New-York tribune., 1906-06-04
THE GALLEY OF L0RNE."
flag Of the CampbeHS Flies Once
More at InCer0'y Castle.

-s.,,v 20 the satisfaction Of all good Scotchmen
-. sse,or!e flag Of the House Of Campbell. known
= An tho North The Galley of Lorne" once
- eurters in the breeze the tower OF Inver-
= castle showing that the strangers have de-
-tss from tho ancestral abode Of the Duke Of
-, ana that the Campbells have come TO their
- ars n True il is not the Duke OF Argyll him
- 40 IS in residence there. but his younger
s,,,e- Lord George Campbell who has taken over
=. s,.ss ot Ihe place from Mr.. Cresswell. its re-
=, terorlt. for the remainder Of the four years
-, H h7s 70 run. AIr Cressweu was only too
,,.5-s % set rd of the place For there is an old
-rs-,tft.or ia Scotland. and especially in the
r,-.tr e Arcrll 10 the effect that the occupancy
= Tnrorar- Castle brings misfortune to any one
a., .s rot q Campbell Certainly the experience
- .he fe.aots of the place since the present duke
decided 60 let IL. after the death OF his father
,o5a sseu lend color TO the story For during
~ six yea~s that have elapsed since then several
,sscss havc succeeded one another. two OF them
5ri1g rather suddenly, while third was over
,.grr b,- financial disaster. No wonder. therefore
- 81 C-ceswen has been glad 10 give up the
Il the duke Gec:6ed 10 let ii. on the death Of his
,-thsr 81 because the latter left every vestige
!, money that he could away from his eldest son
for the benefit of his third wife whom he had
married a few years before his death against the
wishes of his family Then. too. there were the
enormously heavy succession duties the entailed
,-aperty. and besides this. the present duchess
uho is 2 SISTER OF King Edward, has always dis
lske6 tie castle which IS a terribly sornbre though
stately pile When the duke and duchess 60 TO
scotland they make their home AT Roseneath
House. which commands most superb views of
Tsrhartouse scenery. and II is unlikely that they
viii ever occupy the castle.
Irverarv Castle as il now stands is one of the
works a The famous architect Adam. who BEGAN
q in the year l7A fc- the third Duke OF Argyll
The hanks Of the River Array have. however been
.hs horne of the chiefs of the great clan OF Camp
BEL for more than five hundred years. and the
ruins Of The old baronial hall. built by the first
Tsrl ~ argyll are sim 10 he seen close 10 the
present castle The latter * constructed of sort
cf slate coored stone in the castested style with
rolrd towers AZ TIE angles. and is surmounted by
great square tower IA the centre. The great hsll
of the castle which is beneath this central tower
IS filed with ancient armor and weapons, includ-
irs one hundred muskets which were used in l7i5
rs the Camphells when Prince Charlie as Pre-
tender. had all Scotland IN in arms. One side Of
the casrle slopes down toward Loeb Fyne. one OF
the most famous and beautiful Of the Iochs OF the
Western Highlands
SING BY BURNS AND WALTER SCOTT.
The history Of the Campbens IS the history OF
Scotland. 10 family has borne a larger share in the
trials snd triunphs of that northern kingdom than
the elan q which MacCallum More Is the chief. II
IS owing 10 this that the name Of Inverary figures
50 frequently alike in Scottish history and Scottish
literature, and it viii be familiar to every reader
of The novels Of Walter Scott Burns, too, has been
eloquent about the castle in his poems though in
e. urfriendly strain For, failing 10 receive hos
ritaltv On the part Of the duke Of his days. when
he visited the castle, he revenged himself by the
following well known lines:
v-hoeer re be that soiourns here.
Unless he wait upon
The lord their Eod, his grace.
There's uHthinE here Highland pride,
And Highland csuld and hunger;
u Providence haE sent me here,
IVA elV IN r