Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-07

fathers name appears as Berkeley and
not as Seymour, as asserted by Nine de
Genlis.
In contradiction to this contract. how
ever. the marriage is thus recorded in
the Masonic Magazine for January. 1893:
The Hon Lord Edward F1tz Gerald.
! Knight of the Shire for County Kildare,
to Nine Pamela Caper. daughter of his
ROYAL Highness the ci-devant Duke of
Orleans. while Moore, in his Life of
Lord Edward Fitz Gerald. declares that
Pamela was the adopted or. as it may
he sad without scruple. the actual
daughter or Nine. de Genlis by the Duo
d Orleans.
PameIa's life with her handsome hus-
band in the modest home in Ireland To
which he now took Der was for five
wears one Of idylIic happiness. Life
seems to me-" she wrote to Nine. de
CENTS. more like a beautiful dream
than reality. We are SO happy that l
sometimes ask myself fearfully. will it.
can ii last? >" In his letters to his mother.
the duchess. Lord Edward draws some
I charming pictures of their beautiful and
simple life. Dearest mother" he writes
a few months after The wedding day. Il
have been very idle. and so has my dear
little wife The truth IS the sitting up
late has made late in the morn
ing. and we get on so a2reeably and
chatter much in the morning that the
day is over before We know where we
From one home 20 another in Ireland
The devoted Young coupe drifted, each in
turn proving q little Paradise. Lord
Edward describes their home IN kildare.
1T don: describe WE'LL he writes. one
must see it and feel il. 1t has. however,
all the little things that make beauty to
me. My dear wife dotes on it and be-
comes il.
But these halcyon days were coming to
an end. Such happiness as this proved.
as Pamela feared. too great to last. Lord
Edward who was little less devoted to
his country than to his wife was led
! from the peace of his home life into the
| troubled arena of politics. He became
one of the ruling spirits of the Society of
United Irishmen. and was deputed to
cross the channel to arrange for French
invasion of Ireland. The scheme was be-
trayed, and one March day In 119S the
| leaders of the revolutionary party were
arrested. Lord Edward contrived to es-
cape and found a hiding place. where for
some zine he remained in concealment
though reward of e1.OOO was offered
for his capture
Meanwhile Pamela had removed 10 oh
scure lodgings in a street at the back OF
Merrlon square, where she remained in
fear and treWbline. expecting every hour
to hear of the arrest of her beloved hus
band often under the cover of the dark
/ ness Lord Edward would steal from his
hiding place 10 spend few blssful. if
fearful. hours with his wife and their
child.
Driven to Bay.
But the day of tragedy could not be de-
layed forever. Stanchiy loyal as his
friends were. the secret of his place OF
concealment was at last discovered. and
one night after he had returned from one
of his visits to his wife the house in
which he was concealed was surrounded
/ by soldiers and the door of his room was
burst open on are Lord Edward FitZ
Gerald, said the commanding officer. Il
| have warrant for your arrest and call
upon you To surrender
Thus driven to bay. the unhappy man
resolved rather to die than surrender
seized his dagger and flung himself On
ms Would-be captorS. He fought des-
peratelN. madly: but the forces arraye.l
against him We're too strong He was
oEerw helmed. flung down and oIeediu,
from half dozen wounds. was secured
| But he had sold his freedom dearly. for
SeNefai OF MS asSallants were disabled
and one. the leader of the party Law
| dying in corner of the room He WAS
taken To the castle and thence 10 New
gate. where. when asked by he lord
! lieutenant if he wished to send any
message to his wife. he answered.
| Nothing but-oh, break this
| to her tendery."
! On hearing the terrible news Pamela
was distracted. She would gladly have
| laid down her life for her gallant hus-
| band. but she could do nothing. She
| sold all her small personal poSsessions
even her bridal presents and with the
| proceeds tried to bride his gaolers but
all TO no purpose. She begged to be al
| lowed to share his captivity but mo-,
| request was refused.
Again Married
And then the browning blow fell when
she was ordered to leave Ireland i'm
| mediately-to tear herself from her
child and never to look again on her
| husband. who. she heard. was dying OF
| his wounds A few days after her de-
| parture Lord Edward drew his last
/ breath and she was left desolate Be
fore his death he had made his will.
| leaving all he possessed Ito my wife.
Lady Pamela FitZ Gerald, as a mark If
esteem, love and confidence in her.: but
! IN the following month a bill of at
| talnder deprived her of this. her only
| means of support.
| For a time the disconsolate widow
was the guest of the Duke of Richmond
| at Goodwood. where surrounded by
| Kindness and sympathy. she gradually
regained health and something at least
| of her old brightness; and in 1899 she
made her home in Hamburg, where she
round comfort in the companionship OF
an old playfellow. Nine. de Genlis'
niece. who had married wealthy
| banker in that city Here in later
years, she made the acqua intance of n
| gentleman named Pitcairn to whose
| persistent suit she yielded urged NJ
| doubt. more by her lonely and desti-
| tute condition than by affection for him
! But the union proved unhappy and in
1920 we find her living in obscurity and
poverty at Toulouse
| Eleven years later the end came to her
romantic and tragic life in Paris. The at
| tainder on her husband had been re-
moved. and the last few years of her life
were spent in material comfort Nine
| Ducrest. niece of Nine de Genlis. who
attended Pamela during the closing days
/ OF her lie, draws pathe ic picture of her
changed appearance and of the courage
with which she faced the end.
Pamela's End.
| Not many days before her last illness
and death. she writes, Lady Edward
FitZ Gerald was still admired and sought
after: brilliant in society, spirituelle and
remarkable for liveiness of fancy and
playfulness of imagination. Here
we had before us, at one moment Lady
| FftZ Gerald, full of talents and endearing
qualities, beautiful as an angel. and soon
after she lay before our eyes a corpse
Her name will ever be gratefully
remembered in the cottages of the moor
| In the vicinity of her place Of residence >
| Thus. at the age of tifty-seven. thirty
three years after the tragedy which cloud
ed her life at It's brightest died Pamela
retaining to the last, in spite of all her
troubles, the graces and fascination which
! had made her the idol of all who knew
/ her. What her true parentage was re-
mains still inscrutable as when she
romped, a sunny, golden-haired child in