The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-08

dressed very plainly. and when they had II
holiday travelled second or third class with
their children. like the great mass from whom
they could hardly be distinguished.
But they both had brains and u determine
ton which enabled them to bear up under i'll
fortune not deserved. They had. too. tho
sense to conform to their condition. and their
writings were accepted and. what was more.
we'll paid. Perhaps to-day. amid the pomp of
wealth and the ceremony of courts. they look
back at times to tho modest rooms where
they wrote for bread. surrounded by their
little ones. and wonder whether thoy were not
as happy then as now.
Lord Robert. however. had been elected to
Parliament. for the son Of a marquis. even
though in disfavor with his father. can gcner-
ally be pushed in England: but his temper was
not good and his manner not popular He made
no great mark except as rugged cantanker-
Gus young man. possessed OF some ability. but
soured by circumstances.
In 1865. as he was rising to make n speech in
tho House OF Commons. no was suddenly sum-
moned to the door and informed that his elder
brother had Just died. This event made him
Viscount Cranborne and heir to the title and
estates Of tho Marquis Of Salisbury. His own
fato and that OF his family were changed
in IN instant. From obscurity and poverty
they stepped into ease and importance. while
high fortune and positive grandeur stood wait
ing for them in the immediate future. The old
Lord Salisbury was soon reconciled to his new
heir. and three years afterward no died. leav-
ing the literary hack and once disinhertcd son
owner of ono OF Englands greatest houses
and bearer OF ono OF her greatest names.
AS soon as he became Lord Cranborne tho
young politician was recognized by tho Tory
leaders. and In 1866 was invited to cater Lord
Derby's Cabinet. In year. however. Disraei
who was in reality tho leading spirit in that
Cabinet. introduced n measure for extended
suffrage. which consistent Tories refused to
support. Among tho recusants was Lord
Cranborne. who. with two of his allies. left tho
Cabinet rather than consent to the democratic
innovation. The rupture was personal rs we'll
as political. and Lord Cranborno did not speak
to his former chief for years. His wife was be-
lieved to have exercised great influence in
determining his political course. She sympa-
thzed with his views and encouraged him in
his opposition to the tergivcrsations OF
Disraeli. Many bitter things wore reported in
English society supposed to have been said BY
tho recent Marquis and Warehouses of their
former friend.
About this time Lord Saisburys stcpmother
remarked. She had been for twenty years tho
wife OF his father. and during tho latter part
of this timo tho intimate friend OF n much
younger man. tho present Earl of Derby. It
was universally supposed that she would bo-
como Lady Derby as soon as her year of wild
owhood was over. but it was not until tho
death Of Lord Derby's father and his own ac-
cession to tho pecrage that tho marriage took
place. 1t was. OF course. extremely distastc-
full to tho Salisburys. but there was no opcn
opposition. for there were grown and growing
OF the now Lady Derby by the former
Lord Salisbury. half brothers ind sisters
OF tho present peer. and for their sake he was
silent. Tho Dowager Warehouses mannuvred
very cleverly: she appealed to the head Of tho |
house she was leaving. and asked for the FAM |
lily carriage to take hor to church for tho we'd |
ding. She wanted. she said. to go properlv |
and rs became Salisbury. with the arms and
tho livery she had used so long, and Lord
acquiesced. This gave. of course, a |
tacit sanction. but 1t was impossible to refuse |
without announcing his disapproval to tho |
world. SO Lady Derby got tho carriage, but |
Lady Salisbury told tho story. Ono can fancy
that the two women who had worn the same |
coronet looked upon each other with women's
eyes; but they visited-and afterward talked
After while they became oven closer nv
political relationship than by marriage for
both husbands were Tories. and in 1874, when
Disraen returned to power as tho ncknowl-
sdged head of the party. both men entered tho
Cabinet. At first Lord Derby was more prom
mont; no was even spoken OF as a possible
Premier but no waived his pretonsions and
ook ofllce under Disraeli as Secretary for
Foreign Affairs. Salisbury. however. hadnot
orGotten his old quarrel with DisraelI and
ield aloof for while. He had. indeed, char
lcterized tho apostacy ofthe shrewd politician
n tho harshest terms and was worry unwilling
o become his subordinate. But II was found
impossible to form a Tory Cabinet without tho
ielr OF Hatfield. And now camo in play tho
vifely influence. Lady Salisbury was very
ambitious for her husband and perceived
his opportunity. But Salisbury was dihl-
ult and unyielding. His whole character.
ndeed Is full OF determination. not naturally
liant or diplomatic in any way. and tho Tories
'ecame anxious: their return to power was ut
take. Finally tho Duchess OF Marlborough.
he present dowager. great political woman
'ersof Tory of the Tories. appealed to Lady
atsbury at the instance Of several statesmen.
nd besought her to induce Lord Salisbury to
onsent. The duchess. u scion OF an ancient J
louise. once Lady Emily Yane. literally fell on
'er knees to the lawyers aughter and begged I
Ter to persuade her husband Whether tho +
neeliuG duchess touched tho feminine heart,
II whether Lady Salisbury WAS convinced by I
ho arguments OF her friend. certain it is that !
er influence was throwa into the Tory scale.
ord Salisbury surrsnlerai md haaanna a | I