Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1886-03-19

This late VlSlCOT was an eiuelly man with
i,on-gray hair, short of stature, and of thick
build but not fat; man of hard face
hardness in his gray eyes, hardness in his
| firnl-set mouth, hardness in his chin. As he
stood in the doorway, Norah, who had her
mind full of her novel, thought he looked
| Eka a landlord come to Sell up eve, ylo.l|
THAN herself, and her knowledge of him did
not make that resemblance impossible. For
Murridge was her employer; she was his
| private secretary. -
~ don't know, doctor. said the visitor,
whether I ought to offer you my condo
| lences over the death OF your illustrious
cousin or my congratulations on your ac-
cession to his honors."
81 don't know, either-hang me if dol"
said the doctor.
''You have, I suppose seen the evening pa
pers? The paragraph is in all of them I
wonder how these editors get hold Of news so
quickly The news of his lordship's death
| arrived this morning only"
''But my two cousinss'
s'One of them died three years ago and the
other three months ago"
tGood heavensr cried the doctor, sinking
| into his chair a.
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 eve down the columns
| nobody spoke Mrs. Cronan held needle
| in suspen 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 it'll" cried Norah. 'Listen,
| mother Where is Daffodil? where is Ca
lis a? The children ought to be taken out of
bed and brought down. Oh, here i newsl
Listen, everybody. Papa, is it possibles
You knew it all before, and you told none
of us-not even me Mother didnt you
knowg
"Your mothers grandfather, the alder
man. Uncle Joserh began; but Norah
! in errupted, reading nreathles slv:
| 1--WE have to announce the death Of Hugh
Hyacinth, Viscount Clonsilla, of the Irish
| peeraee which ook place in the island OF
Madeira a fortnight ago Lord Clonsilla was
| born in Dublin in tie year 1910, and vas
therefore in his seventy fit year. He mar
ried, in 1886, Ursula, daugh er of Sir Pat
rick McCrath baronet, and had issue ona
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.,, M. D., the great-grand-
son of the first vscount and son of the late
Hnohf-, Hyacinth Cronan formerly of the
Irish civil service. DR.. Cronan has been for
many years pracfiiGing as a physician in
London THEREw
| What does she meanw asked Mrs. Crcse
man, helplessly.
1--WE are all viscounts and honorables
Oh" SAID Norah, "what will Hugh sayi
what will Calista say? Good graciousl It's
like a dream!'
'.Hyacinth, tell me this Instant" cried
Mrs. Cronan again, "what it means"
sit 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 visoountp said Uncle Joseph
"There was viscount once-he was Tenn
plar. Maria, there ought to be, on this
occasion, bottle of champagne"
s'Nothing less" repeated Mr.. Murridge.
"And nothing more,n said his lordship.
| But no one heard him.
"A viscount! My grandfather was an
alderman-and yet Hyacinth, can't you
speaka Why have not been toldf'
''It's 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 so impossible" said
| the doctor.
And I've been married to a nobleman's
cousin for five-and-twenty years, and never
| knew it -
"Only his second cousin once removed"
sa ID the doctor. "My dear, I told you the
truth Ny father was in the civil service,
as I told you. His grandfather was the
| first Viscount Clonsilla and the second Lord
| Clonsilla When last I heard anything
| about it, Lord Clonsilla had son, and
| married brother, and first cousin; all these
| stood between me and the title. Was it
worth talking abouta l had no money; I
had never spoken to the vscount, or set
| eyes on him. Nor had my father before me.
What YVES the good of my great relations?'
Great relations are always good, )" said
| his wife. eff it hadn't been for the alder
man, my grandfather, and my Uncle Joseph,
| where would have been the family prideY
cat all events my Lady" said Mr. Muir
ridge, there is no doubt possible on the SUBJ
| ject. The late lords only son died twenty
| years ago unmarried. His brother. it is
true, was married, bnt be 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 ana so gladl You
poor dear! You shan't go any longer slax-
ing like postman up and down the street all
days you shan't be walked up hv bell and
made to go out in the middle of the night as
if you were a railway porter; you shant
any more make up your own medicines; you
shall hand over all our pa tents to anybody
who likes-give them to Hugh if you like
What will Hugh say when he finds out that
am the Honorable Norah-or are we the