The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-31


made to forego every Saturday night
my featherbed."
AT last they were in the vault where
the crown lay. But they had no time
to file through the lock of the jewe
chest. so the Knight burned away the
wood and opened the Golfer.
There before them lay the crown OF
st. Stephen. To carry it away unseen
Helen took much of the stuff1ng out
a red velvet cushion. and thrust the
crown into the hole thus made.
Then they closed the chest, replaced
the padlocks and chains, resealing them
with the Queens signet, which Helen
carried, and put back the Governor S
black cloth. The rest of the night
Helen spent in prayer, watching at the
same time the precious velvet cushion
They got to Komorn late at night, to
learn that Queen Elizabeth had given
birth to a son, whom the Archbishop
of Gran had already christened Lads
las.
The news reaching Queen Elizabeth
at Easter, 1440, that Wladislas of Po-
land was about to come to Hungary
to seize the throne. she decided to go
to Weissenberg to crown her son. Hell
en- cut up a robe of the Emperor Sigis-
mund, the Kings grandfather, to pro-
vide coronation robes, and made for
him robe, surplise, humeral, stole,
gloves and shoes, of red velvet and
gold, silver spots.
The crown she wrapped in cloth and
hid in the Kings mattress, on which
she put His Majesty's pap spoon. so
that, as the Queen said, "he might take
care of his crown himself"
On the Tuesday before Whitsunday
the Queen and her train left KomOrn.
They reached Weisenberg on Whitsun-
day eve, Helen having carried the
King for much of the way. Five hum
bred men received them, surrounding
their party with drawn swords; and
Elizabeth once more felt herself and
her son in safety.
on Whitsunday the Queen and her
ladies, the little Princess Elizabeth and
Helen carrying the King, escorted by
her loyal Hungarians, presented them
selves at the Cathedral. The door to
tn choir was closed, but the Queen
asked and obtained admittance, and
the King was crowned.
First he was confirmed. Then he
was knighted by Mikosch Media, a
sturdy knight, who smote so hard that
Helen felt the blow on her own arm,
and the Queen cried out, begging him
not to hurt the child. Then the King
was anointed, and finally the crown
was placed on his head, the Queen
taking the oath for him.
The noble King" wrote the Lady
Helen, had little pleasure in his cor
onation. for he wept aloud
On his way back to the castle, Count
Ulrich of Ely held the crown over his
majesty's head, and the regalia OF
Hungary were borne before him in pro-
cession.
The crown of st. Stephen. which dat
ed from 1000 A. D., was lost during the
revolution of 1s4S.
The regalia Of Scotland constitute the
"Honors" of that kingdom. and under
the treaty of Union are kept in Edin-
burgh Castle, never to be carried into
southern kingdom. They consist of the
crown, which Robert Bruce once wore,
the scepter, which dates from Mac
beth's time, 1O4O A. D., and the sword;
what other parts of the regalia once
existed have been lost for centuries.
The last time that the Honors were
used was at the coronation of Charles
IL as King of Scotland at Scone in 1861.
Immediately after that the King
marched south into England to fight
and lose the battle of Worcester, and
then to flee for his life to France, not
to return for nine years.
With his departure and that of his
army, Scotland was left very much at
the mercy of Cromwell. The Scots
Parliament, therefore, turned the Hon
ors over to William Keith, the Earl
MarischaI, with the direction that he
should place them in his Castle of
Dunnottar, THAR to be keepit till far
ther ordouris."
1t was due to a woman's ability to
keep a secret that the Honors were
saved and still remain in Scotland. The
woman was Mistress Ogilvie, wife of
George Ogilvie. to whose charge the
castle and it's contents were committed
by the Earl of Marischal.
Forty men with two sergeants com
posed the garrison of the place, which
had to withstand a siege lasting for
several months. Finally in May, 1852,
ing out with the honors of war, his
drums beating, and the matches of his
pieces lighted.
Then the English entered and pro-
ceeded to look for the Honors of Scot
land, which, according to the terms of
capitulation, were to be delivered to
them. But the English had not count
ed on Mrs. Ogilvie's interposition.
Knowing that the castle could not
long withstand the siege, Mrs. Ogilvie
had arranged with a friend to remove
them without the knowledge of her
husband. She had procured the send
ing of a letter to her friend, Mrs. Gran
ger, wife of the minister of Kinneff,
who shortly after receiving it started
to Stonehaven with her maid, ostensi-
bly, to get some household necessities.
On her return she passed near Dun
nottar Castle and asked and obtained
permission from the English officer
conducting the siege to make a brief
call upon her beleaguered friend Mrs.
Ogilvie. She rode into the courtyard
of the castle, carrying several bundles
of flax. She departed still carrying
the flax; but in the bundle on the
maids horse were now hidden the
sceptre. and the sword, and under her
own gown was the crown, wrapped in
cloth and slung around her waist
The English commander was very
courteous to Mrs. Granger; he helped
her to dismount, he helped her to re-
mount; and the minister's good wife
thanked him for his kindness, and as
sured him that she had not expected
it from an enemy. Then she rode slow
~ away from the castle, and once out
of sight of the besiegers, spurred up
her horse, and did not draw rein I'M
til she had reached her home.
At Kinneff she entrusted the honors
to her husband, who hid them at first
in the bottom of a bed in the manse,
and later buried them under the pave
ment of the church, where they lay
for eight years, until the Restoration.
The boldest attempt to carry off a
crown occurred in 1911, when Col"
Thomas Blood tried to steal the Eng
lish regalia from the Tower of Lon
don, and almost succeeded in doing so.
The regilia of England were kept in
the jewel house of the Tower, under
the charge of Sir Gilbert Talbot; the
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