New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-27
where they were unrestricted By any prctus,,,
Of caste and rank
BLACK SHEEP AND THEIR IDENTITY

BLACK SHEEP AND THEIR IDENTITY
Besides these younger sons who eYiled RI.
selves from their native land for the uu,,.
of seeking the fortunes denied 70 them al han.
there have been those others. the black ,b.,
Of their respective tamiles-and gha, r,.,
house is there that has not az least one 0, h.,
undesirable pieces OF mutton?-vho have b.,
forced to seek foreign climes In order to e.,.
from the penalties Of their offences. neyi,sb.
if they remained in their native land rhu
these fugitives should have endeayored TO Gov,
their tracks 10y concealing their Identity Is u,
fectly natural; likewise many u the yolunu,
exiles abandoned both name and any titles tn
they may have possessed In order to be ats.
lutely unhanpered in their struggle for tortQ.s
In this way It has happened that many
these cadets OF the noble houses Of Europe n,
quilted their country either voluntarily OF y
flight completely disappeared from the ken 4
those of their kith and kin Who remained a
home, all trace Of their fate being lost to The,
relatives. This became a matter Of extrcn.
Importance where the death OF the elder broih7
without issue caused the family honors Az
estates 10 devolye upon their heads, and
innumerable instances the inheritance Ia
passed 70 distant relatives merely because II
most careful and extensive search, ex,entt,
sometimes over number 81 years ia!ei y
reveal what had become Of the rightful he,'
Indeed. cases Of this kind are constantly occs
ring even now. Thus. when the late Lord sAis
non died, no trace could be found OF bis 81
and heir. The last that had been heard oh,
WAS that he had been part owner ~ ranch
| iCb. oP T.
But he had vanished without leaving any cen
| 70 his destination. large sum OF money ~
snent in securing the whole Of the United sta.s
and Canada in the endeavor 20 apprise MN
his fathers death, and il was not unt nea''
three years had elapsed that be vas discover"
by q mere chance engaged In the Occupation
punching" cattle under An assumed name hso
the Mexican border. He Il now estaDlshels
his country seat. Castle Martyr IN oo4,'
Cork. Since his return he has married =
| American woman, Mrs Francs heda!'
| Philadelphia and il is said that for some u-'
after he took UP his residence AT caste MAY"
ne used 70 get rid Of his superabundahi ehe's
by going in for tree-felling and wood-choip1
on an extensive scale. his lazy cottagers reala
the benefit Of the exertions of the Earl "a''
! known THROUGHOUT kIlr s7'"'tt "a
nickname Of the Cow boy Peer.
THE EARL OF ABERDEEN's BROTHER
Less fortunate was the search 'or he ga
brother of the present Earl of Aberdeen U'
ernor-General OF Canada. The career u -
missing eldest brother was a most ronlAla
one Having quarreled with his father Nne
tust on the eve Of coming u age ne es1'
peared from England, all trace OF MN 0eN
lost. In 1864 his father died. The son co''' w
| however. be found anywhere, and lor se'e"
eight years the earldom renamed ahc'A-iD.'
and unrepresented In the House OF Lo'dS' O-'
| after researches OF a most costly ana eA'eAs',
nature was it finally discovered that he ~
| spent several years as an ordinary sa'"'
| fore the mast and that he had diSappF-"
from his ship-a sailing yessel-on us va! -
| Roston 70 Melbourne. Whether ne .ei' -
vessel at one Of the ports al which II toueaS
or whether he fell overheard is not Known
| this day, as no really authentic MionhA'''
has been obtained upon the subject all tha'
known being that while ne shipped on TIE Nv
before the mast at Boston in 1870 he vas n~
on board when the vessel arrived al M'lo'''.'
| OF course It has been assumed tha' ne ~
overheard and was drowned But II Is Ho' W
yond the bounds 81 possibility that ne HA! WI.
up one Of these days and demand OF the ~eS..'
viceroy Of Canada the sun ender OF pom s"'
Earidom OF Aberdeen and the estates oe'o"s"~
thereto. Indeed only q year ago s'o'' 10
current to the effect that claimant h"p ~
peared 70 the earliom in the person OF u III.
born In the United States, and citizen thefe"
who insisted that he Has the son OF The inisaa