The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-05

them with the queen 8 slgnet, WHICH
Helen carried. and put back the Cover
nor'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 Ladislas.
The news reaching Queen Elisabeth at
Easter, 1440. that Wladslas of Poland was
about to come to Hungary to seize the
throne, she decided to go to weissenberg
to crown her son. Helen cut up robe
OF the Emperor Sigismund, the Kings
grandfather to provide coronation robes,
and made for him robe, surplice. hum
vet and gold with silver spots. The
crown she wrapped in cloth and hid in
the Kings mattress. on which she put
Ills MaJesty's pap spoon, SO that. as
the Queen said, he might take care OF
his crown himself" On the Tuesday be-
fore Whitsunday the Queen and her train
left komorn They reached Weissenberg
on Whitsunday eve. Helen having carried
the King for much of the way. Five hun
dreS 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 royal Hungarians. presented them
selves at the cathedral. The door TO the
choir was closed: but the Queen asked
was crowned. !,
First he was confirmed. Then he was
knighted by Mikosch! Weida, a STURDY
knight. who smote so hard that Helen
Queen cried out, begging him not to hurt
the child. Then the King was Amounted,
and finally the crown was placed on ms
h lad, the Queen taking the oath for him.
The noble King" wrote the Lady Helen,
had little pleasure in his coronation. for
he wept aloud" On his way back to the
castle Count Ulrich of Ely held the
crown over His Majesty's head. ana the
in procession. The crown of st. stephen.
which dated from 1000 A. D., was lost
during the revolution Of 1919.
The regalia of Scotland constitute the
"honors'' of that Kingdom, and under the
treaty of the union are kept in Edinburgh
castle, never to be carried into the SOUTH
ern Kingdom. They consist of the crown
which Robert Bruce once wore, the scep-
tire, which dates from Macbeth's time,
1910, A. D.. and the sword: what other
parts of the regalia once existed have
been lost for centuries. The last time the
honors were used was at the coronation
of Charles III. as King of Scotland, at
Scone in 1861. Immediately after that the
King marched south into England to hgnt
and lose the battle of Worcester. and
| then to flee for life to France, not to re-
| turn 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 honors over to William keith, the
| Earl Marischal. with the direction that
| he should place them in his castle or
Dunnottar, THAR to be keepit till far
| ther ordouris." 1t was due to a woman's
ability to keep secret that the honors
were saved and still remain in Scotland.
| The woman was Mistress OgilNe, wife
/ of George Ogilvie, to whose charge the
| castle and its contents were committed
| by the Earl Marischal. Forty men with
| two sergeants composed the garrison OF
| the place, which had to Withstand
| siege lasting several months. Finally, in
| May 1852, Ogilvie surrendered Dunnottar
| marching out with the honors of war;
his drums beating and the matches of his
pieces lighted.
Then the English entered and proceed
| ed to look for the honors of Scotland,
! which, according to the terms of capitu-
| lation, were to be delivered to them. But
| the English had not counted ON Mrs.
| ogilvies interposition. Knowing that the
| castle could not long Withstand the siege,
| Mrs. Ogilvie had arranged with friend
| to remove them without the knowledge
of her husband. She had procured the
sending of letter to her friend, Mrs.
Granger, wife of the minister of kinneff,
| who shortly after receiving 1t started. to
Stonehaven with her maid, ostensibly to
| get some household necessaries.
On her return she passed near Dunnot-
tar Castle, and asked and obtained per-
| mission from the English officer conduct
ing the siege to make brief call upon
her beleaguered friend Mrs. Ogilvie. She
rode into the courtyard of the castle, car
| rying several bundles of flax. She de-
parted still carrying the flax; but in the
| bundle on the maids horse were now
hidden the sceptre land the sword, and
under her own gown was the crown.
| wrapped In a cloth and slung around her
| waist. The English commander was very
| courteous to Mrs. Granger; he helped her
to dismount he helped her to remount
| minister's thanked him
| for his kindness, and assured him that
| she had not expected 1t from the enemy.
Then she rode slowly away from the cas-
tie, and once out of sight of the beSeig-
| ers, spurred up her horse and did not
| draw rein until she reached her house.
At Kinneff she entrusted the honors to
her husband who hid them at first in the
| bottom of bed in the manse, and later
buried them under the pavement of the
| church, where they lay for eight years,
| until the restoration.
The boldest attempt to carry off a
| crown occurred in 1911 when Colonel
Thomas Blood tried to steal the English
| regalia from the Tower Of London, and
almost succeeded in doing so. The re-
gala of England were kept in the jewel
| house of the Tower. under the charge
of Sir Gilbert Talbot The immediate
custodian was Talbot Edwards, a man
| over 80, who. with his wife and an I'M
married daughter. lived alongside the
| Jewel house. One day a stout country
clergyman came with his wife to see the
| crown; he paid the fee and entered the
| room where the regaia were shown. AS
| they looked at the great collection of pre-
| cious things the parsons wife grew
| faint; the sight was too much for her.
Mrs. Edwards came to her assistance and
| the party went into the keepers house
| to rest until the visitor felt better
| A few days later the parson returned
| to thank the Edwardses for their kind
| ness; and i'm conversation he mentioned a
| nephew with 200 or 800 pounds a year, who
/ he ventured to suggest would make good
keeper listened gladly to the idea, and
before the country parsan left day was
| set when he should bring his nephew to
| be presented to Mr.. and Mrs. Edwards as
| a possible sutton. At the appointed time
| the parson who was Colonel Blood ap-
peared with four companions. One was
| left with the horses near at hand; an
| other represented the bashful suitor; the
| others were friends.
Old Edwards met the party: his wife
and daughter, he said, were up stairs;
| would not the reverend gentleman and
| his friends wait in the house? No. said
| the parson, his friends had never seen
| the crown jewels, could not Mr.. Edwards
show them while they waited for the la
dies? He could, certainly; so he led the
way up stairs to the jewel room, the
| suitors declining to go with them, but
| hanging bashfully about the door. where
| he might first see his possible bride-and
| likewise act as guard, When they reach
| ed the Jewel room Edwards turned to lock
! the door; and as he did so. one of the
gang threw a cloak over his head. an
| other gagged him, while the third threat
| aned him with death If he uttered a
| sound. The old man tried to cry out so
they struck him on the head with a ham
mer, knocking him senseless to the
|