The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-12-29

Fen country, In q SPACIOUS, Well-WOOu-
ed park, close to the town of Hunting
don. -Four centuries ago it was the
dover palace Of Queen Katherine, OF
Arragon, after her divorce from
Henry VIII. 1t would still appear to
be- the residence Of her spirit, since
her ghost, in long, queenly robe and
royal crown, is said to roam its cor
ridors even yet. The Castle, however,
has another ghost, less dignihed, per-
haps, but distinctly interesting in its
habits. The portrait of Sir John Pop
ham, erstwhile Lord Chief Justice OF
and one Of the earliest PRO-
moters Of American cOlonizatio
hangs in the great hall, and its origi-
nal is said to keep q nightly vigil for
rogues and poacherS, accommodating
according to inclination and
moonlight, by either sitting asHide
the park wall or secreting himself I'M
der the shadow of the mighty elm
trees. Proba bly, the ghost OF Sir John
is an immense saving Of gamekeepers
salaries to the ducal purse.
Lord Denbigh, who il wen remem-
bered in this country from bis visit IN
Boston a few years ago, Ut tho head OF
the Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company Of London, Is the chief Of the
family to which the famous novelist,
Henry Fielding, belonged. he likewise
claims relationship with the imperial
Austrian House Of Hapsburg; this
claim, however, being ridiculed BY
many eminent English genealogista.
He is lord-in-waiting to the King,
and one OF the forty Roman Catholic
members Of the Upper House OF the
English national assembly.
The Bradley-Martins. it is learned,
have made several efforts to purchase
Balmacaan outright the magnif cent
place they occupy in Scotland. But,
though they have frequently raised
their figures to a. fancy price, they
cannot induce the owner to part with
It. The fact that they merely lease the
place does not prevent them from
spending mint Of money on 1t. II
is now far more luxurfously fitted up
than Balmoral, the Scotch royal resi-
dence, and Mar Lodge, the Duchess
or rather, Princess Of Flies place,
pales into insignifcance compared
with 1t.
The Bradley-Martins have been so
long in England that one almost for
gets their rise to influence in the So
cial world. Theirs is q success due TO
least, 90 it would appear.
and, in fact such success makes sma!I
on the thoughtful. Yet,
when yeu look into It, you find many
things that arouse your admratlon'
It is no mean thing to make an en-
trance in tho London world OF fasnlon.
It requires deal of tact and KNOW.
edge Of men and women. The Earl OF
Craven, the son-in-law Of the Bradley
Martins, passes most of his time LOOK,
ing after his forty thousand acres, ana
in attending to his duties as county
near his Warwicksh1re
home. Lady Craven r. keeny inter.
ested In poultry farming, and az
Coombe Abbey has bred birds mat
have stirred NJ the keenest SOFT OF
competition amongst English fancers.
Moreover, It 10 agreed on all hands
that the boy-and-gfrl marriage OF 1893
has turned out more pleasantly tnan
the wiseacres Of that date predicted.
And the Countess Of Craven grows
prettier 40 she grows older.
Prince Nanzeta Pehassnez Monte
yuma, who claims to be the nneal de.
scendant OF the famous Aztec King OF
that name, is a small, olive-skinned
youth, with large, heavily-fringed
gray eyes, full, red mouth and long
hair. He wears civilian clothes, q
sombrero, and usually
carries an interesting, carved cane:
van Ca1ava.