New-York tribune., 1908-03-16

came his repugnance He insisted upon marry
| ing her The ceremony was performed "heh
she was presented at court queen Shario''e
showed herself particularly affectienate, ana eh-
pressed her satisfaction at receiving so bright an
example of constaucy. adding IF anybody In me
world deserves TO be happy you do
Perhaps It would have been better II they hah
never married. Gradually Wellesley and his wife
drifted apart. Perhaps the fact that MS WIG
shrank from him because she dreaded with ter
rible self-consciousness to see her husoaho snuo
der at her spoiIt beauty contributed thereto. MOI
until she lay her deathbed, years ana years
afterward, did the reconciliation come AND lneh
he was constant in his attendance at her bedsloe
unwearyng in his devotion to her wants oheheis
! he sat there, holding the wasting mana anu re-
gardtng the fading features of his wife. AND "ieh
she finally breathed her last this man. required
absolutely insensible to every emotion gave way
to violent grief in which there was probably too
element of rernorse. And notwithstanding tle
honors with which he had been overwhelmed 'ne
fame which he had acquired, and the certainty oi
eternal place in history he exclaimed IN MS oil
terness that there was nothing left in the world
worth living for.
LORD DUDLEY AND ''FIDDLER' FOLEY.
Lord Dudey's pronouncement the other day III
condemnation of the Unionst policy with regard 10
Ireland which has created so great sehsaIoh
and has led to a discussion of move In favor
of his being requested on account of his alleged
/ treason to retire from the Carlton ana those
:
Unionist stronghods. will surprise no one VINO mas
reading these articles for the last few years
For throughout the latter portion OF ms term OF
Office viceroy OF Ireland. during the Bafour
administration. ] repeatedly drew attention TO the
fact that he had become convert to the poncy
of devoIution was in thorough sympathy with Sir
Antony MacDonnell hopelessly at variance
with the Secretary Ireland and with the Union
list cabinet and like Sir Antony, remained In ONCE
only at the personal request of the King.
ord MI. fS h--, rS a
tenant to have been converted by experience OF
vice-regaI office at Dublin Castle to Nationalist
views, a notable instance being Lord Spencer,
while there is every reason TO believe that Lord
Cadogan has been good deal shaken in his belief
in the wisdom the Unionist policy. In fact, a
feature of the present situation is the large num-
Der OF Irish country gentlemen who are gong over
to the Nationaiists. Lord Dudley's prououncement
has served to emphasize and strengthen the i'm
preston created by him when Viceroy to the
effect that he Is of more than ordinary
character. convictions and principles and that he
is destined vet TO play important political role
in the history of his country Meanwhile he Is
living with his handsome wife and his tribe ot
children. including the recently born twins. at
Whitley Court. his beautiful place in Worcestershire
TO which he and his family returned shortly before
Christmas. after its having remained closed for
many years. It formerly belonged to she Lords
Foley who were compelled by straitened crcum
stances to sell it TO the late LORD Dudley for close
upon 100000.
The sale of Whitley Court gave Lord Foley clear
income SlG0.9 .9o0 Of debt whereas until then,
although possessed of property worth $4,000 a
year, it SO heavily iGcumbered by charges Of
one kind and another that he. his wife and his
children we're times literally without crust OF
bread, though owning palaces. The present Lord
Foley has little no land left. The Foley family
founded by Richard Foley, wel-to-do
irOnnaster of StouTbridge. who in the days OF
Cromwell acquired a large fortune through the
discovery Of the Continental method of treating
and producing steel. He did this al the risk
OF his life. Being admirable vlolinist, he be
came for the time being wandering minstrel and
tramped, ragged and barefoot, from town to town,
through Belgium. Germany, Bohemia and Spain.
endeavoring find out all the secrets Of the manu-
factuTe of iron. At time he thought he had
accomplished his object and returned home, only
10 find out that something missing. So he
went abroad again with his fiddle the tramp
and eventually attained his object, much to the
dismay the foreign ronmasters and their guilds.
In fact after his final return England several
attempts were made by their emissaries nurd
him and wreck his works. they realized that
his acquisition their jealously guarded secrets
was destined only cost them the English.
Scotch and Irish trade but also to bring into the
field very serious rival in the Continental mar
kets. It a younger OF this famous Fiddler
Foley as he was called. who acquired Whitley
places in England the Lord Dudley and the
enormous purchase price paid TO Lord Foley in
improving and adding it.
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.