The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-13

Capt. Elers, for his part, had returned
from India q poorer man than he had been
when he lief, England. II Is characteristics
of the morals and Gust oms of ho time that
he forthwith proposed to himself and ia
his friends the rctricval of his fortunes bv
marriage with an heiress Soon after hi.
arrival in London he was in, reduced to a
very young and delicate looking girl, the
only daughter of IA Mr.. and Mrs. Cardner
of Grosvenor street. The father was a
vulgar little man Of low origin. who had
run away with his wife the daughter Of
rich lawyer. One of Capt Elnrs's friends.
a maiden lady, Miss Hutchinson by name.
repeatedly said to him: There is a fns
fortune now for you! How sho,.. YOU
like to have Miss Gardner" He renlied,
"1'll tell you what, Miss Hut crimson, | like
Miss Gardeners prospects very much and
perhaps might if knew the young ladv
better, like her for herself. but am in
England for a short time only and cannot
AFFORD to throw away time 80 precious 10
me in dangling after young lady that |
have no chance of getting without as.
sistance. Now it is in your power to put
me in the way of putting Miss Gardner in
chaise and four, and will marry her at al
| risks. If you will promise to give me yonr
assistance l will give you draft upon
| my banker this moment for a Thousand
pounds" This seemed to Capt. Elers a
perfectly legit innate transact ion. He goes
on to explain, however that poor Miss II.
| was one of your conscient ious, prudent
ladies' no dash, no resolution. She thought
there was no harm in making my mouth
water by asking me how | should like a
young lady with f3OO,OOO. 1t was some
| thing like asking little boy How should
you like. my dear, to have nice little pony?
Very much. mamma All! but my dear
| am afraid to trust you. you must wait
until you are big boy This tantalizng
| think very cruel So Miss Hutchinson
| acted toward me. oh, she would not do
such thing for the world! Such breach
of trust" &c. Poor Miss Gardner was 50
watched by her parents that she never
| slept out of their room, and was scarcely
ever out of their sight A pretty chance
had l. therefore, without the assistance OF
Miss Gardeners friend the old maid
Others were less scrupulous than Miss
Hutchinson. She had, it seems, a sister
married to a DR.. Curling, who had leased
his villa at Westbourne Green to Lord
Charley, the infamous son of the Earl Of
Leicester, who in 1907 succeeded to the
marquisate of Townshend. On the occa-
sion of one Of the drawing rooms, DR..
Curling who had lodging in St. Jarnes's
street, invited his lordship TO come and
partake of breakfast at which there was
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Court and he gave him a hint that Miss
Gardner, an heiress, would be there. Lord
Charley was somewhat in debt, and took
the hint directly. He was introduced in
form, proposed soon afterward, was ac-
| cepted, and few weeks later he married
Miss Gardner. Capt. Elers's comment on
the incident runs as follows 1T was not
| right of DR.. Curling ever to have intro
duced Lord Charley to Miss Gardner His
lordshp's character was notorious to the
whole world, with the exception OF the
obscure Mr. Gardner, who, l think, had
! he known what all the world knew, never
| would have given his consent.
Our author proceeds to relate that Lady
Charley, about nine months after her
marriage, in fit OF anguish and despair
drove to her fathers house, threw herself at
his feet, and claimed his protection. On went
Mr.. Gardner to Bow Street, and a warrant
was granted against Lord c., who fled the
| country. Lady Charley, for her part,
| lived with her father about six weeks, see
| ing no one but one John Margetts, brewer,
| who had formerly been an unsuccessful
suitor for her hand One night she ran
| away with him, and they lived together
ever afterward Out OF this AFFAIR arose
memorable case in the annals of the English
peerage Inasnuch as the marriage with
| Lord Charley had not been dissolved.
the elder son of the irregular union OF
Lady Charley and John Margetts claimed
the title of Earl OF Leicester, and as such
! sat in the House Of Commons from lssl
| to ls43. In the last named year. however,
he was declared illegitimate by act OF
| Parliament
1t is we'll known that duelling was rife
| in London society during the first quarter
! of the nineteenth century. One OF our
authors friends, Col. Aston, well known
for his intimate relations with the Prince
of Wales, was engaged in great many
ducls and people naturally inferred that
he was quarrelsome. Capt. Elers AYERS
that this was not the case. but that he was
very fond of quizzing odd-c oking people,
and, having the advantage of birth for
tune, youth and figure, he thought, per-
haps, that people not having these ad-
vantages were fair game. Hence the
scrape he got into with an lrishman one
night at Ranelagh. Aston was walking
in the rotunda with some men OF fashion
when they met Fitzgerald. who, by his
accent and queer. questionable appear
ance. caught the eye of Aston. and every
time he met Fitzgerald he took of hts hat
and bowed low to him. inqulring how ne
left all his friends in Ireland, The IRISH
man stared and declared upon his con-
science he had never sat eyes upon the
gentleman in his life. His companions
cleared away the mist by informing MN
that il was the famous Hervey Aston who
WAS uuzzng him This cnraged the
Irishn,an, and he began to he saucy and
showed fight. whereupon Aston gave him
most dreadful beating, after which he
held him up toward the light and said he
would do The Irishnan. OF course.
called him out and shot Aston through
both cheeks. carrying away one ~ his
double teeth. the Irishman facetiously
observing that Now he would do
narrow escape this for Aston
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