The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-11-11
DEATH or LADY ELLERBoRoUGH.
Edmond About's "Isnthe" ~ the Wife Of an
Arab Sheik In Syria.
Ne,o York World.

Neio York World.
A French Journal records the death Of
Lady Peterborough, q woman Of spirit, who
made her life for herself and who made 1t
uncommonly like an Objectionable French
novel. She began as the wife Of viceroy
Of India and ended as the mate of q brigand
chief. M. About saw her at Athens years
ago, and wove her story into one Of the most
entertaining chapters of his book on Greece.
Lady Peterborough and his ianthe were one,
and his thoroughly Partisan sketch first In
troduced her TO European notice. She had
long enjoyed an unenyiable notoriety In En-
gland. She was married to Lord Ellenbor.
ough In the flower of her youth and beauty,
aud In the withered leaf Of his attractions,
both Of mind and person. He did not treat
her we'll and she avenged herself in q way
that entitled him TO demand divorce. Then,
an outcast from English society, she started
on her wandcrings through the world, her
romantic Imagination taking her by prefer
ence to the East. At Athens she married
General In the service of King Ohio, who
ran away and left her. Finally, after many
adventures of the same sort, she settled In
Syria as the wife of an Arab Sheik named
Midjouel, and as his wife she died the other
day at Damascus, an old but still beautiful
woman. Midjouel was many removes In
manner from the English lord, and though
she did her best 10 civilize him according TO
the British ideal, you had only to scratch him
ever so slightly to find the most ferocious OF
Bedouns below the surface. A true anna
teur of the Arab steed Of song. he passed
most of his time In the stables, while the
queen of bis heart sat in her drawing-room
looking over the magazines and reviews. Ian
the was almost forgotten i'm England, but the
Beduoins under Midjouels rule will long re-
member her name.
Edmond About saw her in 1855 and wrote
with enthusiasm Of her beauty at that time
"She 10 tall and graceful, without being lean.
If she were but trife longer In her waist II
would be impossible to find woman better
made. Her feet and her hands show her
aristocratic origin. The lines Of her face
were Of an incredible purity. She has great
blue eyes as deep as the sea beautiful chest
nut hair, relieved here and there by warmer
tones. As for her teeth, she belongs to the
elite Of the British nation, which has pearls
In It's mouth and not piano keys. Her COM
plexion has preserved that milky wilderness
which hourishes only In the fogs of England,
but 1t colors at the slightest emotion. The
fine and transparent skin Is merely prison
OF the passions, and you may see their agita-
ton through the bars"
Her marriage with Lord Peterborough was
an unhappy one from the first. 1t was
marriage of interest merely. II was she
really who dissolved 1t, for she deliberately
committed the only fault that would have
entitled the pompous old lord TO divorce.
She not only committed 1t, but she pro-
claimed II to all the world. II was impossi-
BILE for him to pretend to ignore his disgrace.
Her divorce did not leave her penniless, and
her fortune of $1,000 year made her at that
time quite quite rich person In Germany,
where she went on leaving England. A for
tuue-teller had told her that she would turn
q great many heads, and among them three
crowned ones. When About saw her she
assured him naiveiy that she had two heads
already to the credit of this prediction, but
that the third was wanting. In Bavaria she
married again, this time to Baron F,
of some consideration at court. But the
Baron wearied her after time, and one fine
night she ordered her horses and went of at
q gallop-and not alone. Her destination
was Greece. and here she divorced herself
more expeditiously than by any process
known to the English courts--by changing
her religion and marrying according to the
Greek rite. But her Greek husband soon
wearied her, as all the others had done, 30
she pensioned him off and then fancied her
self In love with one HadJi Petros, . Greek
soldier bandit very much older than herself,
she had known his real character. The Gen.
eral commanded at Lamia and Ianthe be-
came little queen Of the place. The drums
used to beat to quarters every morning when
she went out for walk. King Otho's wife
did not understand pleasantries of that de-
scription and Hadj Petros was deprived Of
his command. He tried to recover II by as
suring Her Majesty that he really cared moth
ing for the English miiady and that his sole
object In the iidison was to obtain the use of
her money for his wife and babes. Even
this honorable plea did not save him with
the Queen, and unfortunately It ruined him
with the lady. She left for Syria--let .
French ehroniquetr tell the rest.
"Ianthe, who was q great lover Of horses,
found pure-blooded one that took her fancy
In an Arab tribe. The animal belonged to q
Sheik, who was young and well made. He
said TO Ianthe, This horse, unfortunately,
can not be broken In; II he could he would
be simply priceless, and should value him
above everything, even above my three
wives, lanthe replied to the Sheik, "A fine
horse is treasure, and three wives are not
to be d,sdained when they are beautiful /; but
bring your horse here and let me see II he Is
not TO be broken in.' Two Arabs led the an
imal TO Ianthe and che broke him In on the
spot. The Sheik was subdued just ~ quickly,
and he thought she was more beautiful than
his three wives together. He said TO her,
woman sometimes succeeds where man
fails, for she knows how to bend. This AMI
NAL is more precious than ever, and II you
wish TO have IL you must know that II Is not
to be bought with money Isnthe replied,
'The women Of my country are too proud 10
share with another the heart Of man. If
they enter tent II Is TO reign there alone,
aud will not buy your horse unless you
send away your harem.' The Sheik agreed,
and this curious union atlength fixed her lot
for life. Midjouel (the name of the chief
gave up his harem, or Ut least consented
never TO allow the other wives TO approach
the city In which his Frankish Sultana lived.
The marriage was preceded by formal con-
tract providing that all the girls born Of II