Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-01-14

full sons. Mrs. whitman was. it was
said. natural daughter Of the Duke, and
so, one of the Queens numerous cousins
behinl the "bar sinister" The Duke
spent much time at the Abbey, and 1t WA
plaiu to see that here, with the servants
at least, the i've prince was Of more ac'
count than the dead poet Iu this room
the housekeeper also showed US that sac
! riIigioas practical joke of Byron-the
wiHe-cup made Of the top Of human
skull, polished and 81, yer- mounted, and
not looking such terrible goblet after
all. Bat what if the old monk who once
owned it had returned for his hsalpiecs,
some night, when il was eireliug ronnd
the board in the wild reyels cf Ne~stad
There are several beautiful showrooms
in the Abbey. bu. more interesting thin
these is the chamber Of Byron, kept pre-
cisely as hs left it, very simply furnish
ed, with few prints on the walls.
FROM the windows. the poet had n
view Of tho home Of Mary Chaworth, the
Hills of Aunerley," and of that Partic-
ular hill. green and of mild decilvity.
whi>h was the scene of the Dream
No guest ever lodges in this room, ex-
cept brother of Colonei Wrl4laan. who
poor little chap was Byron's "fag" q:
Harrow
"Doos Ada Byron (Lady Lovelace)
ever visit the Abbey = | ventured to ask
of the housekeeper.
Yes, madam, was the reply; ''she
came here with Lord Lovclace. soon af-
ter her marriage. Colonel Wildman him
se,f handed her from the carriage and led
her into the hall, saying: Welcome to
The home Of yout auocstor. Ana she,
looking round. says: a most deslrahle
} place-most desirable " And then she
is a strange lsdy-she turned to her hus-
band. and Gays: Now, if | had married
my cousin George, We might have kept
this in the family, where it should be. -
And then Colonel Wildmsn he speaks up
and says: Madam, you forget that | Pur-
chased Newstead before you we're born,
( from your father. | have made it . TT
TING memorial of hira. and not even his
daughter could purchase it from me =
Then she begged pardon, and laughed It
Z
r. She did rot seem t. care for New
stead for his sake.
| was afterwsrd told by lady, who
ha been her gover!.ess, that, as a child
and young girl, Ada Byron knew ab-
salulcly nothing OF her fathers poetry,
and very littIc of him, She was not
taught to hate his memory, but his name
was tacltly avoided by those around her.
Lady Byron, she said, gave no charge
against The mention of him or his works,
but her example was enough. Doubt
legs. the thought of him was overpower-
iugIy painful to her; to speak but his
nalno IA. to accuse him. by the agony
that made her pale face rigid, and crepi
along the cold, measured tones Of h,I
voice. Lady Byron had always seemed
to me q wonderful woman. for ber inhex
! ible reticence, her Spartan endurance
/ She w.s wofuIly nisuased she has beer
moro wofutly misunderstood. Silence
undar such clrcum stances, IN man, wer,
heroic IN woman. it is divine.
Ada Byron once. | was told. startle.
her governcss by asking "Was my pap;
great poet 7''
Yes, he was an illustrious poet" re
Piled the lsdy frankly.
Was he az great as Milton -
Why, no, thfhk not; at least, h
was very different.
well, 7 shall read something of his
sometime, suppose said the child care
tl,sslv then turned her gay thoughts t,
other thlngs
|. the fond prophecy Of the roet-father
given in the ;hird csnto # ''Chilie Har
DID," was never fulfilled; f his daush
ter's heart did not turn TO HIM whho h
lived, or cleave passionate Y to hls mem
nry. il was no. because of the harl teach
in.. or the cold sile &c of her mother
but wss the result Of her own peculiar or
canization She had httlc poetry or sen
tipent N her nature sac WAS exrentric
with probably touch OF the family mai
ness She had passlou tor the turf
! and is said TO have lost. in one year, thlr
~ thousand pounds at the Derby races.
But this NAV have teen only the sur
face life of brilliant and errauc woman
Of fashion. Deep down beneath 1t ali
may have .mouldered the elements Of pas
. sian and Of power that in hex father toun'
vent IN far more reckless and depiorab
irregularities Q. lie, IL grand and mel
aucholy poetry. in restless wanderugs
and heroic undertakings Tue atnlos
phere of suffering and repression. tina
must always have hang atou; her moth
er, may have had certain subtle. uu
, heal,hiul iniusnce upon her character
: child. That i. bat half a ch'Idaoo
| which i,cks she tathcr-lovs and care, an
| when there opens between parents "a
, sulf ot some domestic gagged often
pit deeper and darker th.n any grave TIA
was ever dus-sae Youngest chld vi
mysteriously feel the ell, AMI the horro
/ oflt. II j, sure % s%dden and Perpie
? th, inuocau. httic heart il SCENE 10 II
r.cA. in the pstn Of tbe hI.le teet. wasoa
ever way they .urn And, Is the year
90 ON. AMI the surs kuoNledSe comes,
shadows ali nc. not with the ritl sd cloud
T snd schema nig4t gloom Of natural sol
! rows, bui with somewhat OF the sirang
: aud ghastly darkness OF an eclipse. 81
= IL must the daughter Of Byron, whom
personally. sue much rssenbled. bay
{, perceived thai she ''vexed her nosas
: with her fathers eyss" loozing ~
: Gent ask,adn IS on her pam" Bur
. mus, she nave learned 10 Shrink from Il
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