The Prescott daily news., 1910-03-08

A ii''io ohS-oi ueu lndn ana WOm- an as wicked as she was beautiful the naval hero of England and an ex. hambermaid-are the hero and hero. inc of this story.
 The man was Horatio Nelson. inc woman, Lady Hamilton. Nelson was the younger son of an English clergy man. He had, as boy. a craving for the sea; received an appointment as mldshipman, and by sheer genius rose to the ranks of admiral He was also created viscount in the British peerage, and was the nations idol Lady Hamilton began life as a domes- tic servant. Her name was Emma Harte. Firing of the duties of cham bermaid, she became waitress in q tavern. Later, after rather doubtful career, she attracted the notice of old Sir William Hamilton, British ann bassador at the court of Naples, and married him.
 Nelson could not withstand a pretty face. He had long line of inno- cent but ardent love affairs. As a mere youth he fell in love with a Quebec girl and was with difficulty persuaded not to marry her. Next he
 r,., proposed to Miss
 AI,;.. Andrews in the
 west Indies. The match was broken off, and he became enamored of Mrs. Montray, a dashing widow.
 If it were not for her." he wrote to a friend. 'I believe l should hang myself"
 But Mrs. Montray left the West h. dies. and Nelson transferred his af- fections to another widow, Mrs. Mis- bet. To win the favor of this second widow this national hero used to play sea fights" under the dining room table with her children. In March, 17S7, he and Mrs. Nisbet were mar ried. Nelson was at that time 29 Until he was 40 their welded life was happy. Then trouble set in.
 While Nelson was in command of the Mediterranean, after he thrashed Napoleon's fleet at the battle of the Nile, he met Lady Hamilton. Her husband begged leave to introduce to her "a little man who cannot boast of being handsome, but such a man as will one day astonish the world" ]" Nelson had never seen so beautiful or clever woman. He looked upon her with a sort of reverent admiration. When she used her influence at the Naples court in behalf of the British fleet he felt bound to her by unbreak- able ties of gratitude. Her influence over the simple. impulsive admiral grew to be boundless.
 There was revolt that busted the Neapolitan king and queen from their court. Nelson took them under his protection and they were restored to the throne. Admiral Caraccioli of the revolutionist fleet was Nelson's friend. Caraccioli chanced to to be Lady Ham, ilton's enemy. She is credited with persuading Nelson to forget that Car accioli had been promised a free par don for his share in the revolt, and to consent to the unfortunate mans execution. This is the blackest stain on all Nelson's record. A woman's wiles had for once made him forget honor, friendship and fairness.
 As time went on Nelson's infatua- tion for Lady Hamilton grew to be the scandal of Europe. The Admirals faithful wife endured it for years, then told Nelson he must once and forever choose between Lady Hamilton and herself. He did so. AS result Lady Nelson left their house, and only once again did she set eyes on her husband. She was not clever. She had no weapons with which to cope oh nf hnr hpaItlfnl