Show the gobiet the blanch 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 pres erv atlon it was given by his 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 escape from destruction tor a very eccentric peeress who tor some unknown reason owed the family a grudge concealing her sinister in tent lons asked to be allowed to see it and when it was handed to her she deliberately threw it on the ground every one present held his breath ex pecking to see it shivered into frag ments but strange to say it did not break and it is still preserved intact |