New-York tribune., 1909-01-03

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to appreciate the truth Of her arg-nT,aae arg-saae ~
Trained from putting his prisoner to dsa.cc al
An attempt 10 bribe the Scottish n,
one of the gates resulted in the can't
EnSlishmen whom he admitted and ..
the keep. Salisbury himself escanad ~ ~
cause the Scots had mistaken one Of ~
for him and had let down the portcuu,,
he could enter SO the siege went On. =
months. until Agnes and her men sau
supply of foCd was Iessening danga-or-,
in time there came to the rescua th.
Sir Alexander Ramsay. With a srnar
soldiers he made his way at night -
castle by the sea gate; and next mo-,
sailed forth with the whole oa--s-s
treated the much surprised English -
tary beating And so ended the sjega -,
bar. and the dark browed lady Of the
fades out Of history.
One of the most interesting chauterv
volume relates to Jane Countess Of s,,.,-
the grave. sweet and Intelligent ,i-T
first husband, Boutwell,. had disca--a5
order that he might marry Queen ~.
went to live with her brother To-5
and presently fell in love with and -
wife of a man who beside Botbwa11
Hyperion To a satyr. Alexander ~
Earl of Sunderland. was a thoroupbr,- .
and truly delightful person. Their Hfs -
was exceedingly happy. and in everr
Jane proved herself as wise as she Was -
contemporary portrait Of her in her L.
shows a woman large eyed and fun b-o---'
with an expression Of MINGLED hint.
firmness. 1t is a face that ruSt r. +
beautiful in youth when Eothweu b-,l.
with her and the caIricious. lnbar1- r
who took her place dc.gued 10 be i-aro-,- :
forIorn young wife
Another Jane who became lane co-s
marriage. and who was a rare basr.-
born in Edinburgh a hundred and txe,.-.
after the death Of the first Jane. Ts,
that Duchess OF Gordon who IS the r,.-
Jenny Maxwell was accustomed tn rts.
dering pigs in hoyden fashion ii the sim.
the ancient capital. She was q Wild lin.
ure as Well as a lovely one. anu a briITf,,.
too. How lovely she was R5mney sbor--
the portrait here REPRODUCED and II 5,,
said of her that she was the cIeveres- 7..-
of her day Sir William Maxwers d.
was only eighteen when she married tbs
the beautiful wife found most Ok her ham.
as the years went on in the conpartors. +
her children, in marrying off her daughts-v
above all. in playing politics as the u-
of Pitt She acquired what. for a wona-
an astonishing amount ol political y-
Wherever she went she qIeenet il in 5s.
and Wit and inIerious charm. Says NJ H.
ham:
The secret Of the duchess-s great success l7
g m-ch IN her VII and beau y-.-sle is b5ss-l
indeed. wrote Ms Beiary, -yery natur-
good huTlO- u. UGt Aer very broad Scotch 49,
does not seem 10 belong 70 the very great ds
Of her appearance IN her q termination n :
Cred at all hazaris- ANY contest 1 shall rs
FarquharSOn. II intimate friend and aiyzzI
the Gordon family; and from this sentence one
gain the key 70 her whole character She wss
ttTIHlned, ndSterfuI, uIdaunJeG- i nave bez
QUainted with David Hume ami William Pitt
used 70 say. and therefore I am not afraid % 8
verse with anybody and converse she did f.
ami ffuently. though rlot alW.-s in a a,g
that was understood by her listeners. 'Ray 2
spaul o that bubbiy lock " she gnce observe
dinner To a fIStered Eu-,j=iT.au who was :
ing turkey and 1t the same t--.a bo@stlg s.
y hat prematureiy Of his intimate knowledge o.
Scottish VerlacElaT-
wonder TO her friends Horace " alpole g7E
one Of his letters q teSCript. .t .rr daily lie
relates how she first went o. i.F-t-.'s music
Abbey she then cllrrF,e-e,i .-a- The belchas
went to IIIsti-ES'S t-i4I I'm the l.f. after Gi1-y
the play. then TO Lady L.-ca0S assembly, e
that to RaneIaCh. and retC--.=-- Cd Ars Hot,
faro table. gave a ball herself IN the eve1--
that morning into which sEH must have e
good way, and set out for scotland the next t
Hercules himself as Wd--".a -"-1-.-kS. CeI-
in the same time have acEievai Q quarter Of,
labOrS-
Another Scotch duchess 70 whom Mr G.
ham devotcs many rea6a-la pages was
Anne Scott. Countess Of Eu-rI.-ch, who II
twelfth year became the vile Of the Duss
Monmouth. She was the Ct rtest hei-ss
Scotland. and was, as John Evelyn tells
one of the wisest and craft.asr Il her sex
marriage Of the exceptionally clever girl t
remarkably handsome but mentally urtra
son Of Charles II was brought about By her
bilious brother The dissoL-ts young h1s-
went his own way. his tu hess went hez