El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-14
BY MADISON C. PETERS.
Copyright. 1871. BY Madison c. Peters

HE handsome faced Byron was an
noyed to the ends Of his days by
l. his club foot HIS mother, the
worst enemy he ever had, tainted him
as lame brat"
Byron was never raised. he Just
growed." His father was a sport, his
mother a fool. and he was an epileptic-
His career was as erratic as it was
brilliant, a meteor flash which illum-
ined the 18th century.
Byron loved recklessly and success
sively. At nine years OF age he fol-
lowed Mary Duff around and gathered
flowers for her from surrounding
5raes- AT 10 Mary Ann Chaworth was,
TO use his own words, The beau-ideal
OF my fancy could paint Of beautiful
When she was heard to remark do
yor think I could care for that lame
bov2" he rushed from the house like a
mailman, and buried himself in one OF
his chambers like a haunted creature
Both went their way she to prema-
ture grave, he to a career OF dissipa-
ton.
"Cnilde Harold" made Byron famous
over night London became Byron
mad. The fair ones of society were
now glad to worship at his shrine. Inc
most gushing Of all the hero worship
pers was lady Caroline Lamb, daugh-
ferinlaw of one Of the proudest danes
in England and wife of one Of its great
est statesmen. She had an irresistible
: charming personality, but was excess
sively vain. She really believed no man
could look upon her beauty without
falling in love with her. She deter
] mined to capture Byron Caroline
motherinlaw had terrible tales to tell
of Byron's orgies within the walls OF
the ancestral abbey
While her illustrious husband was
! busy caring for his political welfare.
! Caroline watched for the poet in the
: streets and at midnight walked the
: garden of St. James palace, in the hope
| that Byron might come TO her. but ne
| cast her off. in spite of his profession
| that he would with pleasure give up
| all here or beyond the grave for her
| Then Isabelle Milbanks became his
/ wife for 4 while In his violent ITS
| of rage he accused her of running his
/ life. One day she came into his room
/ where he was writing. She apollo
/ gized, saying: q hope I am not in the
way, Byron" "Damnably; get out" was
| Mis- intrigue with Jane Claremoni
| = owed She had appealed to him "a
] q; her on the stage; at glance ne
| saw she would make a poor actress
| but q good mistress. on his 18th birth
| day she gave proof ofStheir unsancti-
fled love in a daughter. Allegro The
! wife from whom he had been parted De
| manded his signature to the legal deed
| of separation, on pain Of being brought
! before the ecclesiastical courts Th'
| queens of society who fought for th'
proud privilege OF having Byron:
| presence at their tables now We'd witt
| each other to hurl calumnies upon his
! head and on April -. 1916, he SAILED
away from his homeland, never TO looi
upon its landscape again.
The italian princess Guiccol form
romantic chapter in his voluntarl
| exile
! Byron, whose escapades shocked tn
|. continent of Europe, had some swee
| and noble qualities, and his bette
| traits nowhere shine out with sucl
! steady luster as in the cOnstancy o
loving tenderness with which he cher
ished his sister Augusta When all tn
world turned against him, she was al
the world to her brother How he an
, preciated her fond fidelity forms or
of the brightest pages in the world
literature.
The last ineligible words of Byro
were: Augusta, nv sister,