The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-01
EIGHTY YEARS OLD
BUT PLAYS WITH TOYS

foot or SO from the walls; highly s,,e
Ses.ive OF the ease with which a spy
arrns" The interior OF Tho great hail
Is particularly impressive. WIN its
i ,Ty,. timber roof, its rugged
walls, It's ancient tapestries and It's
generally antique charactcr.7 lIpon tho
walls hang many trophies OF the chase.
esRccially horns and antlcrs OF the
Ireland by Sir Richard Edgecnmbn.
VINO was sent thitler By Queen t:liaa,
, PEN as her envoy "a the rebel Irish
leaders One room, occupied by ChnrIns
/, is said to have remained exactly "a
he lef, it. Another is cnlied Queen
Anne's room. She was Il frequent yis-
itor mere. and was the first sovereign
10 pcstow pecrasc on the Edge
cumbc family. in the person OF Richard
Edsecumhc. who was chancellor or
Her duchy OF Lancaster.
The third Lord Mount F,dcccumbc re-
cciNed an earldom from George III.
ny way OF. condensation for the de-
st .,u. ni some superb woods on his
mouth, in i7ss. lie was married 10 The
only daughter and hercss Of DR.. John
, IN, IL nrchb ,isi Of York, lady
VINO, despite this parcntagc, WAS so
devoted 70 faro, the card game of the
period, that she WAS on one occasion
denounced from the bench b. Lord
inlet Justice Kenyon MS "pharaoh's
4anshtcr Hers was an extraordinary
lale' IN which some saw a Judgment
Tor her gambling nropensities. For
| . IL
was WAS cntomhed In tho old chapel OF
Mount Edgecumbe Castle One of the
servants servants; who was aware that She Ind
been laid 10 her last rest wearing her
favoritc rings-they were magnificent
1ewcls-madc descent into the tomb
IN The middle Of the night following
endeavored to remove the rings from
the fingers. Finding this Impossible,
ne proceeded 10 cut off tho fingers, ac-
Gording to some the hands OF tho
count ess, which served 10 arouse her
from the catalcptic and deathlike
trance IN which she had lain until them
blood dripping on her white STROUD
The man fed. with a Shrek. and, mad
with terror. fell down the cliff on TO
the rocks below. to destruction Lady
Mount Edgecumbc, wonderful 10 relat,,
recovered and survived her prcmatlir,j
iMneral for n number of years. But
again, owing TO the mutilation to-.
which her hands had been subjected nv
tic ghoulishly dishonest servant. whose
ghost is said 10 haunt the grounds Of
Mount Edgecumbc 5}Ha
Among the features of the coronation
in London next June Will be the extra
ordinary display of jewels by the IN
dian vaEsal rulers and princes, and
many Of them, bandoning tho char
acteristit and artistic settings of tho
Orient. are having their gems reset ac-
cordtng tos,liuropcan ideas. and in some
instances the stones recut by the great
jewellers of London. Paris, Amsterdam
and Antwerp. One London firm of jew
clers, indeed, is ut present engaged in
the resetting and remodeling Of gems
amounting I'm value to over. 5000, 600.
for one of the indian princes! This re-
setting and recruiting will have fthe
effect OF rendering the gems infn-
itcly more brilliant and from q spec
tacular view. more effective, although
the lovers Of Oriental art will dcplore
the change. s1
Copyright, 1911. by the brentwood
slt Company Fl. III