New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-18

scotland Immediately afte-,vo-a .,d %
generally believed TO have +.i,a-, v.r-,ico in
e.e russian army. and 10 have been killed
''4'iie ''sneins under the Muscovite flag.
This Lady Stair Still unbur;.d.
Inc mother OF the Bride or Raldoon."
ana the mother therefore also of the Glen
coe Earl OF Stair. is TO this da, regarded
ms eeeh q woman of such cruelty
! anu cieVeEneSs that she was credited with
lac possession OF necromantic gifts and
10 De Ia league with the Evil One. In one
"Vro. she was looked upon as witch,
anu her testamentary dispositions served
TO confirm this impression: for she directed
that her body should not be put under
ground. but that her coffin should '.stand
on one end of 1t in the aisle of the church
Of kirkliston," the burial place of The fam
iiy, promising that as long as she was left
N that position, above ground, the Dal-
rymples should continue to flourish. And
her coffin remains there in that position to
this day.
Witty Ambassador.
With regard 10 the second Earl CT stair-
that Is 10 say. the grandson of this Singh
larry uncanny occupant of the aisle OF the
| Church OF Kirkliston-he was not only
famous general. but also achieved celeb
r1ty as ambassador. especially in Paris,
where he was employed TO hold in check
the fntrigues OF the Pretender.' He bore
remarkable resemblance 10 Louis XIV, who
did not, however. like him. On one occa-
sion. when surrounded by his court, the
French ruler, with the amiable object OF
sighting the memory of the English Am
basSador's mother. remarked 10 him: 81
. " -ON7 r,D-l %L-@
what alike. May I ask, did your mother
ever live IN Paris?"
NO, sire. but my father did" was the
earls pointed retort. and the King had
nothing more to say.
II was after this that Louis XIV declared
Lord Stair TO be the most perfect hammered
man that he had ever met. mentioning as
an illustration thereof that when he had
beckoned the earl to enter the royal car
riage first the ambassador had done SO
with q bow and without more ado. "A less
polite man." remarked the Grand Mon
argue would have deprecated the honor
and would have begged me to take proceed
ence of him.
House Rich in Romance.
The annals of the house of Stair have
furnished the theme for many other TO
uldnCeS peSlQSS SIT waiter ccCCILS ICNcis
THE Bride OF Lammermoor.' Indeed, the
matrimonial experiences Of the seventh and
last Of the Glencoe earls who died little
over half a century ago. have proved per
feet gold mine TO playwrights and authors.
For, having married the young and lovely
daughter Of the then Countess of Dysart,
the union was dissolved a couple Of years
later on the demand Of woman of evil
reputation with whom Lord Stair, while
still q bachelor, had been unfortunate
enough 10 spend a few days as man and
wife at an inn at Perth. This, according
TO Scotch marriage law, was sufficient TO
constitute a common law marriage. Nor
vas II until ten years afterward that ne
was able to secure freedom from this
woman, on the tardy discovery that she hao
already a husband living at the time Of
the Perth incident Before this, however.
his other wife had died
The present Lord Stair divorced his wife,
daughter of Sir James Grant Suite, in
1905. under circumstances which aroused a
good deal OF sympathy in his behalf. For
merly ne vas known as one of the best
looking officers of the army, but his conc
illness has been somewhat marred by dis
figurement resulting from a peculiar accl-
dent. While staying at a country house on
a visit he stumbled in the grounds one
night, falling heavily against iron gate,
which was ornamented with a number of
sharply pointed and barbed projections and
hooks. One OF these entered his mouth,
and literally tore his face open from the
junction of the lips to the left eye, besides
laying him low with conclusion of the brain.
Indeed, it was a. long time before he fully
recovered from the effects OF his accident.
lie %1as, rar71Ny
daughter and 'heiress of the last French
Due De Coig71y, who, after the deposition Of
Charles K, 10 whose household he belonged,
married Miss Hamilton, Scotch heiress.
and settled down on her estates III Ayrshire
to the life Of a Scotch laird
MAROUISE DE FONTENOY.