The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-05

horse bOltod and threw him. not far from
the Wortley mansion. The duke Was badly
hurt, an ankle being twisted and other ir-
turies inflicted. passing rustic tossed
ion carried him to the steps Of the Wortley
mansion. Lady Alice could not have loved
him very much. fos she could not restrain
silvery laugh af the somewhat ridiculous
plight OF her noble admirer. He was con.
scl0us enough to hear her, and when he
got well he never rode that way again.
Butapart from the elder sons Of the mo-
bility, who are so rich that it hardly mat
tors whether they are fools are not, 50 far
IS their own we'll being IL concerned. Eng
land is swamped with the thou>ands Of
younger sons, who have TO loo !, . some
thing else than hereditary wealth for liv-
ing. These younger sons are, Is rule,
worthless fellows IN every sense Of the
term. Their parents take care OF them
long enough to enable them to spend
their youth In dissipation, and usu-
ally Try 70 foist them of on the
army, the church. the navy or the civil
service. Every department. Is loaded with
them and new Offices are al the time being
created for their benefit At the recent
session Of parliament Mr.. 6tanhope, the
secretary Of war, vas compelled to admit
that numbers of clerks were employed In
the war office for whom there 10 little or
no work. But all of them cannot be pro-
vided for at public expense and not only
England, but the whole world, is infested
by these young men, whose titled origin il
curse to them, because It makes them
ashamed to earn their bread. On
the continent all the sons Of q
prince are princes, and they have title TO
bestow on any wealthy girl who IL willing
to marry them. In England only the ED.
est son gets the title; the others have to
shift for themselves and belong to the
common people. 1t is harsh law, but no
harsher than that which made Victoria the
sovereign of England when the former
king, her uncle William w., had children
born in mAtrimOny by q wife who had
lived with him for years, but whose mar
rage to him had never had the consent Of
parliament.
BLACK SHEEP.
Many of these youngeresons are to be
found IN the convict prisons Of England.
George WarohAm--h he is known BY dozen
other names--one of the most expert fOrg-
ers4hat ever yictimixed the tradesmen Of
London, is said TO be the younger son Of .
noble house in the northern part of the
church, but he found the duties of curate
at the charming village Of Wootton Bas-
sett, in Willis, too irksOme, and he soon
exchanged the pulpit for the army.
1t was while lieutenant Of sdra-
goons that he discovered his own ability
as forger in drawing . requisition which
required the colonel's signature. The
requisition was honored, but Wareham
was in due time detected and allowed to
resign. He then forged his own brothers.
name to note for f700 and got the money.
with which he fled to New York. The
nota purporting to be post obis-that II,
payable when coming into property-was
not found to be fraudulent for several years
after It was made. Meanwhile Wareham
got out of money in America and
returned to London. where he con-
tinued his forgeries. His usual course was
to get hold Of genuine signature aud
trace it out exactly with the aid of cam
die, . box and piece Of glass. The method
am unable to describe exactly, but 1t
worked so well that it almost deceived the
persons whose names had been forged. He
landed at last in Chatham prison. and has
been in and out of It more than once.
With such examples before them and
the growing evidence both Of the physical
and mental incompetency of the peerage,
it is not strange that the question of abol-
ishing the House of Lords and titled peer
age is more and more pressing upon the
people Of England.