| Show the anniston Ar goblet the branch of the dundas family of england possesses a curious venetian goblet and like the famous luck of eden hall they believe that their prosperity depends upon its preservation er Ir it was waa given by its ills mother to sir james dundas in the reign of queen mary with an injunction to preserve it carefully or misfortunes would attend the family it once had a miraculous culous escape from destruction for a very tery eccentric peeress who for some unknown leason owed the family a grudge conceal concealing frig her sinister intentions latent tent ions asked to 10 be allowed to see aee it and when it was handed to her she deliberately threw it on the ground every one present held hed his breath Ineat li expecting to see it shivered into frag MS I ments but strange to say it 11 did not break and it Is still pres pre ened sered intact |
