Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-06-04

lowers rebellion against him, and secure,
this unique edict IN bis favor to give cod
Tor OF necessity to nrooneiue bis aud biz
peoples stay In Scotland. This Faw
whose shrewdncs- stamped the genniu'
gypsy upon his character. was the pro
senitor of the many tribes Of Flaws fans
or Fails. who With the Battles formerly
Bailyows, the present ginsy Bailcys 81
Amcrical, have been the most nnmcron'
and noted Of Scottish gipsies, and Whose
descendants, as Flaws and Fails, ! hay,
found IN respectable numbers and cOndi.
ton throughout the United States.
The most noted royal gipncs of Scot
land were King Anthonlns Gawino pre-
vi0usly referred 10. the Bailyows, after
wards the Baillies, and odd King John
Faw. Many members nf the Faa nhmi.
ly have attained wealth aud political
profermont In Scotland. The once
wealthy Falls merchants u Dunbar, are
gipsies One Of the Falls became a col
onel IN the British army. Another served
term In parliament. Hosts have been
and are under-sheriffs and balllls. Lady
Anftruther wife OF the late sir John
Anstruther, Of Ellie, was Jenny Fnn. o
gypsy woman OF great wit nnd beauty
Ti..,. Falls or Fans " Dunh,r 1re llei
connected 10y mar age with The srcat
banking family Of Coutts widely known
III America through The frequent social
Intelligence concerning the notcr Barnness
Burdcttr COutts. While the celebrated
poem. ''rhe Gipsy I.adlie,' commcmor
ates the abduction BY the ihca gipV
king, John Faa. In lUl3, Of lndy Cas-
His, wife o. the Earl Of Casilis, "a sui
len and il.tempcrcd man, mora given to
theology than To ilka-day goodness who
was absent on q drnutniiun 20 ratiiy
the solemn league AID covenant OF that
year at Westminster.
This noted liue OF British ginsy royalty
stnl exists ia direct descent in the person
Of the most hopeless outcast Of oil out
casts, an outcnst gypsy, whose uCuuain-
tancc have the honor Ia possess; al
though the same ~ esteemed almost
dishonor from even ghsy point OF vrw;
aud the same rOyn line. In distributed
strains, Is SIN proudly recognized In near
~ seventy families OF Tribes personally
know Ia England, Scotland and America.
All these tribes hold ~ the right Of sue
cesslon within their separate tiny king
doms Of population rather than territory
with the same tcnarlty and sacred IN,
volatility as any European nOnarchlcal
dynasty Where the lines becomes eN-
tinct which seldom occurs, II is nearly
always rpintrodnocd 10y marriage with
members Of other tribes where the hnrrdl'
iary line Is superintendent. In Instances
where II is permitted tn become ana re-
main extinct, q King or queen OF moth
are always chosen hy popular election.
In nearly all such eases the sovereign
Ia selected from q lumily possessing The !
neat requisite W royal blood -ngc with
ont faint of crime Thus % viii hc seen
that both British aud American gipsic-,
while purely communists ia actual np'
picniion Of tiihal government, are among
The most riHrting OF all strictly mon
Hrrhlcnl people In holding TO The principle |
OF royal hcrudly
The climax NJ visible British gipsy !
royalty wa. undoubtedly reached az au' |
gipnt Kirk icthom. lust across the /
lFratI.l hnrIipr ufupUu ttft t'leNlut hills /
OF about the middle of the present cen' |
tnry At the death. at Kirk Nctholm IN |
ISL. Of the kug al an the Scottish and |
many OF the English glpsics, William |
lcan, or "Auld Null Fac as he was |
was familiarity known. they mustered |
b0rhuod 5tn gpses and 100 asses MS an
escort for his rriunins from tOdStrcHm |
to the parish huryiug ground At Ncthulm,
Shortly after his death On the sudden
dcccpsp of Charles Blythe, King Will
Jams immediate successor, q remarkable |
contest took place between the late FngN
two daughters, Princess Esther aud priu'
cess Helen.
The Blythe line was extinct IN Scot.
land, and no one could he found to dis.
pute the royal Hue rcyeriug 10 one or |
the other of the two FnH priucrsscs. |
Helen, the younger, urged her claims
IN the well-knowu and utten-cXprr-spd |
wish Of the dead kng that she shunll
eventually succeed him. Esther, the cl
der, claimed the succession ON thu
grounds Of seniority, For months ihi
iyellest Imaginable politiccl canvass was
Scotland aud England. II last the cont
test Wagcd 50 bitter that these sisters ~
royal blood came Ia blows, tho first and
ast breach of the peace ever accredited
20 gipscs In Ne,holn
They were both women Of powerful
IVH Yl In l.tl la.