Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1865-10-14


While the House Of Stair was rising
into the highest positions in the State.
it bad been visited by q reries Of domss-
tic tragedies Vi . startling character. Ono
OF Sir James sons had died Of poison -
The bridegroom Of his eldest daughter
had bee" found lying bs,hed in bis own
blood on The wedding night "One Of BIZ.
grandso"s had in boy'sh sport been slain
by a"o'ber. The superstition Of the
times attributed the political euccess of
the family, accompanied by such do.n.s-
TIC tfage dies, to the results Of = league
y" their part with the powers of darkness.
DIR James had q wry neck, aud his eu.-
niles said IL marked him out H. q man
doomed u The gal'ows. His wit., Marya
| ret, daughter OF James K s-, Of batu,.I.
IL Wistonsh,re, with whom h. obtained .
| large estate, s"womau Ot great albany,
| ART a"d sp''lt, was topu.aiIy nlvhnan,-u
the Witch al E"dor. II vas sra.e,y said
~N-N's
sue hated, aud .hat size had been seen Ia
Tue IIAehes Ut u Cat, seated on the cloth
Ut State by tue Sue ot the Lord High
COinthtssi FER. W. Ut these domestic
tragedies IN The S.alr faulty have been
| comtnemorated III verse aud fiction. the
luch'ess bridal n'xht being the foundation
Ga Which SIR Waller Scott has cou.truc.-
Ell The aIost Artistic aud dra0stic Of al,
his ron'ances, the ~ierd tale Vt "ibe
brede OF Lammernoor." The ln,ruduc-
tory accidents Of the story are toersby
well sscer,s'ned, though the catastrophe
is shrouded IN mystery. J4uet DeIrymple,
the eldest daughter Of Lord President
Stair, whom Sir Walter Scot. has iuuor-
ts''zed - Lucy Ashton, bad entered ,u.o
. secret engagement while = young girl
with Archibald, third Lord Lord Huber.
ford. The lovers had piie hted their
faith BY parting . coin between them,
and 'mprecst,ng dismal evils on ~hoeser
should withdraw from or viuls,e the CONE
pact" But this alliance did 10. SUI, The
views of the parents. They favored . new
sutton, David Dunbar, the younger, OF
Baidoun, in Wig,o.sh,re. Who is said to
have been nephew Of Lord Rutherford.
10" learning that Dunbar was Advancing
in his suit, Lord Rutherford wrote to bis
mistress to remind her Of her engage
ment, but received an answer from be.
mo.her.,o the effect that she Was now sen
sitle OF the error she had committed ia
| entering into M engas emeut sanction Ell
by the parental authority, and ;his co.
gagemeut it WAS not her intention to tul.
I'll. The lover refused 10 take al aus er
which did not come directly from bis mis-
tress, aud insisted on an intesvisv. 1t
took place, but in the presence Of the
~other, . woman whom public repor,
represented ~ master Of her husband a,d
whole family. When Rutherford WAS in
troduced, be fou"d her ready to NEE, bis
arguments with wha, was then an unau
swerable def-nse-a text Of scripture,
| MURDERS XXX, 80 clearly sbsolving =
| WOMAN from bond entered into in her
| youth, If her father should dissiiow her
fulhlment OF It, aud promising that 10
that case The Lord shall forgive her,
The poor girl herself sat mute and over
whelmed, while the lover vsi"ly pleaded
| against the application Of this text, aud
the scene ended with the surrender OF her
porto" Of the broken coin, aud his flying
distracted from the house, after telling her
that she would be world. wonder from
~ha. she had done, and was yet to do
BaIdnnn's sui. meanwhile had prosper-d
On the 18th Of august, 1869, be aud Jx-
net Dalrymple we're bet.othed, aud "a the
24'h they were made ma" and VII. The
Wedding WAS celebrated in the presence
Ut the relatives Of both parties. aud With
great festiv,ty, but the bride remained
like on. lost IN resery, aud who only
moves and acts mechanically. A young
| g OsOsoCS useu SoHk eHOuSn I'D state III b
lady. Who communicated the fac, to Sir
Waller Scott, TIM, h. had the duty ri ear
rytng her on horseback benin to church
AM he remen b.red that the baud With
which he claep~d his wris. vas damp aud
cold as marble. Full OF his new dress
aud the part he sc'ed in The proees.io n
the circumstance, which he long ac..r-
wards remembered with bitter sorrow and
componc.io", made no impression on him
1t the time. In the evening the newly
wecded pair retired TO their chamber,
while the v,~,vy "sti"s .'i. :r"c-.a... y
the ball. Blu. suddsnly there was heard
10 proceed from the bridal chamber .
load and piercing cutlery, followed BY dis
! NAL srosss. o. it, being opened nag