| Show FAMOUS LUCK OF elfin goblet carefully preserved by english family the rho best known of all the lucks lucke of english families the famous luck ot aasa Eden edenhall hall a beautiful cup of clear of glass 1 with the slightest tinge of amber in n it with an exquisite ornamentation in an arabesque pattern worked in gold and in red blue and green enamel it la an heirloom in the family of the vea of Eden edenhall hall cumberland a very ancient family whose ancestors came over from normandy with the conqueror and abose long line has ble never been wanting in heirs beirs male but las has continued unbroken brohen un from that time 44 famous camoin luck of edenhart edenhall Eden halt hall down to our own day when and how bow they obtained the lie famous aglaie cup Is not known while history has observed complete silence on the subject legend has been correspondingly eloquent about it I 1 everyone 3 elyone has haa heard the couplet should the ho cup 0 er cr c r t reali of fall ka 1 rewell the aulk of and of the origin of the cup more than one version has been given the one which la Js most generally ac cepter and which has been handed do down n from one generation to another time out of mind la Is to the effect that once long ago in the dini dim past a sery ingman ing man of the a butler some borne say bay went one night as usual to draw water from st well macii which is close to the house when near the well ho be suddenly came upon a very merry company of fairies who were holding high r ril valry ry and who were so BO engrossed in ia belr frolic that they did not dicomo aware of his bis approach until he m ans as almost upon them when nhen they dispersed in a panic running helter shelter in great contusion confusion and leaving behind them in their nasto baste a goblet which the serving man caught up and made off with ile iio was pursued by the whole company who soon discovered their lose and who were almost beside thein themselves selves with rage lie ile sped along in headlong flight and they tore ore after him but were un able to catch him for breathless aw act panting lie ho reached the 0 ot f the hall juet judat as aa the foremost among ong them came up with him the th little people I 1 were furious and the elfin queen in the frenzy of 0 her pas pa sion elon pronounced the famous curse it reached the ears of the serving man who carrying hla his treasure la in triumph to hla master told him hla his tale the th cup was immediately delivered inu very safekeeping and has been guard ed cd with almost religious teal by th family ever since thus runs jbf th legend the cup to la of the highest antiquarian laii interest and Is considered to le be ont on of the finelt examples of ancient glass la in existence while the case in which it is always kept is an exceedingly beautiful specimen of medieval art |
