The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-24

the trip that she made through the
United States. Much as the people of
| the United States were attracted by
her sympathetic face and the bright
ness and genialty Of her manners.
however, to see Mrs. Hall Caine at her
best, she must be seen at the pretty
freside of her own beautiful home.
1t was a long journey that [ had to
make over the mountains Of North
Wales, to Greeba castle, In the most
picturesque part of the beautiful Isle
OF Man, where [ found Mrs. Hall Caine
surrounded by the places of interest
made famous by the pen of her illus
trious husband.
Greeba castle is almost as interest
| ing as its owner, so, before sueskire :,
of the warmth of the greetine W,bicb
L received from Mr. Hall Game and
ms wife, l should like to describe in a
lew words Greeba castle and its an
pToaches. One is struck when passing
along this part of the Isle of Man
with the absence OF hedges and the
presence of the stone walls which take
rielr places as marking the bounda-
RES Oh road and field. The castle stands
IN It's own grounds, and as neared
STRUCTURE burst upon my view in all IFS
grandeur, passed through the gates
chnped up the winding driveway, and
reaching the front door, rang the he'll
Inc door was opened by Mr.. Han
Game himself, and the cordialjtv Of
MS welcome was gracefully repeated
by ms wife, who came forward to me
with smile on her attractive face.
round Greeba castle to be fuu op
int old
is one OF Mr.. Hall Gaines hobbies. and
II also contains many art treasures.
among which two oil paintings by Will
nam Stott, of Oldham, stand out con-
splcuously Here is Rosetti's pen. with
which he wrote his poems, and tn,
celebrated bust of Shakespeare which
was his; his handkerchief. M. s. cab
met sofa, clock, bookcase, and, last
but not least, his chair, in which Mr..
Hall Game invariably sits when eneag.
ed IN literary work Here is also the
celebrated portrait of Rosetti. nv
Shields, which was taken Just one hour
after death. 1 noticed also several
photographs Of Rosettis pictures on
which were scrawled autograph cor
rect1ons and comments, for the author
of The Blessed DamozeP' was never
satlsl1ed with any photograph of his
works, and delighted in making uncom-
plimentary and critical jottings on
their margins.
Another relic in which I was intense
ly interested was the fireplace which
once belonged to George Eliot. It was
taken from her house IN st. Johns
Wood, and presented to Mr.. Hall Gains
by Wilson Barrett. who, it will be re-
membered, gave such a magnificent in
depreciation of Pete, In "The Manx-
man" [ could imagine the author of
''The Mill on the Floss" dreaming over
the fire as she thought out a plot. or
gave some of her marvellous character
| sketches. This fireplace must have
been silent witness of many of those
Sunday afternoon gatherings at ST.
| Johns Wood. when the great stars of
! the literary and artistic world met to-
| gether to hear George Eliot talk; while
| Lewes, who always liked to see her the
center Of attraction, handed the tea and
toast, and looked ON well pleased That
fireplace could tell many tales!
Mrs. Hall Game Is a wheelwoman of the
| ola fashioned. as well as the new fashioned
kind That Is to say. she likes to take spin
| on the bike. and she spins the thread for
her husbands homemade suits, using for
this purpose two magnificent old Manx spin
| ming wheels that she values as highly as she
| does her bicycle. The wool is grown on the
island focks. and after the thread is spun
by Mrs. Hall Game. 1t Is woven In primitive
| way on the hand loom.
MY husband Is not bcyclst," said Mrs.