The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-10
A RIVER OF NOBLE BLOOD
STRANGE SCENES PASSED IN ITS
PAIN THROUGH THE AGES.


The House OF marlborough as 1t Has
Been and rs 1t Is-A Record Marked
by Many Dark Spots Reviewed as in
a Dream.
When Mrs. Price told her husband
one morning last week that she had
had a long and singular dream; and
that she had seen many beautiful
places, and had heard conversations
carried on: and that scenes had been
changed just as if she had been in a
theatre, he knew that she would never
be satisfied until she had related her
dream. So when Mr. Price came home
from his business that evening he
settled down by the fire with his
slippers on, and said
Now my darling" for he vas very
affectionate, tell me all about it,
II was in undoubtedly the most
magnificent residence in Great Britain,
Blenheim palace she began. Il
could tell that it was 1916. The bells
were all ringing merrily, an air of joy
pervaded everything, for the
son and heir of the Duke of Marlbor-
ough, Lord Blandford, had just been
born.
Again the same place, 1866; the
heir is of age. More gayety and re-
joicing.
ssThere are two more festivals. He
is married to the girlo his choice, and
he has an heir.
"a little later all is confusion and
distress at the palace. The beautiful
young wife is sobbing and ~wringing
her hands, surrounded by her little
children, who are seeking to comfort
her, without knowing what is the
matter.
Her husband and their father has
left the palace and run away to Paris
with his friends wife"
ANOTHER scENE.
aNext / am in the midst of an estate
in a different part of England, and one
of the largest and richest in the king
dom, looking at a noble pile of build
ings, surpassed by few in grandeur,
size or decoration. Great rejoicings
are in progress. The lawn is filled
with a happy throng, the beautiful
gardens and grounds, such as can be
found only in Kent, are covered with
marques and tents, all gay with bunt-
ing: streamers, with '21' and 1871 in
gold. hang from every tree and bush.
1T is all in honor of the coming of
age OF the seventh Earl of A~ylesford,
June II. 1871, and of his wedding day.
No prettier girl was in all England
than Edith, daughter of Colonel Peers
Williams, M. p, OF Temple House,
Berls.
Another great festival. This time
it is 1876 that figures among the floral
decorations. 1T is the Earl's feast in
honor of his guest, the Crown Prince
of Russia. The Prince and Princess
of Wales are among the dancers on the
lawn. The Princess is godmother of
the youngest Of the Earl's two little
daughters.
SIN the next scene all is changed.
Desolation and despair have settled
on the home of the Aylesfords. It's
lovely, honored mistress has fled with
Lord Blandford.
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
Next comes the abode of an exile
in Texas; a plain, implanted frame
house standing in the midst of 27,0O0
acres of land. The men in it are fine
specimens of manly beauty. The
Earl, six feet two, broad, robust, and
bearded like a Turk. His two brothers,
both officers in her Majesty's service,
are visiting him. The Earl is tired of
his life, but whether the coffin that is
carried away a little later on contains
the body of the seventh Earl OF Ayes
ford, his secretary is the only human
being who knows.
1.-THE next scene is in the West of
Scotland, and 800 years ago. Mary,
Queen of Scots, on her way to Holy
rood, is resting at the home OF one of
her greatest subjects. When the
Duke of Argyle had been told, pre-
vious to her arrival, that she had
been right royalty entertained, and
that there had been eighty rush lights
Illuminated in her honor by the chief
of another clan, where she had just
STAYED, he said that her lights in his
castle should measure six feet each
one. When Queen Mary came to her
supper that night 100 halberdiers,
every one more than six feet tall, held
the fiambeaux around the table.
Centuries have passed. 1t is in
India, at Lucknow; the English
women are falling into the hands of
the merciless natives. Can the fort be
held?
what is this uncanny Scotch girl
saying:-'Dinna We hear the Pibroch.
The Campbells are comingT The
day is saved.
LEAVING THE PAST.
ut is 1860, the youngest child, and
brother of the Queens ~son-in-law,
is born Colin Campbell, always the
family darling Queen Victoria's pet.
"Let other people suffer, he must
never know trouble the wind must
never blow roughly over him. He
grows up and is married-his wife a
slender Slip OF a girl, dark eyes and
with very dark hair. She is one of
the beauties of the day ia London.
His happiness is complete.
What Something dreadful again I?
Everything is changed. His false
friend, not now Lord Blandford, but
the Duke of Marlborough, is again the
man!
sIt is now New York, and 1882. The
eccentric Louis G. Hammersly, as rich
as Crcesus, is talking to his wife, whom
he adores. in their splendid home on