The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-17

Nm Manners is one of those
rOmances Of the peerage'' which have
nd one which never fails to find
etenors. The story itself is a true
k@0ne, of course-one Of those rare
~oses where history fOrgcts OF action,
Jerking out a real love story with
Srds and aides knights and naughty
z IRONS, and all the trite but ever-fa9-
hating details. The story has been
Embroidered and decorated by many
ruthors, but by none SO char1ningiy
by Allan Cunningham, WhO ap-
Renticed in his youth to a stone
I1nson, became Il lamp Of literature
md secretary to the sculptor Nhah-
The stream OF pilgrims that an
&nuaIIy visit Haddon Hall shows that
The tale Of Dorothy Vernon has II
hold OH the imagination AMI
&ssafsetdions Of the English-speaking
race. As for the Dukes OF Rutland.
they have been for centuries more
proud of Dorothy and John than Of all
their other noble ancestors and an
1 c~estresses put together, and would
sratfer give up Beivoir Castle than
4 the story of their elopemen;.
d Sir George Vernon. the last male
Representative OF that ancient fam
fly bearing the name, was n or the
most magnificent men Of his time. Al
Haddon Hail, his Derbyshire home. he
kept such state that he was generally
known as the King Of the Peak-the
allusion being to that
in miniature, the Peak Of
Derbyshire. This was in the reign
Of Elizabeth. and our story opens IN
the year OF grace 1850. Elizabeth
looked upon the last Of the Nernons
with suspicion. knowing that he was
inclined to the old religion and to the
claims Of her cousin. Mary Of Scot
$50 ~ tho pr;fjch fhr0nH If was
only the handsome person and witch
ing tongue Of Sir George. people said,
(which prevented Queen Bess from
abridging his provincial designation
with the headsman's ak.
Sir George was given to hunting and
hawking, his chase dogs were OF the
most famous sort and his falcons had
the fairest and most certain fight OF
any in England. That foreign weapon
the aruuebuS was just coming INTO
general use, but Sir George would
have none of such new-fangled con-
traptions and hunted with the DOW
and arrow-as his ancestors had done
for a thousand years or more. And
well he might. for he drew the strong
est bow and shot the truest arrow
of any man in England. Then he de-
lighted in iousting, and it was a mat
ter of Indifference to him whether the
lances were blunt or sharp. Stately
of form, with a noble, free and nat
ural grace of manner, there was not
the like Of Sir George Vernon III
camp or court aud the unimpaired
baronial style of his living at Haddon
Hall was known everywhere. even be-
yond the seas. and attacted many a
noble guest to his doors.
But the magniticance of his eStab-
lishment was not the only lure Of
Iiaddon. Sir George had a fair daugh-
ter, Dora, or Dorothy. Dorothy was
= Ioo,&r on7 ,,ory a How'd 0n1 1-,iOht
came wooing her. She was a girl that
held her head high, was wiilful and
impatient Of control, having inherited
her ather's spirit and being quite a
match for him when it came to the
question Of having her own way.
Dorothy was a girl with skin like
ivory, and her shapely head was
crowned with a mass of hair that
was in color like molten gold alleged
with copper. Her eyebrows and her
eye1ashes were dark; and dark were
her eyes, which would shoot out i'm
periOus glances Of or melt
with q deep tenderness as the mood
came and went with her. So high in
birth was the family Of Vernon that
ever royalty might have married with
Dorothy without deemaning itself. n
Sir George occupied much of his spare
time in picking out suitable matches
for his lovely daughter.
But Dorothy had already made up
her mind-she was going to marry
] Sir John Manners, the son of the Earl
of Rutland. Now. if there was any
! one person for whom the Lord Of
] Haddon had a d~eep-seated hatred il
was for the Earl of Rutland. The
3 Earl and Sir George had had a lawsuit
3 together and Sir George had got the
worst Of it, ~whereupon he had taken
Ito drink and hatred. Sir John lived
much at court. where he was reputed
to be a rather wild fellow. and Dor
kothy. like a dutifui daughter, had
1t her duty to hate him and
III the family. But Sir John
making q trip to Derbyshire, he and
0Ofpthy accidentally met,
E The thing was done; they fell In