The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-01

which would be. needed 10 push his
more than doubtful cluima
me entaiied cstates. into the pus-
session OF which Lord ywceddale has
.9nst through The death Of his father
tHtsnu oyer $1,000 acres III England
ana scotland. anu they include Ycstcr
wonderful place in lIuddingtonshlrc
winch was already accounted very oh
when hlnS Alexander III. az scotland
In 1858. visited sir Hugh de Giuord
IN MS castle OF Ycstcr, TO take counsel
VIII MN how to overthrow the Nor
MeEian invaders. This historic inter-
view bore fruit. In the defeat which
overlook the Norwegian King Ilnkon
ana his army, and Sir Walter Scott has
iininortaii@ed the Interview between
Alexander II. and Sir Hugh dc clifford
Inion."
This Sir Hugh, from whom the new
Marquis OF Tweeddalc is descended,
was celebrated as IL necramanccr. And
Is asserted TO have created with one
stroke Of his magic wand the So.
called Goblin Hall of the old Castle of
NGster--not to he COMPOUNDED with the
relatively new castle close by Goblin
Hall, though the remainder OF the older
castle has fallen into ivy -nlantlud ruin.
sui exists. huge stone vnulted and
roomy chamber, with an immense fire
place at the further end. and n we'll
OF unfathomable depth in one sombrc
corner OF the chamber: d portion OF
which is apparently hewu out OF the
llNiDS TOCk-
Sir Hugh, whom Sir Walter Scott do
scribes in his "Marmion" as the frcad-
ed warlock Of Clifford" and rs the FL
I'm Knight" is believed throughout
Scotland to have placed spell tipon
the Goblin Hall, to the effect that any
man who dared to interfere with its
symmetry should come to II violent end
No one ever vcntured to tnmpcr with il
until the elder brother OF the late
marquis did SO. III the lifetime of his
father. and while still known as the
Earl Clifford. he expressed ridiculc for
the superst hon. and cleared away
several of the steps leading up to the
hall. Within twelve months after
wards he met with his death In en-
deovoTinS To save the life of labor
ing man who was about To be crushed
cinity of the castle, The man escaped,
but the tree killed Lord Clifford.
Another suRcratitiop OF Yestcr per-
tains To one of those ancestral 'lucks'
which are occasionally TO he found in
the Oldest families of Europe and like
the glass goblet sung by Longfcilow
as The Luck of Eden Hall" the Pen
nington Cup Of the Lords of Muncas
ter and the Lee Penny of the Lock.
harts, which Sir Walter Scott has made
the theme of one of his mos, popular
novels, namely. THE Talisman." the
Yestcr Luck is known alternately as
the Colstoun Pear or the Yester Pear.
The sir Hugh dc Clifford Of "Mur
mion" had an only daughter of :hc
name of Joanna. She married Sir
Thomas Hay. of Lochcrwort and it is
III this way that Yesfer came into the
possession of tho great Scotch house
of Hay. to which Lord Twccddalc be-
longs. on the occasion OF this mar
riage old Sir Hugh pluckcd n pear from
his orchard OF Ncster and gave ii To
the young couple, with the assurance
that as long as it was kept intact their
descendants would prosper. over 500
years later John. third Lord Hay of
IeSter cared so little for his only SON
and heir. and was 80 deeply attached
to his only daughter. Jean, who mar
ricd George Broun of Colstoun (ances-
tor OF the Broun baronets of Col