Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1911 — A Fielding Story. [ARTICLE]

A Fielding Story.

The Holdings are an ancient race, and the Denbigh earldom dates from 162. By the way, there is a funny Lstory as regards the family name and tta spelling. The author of “Tom Jones" was one of the race, and the then Lord Denbigh said to his relative: "Why don’t you spell your name ‘Feilding,’ as the rest of us do, and not ‘Helding’?" The writer made answer: “Because I am the first of the family who learned to spell."—Gentlewoman. ■