The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-01
PRESIDING OFFICER
is VERY GOOD JUDGE

have always with him They usually
accompa MED him to court In tho morn
ing and waited in his chambers until
the days work was done. Some times.
however, they would get tired OF walt
ing and would want to go home. Th en
they would make their way into the
jump into the first hanson ca b on
the line, and, comfortably cnsconcinS
themselves on tho cushions. would re-
fuse to be turned out BY the driver.
TO GUST them The matter would
either end by their being recog nizcd
by some policeman who was called
to the rescue. or else in the discovery
by the driver of their masters name
on the collars, whereupon the cabman
would drive Thorn home TO liensington.
where the dogs would alight as If
greatly enjoying the Joke. waiting
collected the fare. They rejOced in
the strictly legal names of Fee and
Brief.
Lord Mersey. who was born in 1870,
married, in 1871. GeorSina Sarah.
daughter of the late John Rogers OF
Liverpool. He has two sons. the elder
was formerly in the Grenadier Guards.
and subsequently entered the diplo-
matte service. was attached to tho en-
bassies at Gonstantimoplc, Vienna and
Rome as well as tho legation at Pckin
whore he was at the time OF the Boxer
rebellion, taking an active part in the
defense. He also acted one OF the
correspondents of the London Times
| Japan The other son. Frank Trevor
Roger Bigham. IS i barrister.
Although Lord Mcrsey is objected
10 BY many as being TOO preiudiced
[ In favor OF ship-owning interests to
| be able to conduct the Titanic inves-
| tigation with strict impartiality, yet
It would seem. from his wide exper-
icnco and excellent record. that he is
singularly we'll qualified 10 elicit the
whole truth regarding that terrible
sea disaster.
Lord Lanssdovne: see by the cable
| II furnishes another instance OF on
/ of those rema rkablc lapscs of mem Org
/ that distrasseS tho afflicted ones friends
and relatives and puzzles the police. The
| sufferer Is the son of Lord Lansdowne S
| sister and his name Is Giles Stephen
| Fitzmaurice DiSby The boys health
! -ho is but eighteen years o!d--nas
| been poor OF late and his physical
/ weakness seems TO have affected HIS
mind. for he wandered away. nobody
know whcre. Scotland Yard was not-
fed and descriptions and pictures OF
\ the lad were sent all OVER England
At last the detectives found him in
Liverpool, and Lord Lausdowne went
I 10 that seaport for the purpose OF
bringing him back to London. Posi-
| bly, II he had not been discovered in
time he would have taken steamer.
for this sid. and another name would
| those lost In America"
| The Dlgby family is one OF the
! Oldest in the L nited Kingdom, ira cling
hack its ancestry to the days OF Sd
ward the Contsssor. being. therefore
OF Saxon origin. 1t has produced some
| OF the most remarkably pictures Que
| personagcs In the history OF Engla nd.
/ the two that will most readily occur
TO the student being probably sir
| Evcrard Digby, OF Gunpowdar Flot
Tame, ana his son. Sir kenelm DlGby
who distinguished himself as "a sold icr
sailor chemist, scientist, philosopher.
diplomat. statesman. author. church,
man-Pope Innocent y. declaring that
! he spoke not merely as a Catholic. but
as an siastlc-physician, and
! do not know what else besides He
gained the confidence OF such diverse
| personages as Queen Henrietta Maria,
| whose Chancellor he was, Of Oliver
Cromwell, who employed him in ncSO-
| tiatlons with foreign countries much
! TO the scandal OF both Royalists and
Roundheads. and Notwithstanding this
| was received with favor ut the court
| OF Charles II. after the Restoration
although he is said to have been the
first to explain the necessity of oXy-
gen TO thu existence OF plants, he does
not seem TO have enjoyed the respect
oil MS contemporaries, EVELYN and
| StubbeS, in regard TO his learning For
ne was 1t firm believer in astrology
ahu AlchemN. Experts, however, HAY.
signihed their approval OF his dlrec-
lions on the subject of making tea,
namely. TO let the water remain up
on 1t no longer than YOU can say the
Ntserere Psalm leisureiy."
10 come down to later times. | may
neifion that remarkabl, and most i'm
ter'stins member Of the D!gby family
Mother Digby. Superior OF the Convc nj
OF the Sacred Heart, in New York
about twenty years ago. after occupy
ing the same position FOR many wears
, in Paris. There is hardly a woman
OF rank and title in France who has
not received her education within the
walls OF the great school of this or
der In the Rue de Narenne
Copyright. 1912, by TIL. Brentwood
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