The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-06

Dudley, the man, was merciful. He spoke
strongly In the clerks favor at the trial
and got hin, light sentence. While the
! einbezzler was in Jail his wife received a
| check for his former salary every week from
| Lord Dudley.
/ - soon as he was released the man went
| % M"-'ey Court to thank ms OeneIactor.
Glad to see you, Jones. said Lord
Dudley, cutting his words Of gratitude
short, YOU'RE just the man want. Open
, to an offer, aren't your Would you care
TO go abroad? want man to take charge
| of some of my business affairs in the West
Indies DO you think your wife would
mind living in the tropics?"
MY Lord. IL is too good Of you ex
claimed the man. But how can you trust
me after"
"P'Saw! That's past and paid for"
was The answer. "Don't you know the
best cricket bat is the one that's been
, broken and spiced?"
And Lord Dudley sent the man out TO
the West Indies on salary more than
double that which he had got from the
Town Council, and trusted him with the
handling Of large sums of money, The
! man proved himself to be worthy Of the
confidence.
This is only one of many conspiracies OF
Kindness hat ched betw Lord and Lady
Dudley. They are continually helping
lame dogs over stiles. Their single aim in
me Seems 10 DH 10 make OtneT peOpis Uhppy,
and the amount of thought and ingenuity
that they spend in doing so is by no means
| small.
Lord Dudley is the patron Of no fewer
than thirteen church hvings, and has TO
support the incumbents OF all of them:
This system Of patronage in the Church Of
England is bitterly Denounced even by
Anglicans themselves hut il all patrons
were like Lord Dudley there would be no
complaint. He chooses his clergymen
NOS, consoisntiously, Mere scholarship or
, social influence has no weight with him;
he wants a man who loves his fellow men.
The late Bishop Creighton once said al
public meeting that Lord Dudley would
have made a model Bishop.
Lord Dudley owes much Of his success
to his wife. Lady Dudley is beautiful
woman, but not half so beautiful as she is
clever, and not half so clever as she is kind
She is the youngest daughter of Charles
Quincy, the great Quaker banker. After
his death she was adopted by the Duke and
Duchess Of Bedford. The philanthropic
Duchess taught her to love and help the
sick, the destitute and The miserable She
| made her ward a warm-hearted benevolent
woman like herself.
landlords in London, and owns great deal
OF stun property. His marriage was one OF
the romances of the peerage. When he was
thirty, Lord Herbrand Russell as he the,
was, served in India AZ a Major in the army
and an aide de camp to Lord Duffern, the
Viceroy. The heir 10 one OF the greatest
titles and largest fortunes in England, he
was naturally mark for dozens Of match
making mothers. But he fell in love with
clergyman's daughter in Lahore and
married her
The Duchess took the responsibilities OF
her rank seriously.
at is not right" she told her friends.
that we should draw large revenues from
| the poor, and never trouble ourselves about
| how they live and how they get the money
| which they pay U.S." So she set the fashion
! in looking after the welfare Of the poor In
| the East End Of London, and many women
! Of title followed her example.
| Before her marriage Miss Quincy always
| accompanied the Duchess on these visits
| to the homes Of the poor. She has beau
tiful voice, and is probably the best singer,
among British peereeses. Often she would
while the Duchess inquired into their ma
terial needs.
Since her marriage, Lady Dudley has
spent great deal OF time and money help
ing children's hospitals and orphanages
She is devoted mother to her own three
Young children, but her mother love Is
great enough to overflow for the benefit Of
any child who is SICK lame. blind or poor.
The greater part Of her pin money Is spent
| buying toys. books and flowers Tor chill
! dren hospitals.
| The Duke and Duchess of Bedford are
Lord and Lady Dudley's closest friends.
Those who are in a position to know say
that they have done much to encourage
and inspire the new and better Irish policy
which bids fair TO place the name OF Dudley
on the roll OF Britain's great statesmen.