Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-09-13
CHAPTER II.

The Jocelyns Of Glynn ranked as one
of the Oldest families in England.
They did not boast OF having come
over with the Conqueror were
there when he arrived. A good old
Saxon family, proud of predigree that
he's few equals; for the old musty
records, kept jealousiy by the present
squire in the strong-room at Glynn.
tell of good service rendered to king
and state-of right deeds done by
noble men-of stainless lives and
heroic deaths.
Kings and queens both offered titles
to them; they might have been barops
of GIynn, lords of Woodale, but that
each one liked best the simple, time
hOnored name of squire" They
thought nothing grander; the world
had no higher rank than that their
fathers had so nObly borne. Times
had been when the Jocelyns were a
numerous family, the younger branch
es increasing and multiplying; but that
was no longer the case; they had died
out; as old families will, and the
present squire was the last man OF his
race.
They had been exceedingly rich; z
they had owned more than half of the
fair country of which Glynn is the
chief pride; but some of the property
had been confscated, and some portion
lost.
Nevertheless, the squire of Glynn
was wealthy man; the broad lands of
Glynn were his, and the fair, fertile
estate of Woodale. His rent-role
reached fifteen thousand per annum,
and he was we'll satisfied with his share
of this worlds goods.
Yet he had not been altogether a
prosperous or happy man. He had
known some great sorrows in his life.
He married young. His wife's por-
trait hangs where the sunbeams fall
bright on the walls of the grand pict-
ure-gallery, and the squire goes every
day to see it. He loved his wife, and
no other during the whole course Of
his life. Their marriage was not all
happiness; the squire's great wish was
for a son and heir; there had never
been time yet when the Jocelyns of
Glynn were without a male heir. His
first disappointment arose from the
birth of a daughter
The long-looked-for heir came at
last, but he was a delicate boy, and
died before reaching his third year.
Then for the squire and Lady Rose
Jocelyn there followed a series of dis
appointments, each one more bitter
than the other.
Four boys We're born to them, who
all died young. Lady Rose never very
strong, began to droop and fade; the
loss of her children weighed heavily
upon her; and the squire, looking
around him, felt something like de-
soair.
Lady Rose had never been beauti-
full woman She had a sweet, pure,
high-bred face, and manners that were
considered matchless in their graceful
courtesy.
Glynn Castle, during the life of Lady
Rose JOCelyn, was the center and home
of elegant hospitality. After her death
the squire renowned all society and
gayety, caring only for the two child
rem she left behind her.
Lady Rose died a few weeks after
little SYPHILIS birth-the youngest, fair
est, and best loved of all her children.
She died leaving the child to her
eldest daughter, Irene, whose especial
charge she was.
Even as a babe she gave promise OF
marvellous beauty; and from her re-
semblance to one of the old family
protraits, they called her Sybil.
She was wonderfully like the picture
of the Lady Sybil Jocelyn-wife of the
brave esquire who stood by his royal
master through all changes of fortune,
and never deserted him until the ak
had done it's worst, and the martyred
king lay low.
She grew more like her day by day
save in this, that Lady SYPHILIS lovely
pratician face had shade upon it;
round the sweet young mouth were
lines of sorrow; in the violet eyes was
a shadow of care; while Sybil Jocelyn's
face was bright and unclouded as a
May morning.
The squire and Irene Jocelyn may be
said to have given their lives to her.
She was the petted, spoiled darling of
the house. No one ever crossed, dis
pleased, or contcadictod her. She
ruled like a little queen, ard all by
right OF a charming tlce and sunlit
smiles.
The squire would never part with
her; he would not let her remain out
of his sight for a day. She was his
loved wife's last legacy, his own es-
pecial treasure. Governesses came to
Glynn, and did their best to teach her
Masters went to the castle, and wasted
any amount of energy upon her. She
learned what she liked, and left the
rest.
For music she had a wonderful
capacity. She played not only brill
liantly but we'll; and she sung with
vIipn and in a Sty1p seldom SurnaSSp1