The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-06-14
THE sTANHOPE SCANDAL.
One of the --latest Explosions or the
British AristOcracy.

On0 Oh the LATEST Explosions or the
British Aristocracy.
Letter from Olive Logan.
Well, another frail woman's charac-
ter is gone, shattered past recovery. It
will all be forgotten in day or two, but
this morning the details of the Stanhope
divorce case are lying printed on every
breakfast table, circulating from hand
to hand in every chop-house, whitling
ever the country in every railway train.
Poor Camille Dubois2 Poor, weak alb
surd little woman, who drew prize in
life's lottery, where SO many blanks
abound, and then was shallow, shiftless
enough to throw it away! This soft
gentle-eyed creature was on the stage in
burlesque, and I believe has twanged
the banjo and shufied the hoe down on
the various lighthouses Of America as
we'll as in England. Here, however, it
was that the Hon. Wyndham Edward
Campbell Stanhope, son of the Earl OF
harrington, saw this lovely creature and,
seeing lovely, loved her. He
loved her as nob]y as a noble
man can and offered her marriage, which
che accepted. To be sure, there was
tradition Of a theatrical marriage in the
family, former earl of Harrington hav-
peerless Juliet of two or three genera,
tons back. All the same, a peerless JUL
ct and an obscure actress of burlesQue
are two different persons, and this be-
ing the case there was something par
ticularly noble and touching in the atti-
tude of Mr.. Stanhopes mother, the
countess of Harrington, who took her
sons love to her heart and called her
daughter. The marriage took place in
1877 and Mrs Stanhope declares that un.
til within four months back she had
been a true and faithful wife to her liege.
But in a little m,tter of this kind four
months are as good Tor as bad) as 70
years. Like Mercutio's wound, which
had limitations in respect to width and
depth, twill serve.
The tempter came in the shape of a
dashing Irish heutenant-another Char
les O'Malley or Harry Lolrequer. no
doubt-a fascinating fellow, but unscru-
pulous as Aaron Burr. Last August
h Mr.: sStaafhepe was yachting with d he
of Ter fathers illnese in town, she came
to London and met her seducer, Lieut.
enant Walter Adye. Detectives on the
track, q hotel register, servants who
identity the parties, the fatal chain Of
evidence is completed Poor moth; poor,
weak winged, light headed moth! Usu.
ally the male cu1prit in these cases es-
capes with scant censure from society, |
but under the present circumstances it |
must surely be that decent people will |
refuse to remember Z who Lieutenant |
Ayde is when he bows. In fact, / have
heard that the Queen win have no further
use for his services in the Royal Irish
Rifles. But cant help plying the poor,
foolish little actress. It is enough to
make the great Miss Foote, the peerless
Juliet, turnin her grave that another
actress should have entered the noble
house of Stanhope-by virtue OF her T
own example,, as It were-and then
sho lid hove not known how to bear,
with dignity and virtue, it's blushing
honors th lex upon kerl &sz.
The heroine of this Wretched drama
Is appearing nightly upon the tho stage
At yne Of the theatres, but only those
versed in the history Of London foot
lights recognize her % the foolish and
guilty creature who wronged q man who
paid her the highest compliment man
:anspaV q woman, that OF making her
his wife Peer or peasant, man can
he woman he ID fond OF ond 20 prove Il
% her his belief, with Tennyson that
rue hearts are more than col onets and
'imple faith than MOI han blood
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