The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-08-12

anu, producing MS letteT Ot NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AskeHA
the side-de-camp II he would kindly show th}
letter to Gen. Taylor and request his permissioIl
to Introduce the bearer. To this seemingly natN
ural proposition the aide-de-camp dryly made
answer that Lord Edward must hold
him excused from doing anything OF the
sort. why not 2" %auerici the visitoi
with some establishment. DO you bead
those guns Z" responded the aide-de-cernpd
as every moment the far-off detonations Of thE
Federal artillery Jared upon the summsT
silence. "well, we have been having that music
now for about Ave hours, and In all that time We
have not been able TO move q man Of our foros
up . foot nearer 10 the front. II you knew 0ena
Taylor you could imagine the pleasure THE he
given him and the state OF mind In which he
now is sitting In that little house and smokins
his cigar by himself over q little wood IRE bull
tokeep of the damp In this inrernai swamp"
YES, no doubt" replied Lord Edwardi "itS
most disgusting, but l have had such . pfccs %
work getting here, and It was 90 good OF
the President to give me this letter, don't
you think you could try 70 get meg
access 70 him p mo, I do not" replied
the officer decidedly. II have had 20 go
into that house three times this afternoon, and
every time the General has bitten on my hesdN
You must excuse me-. but I don't wish 20 do I'D
again. However," he said after q momentd
good naturally, marking the look Of disappointA
menJ anu DeTpleAlty III pie NlhiVOE lew W.
don't mind having your own head bitten on
perhaps you might try It YOURSELF" Lord Bd-j
ward laughed and said he would take the Hskyl
The aide-de.camp opened the door. LEI him. iRf
and then promptly left him. In the single lowG
dlmly lighted room, before a great blaok
fireplace, in which smouldered and cracked q
light wood FIRE. sat, on q low settle, an ofioer I'M
an undress gray uniform, with his back TO thsy
door. smoking and moodily looking ct the fred
seemed quite unaware that any one had CONS
into the room. II was an awkward position fol
Lord Edward. who presently coughed once orI
twice. Upon this the officer turned, and.I
glancing indifferently with his dark French facet
at the intruder, said, In a short, imperious way4
well. what ia it-what do you want 2" FL beal
your pardon, General. - replied his visitor. butt
I have o letter to you from the President."I
"Ah," was the Indifferent response, and turninRl
again to the fire the General relapsed into medic
tation. An embarrassing pause followed. -whiok
Lord Edward finally broke by coughing again
Again the General turned more imperiousfvj
than before. "what the devil Is Il, and whats
do you want7 Did the Chief of STAFF send you
here ~ II have brought q personal letter ID!
you. sir. from the President" said Lord Edward
mildly. but firmly. "and perhaps you viii Above
me to hand it to you" "Oh, yes, certainly
now responded the General. turning around on
his seat, and civilly, but rather ungraciously.
holding out his hand for the letter which Lord
Edward. advancing. politely put into It Hum .
/ see" said the General. after glancing at the
letter In the dim light, this appears to bes
letter Of Introduction. I can't say tho Presi-l
dent has chosen his time for you very con-1
siderately, but" and rising as he spoke he gave
Lord Edward his hand. offered him q cigar. and
pointed out another seat like his own, you
are an English onicer. l suppose" he said. "If
you expect to see any fighting to-day I am
afraid you will be disappointed here" Lord
Edward explained that he was not an oficer.
merely a civilian. and Gen. Taylor glanced again
at the letter. HUMP he observed pensvely.
81 zee here now that your name In Lord Edward.
What can't quite make IL out" Edward
st. Maur," interposed the visitor clearly. "St-'
Maur st. Maur2 oh, that Is q new name To
me In the English peerage,' hesitatingly. Per-
haps | ought here to explain to your readers
that the family name OF the Dukes of Somerset
from the days OF Henry VIII. and Of the Pro-
tector, who was the brother OF Jane Seymour,
and the uncle OF Edward VI. down TO our own
time has always been Seymour. This name Is
still borne by the elder branch OF the family.
which died out In the uncle line a few years
ago with one OF the most accomplished Eng,
lishmen OF his time, the late Alfred seymour on
Knoyle. and It is still borne by the MARQUIS OF
Hartford, by Lord Alcester. whom our naval
officers know as the Z" swell OF the sea- and by
all other branches, near and remote. or this
great historic family.
Why the highest in rank Of the Seymours, hold.
ing a dukedom created in 1546. and revived in
1860. should have elected to call himself thirty
years ago st. Maur merely because tho houss
seems TO have been founded by a certain william
ST. Maur. A. ID. 1910. it is not easy TO dtvtns.l
This change OF name was only solemnly conse-,
Grated In 1863 by the creation Of the Earldoml
OF st. Maur, SO that no inkling Of II had OF
course ever reached even SO well Informed .
mar as Gen. Dick in 1859. st. Maurf Surely
yours is a new name in the peerage TO me-"
oh" said Lord Edward, not exactly new.
My father is .he Duke OF Somerset" "The Duke
of Somerset" exclaimed Gen. Dick. But the
Duke of Somerset's name is SEYMOUR" Ger,
tainly. certainly" replied Lord Edward, . LITTLE
abashed, - but we have changed the spelling %
st. Maur." have YOU" said Gen. Dick