Evening journal., 1913-08-15

mere are lew more lnltIt6lnE
mansion than Heath old Hail." near
Wakefield the home of Miss Beryl
Tennant, eldest daughter of Mr.. G.
e. Tennanr. who is shortly TO be mar
ried TO Mr.. W. Riley Smith. of the
wealthy brewing family of Tadcaster,
in Yorkshire Heath Old Hail." grand
early Renaissance mansion, once was
owned by Lady Bolles. who for her
service to King Charles I was credit
ed female "baronet"-if the term
can be allowed-the title to descend
TO her heirs. Lady Bolles was much
attached to the old hall, and. accord
ing to tradition. she has from time
time haunted the mansion since her
death in 1862
Her spirit was "1aid" in the neigh
boring river at "Bolles Pit" but these
priestly efforts must nave been un-
successful, for every now and then
local gossip credits the old lady with
being abroad" But If so, she causes
the occupants Of the old hall no in
convenience in her alleged wander
ings about the stately rooms Of her
former home, one of which she affects,
in particular a handsome apartment
called the "banaueting room" Lady
Bolles. IL is alleged, cannot rest be-
cause her instructions concerning her
funeral we're not carried out as she
had desired Twelve hundred pounds
were expended upon it-an normous
sum in those days-and vine. beer,
and food provided I'm profusion to en-
tertain all-comers during the six
weeks that must elapse between death
and burial.
Evidently she anticipated opposition
to her wishes. for iu her will any
beneficiary who should oppose her ex-
ecutors was TO forfeit all claim. An
other reason advanced for Lady Boil
les restlessness is that she is troubled
by the tragical circumstances of her
fathers death He fell under the
banefu influences of witch. who,
by sOrceries and devilish acts" en-
compassed his end. and for which she
paid the extreme penalty. being exc
cuted at York toward the close of
the sixteenth century
The village Of Heath. two miles from
Wakefield once was noted for its rural
scenery. but the colleries and manu-
factories of the neighboring town, to
great extent. have destroyed iis
rural character Still it is attrac-
tive being finely situated at the sum-
nit of a tableau of picturesque heath
lands
Glamis Castle. the seat of the Earl
Of Strathmore. has a secret chamber
one which the members of the family
| like to believe that none but three men
can find That chamber holds the
| family secret, at which antiquaries
genealogists. historians. and amateur
detectives have been vainly guessing
( for a century. This secret and the
/ family fortunes hang together. It
can. as stated. never be known to
more than three persons at a time.
/ These are the Earl, his heir upon at
I tanning the age Of twenty-one. and the
steward of the estate. That secret is
the best kept in history. Whatever
the weird meaning, the burden of
knowing Il never Is sought by the
heads OF the family When the pres
ent carl was nearing manhood h
begged his father TO spare him the
I knowledge OF the secret. and LORD
Glamis. the heir of today, when he
came OF age eight years ago. was
most reluctant to share the hated
story,
Visitors to Paris couple Of dec
AIDES ago will remember strange
figures cropping their way along the
dark streets before daybreak. They
crept along with a STOPPING gait, and
stopped now and then TO examine the
household debris that lay in the gut
ters or in boxes placed outside the
doors to he carted away early in the
morning These nightbirds were
I armed for their nauseating trade
with a short stick shod with an iron
spike. which was thrust into the rub
bish heaps and then raised to the
/ wicker basket. the hottie" which they
carried on their backs and into which
rags. soiled linen or paper wa'
dropped
When returning home late on cole
winter nights revelers could see tbs
glimmer OF the little lamps with
which the Paris "chiffoniers" were
wont 10 examine and select their pick
ings on their slow and monotOnoul
tramp through the deserted streets
But the "chiffoniers" of former day
are gone forever, just as picturesque
Paris is awaiting the vanishing In
plaster. brick, and mortar Mopt
martre itself. even. world famous. tn
last refuge of the Paris Bohemian,
is being modernized with apartment
houses. and in the Latin Quarter Bo
hemianism and the "Grisette" ar
only a found tradition All, thos
"Grlsettes." How greatly their mem
!. ory is abused. and yet how faithful
how wholehearted they were!
The modern counterpart Of th'
. "chiffonnier" no longer wanders like
a specter through the ill-liEhted hscl
streets Of former times. but the
drive in their own carts to their fel'
of operation or their allotted quarter
b The modern ragpickers OF Paris worl
their districts by mutual agreement
. The difference Of locality means
great difference in profits. A biz
hotel IS the best, if one can acquire
the monopoly. because of the valua
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