Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1884-06-26
A N0bleman' s Romance.
LORD DRUMMOND'S MAR
IIAGE TO HIS NURSERY
GOVERNESS.
Giving uD an EarllOm for hts
Observation-Disclosures as u
Porter in New York
FaithfultO the End.

years ago Harriet Harrison, Dr)ght'
good-looking young nursery governess
of nineteen years, in the service of the
Earl and Countess of Perth and Mel
fort, engaged the affections of her
charge, the earls grandson and heir of
his ancient house The boy, Lord
Drummond, was but four years young
er than herself and was left almost en-
tirely in the care and company of his
governess, in whom every confidence
was reposed. The household was sud
denly startled one morning by the dis
covery that the young governess had
run away with the heir. The young
couple few days afterward returned
to Drummond castle from London and
begged the earl's forgiveness, but the
proud noble, in a storm Of indignation
at what he deemed a degradation of his
honored name, ordered his heir from
his presence and forbade his ever en-
tering the ancestral halls again. With
romantic order the young lord vowed
never to desert his bride or to return
to Scotland until lie returned as Earl
of Perth, unless his wife was received as
LADY Drummond and took at once
steerage passage for America at Glas-
gov. AT the instance Of lady belong
ing to an old and respected New York
family, whose name is withheld at her
earnest request, your correspondent has
been engaged in an investigation, as to
the whereabouts of Lord Drummond.
This lady has been absent many
years in South and Central America
with her late husband and made the
acquaintance of Lord Drummond' s
mother, the widowed Lady Chape., dur
ing her sojourn at Lima, where she
died in 1868. Travelling about the
world good deal in the meantime, this
lady heard, while in Mexico last sum
mer, of the romantic marriage OF the
son Of her old friend and the abandon
ment of his family and friends. Re-
Gently her husband died, leaving to her
a rich gold mine in Iucasan, now being
worked with much profit. The mar
riage Of her only daughter allowed this
lady to return to New York and put
into execution a long cherished design,
to find and befriend the young noble,
who, despite the motto Of his historic
house, Gang Warily,' had loved not
wise but too we'll.
Your correspondents investigation
resulted in the discovery of this scion
of an ancient house aud kinsman Of
Queen Victoria at work as a porter IN
a wholesale clothing house in Broad
way The noise Of a constantly as
cending and descending freight elevator
and the calls of half score of clerks
and porters mailing up boxes and
trundling them hither and thither made
the shipping-room Of Carhart, Whltford
& Co. busy scene when the reporter
descended into the basement in search
of the long-lo$t heir to a British earl
dom.
"Is George Drummond here ?" was
asked of a perspiring youth, who was
wheeling a load to the elevator In
frenzied haste,
"Drummond?" he repeated, without
stopping or turning his head. Yes
George, here's someone who wants to see
YOU And out of the dark, hot and
dusty back ground a young man, coat
less, heated and with collar loosened
came forward and extended a big,
brown, toll stained hand.
You are Lord Drummond, l believe,
said the reporter.
81 am" said he, little surprised but
in no wise disconcerted Fully six feet
tall and splendidly built, the young
scion of nobility leaned back against a
pile of boxes in an attitude ofeasy grace.
He has finely shape head and full reg
nar features, with closely cut light hair
and moustache' There was nothing in
the expression ofhis large gray eyes or
in the tones of his voice or his manner
of speaking to suggest the least discor-
dance in his surroundings as he chat
ted freely with the reporter about his
romatic hisory.
His story, as gathered from himself,
Mr.. Carhart and other sources, is as fol-
lows: On arrivingin Castle Garden, al
most penniless, the first care of the
young couple was to have the marriage
ceremony repeated. Then, in order to
fully conceal his indenity, the future
earl assumed the plebian name of George
Johnson and went to work as a ship
ping clerk in Wholesale -four house in