The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-24

their love had its proverbially rough way, owing to the wild conditions of civ ilization at that time and also to the unsettled state of social life. Finally, however, the young people were mar ried But a blow was struck at the heart of the young woman, for her hus- band was forced into exile, and in for eign land he died, in 1269. His heart, though, was embalmed and sent back to Scotland and to Derorqilla, who for many years ever kept it near her person. She lived to ba 80 years old. Her last re- quest was that when she should die they would lay that silent and daily com panion in life upon my bosom when I am buried" She was buried in an abbey which she had founded In memory of her love for Baliol and in recollection of the heart of her lover-husband in the same tomb with her, the peasants for hundreds of years called the place of her burial "rhe Abbey of Sweetheart"
 Who does not know the story of the heart of Bruce? Robert Bruce. king of Scotland, died in Cardross. He had long wanted to be with the Crusaders in the
  land prevented. On his deathbed, how ever, he directed that Sir James Douglass take his heart to Jerusalem and lay 1t in the Holy Sepulchre. Upon the death of Bruce his heart was removed from his body, encased In silver casket and sus- pended by a chain from the neck of Sir James Douglass, who with his knights and soldiers left Scotland for the east. When passing through Spain Sir James found Alphonso at war with Osman, the Moorish king of Granada. Douglass plunged into battle at Andalusia, which proved to be severe in the extreme and disastrous to the Spanish arms. At one time Douglass was hard pressed by the Moorish forces, and thinking that the heart within the casket which swung from his neck might be talismanic, he snatched 1t from his breast and hurled it among the Moors, crying aloud as he did so, 'TIeart of Bruce pass on as ye were wont to do as of old, and I will follow thee or die." In his heroic attempt te follow the heart of his sacred trust, Sir James was slain. Bruee's heart, however was afterwards rescued and taken back to Scotland. It was finally deposited in old Melrose Abbey. This old Abbey, made sacred by the heart of Robert the Bruce" was destroyed by fire by Richard II. of England, and the heart of the pa- triot king lost, so far as have been able to learn by searching among the chron- icles. Bruces body was inferred at Dumfermline and the skeleton was dis covered in 1s1S The breast bone was found to have been sawed away in order that the heart might be easily removed.
 I pass over the strange history of the heart of Montrose; nor have I space to tell of the finding of the heart of Lord Kinloss in the ruins of the old Culross church. Kinloss was killed in a duel, ful account of which appeared in The Guardian. a magazine that succeeded The Spectator published in 1713 If the reader is as fortunate as I am he has a copy of The Guardian, and if he will look on page 196 of the Edinburgh edi- tion which have he will find full ac, count of the duel written by Sackville, whose hand held the weapon that killed Kenloss.
 Napoleon died at St. Helena in May. 1921 His heart was removed from hls body and was to be enclosed in a metallic