Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-18

asked her to be his wife. The manner
of their meeting is described in Rob
Roy" when Frank Osbaldlstone and DIE
Vernon met on the highway leading to
OsbaldistOne Castle.
The house in which Scott lived at
Gilsland was burned many years ago,
and it's site is now occupied by Ihe
Shaws" hotel. The spring is nearby,
the water is bright and clear, but has
a nasty taste. which is supposed to be
from medicinal properties. A few yards
distant along the banks of the rlvulet
which carries away the waste from the
spring is a secluded true lovers SHRINE.
with a large fiat boulder. This is called
The Popping Stone and when young
woman consents to occupy it with a
young man who is not her brother she
knows what to expect On the popping
stone, tradition tells u.s. young waiter
Scott and Margaret Charlotte Carpen-
tier exchanged vows that led TO one of
the loyeliest romances in real life and
one of the happest marriages the world
knows of.
Naworth Castle Typical of Its Earls.
Naworth Castle is fifteen miles from
Carlisle by railway. The station stands
at it's gates, with a walk of half mile
through the grounds to the arched en-
trance The park is surrounded by little
villages of the tenants of its owner, the
Earl of Carlisle. For centuries 1t has
been the seat of the Howard family
the Earls of Carlisle. 1t is one of the
few medieval residences in England
that have been kept in repair from genera
ton to generation and never allowed to
decay 1t is an ugly old pile of red
sandstone, of the Tudoresque school of
architecture, and. as Scott says in his
Border Antiquities, is one OF those
nobility that were like their characters
greatness without elegancy, strength
without refinement; lofty, firm and com
handing.
No one would ever admire Naworth
Castle for the beauty of it's architecture
or its location. but a great historical
monument it is worth visiting, and par
ticularly because 1t illustrates impress
lively the habits and tastes of its occu-
pants during the stormy centuries of
feuds of clans and struggles of kings to
control the hills and douns' of Bonnie
Scotland 1t has suffered more from
fires than warfare but has always been
completely repaired, and after 700 years
is still in excellent condition.
The park of 1900 acres which surrounds
il has many natural beauties, but there
has been no attempt at landscape garden
ing and cattle and sheep are grazing
up to the very doors OF the castle II
receives no more attention than the pas
lures of an ordinary farm. although a
lovely but small old-fashioned garden
lies under the terrace. and what was once
the moat is now planted with flowers.
A Glimpse Inside the Castle.
The Earl and Countess of Carlisle are
very considerable of the curiosity of the
public and allow ANY respectable per-
SON. to go through the main rooms of
the building between and pm. on
any day except Sunday. We passed under
a huge stone archway. hanked by a
porter's lodge and crested by heraldic
devices, into an outer court which is well
turfed and gives one an opportunity to
study the rugged walls which rise 40
feet from the ground and are POS feet
long with embattled towers at either end
At the main entrance is a bell with a
tin sign reading:
Tourists admitted from . to 5. Please
ring the bell"
We had to wait little while until the
family had finished luncheon which was
served in the armory, the principal
apartment of the castle. Then a naughty
housemaid showed about the place
while his lordship and the Countess of
Carlisle came out to the court where
we had been waiting. set up their easels
and began to paint the old gateway, for
both are said to be clever amateur
artists.
Any one who wants a detailed descrip-
ton of the castle can find a better one
than / can write in the opening chapters
of Rob Roy. The great banquet hall. a
noble apartment "a by 20 feet in size
and 40 feet to the ceiling where Frank