New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-01

any rights capable OF being enforced either TO
the colquhoun 70 the Grant estates in Scotland
both OF which are very large.
HIGHLAND SUPERSTITION.
The prize!pal seat OF tbs chief OF ColQuhoun and
Laird of Luss is Rossdhu. at fuss s5uilt sg air
John Colquhoun Lord High Chamberlain Of Scot
land under James and ambassador TO the court
Of Queen Elizabeth during the reign of Mary queen
OF Scots II looks out on TO Loeb Lomond' stanolhg
on prOmOntory. fanked by glorious woods on
either hand and facing Ben Lomond. Another pos
session OF the family IS Arrochar House. and
third Ardencaple Castle. near Gareloch, which be-
longed TO the Duke Of LennoX, who was grand
father and guardian of James VI of Scotland and
James I of England and father of the Ill fated
Lord Darnley. who married Mary Queen of Scots
Ardencaple Castle is now rented on long lease to
the great ironmaster. Sir James Graham. of Glas-
gov. 1t has ancestral associations for the Col
quhoUns, and merely purchased by the father
OF the late Sir James for the purpose Of completing
the ring OF his wide estates. He purchased 1t
from the third wife and widow Of the seventh Duke
OF ArgyIl, without the knowledge of her stepson
the late Duke OF Argyll or of her step-grandson
Lord Archibald Campbell (now heir to the dukedOm
OF Argyle). to whom she promised to bequeath
H. They were both OF them much distressed by
her action in the matter being deeply attached 10
the place. especially the late Duke, who was born
there while his mother and elder brother died
there
The late Duke George of Argyll used to tell a
brother John there at the age Of sixteen He re-
lated that he had been walking in the grounds
when summoned to his brothers bedside. and that
then. and not until then. did he realize how dan
gerousy ill John was. AS he walked to the window
to hide HIS emotion he noticed on the Dough of
great beech which spread its branches close to
the castle turrets white pigeon sitting motionless
Never before had he seen pigeon in that tree.
british pigeons. descended as they are from the
Dlue rock dove. rarely perch on trees. The bird
NAMED in that position throughout the fol-
lowing night, during which John Campbell passed
away. and until the lads funeral took its way
from Ardencaple across the waters of the Perth
to Kilmun which has been the burial place of the
Argylls for centuries. When George returned to
the castle after helping to lay his elder brother in
the tomb. the bird had disappeared and never from
that day until this have pigeons been seen to perch
upon those trees. The late Duke in spite of bis
extraordinary scientific attainments-he was one Of
Ile most learned men of his day-.was imbued with
many Of the old Highland superstitions and to the
day OF his death retained the impression created
by the presence of that white pigeon Just outside
the window Of the room where his brother lay
dying.
no COURT OFFICE FOR THE DUCHESS.
There is not word Of truth in the story cabled
10 this country the other day, and published all
over the United States according 20 which the
young Duchess Of Manchester. daughter of Eugene
Zimmerman. Of Cincinnati, had been appointed
lady In waiting 10 the Queen. The very fact OF
the Duchess being American debars her from
membership OF the Queens household The Queens
ladies in waiting obliged 10 be the daughters
Of peers, and OF British birth and parentage the
law to this effect having been devised in olden
times 10 prevent the foreign consorts OF English
sovereigns from surrounding themselves with alien
attendants. II this account that Queen
Alexandra. on the accession of her husband TO the
throne. was compelled TO dispense with the ser
vices of the Danish-born widowed Duchess dOtran-
te who had been one OF her ladies in waiting ever
faf-, @1,o
her marriage, thiTty-seven years previously. may
add that Miss Charlotte Knollys was only able
10 remain by the side of that royal mistress whom
she had served faithfully and devotedly by the
King granting her. through patent. status and pre-
cedence as a peers daughter.
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.