The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-24

the thirteenth lord: therefore his step.
mother. After tho late peers death
she contracted very foolish rnarrl-
ago With a drunken brute OF the name
that she lost her son, and has been
aver since In oanatorium. the courts
having fortunately freed her from her
husband. on the ground of his brutali-
conduct
OF the terribly remote Alaskan Island
OF KODIAK. ana OF which d most inter
esuhK description vac published In
tast saturdays 'Even!ng Poet OF New
ork, has never had any right TO III,
ancient Baronetcy OF Cope. ono OF the
oiacst in existence ana consequently
the story intimating that hc-hau re-
hounced mis- English honors and the
earonetcy, with It's titla Of sir" In or
uet 20 remain an American citizen,
must DC taken w!th considerable
grain OF salt: and thcrc seems 10 DC no
iea! danger thet the ranks OF the bar
onetcy. concerning which tho lute Lord
beaeonhteid MADE SO nuch iun, Will
ever DC Invaded by the Kodiak Is
land Harry Cope's descendants. by hts
marriage win the EsQuimau native
woman OF tho place.
The present baronct, Sir Anthony
cope. the thirteenth OF his line. is Il
man oil near seventy. whose elder
brother Henry. only lived few hours.
Sir AHthony succeeded his father in
1892, and unc latter succeeded to the
oaronetcy as FAR back as In 1851. that
" TO say. just siSty years ago. when he
! Cope. Moreover. l have the list OF the
| Cone family before me. and cannot find
any one who In point OF name or age
would answer tho description OF the
postmaster of Kodiak. Sir Anthem
| Cope has however, several more nu-
thenttc American aasocia tons. and one
Mary Estevez. OF New York. Moreover,
there Is very numerous family OF
SopSs here In America, founded by
stephen Cope. OF Bedhnmpton, Hants.
1, His father, Sir William Cope, was
treasurer 70 Henry VII, and Stephens
y y. .h, ,, brother, Sir Anthony Cope,
Parr. the last OF the many consorts
OF the Blue Beard monarch. His
sran G.Ina and namesake was knighted
baronet In l6ll. By James I.
Sir, Anthony's ancestral home Is
grand old place in Hampshire. known
| scene of tho "M!stletoe Bough" TRAGEDY,
| described IN verse by the popular
Christmas song. according TO which tho
| Christmas Eve. and was never seen
again until generations afterwards.
whsn the opening of IN old oaken chest
her skeleton. In her wedding lnery.
! They had. been playing hide and seek.
and she he'd concealed herself In the
|
her with spring, and. In the words
down for ever"
Another tragedy which took place at
Bramshill. and with which 1t Is as
| scented Is that for which George
the reign of James L.. was responsible.
While staying there In 1920 he shot at
| a buck which he missed, killing In
! stead the head gamekeepcr OH the spot
/ Bramshill has been portrayed by
! Lucas Afalet" (hfrs. William Harrl-
SOM In her we'll known novel, ''s.r
| Servla's eI-crownprince, the tur-
I bulent Prince George who was forced
| to surrender his place as heir appar-
TENT to his younger brother Alexander.
on account Of his general wildncss,
and objection to every form OF re-
ctaly conventional. has taken up his
! residence In Paris. for the purpose OF
| taking part in the instruction of tho
| Tcole dc Guerre. that Is to say, the
! High War School, from the graduates
/ OF which the members of the general
staff OF the. army arc exclusively chos-
en-. Paris is sInEuarly injudicous
place to select for the studies of a youth
| with such predictions as those OF eX-
| Crownprince George of Servia, and I'M
! less I am much mistaken. during his
| career there he Will break forth once
| more, and become as great a source of
| trouble and annoyance to the French
as he has been 10 his ia theirs ministers
of State, generals and court dignitaries
at Belgrade
! Copyright, 1911. by the Brentwood
| Company