The Hazlehurst signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1883-1885, 1884-04-03

toned. but .hcy were not lo'Amcr.
lean Unious. fcnwick aud johnson
alike married. in England. and brought
their wives to America only to do.
There arr, however. two rEa,pples OF
marriage between American women
and English dignitarhs which Illustrate
the hackueycd sdagc that truth, Is
stranger than fiction. Tue firSt OF these.
the story OF Sir Charles Henry Er7nklsnd.
generally called Sir Harry. and Agnes
Surriayc, has been related IN. iyerse by
Holmes, and Is also the subject OF a
very elaborate essay bysthn lkev. Etias
Mason. Sir Harry was q customs, OH.
cal ut Boston during thrr reign OF
George III. Agnes was . waiting-maid
at an inn near salem. The Knight saw
her and took ber away with him TO his
country seat At Hopkinton. Msss.. omit
ting legal ceremunics&1 ahc case oc-
cas!oned SO much scandal that tour
through Europe was resolSei on. In
October. l756, the guilty pair were IL
Lisbon. Sunday. November ], An
Saints Day. Sir Harry had leone out TO
witness the gorgeous rrigious cero.
monies, Agnes remaining st their house.
II was then tho memonsbe earthquake
occurred. Agnes escaped alive and her
first thought. were for the safety OF her
lover. She dew TO the church whittier
he had gone and found him alive, but
covered with q slab OF rock which
weighed ton or more. and imprisoned
without crushing him. Her anguish
gave her supcrhuman strength, and
with her unaidcd hands she liftcl the
rock. task which ordinarily several
men could not hayc achieved. Sir Har.
~ would have been more than unyrate'
full II h- hal not recognized the debt he
owed her. He made her his lawful
wife. took her to England. and. as
Lady Frankland. she became the an
ces,ress of long line. her early mis-.
conduct being forgotten or condoned
in view Of her wondrous exploit.
The case OF Glorianns Folsam. daugh.
ter of farmer and blacksmith nj STRAIT
ford. Conn. Is less generally known.
She was remarkable for her beauty. and
was the belle of the village. About
1868 the only son OF Sir John Stirring,
Of Scotland. visited the West Indies on
family business. Hewas TO write home
for money il he shoald need II, putting
n private mark upon his letter. Hs
vas taken sick with fever, and on his
recovery forgot about the mark. and so
received no answer to his application
for funds. A charitable sea Captain
took him to Connecticut. whcro he
opened a school, Glorianna being one
of his pupils. In n year or two he mar
ried her. A candidate for Episcopal
orders, who WAS going to Scotland 10 be
ordained. offered To hunt up Strings
relatives. He found that the Strings
were mourning their son n dead.
When convinced that he was still alive.
they sent for him TO retufn at once.
This hc did. taking the first vessel. with,
out waiting for his wife and child to get
ready. In due time he sent for them.
and .they dwelt long and happily to.
gcther. They had eighteen children,
OF whom sixteen lived to be old enough
to attend the parish church with their
parents.
There Is another tradition Of what
may be termed an international mar
riagc. but il Is more anocryphal than
t0O>t lu,t utCIlUtu. luz "h'io, w
New England. claim to be allied to the
Earl of Derby through Zcniah Stanley,
who fed with William Parker to Ports
mouth. n. H.. 1908, pursued by. her
relatives. They were so much fright
ened that they kept as obscure as pos
sible. the husband supporting himself
by working in lanyard. Unfort-
unately the records OF the Dcrby's do
not contain Zcniah's name. The
melancholy fate of the daughter of the
Earl Of Gainesborough. Lady Blanche
Murphy. who married her music
teacher and came To our shores to sup
port herself and her spouse. IL a much
more recent and authentic example in
point. On the whole. 1t may be con-
cluded from our resume that matri-
monially-inclincd Americans will gen
orally do better by looking for partners
near at home.--N. Y. Times.