, 1886-12-11

LONDON, Dee. IO.-ln the Campbell
divorce case, to-day, Lady Colin Campbell
was called. She entered the witness hov
amid profound silence. She was very
pale, and testified in a slow, distinct voice
She said that until the family meeting at
lhurlcc square, in 1883, she had ex-
changed letters daily with her husband
when absent. Before their marriage Lord
Colin asked her if she would consent,
when married, to their occupying separate
rooms. She consented. and Lord Colin
asked her not to divulgc the fact that he
had made this request. but she insisted
upon telling her mother. The nature of
his illness was unknown to her until May,
1883. She never pressed Lord Colin to
marry her, but her mother disliked long
engagements. Continuing. Lady Colin
said she was educated in Italy and spoke
Italian and French before she learned
the English language. She sang.
painted and wrote books. She was also
a journalist. She sang at forty charity
concerts, not one Of which Lord Colin
attended,. She taught night classes OF
factory girls, visited the poor IN the day
time and served soup Tor two hours, and
worked daily aiding the porr of Saffron
hill. Lord Colin knew of every engage
ment and of her work among the o
and he never objected. She went into
society alone at her husbands express
wish, in order that the fact of his illness
should be unknown. He wished it under
stood that he was engaged IN the house
Of commons. Lcrd Colin accepted en-
gagements for both, and then desired her
to go alone. Her husband went to Scot
land in lSS2 without a nurse and she at
tended him. She left him there in order
to visit her mother. lie was better at
that time and pressed her to go. She
felt i'll the first five days after the con-
summation OF their marriage. In Novem-
Der lSSl. she was very i'll and was never
free from symptoms until 1855. Her
sickness was of varied intensity; some
times she suffered great pain. She spoke
to her husband about her condition and
he sad Its of no consequence; all
women have that sort of thing. In
February lSS2, Lord Colin returned home.
On II occasion while sitting beside her
couch he began to cry, and said that peo- !
pie We're very cruel in saying that he
not TO have married ON account of
his health. The same evening Lord Colin
said IT was better to be on the safe side.
and he told her what precautions to take.
She followed his directions and it gave
her great pain. She consulted DR.. Bird
in y ovcmber lsS2, and he examined her.
In April 1883. she was seriously i'll and
was attended by DR.. Bird. DIR. Hacks
was twice summoned. An operation was
performed in October, 1883, and she
afterward improved. She did not know
the nature OF her own OF of her husbands
illness. Lord Colin urged her to dismiss
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him in the kitchen. She 'witness) OBJ
jected, because She thought Rose a good
maid. Lord Colin insisted, and she gave
Rose a month notice. She asked O'Neill
what Rose had been saying. WE'LL re-
piled she said the au&e of Mari
borough visited your room at Leigh
court. 1t was untrue that She ,witnessl
So to q Neil. 1T is 4 damned lie.
cried and said that She was a wicked girl.
wickedly, she witness would withdraw
the advertisement for a situation for her,
and would refuse to give her a certificate
of character. She dismissed Rose forth
with. She never told the servants how
duke of Marlborough at supper. Sir
hers at Leigh court. The room ON the
husband. She did not know what room
the duke of Marlborough occupied.
She never was at Purtleet. On the
of having been there with the duke of
with a lady friend. On the Sunday fol-
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