The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-02

met Miss Quincy again II WIS by 10
accident She was being educated at
fashionable school in London
On her part the acquaintance ripened
into friendship. and on his Into the deep
est sort OF alteration.
The young Earl OF Dudley had inherit
ed from his father s2o.oc.o0a. He was
regarded as q spendthrift. and plunged
into mary ex-avanganceS-
He had entertained upon an amazing
scale in Paris. and his life there and
on the continent. his journeys 70 The
east. together with his elephant hunts
in Irdiz, entailed enormous expenditures.
Afterward he devoted some tine 70
horse racing and gambling for high
stakes. But this was before he net the
beautiful girl behind the millinery coun-
ter
with the easy grace and weu-5red as
surance OF = natural aristocrat. She re-
fused 10 be hurt By the nurnurs By
her enemies. She had ears only for the
expressions CT coed wiz On the part
OF her friends.
The attentions OF the Earl OF Dudley
70 the beautiful protege OF the Duchess
OF Bedford became most marked. Bit
terly his family opposed them. They
had other plans for the Earl OF Dudley
10 follow Being the son OF his father
he took the bit between his teeth and did
as he pleased
He proposed 10 Rachel Quincy and
was accepted. Then came a marvellous
change. His old haGnts knew him no
more. The friends who had caroused
with him were left 70 their own devices.
In the hands OF his fance he was as
clay IN the hands OF the potter. The
wild Earl OF Dudley had reformed.
The marriage took place IN 1881. It was
one OF the events OF the season Society
that had looked upon Miss Burney as a
colorless negative. bowed down TO the
Countess OF Dudley.
Society also found IN short order that
it had no mere novice 10 deal with in
this beautiful young society queen. In
breeding she was an aristocrat 70 her
finger tips. She did not play homage.
but accepted It. She did not court. hus
was courted.
Even her stern motherin-law, the Dow
ager Countess Georginia. was melted and
became her champion
Since then her sway has been that OF
a social queen She was diplomatic and
far seeing and nobody was surprised
when on the eve OF his coronation King
Edward appointed the Earl OF Dudley.
her husband, the viceroy OF Ireland.
OF course. the English newspapers had
~ all h. .aF Tlrsff
ley. but it was soon made known that
she was descendant OF one Of the
most ancient and honored families OF
Norforkshire. Her ancestors may be d.
rectiy traced 10 the great Hugo De
Gournay. one OF the Norman barons.
who accompanied William the Conqueror
in 1856.
The mother OF Lady Dudley was a great
belle and beauty. member OF the then
Prince Of Wales set, and a contemporary
of Mrs. CORVALLIS West, Lady Randolph
Churchill and Mrs. Langtry.
The Countess OF Dudley Is accounted
one Of the most sl1irfuI amateur piano
players in Great Britain She IS musical
" very gifted and plays a number u
other instruments besides the piano. She
is a tail. slender woman with large Ma
donna-Ikc brown eyes. beautiful waving
dark hair. a rather long oval face. a mo-
bile mouth and pretty white teeth. She
is noted for her sympathetic and gener-
Gus disposition. and probably does as
much good as any other woman IN smart
London
The Countess OF Dudley has three chill
dren TO whom she Is passionately at
ta-hed and in whose society she spends
a great part Of her time.
The Earl OF Dudley is as much enam-
ored OF his wife as in the first days of
their honeymoon. and the pair are seen
together
The King is very fond Of Lady Dudley.
whom he always addresses by her first
name. Rachel"
since his marriage the young Earl has
been Parliamentary Secretary 20 the
Board or Trade and has also served IN
the Yeonanry Cavalry. It IS said that