Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-09-25

fore he could speak, his first word was,
"Oh, Jane! Jane what's this ye we been
aboot, and what's brocht ye here ?"
ooh, Heavens haze a care O. us !" exclaimed
another venerable Peer at this juncture, who had
just come up" And what's brocht my sonsie
son Richard Livingstone to Edinburgh, when he
should have been fighting the Dutch in Amer.
ca ?"
And here suffer me 10 remark, that this same
Richard Livingstone, 10 progenitor of the re-
spectacle flmilies who bear his name in this
State } was the second son Of Robert, Earl Of
Linlithgow. or course, having nothing teae-
pend On but his swo.d, he had joined regirsent
under orders for America-(ths State was
Dutch province at that period, Stuyvesant Gov
ernor,) but hearing of James beauty, by bribing
a servant who concealed him in the garden, got
sight of her as she was watering her Prim-
roses and Polyvanthus. He Immediately left the
army, and assumed the disguise by which he in
himself into the good graces of her
father
The two lovers being thus recognized by both
their parents, stood with downcast eyes perfectly
silent while all was buzz and confusion around
them for those concerned were not more sur
priced by the aspect Of their affairs, than were
all the rest at the beauty of the far-famed but
hitherto unseen Jane Fleming. The Earl of
Linlithgow, Richards father, was the first to
speak aloud. This he did in laconic, though
an important query, which he couched in the
simple words,
"Are you married, BARNS ?"
eyes, dearest father" said his son, gath ering
courage and going close up to his saddle bow,
and beseech you to extricate us from this crowd
and l will tell you all when we are alone"
A pretty man ye are, truly" said his father,
to be staying at home and getting married,
when you should have been abroad winning hon.
ors and wealth as your gallant grand-uncle did
with Gusavus, King of Sweden. However,
since better may ma be, l maun try and console
my lord Wigton, who, doot not, has the worst
. the bargain, ye ne'er do weel p
He then went up to lady James father, and
shaking him by the hand, said,
"Though we have been made relatives against
our will, yet hope we may continue good
friends. The young folks are not i'll mate he'd
either. At any rate, let us put good face up
On the matter before these gentle folks I'll get
horses for the two, and they will join the process
non, and the dell haze me, if the lady Jane dis
ma outshine the hale o tllem."
%. g My Lord Ifnlithgow," responded the arayer
md more implacable Earl of Wigtoh, " L may
'ult you to take this matter blithely, but let me
ell you it's much mora serious business for
ne. What think ye | am to do with Kate and
Grizzly, now?"
"Hoot toot my lord" said Linlithgow, with
/ smile, " their chances are as guide as ever, I
assure you, and so will every one think who
kens them"
The cavacade soon reached the court. yard Of
when the Duke and Duchess
of Lauderdale invited the noble lords and ladies
to the annual ball to be held that evening. When
the company dispersed, Lords Linlithgow ant
Wigton took their young friends under their OWL
protection, and after little explanation, all par
ties were reconciled.
The report of Lady James singular marriag,
having spread abroad, the walk from the gat,
to the palace was lined with gentlemen an hou
before the time of assembling came, all anxiou
to see Lady Jane. AT length the object of al
their anxiety came tripping along hand in ha m
with her father-in-law. A buzz of admiratio
was heard around, and when they entered tn
ball room, the Duke and Duchess arose an
gave them welcome, hoping they would ofte
adorn the circle at Holyrood Palace. In a shol
time the dancing commenced, and amid all tn
ladies' who exhibited their charms and magn
ticent attire in that captivating exercise, nou
was either in person or dress, half SO rilliar
as was Lady Jane.
| have only to add that this is q historical fac
confirmed by tradition. 1t occurred within 81
miles of my birthplace have heard my granC
father, who died at the age of ninety-six, an
my father, who died in his ninety third year, o
ten relate it as an indisputable fact.
The posterity of Jane and Richard occupy III
same lands, titles and estates, at the present da
1t is name revered and heldin high estimate
all over Scotland, and might add wherever IL
name is known; witness the late venerab
Chancellor Livingston, who administered tn
oath of office to Washington, the first and be
of Presidents-and who cheered the heart an
strengthened the hands of Fulton by his cas-
and counsel, ill through their united exertiol
the first steamboat furrowed the waters of tt
Hudson. Cotemporaneous with him was ii
Rev. DR.. Livingston of New York, whose prail
is in all the churches. 1t is name, (if n
memory of the last ffty-seven years serves mt
that never was sullied by any of the political ra
cality and defaulting, which has made our Sta
a bye-word among tho nations for the last ff
years. In 1894 and 1895, Breckholst, Peter
and a few more ofthe Lvingstons, arrayed ther
selves under the Tammany flag, but finding th'
must associate with Burr, Price, and other fC
spirits, they left the ranks before their carmen
were spotted.
These men are the lineal descendants
Richard and Jane, the heroes Of our tale. Son
of the families fed from Scotlond and took r.
uge in Holland, in times of persecution frC
Holland they emigrated to this State, and sc
tied on Livingston's ManOr.--.M Y Ht,istrd
yNeiOs.
BE always frank and true; spurn every s.
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