The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-09-13
THE FAMILY
HONOR

By J. M. Barrie.

north who are not afraid to speak, has
been born of ugly fancies since the night
Of Sept. 4, 1890, when that happened
which sent the country to bed with lono
candles for the rest of the month. / was
at Glendowie castle that night, and
heard the scream that made nigh 200 peo.
pie suddenly stand still in the dance. but
Of what is now being said l take no stock,
thinking it damning to a noble house, and
Of what was said before that night | will
repeat only the native gossip and the
story of the children, which l take to he
human. rather than the worst horror OF
all. as some would have it.
There are those in Glcndowie who hold
that this Thing has been in the castle and
there held down by chains since the year
200, when the wild Lady Mildred gave
It birth ana died at the sight Of it, and in
thr layli-ht Cbut never before wineJ they
will speak the name of her lover and Sc
account tar 1900 y. u. being known in
fac annals Of that house not as a year of
our Lord. lat as the year of the Devil.
am n,-. sufficiently old fashioned for such
story and rather believe that the Thine
va, L.F.u in the castle until the coming
bone l..m Africa Of him who was known
as the Left Handed Earl. which han.
. pencil matter of seventy years ago.
4 The secret manner of his coming and the
4 oilae, ID his attendants, with a wild
1 story "a Ills clearing the house of all other
asyauts t.r fifteen days, during which he
8 q
ias MT yet been cut level with the earth.
To BE- plain, it is said by those who he.
Ieye wiirar.aft to be done with. that the
Left Handed Earl brought the Thing
nom Africa and in fifteen days had
home made for it in the castle-a home
hat u0uo could find the way to save him
Nlf and q LACK servant. who frequently
disappeared for many days at time, yet
vas known always to be within whistle
d his master. Men said furtivcly that
ibis Thing was the heir. and again there
vas the devils shadow in the story, as if
tie devil could be woman.
Half a century ago the Left Handed
Earl died, and they will tell you of
hree days search for a minister brave
zough to pray by the open coffin and
aat in the middle of the prayer the
aNncrs rose to their feet and ran out of |
DE room because of something squatting
the corpSe's chest. There are many |.
lCA stories of the Thing, against which
who might have seen shut their eyes
quickly that no two drew the same
Eeness, But this is no great matter for
NAT they say they saw | will not tell, !
~ would that none had ever told me-
There have been four earls since then, |
ar II the tale of the Thing be true. not
Nc Of them lawful earls Yet until the !
10 Of September, 1890, since the time of
Left Handed Earl, it has always been
same black servant who waited on
Ihlng, so that many marveled and /
el these two one, as they were not. |
me earls have nothing to tell that /
ld not he told by others, save this. that |
IN paced their halls by night and have
mad an air of listening, not to what
beng SAID to them, but as if for |
sudden cry from beyond.
Is not pretty story, except what is |
OF the monsters love of children, |
'nough, until the 4th of September, |
never believed what was told of |
lung and these children, | believe it /
what they say is that it was so .
se mat not even the black servant |
nave gone within reach of it and I
~ yet with children scarce strong
ash to walk, save on all fours. it
pay l2r hours even as they played,
a''n mothers care for them. There
Ieh 81 all ages in these parts who
mat they were with it in their child
ana loved it. though now they shud-
"a picture they recall, | think, but
wy and some Of them doubtless are
may be wondered why the lords of
lOWle dared let child into the pow
one that would have broken them
dcroSS It's knee, and two reasons
'"eh-the first, that it knew when
were children in the castle and
uaFe broken down walls to reach
J, 81 Iap tney not been brought to it;
mat compassion Induced the
give It the only pleasure it knew
Nj NY vnildren some were OF the tenant
O'ners or guests in the castle, and
uot heard Of one who dreaded the
II half Of the stories be true,
p aOuid LET it toss them sportiyely in
~ W. and they would sit with their
tb .,Ouna Its neck while it made toys
a1 MAN. OF splinters of wood or music
'Ning Its chains.
inf Ma. nut say that care was taken to
jul hHSS Se meetings from the parents of
rn' IN which conspiracy the chill
,,a.y SclouSly joined, for the pleas
don Vi their new friends alayed
'a'her than reused it. Never
NH fIver rumors arose in recent times
1"'e say, few believed who came
t %stalce' yet were they sufficiently
"us to make guests leave their
m b an nome, and, as | understand,
oger hal u September, 1890, several
rs. passed since a child had slept
nos ,e on that night there were
hn ana one child, who had been
ms, sumo hours when the Thing
,>Js , aaI was the coming of age of
- esh co nrldom, | suppose, has there
Z 81 ai,ar' nlpany in house renowned
\ w S Sr'ilIy There were many per-
M ~ Instant parts, which means
,4 MN all the great folk of our
w WIN others not so great, in that
- !, hough capable of making
all "a sOst After the dancing begins
;rrs syer q PROMINENT figure in
!, ot XIV %VSe who are there merely to
ro ! was, and | now remember
desc. "ulch my eyes followed with
,,I mSsd sh @Vasure our hostess, woman
81 vi NJ manners, yet cold when need
,cuu'r n ady who was shortly to be-
20 Al laughter, a languid girl, pretty
90 dSs "nen her lover, the heir, was
:. ~. mat nearly all present that