Washington telegraph., 1853-08-10
A WICKED WIFE.

an Ainsworth's novel in a column. - Sir
Roberts seoond wife was an unprincpled
woman, Of yindietise temper, aud tsfce pas
slons aud by her he had several children.
: This woman mad all the qualitir ,ealoulatel
: to make an oppressive aud cruel sep.dame
, aud accordingly her Jealousy VA excited hy
the fond affection which Sir RoNrt display.
! ed towards his eldest son.
She knew that his rich iaheftnuee would
descend TO him, while her own ,ons ~ vIull
receive very slender provision brsIda..
her husbands excessive attaehnt a % lis
eldest son gave her no hope Of bis being
persuaded 10 alienate from him any portion
OF the family property Her jealousy ac.
eofdinelY grew lnto a disease aud her mind
was distracted with rage aud modification
These feelings We're still further aggravated.
WHEN sif Robert built the Tower Of Games.
elengh. aud adorned tlai property with all
manner Of embellishments, a. The future
residence Of his eldest son, who was now
about 10 come Of age, aud for whom be had
arranged a suitable aud advantageous mairi.
mnnia allianee with beautiful young lady
Of high birth. Tie gep.melhrr nov !ast
all Patience, aud wa lirmly resolved TO com.
pass the destruction Of her hated sierson -
| The mazpn.sofk Of the new Castle Of i,aue..
clengh Was completed OF the Young Laird.
twentieth birthday. which va. held a.
high festival at Thirlclano The lady Re.
solsel that his hours should he numbered
aud she accordingly prepared. on the IN.
tended festival, 10 execute her horfil pnr.
puse. She had already secured in her in.
tefess the family piper whosc namc va.
john l.ally. This man procured three ad.
ders, fram which he selected the parts re.
pleie with the most deadly poison. aud hay.
ING ground them To a iinc powder. Lady
Ibirlcsiane mixed them In battle Of wine.
Previous To the commencement Of the feast
at 1hirlestane the young Laird went over
the Etterick River To Gamcseeugh. To in.
spee, the finished work, and to reealc the
masons aud other work people. who had =
crlcd themselves to have the eastic walls
completed by his birthday. lie was attend
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Laird called for wine todrhk their hcnltbs
and John filed Is silver cup irum the poi~5n.
ed bottle which the illiaicd youth hastily
drank or The piper immcliaielEsIph the
castle, as il To return home. Buf'he was
never more seen. The most diligrnt search
failed in discovering him, and il is suppls.
ed iha, hc escaped acruss the English bor-
der Young Thrlc,tanc was instantaneous.
N taken violently ill aud such WIS the force
Of the poison that hc ,wrllcd aud burst with.
ia an hour The news was Immediately
carried To Thiilcsiauc, whore large party
Of the kiih and kin Of Scot, hal assembled
10 DO honor to the festival, But il may
easily bc conceived what wocinl gathering
it turned out To be, With one accord the
guests i,li aud said that the young laird was
poisoned. hut were unable 10 conceive who
could have done 50 foul deed 10 one 80
universally beloved The old baron imme'
diatcly caused buglc to be blown as sig.
nal to all the family to assemble in the cas.
Tie court. lie then inquired, Are We all
here :, 4 voice from the crowd answered
An but the piper, John Lally" This
sounded like a knell in the ears of Sir Rob
er. lie knew the confidence which his Ia.
dy placed in this servant. His eyes were
at once open To the foul deed, and the con.
yirtion that his most dear and beloved s0n
had been slain by the Vaccinations Of his
wife. shocked his feelings 50 horribly that he
was almost deprived Of reason lie stood
very long in state Of utter stupcfcation,
aud then began to repeat the answer which
hc had received. And this he continued to
do for several days We are all here but
John Lally, the piper" Sir Robert lived
in lawless time, justice was not rightly ad.
minisicrcd, aud il was difficult to punish the
crimes Of the powerful aud noble. More.
over Sir Robert could not be induced to seek
. to make public example of his own wife
/ However he adopted singular aud com
plcic, though most unjust method of ven.
renncc. lie said that the estate belonged
OF right TO his son, aud that since he could
not 'besiow it upon him while living, he
would at least spcrd ii upon him when dead.
And he moreover expressed great satisiac.
tion at the idea of dcpriying his lady and
her offspring of that which she had so foul
a part to secure to them. The body Of the
young Laird was accordingly embalmcd
with the most costly drugs and spices, and
lny in state at Thircstanc for a year and a
day during the whole of which time Sin
Robert kept open house, welcoming aud
royalty feasting all who chose to come
Aud in this way Of reckless and wanton pro
fusion he actually spent or mortgoged his
entire estate. While the whole country
high and low were thus feasting at Thirles
tame, the lady was kept shut up in a vault o.
the castle, fed upon bread and water Du
ring the last three days Of this extraordua
ry feast the crowds were immense 1t wa
ns if the whole of the south of Scotland wa
assembled at Thirlcstane. Butts of The
richest and rarest wines were carried int,
7 the fields their ends were knocked on
with hntchets, and the liquor was carrie'
ahont in stoups The burn Of Thirlestan