Baxter Springs news., 1910-01-27

"A poor English girl married an
equally poor man In 1878. Their only
wealth consisted Of youth, brains, good
looks. boundless ambition and q COM
Portable lack Of conscience. Also,
though their marriage was largely
based on the principles Of business
partnership and hopes Of self-advance-
ment, they were overwhelmingly In
love with each other. With the aforse-
said qualities as their sole stock In
trade they rose rapidly to height OF
fame, wealth and power that made
them the envy OF all Europe. The
girl was Sarah jennings, daughter Of
an impoverished country gentleman.
The young Englishman she married
was Jack Churchill, q needy but rising
oficer in the army of Charles II.
After Charles l., of the Stuart line
Of British sovereigns, was beheaded
England was for some years com
monwealth," ruled by Oliver Crom'
well. Then Charles eldest son,
Charles H., came to the throne. He
died chlldless and his younger broth
er, James H., became king. James II.
proved to be as worthless as the rest
Of the Stuarts and was deposed in
favor of his daughter, Mary, and her
Dutch husband, William III. William
and Mary Left no children; so Anne,
the younger daughter Of James H.,
Tn. powsr IA. was made Queen.
James had q SON,
n'nd tne Inrone' his n m esake,
who, under ordinary circumstances,
would have received the crown. But
parliament excluded him and made
Anne the queen Of England.
Sarah jennings had been Anne's
playmate in childhood and later her
maid of honor. From the very first
the imperious, clever Sarah had ruled
the weak, good natured Anne with
rod of iron. By the time the two
reached womanhood Anne was Sarah's
devoted slave. Young Churchill, In
the mean time, had won fame as a
soldier. Later, by a course Of very
profitable treason (playing OF James
II. against William III, and vice
versa), he had further enriched and
strengthened himself. When Anne
came to the throne she was complete
ly at the mercy Of Sarah and
Churchill. The ambitious young hus-
band and wife managed the queen to
suit their own interests. Anne Law.
ished all sorts of honors on them.
Churchill was made duke Of MarlbOr-
ough and commander of England's
armies, while Sarah was practically
the uncrowned ruler Of Great Britain.
The Marlboroughs adored each 9TH
er. Yet they quarreled furiously.
Once, to make her husband sorry for
something he had done, Sarah cut on
all her beautiful hair that he loved.
Marlborough was heartbroken. He
found the hair and treasured 1t Sc
cretly to the dey Of his death. Soon
afterward, when he went away from
home, she wrote to him:
wherever you are, whilst l have
life, my soul shall follow you"
In reply, the duke wrote:
II do love and adore you with all
my heart and soul. It is impossible
to express with what a heavy heart !
parted from you. / could have given
my life to come back to you"
Just before the duke left England
on his Blenheim campaign he and
Sarah had one Of their bitter Quarrels.
As soon as he had gone Sarah was
sorry for her anger and wrote him a
long letter asking forgiveness; to
which he answered:
"It will be great pleasure to me to
have It in my power to read this dear,
dear letter often, and that 1t may be
found in my strOng:box when ] am
dead. Till / had this letter ] have