: Is English papers is being published a series ■_' of romantic stories of the nobility. The ';.,' first of these deals with the house of Cecil, '_ '- whose representative to-day is the English " - Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury. Away back in the. annals of the noble Marquis's family. .; is found this pretty little love story :— ,"•*. There. is a lovely village in beautiful ■'-' Shropshire, girded by softly-rounded green , ' .and wooded hills, with sparkling streams, in which lively trout flash their bright colors % in the suu; abounding in orchards and picturesque thatched cottages, which are nearly covered with honeysuckle and roses. The name of this very appropriate scene for ■ a romantic storyof "all for love and the world well lost " is Bolas Magna. The last two syllables being too tough- for peasant mouths, - the place ia called Bolas. The village is not :- far from Wellington and Newport, and '■'■ within six or seven miles of the Wrekin. It was an evening in July, 1791. The day. had been gloriously fine, but black thunder. , clouds were gathering like a pall over the •Wrekin, and a heavy storm was evidently about to break. A man, apparently of about. 35 to 40, hurried through the one meandering village Btreet looking for a place of shelter, and noticed a little general shop forming. ■ part of a small farm building, behind which Jr were fields and meadows and the newly -. c built haystacks. The stranger was dark and v. tall, slightly built, with good features, strong V mouth, and steady, clear eyes. He was. ." dressed in loose clothes, and wore thick but , well-made boots ; in short, he looked like a = -gentleman dressed for rough walking. 'The name of the small shopkeeper and ; , farmer was Thomas Hoggins, and he and his •" wife were in the shop when the toll, dark • stranger entered, and, in a clear, low-pitched. , voice, asked for shelter from the storm, and. to be allowed to pass the night there. ; ' Hoggins glanced uneasily at his wife,  : and she returned his gaze. Strangers at Bolas were looked upon with deep suspicion. "> ■ What could he want and why did he come to them?

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