The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1916-03-10
Ole
ChenoWorth
Baronetcy
1t Was Lost and Was
Revived
By r. A. Mitchell

come to America TO make new home I,
for himself
The family documents were kept In p.
what was called hair trunk, from be,
ing covered with the skin Of some ami
NAL from which the hair had not been
removed. james Chcnoworth spent
many hours over the contents Of the
trunk, reading the papers In time he
took up a paper which he unfolded II
was fragment yellow with age. The
ink was also faded and almost illeg
ihle james put IT in his pocket, In
tending TO try 10 decipher It later. for
words IN II which he could easily read
seemed TO refer TO his ancestors, What
he ultimately made out was this:
at the beginning of the parliament
tary wars James Chcnoworth. son and
heir of Sir Ralph ChenUworth,
out 10 fight for the king. His
Arthur. two years his
the parliamentary forces.
brothers were enough
At the end OF the war
having been lost,
went to America.
his home and
when the
Chenoworth
James.
worth
Cheno
Chenoworth resolved that during his
travels he would visit England and
hunt up his ancestral record Placing
the fragment In his portemonnaie, he
made his preparations and in due time
went abroad. At n hotel In Switzer-
land. where he found mixture OF
English and Americans he fell in
with TN English family named Smith.
son.
The main attraction In this family
was Miss Gladys Smithson. a girl
about twenty years old. Both she and
Chenoworth were fond OF winter
sports, and they were where they
could enjoy them TO perfection. Miss
Smithson was the only child Of her
parents. and Chenoworth learned that
through her mother she was an heir.
ess. Since he possessed an income of
barely $1,000 year. he repressed any
desire he felt to make love to the
young lady.
This was fortunate. for Miss Smith
sons mother. who had an interest In
her daughters adding TO rather than
dividing her prospective fortune. not
inspecting that there was any especial
interest between the two young per
sons. made no objection to their being
together. and when they separated she
invited CheHoworth when he came to
England TO call upon them Mt their
home in that country
Perhaps neither Chenoworth nor
Miss Smithson realized the delicate
bond that had been slowly forming
between them tin the moment of sep
aration came. Gladys gave him her
hand at parting. and he held 1t just
a trine longer than Mt an adieu be-
tween mere friends. Miss Smithson
looked Mt the floor Chenoworth look
ed into her face, then released her
| mana ana IuTlleu away
He met many young women on his
travels. but none of them caused him
to Danish from a spot very near to his
heart the image OF Miss Smithson. He
had planned trip to Russia, but.
bearing In his memory the image OF his
companion in Switzerland, he shrank
from n visit to that cold country and
resolved TO forego the trip and give
himself more time in England,
When Chenoworth arrived In Lon
don he sent his card to the Smithsons
nj their ancestral home In the county
of Kent. with the result that he re
cclved nm invitation 10 visit them fol
week end As he was driven into
the place between two imposing gate
way pillars and mp 10 the manor house
through an avenue arched with trees
that had been hundreds of years grow
ing. his heart sank within hun, for ht
realized that an American with a beg
carly two thousand year could neyel
aspire to the hand of the girl who
would inherit such a splendid home.
Whether Mrs. Smithson had discov
cred In her daughter n disposition tt
pine for Chenoworth and scented dan
ger certain Ut is that the mother @
. ceiyed him without the cordially n,
, expected Her daughter. on the con
trary. welcomed him with minglint
Of pleasure and embarrassment. Dur
ing his brief visit there were moment
Of exquisite pleasure for both him an,
Gladys. succeeded by moments OF dc
preston. fhere waOn union OF hearts
but they were constantly reminded
that any other union was impossible.
When Chenoworth was making thi
/ visit. one afternoon while Gladys wa
, cngnged he wns entertained by he
mother He mentioned the fact tina
his ancestors had come from Englan'
/ and his discovery Of the frnginen
; among his family papers. The lad
rus doing some kind Of knitting Will