The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-17

- HE curse of Glencoe" so familiar
TO every reader of Scottish ms
tory and scottish romance. VIII
be recalled yividly to mind by
the announcement that the Earl OF
| Stair has consented at the last mo
.nent to take the place of Lord sin
| naird as High Commissioners 10 the
| Scottish Assembly at Edinbursh, I'm.
to hold ylceregal court this month az
the Palace OF IIolyrood, In his stead.
Lord Kinuaird was prevented from un-
| dertaking the duties by the iilheas
of Lady Kinnaird. and as the admils-
listrstion could not and a linerai peer
of sufficient wealth and Scottish ANNA
| lions to accept the post, 1t was much
relieved when Lord stair. althousn .
Unionist. offered to help it out OF the
difficulty.
vcrv extensive eatates in Scotland. who
formerly commanded the Royal Horse
Guards and now entitled 10 MedL
the picturesque uniform OK oflsauteL
of the Kings Royal Scotch
believe. descended from the So-caileu
"Glencoe, Earl of Stair, but troy inc
EATERS ounge brother. me aicheos
carl was thus described on auIO ~
Of his having been the princlnai IN
stieator of the massacre oil dlehe9e,
and in his case. as In that OF an ny ~
nnrnetrators and i~nstiSators OF thc
deed of blood in question: inc NJ
their wives ever be chlldless, was lui,
filled. King william ILL., VINO sisnso
4 the decree for the massacre dled my
less. and the name n ann ~
Campbell OF Cilenlyon. commander OF
the band which perpetrated the me-
sacre, became utterly extinct soon a..
ter his own death. No less IMAM BIZ
out of seven successive Earis Q death
died without Issue, and on the death
of the seventh earl. in ls4o. the pos
terity of the Glencoe earl was entre-
Nv distinguished, and the honors ana
estates passed to the desceh hraibsr y
Th Glencoe earl's eldest sister. me
Hon Janet Dalryrnp!e. was the heroiHs
of Sir Waiter SCOTS opuiar hosei
"The Bride Of Lammerfnoor. ni a III.
nhinstone's letter. printed In the Ealn-
bmrsh Evenin Post, and dated Sep,
: TENDER II, 1929, apropos OF me 'iJ u
, recent publication OK the n.y., he,
u,,n,hep y%iscountess Stair, to relinquis,f
/. Lord Rutherford. to whom she mao SOL;
emnly plighted herr roth, n 70 w. w.
instead, against her s, wi1 TS,aYid punbar
If Raldoon. 1t is on this account INA.
~ heroine OF the story had al%as'
s hheen known in the family annals OF "a
house of Dalrymple, not as Wy 5 = -
~ Tanmermoor," but as tine briue y
; Balloon" ao,,res tha
tha result OF this marriage was Mealhs
> r. not exactly, as related py or VIA e.,
n niSht a frightful turmoil and scream
n heard to proceed from tne 49,
nber and when the door |as =,
omen the bridegroom VAS I'D = stab
~ hoor. weltering in his ploou' sia Nc
NY IN q dozen different places, VIM
n tI,a hride had become a ravlns ta
e which condition continued u nr,rards
d death, less than = Mapn,n ayIrsuall.
me nrl nn absolutely refused to CIV
lsSo' a~xnIanation of the TRAGEDY, aip
n Vas killed by q fall IRON n pa,ane q
,yithin the precincts OF lne a", Year
Holyrood, at ,,n nattt 70 some Of the storie
IS ta,. ren at the time. Dunbar WaS ssa !
l. S y Nv his bride, while accof4ins q q
IS others-and 1t Is notemoi ersa Grand
IS Robert 5sasaw IF a%lp 9he .Brido Of Baldoon.n in n
g nephew i opinion in his l%etter-.ti,
cIineS : were inflicted by Lord Iusne,
% ford. who, with the connlVu secrete hin,
servant, had mani manas Chamber, and VII
IN hnd hurled himself on Bamdo1 ,n,e roon
nau ever the latter entered NE al.
Certain It is that LORD ~ i%tmmedlately al
appeareat and is generally. believed !
m terwatnS, an service in the. itussla
It. nr,ny and to have been kil.eu lay @Ni
ST lighting under the MiusJiGdoe If Baldoo,
~, The mother OIL ehS - a1onH of III
~ and the mother. therefore, also this da
CIV a1encne Earl Of stair, IS TO .nna :,
or rerarded as having been. q t |, Il
O. SUCH UGH cruelty and o=le fNs posse ssns !.
is W.. .ynacromantic gifts and TO s1 ~ =,
is az cue With the Evil one, Vic
~ reaHdIe she was looked upon as . " ser,
n ad to confirm this impression, moi i
n GdIIrected that her body shou'ui ,o'. -
lie p,t undcr ground, but liz an ~ .lorS
I'm y the heo aisle of the, church Of k 81 i
Ton" the burial place OF Ihe = -,
tn promising that as long " rnd II
tn lett in that position, above roH anu,,i I
pSaalrvmpies should continue 10 lio . i
Ana her coffin remains there an u
Same position to this day. -,
With regard to the seconM !, ~ -,
owSIof Stair, that is 10 say. me sr raernnaa'
he Of this singularly uncanns oHgu I'M,
W. TOM he wa not only g amon Sc
to oral. but also achieved Gelap'luS
as ambassador, especially II IaEts, Whe
re- he WAS employed to hold In cneck !
Mt intrigues. Of the pretender, IS 1 90
~ a. remarkable resemblance 70 l ~
lld XIV, who did not, however, Ing ~
ION one occasion. when surrouhueu