The Saint Paul globe., 1903-08-29

| Although Lady Blake is now in Hong
kong with Sir Henry. who is governor
of that island, 1t is not likely that she
! has forgotten her experience in West
Indian cave.
| When Sir Henry was governor of
Jamaica, few years ago, Lady Blake
| was as much in love with the scenic
| beauty of the island as her husband
| was with it's politics. She spent most
| Of her time in the jungle, exploring
with her party the wonderful caverns
with which the colony is quantity en-
riched.
| One afternoon her dauntless ladyship
was lowered down a sink hole" in the
| recesses of cave near st. AIMS bay.
! When, after wild signaling, she was
hauled up her womanship was much
perturbed At the bottom Of the "sink
| hole" Lady Blake had discovered nu-
merous skeletons, all with their heads
| battered In.
I When her ladyship recovered her
nerves sufficiently to make investiga-
| tiens she unearthed the story of the
| skeletons
| Early in the eighteenth century, 1T
| appeared, Scotsman named Lewis
| Hutchison lived with an only sister on
! the estate of young lord near Ed1n-
| burgh. The sister was the only relative
| Hutchinson possessed, and, apart from
| her great beauty, he loved her as a man
| loves his all in life.
| The young lord referred to became
enamored of this beautiful girl, and In
time she became the victim OF fool
ish and disastrous infatuation on her
own part Then love died. as the
young woman did shortly afterward OF
shame and broken heart.
Lewis Hutchison, the brother, then
swore an oath of vengeance against al
men and particularly against the young
and thoughtless lord. One night the
two men met on lonely road on the
outskirts of Edinburgh. There was ar
/ alteration, followed by a sword thrust
and Hutchison fed the country. leaving
his first victims body In ditch.
In these days the Island Of Jamaica
West Indies, was the dumping groune
for every scapegrace son and neer-do-
weel disowned by indignant parents
The home of former pirates was also
harbor of refuge for criminals from
the other sidewalks of life.
Hutchison escaped to Jamaica, where
he bought a tract of land near Pedro
st. Ann. There he built residence
which in the bitterness of his heart ne
named Edinburgh castle.
The house had coming tower with
/ little windows and was built on the
| the country for miles around. Here
the murderer lived with number OF
brutal negroes, all of whom We're en-
slaved to their masters criminal vows
i Hutchinson never worked, never reao
/ hooks and seldom ate OF slept, it is
said. He spent his days in the con-
ming tower, with a powerful telescope
scanning the orange and plmento
groves that stretched away in the vista
| of a man-cursed paradise. When q
traveller hove IN sight this mysterious
man dis patched negro slave on horse
back. with a pressing invitation to the
stranger to come and dine at Ed1n-
burgh castle-why, spend few days
or so.
There was nothing suspicious about
this invitation. Even to this day ia
mafca is famous for its hospitality
Not even an utter stranger need fee
any hesitation today about accepting
such an invitation as Hutchison urged
if pressed by modern Jamaican
| planter.
But in Hutehison's case hesitation
and refusal meant great deal to the
invited guest. It was parallel with the
old nursery rhyme:
.Will you walk into my parIor?'
| Said the spider to the fly.
| When the fly accepted the spider die
the rest. For the rest" Hutchison's
memory Is justly notorious today.
| The murderers guests were at ffrs'
charmed by their hosts irreproachablt
courtesy. His wines were of the finest
Equality and he was generous with them
although he personally did not imbibe
over feely. His slaves came to thu