is
What is more to the point is. whe her the
late lord left any money, and if so, whether
he LETT any to me. There certainly never
could have been greater TOOL than your
father, child Esau's case is about the only
y o 1,,G which can compare with it."
Maria, said Uncle Joseph, i've will all
move upward, imnisdi ttsi ,, iiGto the highest
society, and we will have a banquets :.
champagne, every night. On all points of
etiquette rely on ME. There will be-, of
course walters in evening dress. 1T will be
exactly like a banquet of high degree only
that ladies will be present, and l shall not
wear my jewels. OF course I shall sit on the
right hand Of the chairman and respond for
the craft"
ooh. Uncle Joseph!n murmured Lady
Clonsilla, carried away by the splendor of
his Imagination.
Gas Tor his lordship, will take him in
hand at once
udfo UteA tuo 1uOSG 1901,
said his lordship
s.And initiate him to the loftiest degrees.
I'll do it with my own hand, and then he
will be credit and an honor to the illus
trious peerage of his native country.
can't initiate you, Maria. nor the girls, be-
cause you are females, but the boys can,
and 1 will; and when they are knights
Templars, Mark Ma tiers, Royal Arches and
Thirty the will not be ashamed to
talk with any one, and will be fit to share in
the very highest society like their great
uncle" He drank half his glass at gulp,
and went on rather thickly, pointing to the
doctor: ''Look at him, M ,ria! He is a
nobleman all over. Blood in his veins and
'ari tocracy upon his upper lip. Didn't I
always say there was a something in your
husband above his pillss' X.
sit can't be helped, Maria," said the Wis
count. ''But wish your bus band had not
been so great fool"
why, on the present OCCASION" Uncle Jo-
seph went on; IAN occasion which may never
happen again in the history of the lodge
why, Maria-why is there no champagnes
Thank you! will take-yes-I Will take
another glass of gin and water"