The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-11-20
Is Really a Secret.

! Is Really a Secret.
There really seems to be no doubt
that in some room of CLAIMS castle
there is something that the Strath-
moreS are unwilling to AVE seen. Some
years ago, SO say the Scotch peasants.
a workman was called in by the earl
and set to repairing the castle roof. He
had not been at work long, however,
when he ca1ne down actually shaking
with fright, evidently as the result of
some terrible sight which had met his
eyes, and, as soon as he had recovered
his nerve to some extent demanded 70
see Lord ~Strathmore. A long inter
view resulted, n the outcome Of it
was hat the workman suddenly found
himself possessed Of the desire and
rather more than the means to emigrate
to Australia and to establish himself in
that country.
There is another we'll vouched for
story of how some guests of the Strath-
nCreS once attempted to solve the mys-
terry Of CLAIMS castle. These folk took
advantage of the absence Of Lord and
Lady Stratlraore. who We're paying an
afternoon visit away from the castle,
to enter every visible room in the man
sion and to hang a towel out of the
window of each. Then they went out
side the castle and got a rather I'M
pleasant thrill lei they noticed that,
high up on one of the turretS, there was
a. easement from which no towel was
hanging. And though they re-entered
the castle and hunted for the mys-
terious hidden chamber, it was all IN
vain.
The Strathmore family is, of ours
one of the most historic in Scotland,
the earl's ancestors back as far as 1926
having beer men Of prominence in the
affairs of their country. The present
owner of CLAIMS is 70 and his son, who,
by the way, is Lord CLAIMS, is now 48,
SO that he must have been taken into
the secret chamber and had its mystery
revealed to him in 1876. !
Many Places Of Mystery.
Naturally, considering the number OF
family seats in Great Britain which date
back to remote times, there are not a
few ancient names Of this country that,
like CLAIMS castle, have some mystery
surrounding them. For instance, there
is Littlecote in Wiltshire, a certain
popularity in connection with which
has puzzled many a historian. In one
Of the bedrooms of Littlecote is a bed
stead with blue drapery. now faded and
widowed owing to the lapse Of time
since it was hung. And just at the
bottom of one of the bed curtains there
Is a place, where a small piece OF the
cloth has been cut out and then sewn
in again. Why, no n knows, and
though it seems SO small a matter that
mysterious little patch has been the
subject of Suesses by many famous
men, among them Sir Walter Scott and
Lord Macaulay, both Of whom cor
fessed that they gave it up"
In Haddon hall, the ancient home Of
the Duke Of Rutland, there is one
strongly barred door which is supposed
to lead to a hidden room. But for what
reason the oars were placed there is a
profound mystery, n one. moreover,
which the Rutlands respect n make
no attempt to solve.
BY the way, n Of u American
huchesses must, by this time, AVE been
Initiated into one of these venerable
mysteries, the lady in question being
the Duchess of Manchester. Fol Kim
bolton castle, the dukes seat which
has so many memories Of Queen Cath
crime of Arragon, has also Its secret"
which has been handed down through
the generations. This secret, however,
TO the most important members Of the
Manchester family. In the castle there
lis q magnificent chamber known as
"the queens and in this room, on
every Holy Thursday, the reigning
duke, his duchess and his heir, fore
q rather and go through with some cere-
imony. What ceremony, the outside
iWorld kens not, but it is understood
that a secret panel in the Queens
room plays an important part therein.
Plenty Of Prizes, but.
New York Times: Braggsby-Why do
von call marriage a ~lottery-there are no
blanks; everyone draws a PRICE"
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