Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-05

his life-but she was found Overwhelmed
In tears, and in the highest agony
Imaginable" When the news OF his mur-
der reached her she seemed In no way
surprised. and expressed not much grief.
but was insistent to be buried In his
vault.
Elizabeth Claypole. Cromwelrs favorite
daughter. found a place In the abbey.
and when the great Protector-whoss
funeral cost the country f7o.oo0-was, along
with the regicides and members OF the
Commonwealth, cast contumeliously out
by the resentful officials OF the Restora-
ton. Elizabeth ,wus left undisturbed.
probably because Of her sex.
GREAT ARTISTS.
England has always treated her great
actors and dramatic poets with high
honor and not only does Sarah Siddons
lie in this great pantheon. but both
Anne OIdGeid and Anne Bracegirdle have
found an honored place there-the former
having been buried IN fine Brussels lace
head-dress. "a Holland shift, with double
ruIies of the same lace. and a new pair
OF kid gloves" which. in the days when A
woolen shroud was the usual garment OF
the dead was considered surprisingly
frivolous and inappropriate.
The monument 10 Lady Elizabeth
Nightingale IL perhaps the most widely
known of any in Westminster with the
exception OF the Confessors. No stranger
has ever failed to carry away distinct
memory OF that terrible figure reaching
s.ealthily from the tomb to cast a dart at
the helpless girl slipping gently but ire
sistibly from the arms of her husband.
II is impressive and haunting. despite the
bad taste OF II. and one feels that there
must be some peculiarly pitIful story con-
nccte1 with this drama In marble. There
is nothing of special interest to be ascer-
tainel concerning It. It was not even
the work OF n sorrowng husband. but
was erected by the son OF Mr.. Nightln-
gale who was twenty years older than
his wife.
There IS far more Of interest 10 be
learned Of the Delavels OF NorthumDer'
land, who have a family vault In the
Abbey. one of the few still hung with
family banners. "Wild Lady Tyrconnell,"
as she was known, lies among them; the
hero Of almost incredible adventures
A SINISTER MYSTERY.
Mary Eleanor Bowes. Countess OF
Strathmore was buried in the Abbey on
May 10. 1900. and the story of her life is
easily the most romantic of all the ro-
mantle stories Of that duslty old church
Of tornbs. Every one has heard OF the
Strathmore Secret: how In the old Castle
OF Glamis--as Old almost as the history
Of Scotland-the heir OF the family is upon
the eve of his 2ist birthday taken at mid
night to some secret chamber. of whose
locality only the Earl and the family So
lctOr are aware. and there is made ac-
quainted with the secret which oversha-
dows all the Lords Strathmore. The re-
markable part OF this story Is that
through centuries the secret has remained
intact. and that speculation has exhausted
itself in vain endeavors TO penetrate and
even formulate any plausible conjecture
as to the nature OF the mystery.
In the latter half of the eighteenth GEN.
tury the Strathmore solicitor was sum-
moned to Glarnis TO be present at the
coming of age of the heir. and took with
him q young clerk to aid in preparing
some papers. There was some testing on
the part of Lady Strathmore, who was 1,
young and rather frivolous second wife
as to the famous secret. and greatly to the
annoyance of her husband she declared
she meant by hook or crook 20 discover
the location of the hidden chamber and
be present when the revelation was made
The clerk finished his labors and retired
but very late that night he awakened
suddenly under the impression of having
heard a terrible cry. This impression was
so strong that In spite of the perfect ST.
lence he could not rid himself of the
sinister sensation. and under its influence
he rose to look out OF the window which
gave upon the deserted moonlit inner
court
A CLOAKED FIGURE.
To his surprise he shortly saw what
appeared to be solid bit of the wall
swing back. and a cloaked figure emerge
from what was evidently an entrance 10
n staircase. The man. If man it was.
crossed to the old disused castle wall, and
dropping something into 1t, retired AZ ne
came. The next morning the young clerk.
seeing by daylight the solidity Of the wall
whence the man had issued. became con-
WINGED that ii was "a dream, induced by
the talk at dinner. Ihe returned early 10
London without seeding any of the family,
but when he mentioned his dream to his
employer, the latter became violently an
noyed, and soon found an excuse 10 he
rid of him.
The clerk, nevertheless, prospered. and
years after, when the whole incident had
passed from his mind. he-a prosperous