Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-27
MARRIED AN ARAB.
The Romance of Lady Ellenborough's Life
Told by Mrs. Wallace.

Told by Mrs. Wallace.
Mrs Lew Wallace in her famous book,
The Repose in Egypt" now in press, gives
an exceedingly fiowery account of Lady
Peterborough, the eccentric wife of an Eng
lish nobleman. who, emulating the example
of Lady Hester Stanhope and Lady Mary
Wortley Montague, not TO mention a French
lady, Nine de la Tour d'Auvergne, who built
herself temple on the top of Mount Ollvet,
and lives there now, deserted her country
and went TO live in the far east. Mrs. Wal
lace says of her: One day she fled TO Italy,
and, after years of reckless living thence to
Greece The house of lords as easily granted
a divorce TO her husband, and the children
remained with him. By the terms of the di-
vorce a large income was allotted her, and
she set up the standard of Wit and beauty,
| and to it focled genius and valor.
| She married again-a nobleman from
| Greece, from whom she was separated by
the command of King Otho. Determined to
rival Chatham's eccentric granddaughter,
she sailed away from Greece TO see what the
| gorgeous east is made Of Her ample income
| gave means of gratifying a taste exquisite as
| it was luxuriOus-servauts, carriages, furni-
| ture, plate, linen, a French maid, the con-
| pauion OF her changeful moods, even her lit
tie lap dog went with her. There are old
| citizens of Bevrout who remember the stir
among the idle populace when the great Eng
: lish lady landed at the seaport. Her Ian
guage gave her the broadest range Of ac-
quaIutaucc. and she had genius for friend
ships CGlcrs OF rank crowded the salon, 8
throne room wi.ere she spoke in one evening
French, Italian, Slav, German, Spanish
Arabic, Turkish and Greek Gs readily as hel
native tongue.
Page alter page is devoted by Mrs Wallac,
to describing the surroundings and life of th'
wonderful woman who grew tired OF Dames
Gus and set out for the halls Of the fire wor
shippers, Bagdad. For guidance and quart
iansaip she travelled with Ii squad of Anazeh
under shelk.
Mrs Wallace does not think it best 10 tel
j names and tales together, and 50 she calls III
sheik Aular. In describing him she take
b occasion to say that when YOU find the bes
y Oriental, the exquisite grace Of his bearing
the smooth, patient courteous dignity Of b
S manner surpass the highest breeding {
= Christian courts Then she quotes the ri
e mark Of al acquaintance, who says: 18th
u further east YOU go the finer the manner
II II 1LLt-ll7 Nt44a Va 4lltAi lN4 k'i4oL
Is urbanity is the Arabian, next to him ii
Is Turk, then comes the Italian, then comes ii
Spaniara ami Freuchman, then the cold, sti
p Euglishman, and lastly the helter skeltt
Is American, aud presume California is wor
le than Chicago, although | have never bee
Is there
q Lady Ellenborou-h married the sheik
II his tent in the desert, with no witnesses b
rs Arabs, and according to TIE laws Of lslar
u The bride found to her horror when she T
9y turned to Damascus that She had forfeit,
n her nationality, aud had become Turki
an subject. She never repeuted OF her barGai
20 but made over her property TO her husban
oI apd hvcd with hir, for g. ION vaars yrhar :
&c died, regretted by the tribe and by all Arat
u, She was devotedly attached to her huSbal
10 aud he to her The wife Of the English co
sui at Damascus, vino knew her, said she al
her husband were never apart; that she ke
IN his respect. and was the mother and queen
Gu his tribe When she died rare shrine "
Pe erected to her memory at Damascus.
ol The romance of Lady Elenborough's l.
ey Mrs Wallace heard under the palms, sung
ne low, SLOW song by an Auazeh, who had
l II thought when singing that the wife of t
ne American minister to Turkey was listeniu