The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-24

6HE MAY SUCCEED TO EsTATEsvAL-
uED AT s25o,ooo A YEAR.

10 ths oaiy Direct Descendant Of the Earl
of Perth and Duke Of Msffort-A STIR
ring y.omsnos Of tl,e Scottish and tho
s~nch Pssrsgs.
while the Hon. Mary Harriet Geral-
gline Drummond Of Brooklyn IL look
ing for position her great grand
father. George Drummond, earl Of
Perth and Melfort and duke Of Mel
fort In France. Ii said to be looking for
her. She IL ready TO be found by tho
earl's attorneys and expects eventually
to come into possession Of his great
ESTATE.
AMay, as she calls herself, 10 IS years
Did AID worked until recently a. wait
:resv in IN Toe cream psrlor In Brooklyn.
she ID ssrf'ing to make her own living
md said rec, ,utly that she would not
.sase looking for another situation be-
oanSs Of the news d. 1T her great-grand-
father bad begun seas>' IN for her She
said she was the only dire.s oesoendans
OF the Scottish earl. who's income
amounts to $3.50. 1000 year.
The romance chat finds It's Nclimextp
ths straitsned ciroumstances Of an
apparent heir to an sstate wort6 mil
lions Of dollars has beer told heSstO-
fora, but u will be news 70 most Amer
icans. as IL was to Miss DrummOnd,
that her great-grandfather, now 90
years old, IL seeking information about
her, probably with view to the dispo-
Isitibn of his estate. There are other
,olaimurts to the property. but n seems
likaly that the title will disappear upon
the death Of the present earl, a. IL has
done before during the seven centuries
Isiuoe 70 was created.
George Drummond is the sixth earl
of Perth and the fourteenth duke Of
iMeltort. He was born In London. May
6, 1907. His lordship In 1841. estab-
lished befors the ooneeil d'etat Of France
and the tribunal de Ia Seine his descent
from the earls and dukes Of Perth and
Nelfort and his right Of succession to
the French honors Of Duke Of Melfort
and Perth. The earldom of Perth was
revived in 1853 by the special command
and recommendation Of Queen VIC
itoria, through an act Of parliament
unanimously passed by both houses.
) George Henry Charles Francis NAL
colin, Visoount Forth, the only son Of
the Earl Of Perth, died eight years later.
leaving one son. George Essex Montifex.
Lord Drummond.. It was he who while
yet . boy married his grandmother's
maid, . number of years his senior,
came to this country and preferred mem
ial employment and poor surroundings
to deserting his wife for the old earl's
favor. Lord Drummond died In New
York city In 1897 and was buried In
Trinity churchy ard, the expense Of the
funeral being betrayed by several Of the
Scottish residents Of that city. He left
one child. a daughter, who for a num-
her Of years past has supported herself
iby her labor.
Miss Drummond remarked recently
that she was making no plans on what
she would do in case she inherited tho
vast estates of her great-grandfather.
"He knows where I am" she said.
'"and will have no difficulty in reach
ing me. Meanwhile I am not max
ing any plans never have seen my
RTeut-RTduuldUucI uuu uoNOA AoNo pCCA
on the other side. I have seen pictures
of his estate, and they show that it is
very beautiful. But am most inter-
ested just now in earning my living"
Miss Drummond is bright girl,
rather good looking, and keen to keep in
touch with the affairs Of the aged Earl
of Perth. She lives with her mother,
Mrs Henry Mocfovo IN prOcpect avanuo
Brooklyn. Their home is neatly fur
nished, but Mrs Masters, with 4-year-
old daughter to care for, shares Miss
lDrummond's anxiety that she may OBJ
tain position. The heiress of the Earl
OF Perth, after partial education in
the Booklyn grammar and high schools,
decided to be trained nurse, but she
found this work too trying for one Of
her age.-New York Herald.