Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-08-26
LADY ELLENEOROUGH.
Mro. Lew Waiiacc'S Story of an Eccentric
Ens.i IN Woman's Career.

" Ohan'S Career.
Mrs. Lew Wallace in her famous
book. The Reposc in Egypt" gives
IN exceedingly ilowery accoIn& OF Lady
Ellcnboroug.l, the eccentric wife OF IN
English noalelnan, who, cmulating the
example Of Lady Hester Stanhope and
Lady Mary Wortley Montague, not to
mention u French lady, Nine. dc Ia
Tour d dAuvergne, who butt herself u
tcTnplo on the top of Mount Oiivet, and
lives there now, desc ted her country
ara went to live in tho far East. Mrs.
Wallace says OF her: One day she fled
TO Italy. and, after years Of reckless
living, thence to Greece. The Hou:e
CT L"rdS easily granted divorce to
her husband, and the children re-
n2inea with him. By the terms of
the divorce q large income was al!ot-
ted her, and she set up tho standa: d of
wit and beauty, and to it iloc!led genius
and valor.. She married again, Il no.
blcman of Greece, from whom she was
separated by command Of King Otho.
Determined to rival Chatham's cccen-
tric granddaughter, she suilcd away
from Treecc to sec what the gorgeous
east is made Of Her ample income
gave means Of gratifying a taste ex-
quisite as it WAS uXuriOu5-scrvan:s
ca 'riages, furniture, plate, linen, a
French maid. the companion of her
changeful moods. even her little laD-dog
went with her. There are old citizens
of Beyrout who remember the stir
among an idle epopuluce when tile great
English lady landed ut tho seaport.
jier languages gave her tho brOadest
range Of acquaintance, and she had q.
genius for friendships. Officials of
rbnl1 crowded tho salon. IL throne room,
where she spoke in one evening
French, Italian, Slav, German, Span
ish, Arabic, Turkish and Greek as
readily as her native tongue. Page
after page is devoted by Mrs. Wallace
10 describing the surroundings and life
of tho wonderful woman who grew
tired of Damascus and set out for the
hills Of tho fro wOrshipcrs, Bagdad.
For guidance and guardianship she
Travelled with a squad of Anazehs un-
! der q Sheik. Mrs. Wallace docs not
think it best to toll names and tales to-
| gether, SO she calls tho Sheik Aular.
His real name was Digby el Mozrab.
| In describing him she takes OCCASION
TO say that when you find the best
| Oriental, the exquisite grace OF his
bearing, the smooth. patient, courteous
| dignity Of his manner, surpass the high
est breeding of Christian courts.
Then she quotes q rema * of an ac-
| 1uaintance, WHO says: Tho further
cast you go the finer the manner.
| First among the sons OF men for polish
md urbanity is tho Arabian; next to
him the Turk; thin comes the Italian:
then the Spani;"i and Frenchman;
then the cold, stiff. Englishman, and,
| lastly, the heltor-slselter American,
and / presume California is wo so
than Chicago, though 1 have never
been there"
Lady Peterborough married the
Sheik in his tent in the desert, with nc
witnesses but Arabs, and according tc
the laws of Islam. The bride found tc
her horror when she returned tc
Damascus that she had forfeited hcl
nationality, and had become II Turkish
subject She never repented of hcl
bargain, but made over her property
to her husband, and lived with him foI
fifteen years, whcn she died, regretted
by the tribe and by all Arabs. Shc
was devotedly attached to her hus
band and he to her. The wife of tht
English Consul as Damascus, whc
knew her, said that she and her hns
band were never apart; that she KEEP
his respect, and was the mother ant
Queen Of his tribe. Whom she died 1
rare shrine was erected in her inemor!
at Damascus.
The romance Of Lady Ellenborough'
life Mrs. Wallace heard uudor tn
palms sung in low. slow song b.
On Anazch, who had no thought whe'