The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-06-23

Although he won't acknowledges Yes, we
Have had two other quarrels. This makel
| three
What is the fuss about? just naught At al;
we felt like quarreling, and that was all,
| And so.we went to work and had tiff
You say you think we're very foolish, if
There is no cause for disagreement Oh.
What splendid fun it is you do not know!
Parting heartbroken, ne'er to meet again,
ls pretty hard to bear, I'll own. But then
@ Foc that you have repayment, ten times DER:
The ecstacy Of making up once more
GAY GITANA GLADYS.
A Scandal Concerning the Biggest and Prot
test of British Bellies.
The last English mails brings us an item
of considerable interest concerning a titled
English couple who have, during their briei
day, made no end of scandal in the aristo.
cratic world. At Marlborough police cour
on the 18th inst, a Wiltshire magistrate
Mr.. Richard Ludlow Bruges, of Seend
House, Melksham, was charged with writ
ing and sending an indescribably filthy and
| libelous letter to the Earl of Lonsdale con
| cerning the countess-a letter so filthy that
it could not be read in court. Mr.. George
Lewis, the we'll known fashionable barris-
ter, said he appeared for Lord Lonsdale to
prosecute the prisoner for writing filthy
and libelous letter to him. Lord Lonsdale
had been abroad, and returned to England
about April II. Upon his arrival he found
awaiting him at the Turf club, Picadilly,
the letter in question, which bore neither
the signature nor the address Of the writer,
bat the postmark Of Melksham. Lord Ions
dale sent the letter to the postoffice author
tiles, who informed him when it was post
ed, and then he placed it in the hands of
Mr.. George Lewis to discover, if possible,
tho writer OF the letter, so that he might be
brought to justice. The result of these in
quiries was that the letter was clearly traced
to the prisoner. Evidence to this effect was
offered, and the prisoner was held in E4, 900
bail, Mr.. Montagu Williams, the other fash
ionable counsel of London, saying, before
bail was taken: I am not in position to
offer any explanation at present Of the letter
which, need hardly say, is most disgrace
full"
The Earl of Lonsdalo-the fourth who
has born the title-is the head of that Low
ther family which for century and a half
exercised paramount influence in the coun-
ties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Pitt
owed his seat to the familys influence, be-
ing returned for Appleby without even Wis.
iting the constituency. in gratitude for
which he made his patron Earl Of Lonsdale.
The first earl, harsh, penurious man, who
ruled his vast estates with rod Of iron,
married daughter of Lord Butte. the roy
al favcrite. The family owns immense es-
tates: Lowther Castle in Westmo1land,
town Of WAitehaven, and large property
in Rutland-inan G7. $50 acres, with NOM
inal rental of Ell, ,211, while the Earl of
Lonsdale has 80 church iivings in his gift
worth some G10, 900 year. The Lou theirs
are very old family-one was attorney
general to Edward I, and made very good
transactions in crown lands; indeed so late
as 1922 they got the Manor of Ennerdale
with its mines and quarries, 961 acres in all,
for E250O, having previously rented it for
less than SIS a year and tenth of the min
ing profits. Sir James Lowther, the first
earl, is immortalized in history as mill
lionare whose .'rapacity degene,ated into
mere dishonesty" who made it rule nev-
er to pay his neighbors because he knew
they were rascals, nor his distant creditors
because he didn't know they weren't. It
was he who by refusing to pay a debt to
Woodwarths father ruined the poets faml-
ly. He was an accomplished boroughmon-
ger, owning nine members of parliament,
whom Greville calls Lord I.onsdale's peo-
ple," as if they had been servants. To
return two members for Hazelmere he pop
ulated it with forty colliers, who lived rent
free and had half a guinea week for their
votes Mt election time, when he sold the
seats or filled them with relatives who OBJ
tanned sinecures. The present earl is the
first spendthrift Lowther.
He was born in 1856 and succeeded to the
title in 1876, marrying, tive years later, Lady
Constance Gladys Herbert, four years his
junior, the daughter of Lord Herbert, of
Lea, (Sidney Herbert), one of the purest
and most earnest of modern British states
men. Some years ago her mother and SIS
ter joined the Catholic church; not so Lady
Constance, who was one of the gayest as
we'll as one of the most beautiful women of
England. She is one of the tallest, too,
standing nearly six feet in height, and is
swarthy and dark eyed, with an almost
Jewish cast of countenance, so as fully tc
morit the pet name" she is given in society
| of LA Gitany," or "The Gypsy" He1
| brother, tie Earl Of Pembroke, considered
| that for girl of her disposition young
husband who was noted even among his
fast set for drunkenness and debauchery
was very undesirable guardian. He re-
fused to attend her wedding, Lord Ions
dale came into a property with a nomina
yielding nearly 81 900 900, and besides this
income of So, 900 day, had about $3.50, ,G0(
in ready money when he succeeded to til,
title. Every possible means to squande
this fortune was adopted-last, and not b,
| any means the least, q racing stud, and tn
countess, "They seemed" wrote chron
icler couple Of years ago, ito be yer.
fond of one another-in a vel
regulated way, of course-and afte
their union they scattered golt
lavishly Ill over Europe. Balls, dinners
yachts, racing, hunting, succeeded in un
broken succession. She wanted everything
and he bought her everything. The oil
world was ransacked for curiosities, luxu
ries, objects Of art. Her diamonds cos
her 100000, and her furniture, pictures
marbles, and like, more than 100000, il
seven months; ard yet she was not content
They loved the great world and it's resplend
ent gawds more than they loved one al
other before their honeymoon was fairl
over. While he was yachting in the East
ern Mediterranean she was dancing at Mon
te Carlo. He dined late and long at tn
Maison Doree, when she captured youn
noblemen and watched tie stars from tn
cliffs of Sorrento. She was 20 and he wa
"a. but both had lived long enough and fas
enough to feel weary, jaded and old. In
few months after their marriage Lady Gla
dys had to return to her mother, and he
husband committed the disgraceful act {
announcing in the papers that he woul
not be responsible for her bills. Not Ion
afterward the earl had to sell his collectio
of paintings and COOL share Of his proper
ty that was not entailed.
Meanwhile the countess consoled herse
and became one of the most professional Il
the few professional beauties" HI
+ photographs with those of Mrs. Langtl
end most of the other very fashionab]
women, were exhibited in the shop window
, along sidt of those people with very doubt
J, full regulations, all marked ut the SAN
price-two shillings. One Of Lady Ions
! dalds prettiest photographs attitudes WI
lying in hammock, but another 3showe
her feeding chickens, and on being aske
> | what - 1roo ;r{o,,1o6 IN ro,,rosant cha ~