The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-27
THE HEIRESS OF ABBOTSFORD.

From Appletons Journal.
when one remembers the herculean tolls of
Walter Scott to purchase and adorn Abbotsford
as the future home of his family for many gene
rations it is melancholy to reflect that his family
is entirely extinct, and the place fast going to
decay"
AS the above paragraph is now going the rounds
of the papers, and has found its way into
the columns of several usually well-infOrmed
journals, we think it time to correct its mis-
statements Sir Walters family is not extinct, nor
is his loved domain going to decay. Abbotsford,
when we visited it, in the most perfect order;
and friend, who was there in July, writes to us
that the grounds have been beautified and i'm
proved in various ways, since his previous visit
during the summer OF 1893. Ihe only change
made in this most interesting medieval mansion,
since the death of Sir Walter Scott, is the addi-
tion, to the north end of the building, OF
Romish chapel, its present occupant being a
member of that Church.
''The great unknown" died on q sunny Sep
tember day, 1882 realizing, before he passed
away, in reference to all his fame, honor, and
renown, the truth OF Solomon:-"Nanlty OF vani-
ties, saith the preacher-all is vanity and veXa-
ton of spirit" lie left four children--Walter,
who succeeded to the baronetcy; Charles;
Sophia the wife of John Gibson Locllhart and
Anne, who died on the 18th OF June, 1888 her
health and high spirit being broken by her
fathers misforhnes, and the care with which
She had attended Sir Walter and Lady Scott
in their last Illness. Her sister Sophia
died four years afterwards in May 1881 When
Lockhart concludedhis Life of his father-in-aw,
he said-"There remain of Sir Walters race
only his two sons, Walter, his successor in the
baronetcy, major in the 18th Regiment of Hus-
sars and Charles a clerk in the Office of her
Majesty's Secretary OF State for Foreign Affairs,
with two children left by their sister Sophia-a
| boy and girl" Charles died few years after
| Mrs. Lockhart, leaving his elder brother Walter
! to perpetuate the name of the author of
! "Waverey." Walter was six feet one, and as
| handsome a fellow ever put foot in stirrup
| IL ,sa1 1VtAH "A ligA ats rhn NaVAn Of 1AI
Hope in 1S41, without issue. Lieu
| tenant Colonel Sir Walter Scott, Bart
was succeeded by Walter Scott Lockhart
Il cornet in the 10th Lancers the only son of the
| editor of the Qudrte'ky ReCielo, and the only
| grandson of the great author. He, too, passed
| away childless many years ago, and was sue
! ceeded by his sister Charlotte, wife of James
| Hope, the eminent parliamentary counsel, who
| took the name OF scott on the death of his bro
| ther-in-law, Walter Scott Locllhart Mary
| Monica Hope Scott, fair-hared, blue-eyed girl,
| whose next birthday will occur on the 9TH of
| October, when she will be seventeen years of
| age, is the sole survivor of the SCOTS of Abb
| botsford, her mother having passed away, a few
summers since, TO join two of her children who
| preceded her TO .r
''Those everlasting gardens
Where angels walk and seraphs are the wardens. -
| leaving this fair young girl as the only repre-
| sentative of all that noble race Mr.. Hope Scott
| has since married daughter OF the Duke of
| Norfolk and erected the Rcmish chapel, he and
his wife being members of that Church. Miss
Scott, the great-grandchild of Sir Walter by the
female side, is the heiress OF Abootsiord house
and estate, her father being merely the admins
traitor in respect to the property, at present,
Should Mary Monica marry, her husband must
take the name of Scott and, SHOULD she die
without issue, then the property, but not the
title, which is now extinct, will revert to the
nephews of Sir Walter sons of his elder brother
Thomas who reside in Canada. Thus, although
there is no hope of founding a family IN tht
direct male line, there may yet exist long line
of Scots of Abbotsford.
Strange and sad is the fatality which has at
; tended the family of the modern Shakespeare
! Sir Walters brothers all died young. His SON
and daughters were summoned early to the silen
: land. Lockhart, his gifted son-in-law, die'
broken-hearted, in 1854; and SCOTS daughter-in
law, the pretty heiress of Lochore, has also gon
TO the mysterious realm whence no travene
, returns. Let us hope that the surviving scion 0
the great minstrefs race may be long spared
that she may hand down to posterity the nam
}, ana the features Of the distinguished scotchma