The Prescott daily news., 1910-01-14

poor EnSllSn Rlrl married all equally poor man in 1878. Their only wealth consisted of youth, brains, good looks, boundless ambition and com fortable 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 a 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, a needy but rising officer 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 childless and his younger broth VI coihSo H., oSCdhiC hihSo. H. 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 H. William and Mary left no children; so Anne, the younger daughter of James H.,
 Tn. po,..r pa was made Queen. hind the Throne.
 his n m S ke , 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 course of very profitable treason (playing off James II. against William H., 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 Iav- 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 oth- CT. Yet they quarreled furiously. Once, to make her husband sorry for something he had done, Sarah cut off all her beautiful hair that he loved. Marlborough was heartbroken. He found the hair and treasured it se- cretly to the day 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:
 Il do love and adore you with all my heart and soul. It is impossible to express with what heavy heart parted from you. could have given my life to come hack 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.:
 Tt will be great pleasure to me to have it in my power to read this dear, dear letter often, and that it may be found in my strong box when 1 am dead. Till I had this letter I have