Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-04-17


he liked her tall, slim. 1.-the figure, her
pale blue ewes, her large mop OF hair
looking like a tousled yellow bag wig
and that settled It.
To a twinkllng he got behind the
scenes, and from that night Brighton
folks knew no more Of Dolly Tester.
When next they heard OF her she was
the wife Of Lord Ailesbury.
From Brighton ducks" transplanted
Dolly 10 the Comedy Theater In Lon
don. Even though she was not hand
some, Dolly had the same sort OF subtle
Intelligence that made Nine. De Main
tenor the wife Of Louis XIV, aud al
though Miss Tester may not have ex-
pressed 10 as neatly as, "Sire, there is
but one way TO my bOudoir-by the
church door, still she managed TO at
tain the same end with Lord Ailesbury.
Her real name was Dorothy julia Hase-
ley. Her father kept little tavern on
the outskirts OF Brighton, aud In her
youth Dorothy used 10 carry mugs Of
a.e 10 the skittle players in her papa's
backyard. So 10 wss said at that time
that Dolly's evolution was as marked IN
one direction as Ducks" was in the
other.
They, with twenty birds Of the same
feather, on the first day of their mar
rIed life, boarded a launch and steamed
slowly through a fleet Of small pleasure
craft in NOulsey Lock, near Hampton
Court. Ducks" arrayed in all the
colors OF she rainbow, posed on the
bow, while Dolly and the other women
lOlled in flowers half a foot deep on the
deck. Though half OF the women had,
one time or another, been dear 10
ducks" neither he nor Dolly was con-
strained by their presence.
Though he came into the vast estates
of his father when five years old, to-
gether with $500. 600, be quickly ran
through the half million dollars. Then
he sold the ancestral estate of Jervauix
Abbey 20 Sir John Culiffe Lister for
e45O,O0O, al, OF which ne had run
through before he married Dolly Tes-
ter. be had DO bank account; his debts
were appalling, and creditors clamored
for their dues. All this time he was
running deeper 10 debt 10 pay for frol-
les with low companions OF both sexes.
The only thing possible for him to do
was 20 sell tho blrthright, the beautiful
Sayernake estate, the pride OF his an
cient family. He decided thatit should
20 20 the highest bidder He said be
was prepared TO part with it for E750,-
600.
This was TO buy the AilsSbury estates
10 Wiltshire and Berkshire, together
with the mansion known as Savernake
House and the forest. pleasure grounds,
park-Tottenham Park is il specific
name-aud all the lands usually occu-
pied herewith. The entire acreage eX-
ceeds 40 600 acres, or something over
sixty square miles. IL is the only one
of the old ancestral parks that does not
belong 10 she Crown.
The terms were acceptable to Lord
Iveagh, Of the Guinness family OF brown
stout brewing fame, who was announced
as the purchaser Members Of his lord
ships family set in motion legal ma
chinery 10 prevent the sale. Perhaps
if there had been a little Viscount Saw
eruake born 90 "DuCks" and Dolly TO
inherit the possessions, things would
have been different, but il seemed inc
vitable thar the succession must devOlve
upon an uncle or more probably
cousin. Sir Henry Brudenelle Bruce,
heir preSumtive expectant, was the
leader of the opposition TO the sale. His
brother, Lord Frederick Bruce, sup
ported him. They laid an action TO stop
the sale. Bribery and fraud was
charged against Lord Iveagh. ~ -
After no end OF litigation Justice
ID . ~,
action brought 10y Lords Henry Brude-
nell Bruce and Frederick Bruce, and
Lord Allesbury's birthright passed into
possession of Lord Iveagh at the price
agreed upon Ia the meantime Ducks"
aud wife called THE Hatch" their
home, though he had a house in Lon
don. Their conjugal life was not hap
DIV. Both were TOO free and easy.
His Lordship saw no harm in his pay
ing court 20 OtaietY or any other sort OF
girls he fancied, bat when Dolly tirted
with other men be fairly fumed. In
1859 Ducks" began suit for divorce,
naming as correspondents the late
Squire Abingdon and Captain Riley, OF
the Tenth Hussars, the Prince OF Wales
own crack regiment during his short
military career. Before matters had
gone so far my Lady Dolly scampered
Off 20 the continent Ducks" had the
govt, aud couldn't have followed her
even il he had wanted 10. He was as
poor as a ratcatCher.
It was estimated that one.tenth OF
the people above and below stairs we're
licking their lips and cooking their
eyes in pleaSurabie Anticipation OF the
nastinesS that was almost certain to
come 10 the surface during a trial in
which Dolly Tester aud the malodorous
Marquis OF Ailesbury were defendant
and painful IL was said that when
her solicitors laid before him, 10 full,
the muck they had raked up for use
against him, even His LordShip weak
eued. This report was doubted because
no one supposed that His Lordship had
any sense OF shame left. At any rate
he withdrew the suit.
A Big OIL Well.