Wichita eagle., 1889-01-08
MARRIED AN ARAB.
The Romance of Lady Euenboroush's Lift
1coIl L. Uon

The Romance of Lady Euenborough's Life
Told by r,rs. Wallace.
Mrs. Lew Wallace in her famous book,
''The Repose in Egypt" now in press, gives
an exceedingly fowery account OF Lady
Peterborough, the eccentric wife of an Eng
hsh nobleman, who, einulating the example
OF Lady Hester Stanhope and Lady Mary
Wortley Montague not to mention a French
lady, Nine. de la Tour d'Auyergne, who built
herself a temple on the top Of Mount Olivet,
and lives there now, deserted her country
and went to live in the far east. Mrs Wal
lace says of her: One day she fed 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 large income was allotted her, and
she set up the standard of wit and beauty,
and to it hocked genius and valor.
She married again-a nobleman from
Greece, from whom she was separated by
the command of King Ohio Determined 70
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 a.
it was luxuriOuS-servantS, carriages, furni-
ture, plate, linen, French maid, the com
panion of her changeful moods, even her lit
tie lap dog went with her. There are old
citizens of Beyrout who remember the stir
among the idle populace when the great Eng
lsh lady landed at the seaport. Her lau-
guage gave her the broadest range Of &C
quaintance, and she had genius for friend.
ships. Officers of rank crowded the salon,
throne room where she spoke in one evening
French, Italian, Slav, German, Spanish.
Arabic, Turkish and Greek as readily as her
native tongue
Page after page is devoted by Mrs Wallace
to describing the surroundings and life of the
wonderful woman who grew tired of Damas-
Gus and set out for the halls Of the fire wor
shippers. Bagdad For guidance and guard.
idnship she Travelled with squad Of Anazers
under shsik.
Mrs. Wallace does not think it best 20 tel
names and tales together, and 90 she calls the
sheik Aular. In describing him she takes
occasion to say that when you find the best
Oriental, the exquisite grace Of bis bearing,
the smooth, patient, courteous dignity Of his
manner surpass the highest breeding Of
Christian courts. Then she quotes the re-
mark OF an acquaintance, who says: ''The
further east you 60 the finer tho manner.
firsL among Tue bCtlS OF men IOT pC4lsU 6IlU
urbanity is the Arabian, next TO him the
Turk, then comes the Italian, then comes the
Spaniard and Frenchman, then the cold, stiff
Englshnan, and lastly the heller skelter
American, and presume California is worse
than Chicago, although l hare never been
there"
Lady Peterborough married the sheik Ii
his tent il the desert, with 10 witnesses but
Arabs, and according 20 the laws q Islam
The bride found 70 her horror when size To
turned 70 Damascus that she had forfeited
her nationality, and had becorns a Turkish
subject She never rspeDted Of her bargain,
but made over her property % her husband,
and lived with him for ffteE years, when SIS
died, regretted By the tribe and b. az Arabs.
she IVES devotedly attached 70 Der husband
ard be TO her. The wife Of tie English eor1-
s1l at Damascus, who knew her, said sle and
her husband were never apart; that ske kap;
his respect, and was the mother aa3 queen #
his tribe. When she died rare shrine WA
erected 70 her memory g. DaraAsc1x
The roToance ot Lady Ellenboroagh's lie
Mrs. Wsllacs heard u16er the palms. F1ng IN
low, slow song By al An2zeh, who had no
thought when singing that tos sits q II
American minister 70 Turkey was lis7ezi7g