Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-29
WORLD FAMOUS STORIES
Wedding of Janet Dalrymple
BIZ SIR WALTER SCOTT

For you. madam. you VIII be q
worlds wonder" which implied sole
remarkable degree of>calamity.
Whereupon he went abroad and re-
turned not again. IL the last Lord
Rutherford on record was this unfoEs
tunate lover, he must have been the
third who bore that title and who died
In 1856.
The marriage between Janet Dial.
ryrnple and David Dunbar OF Balloon
now went forward, the bride show /:
no repugnance, but being absolutely
passive In everything her mother com.
manded or advised. On the da OF the
marriage. which. as was then usual.
OF friends and relations. she was the
same--sad. silent and resigned. az IL
seemed, 10 her destiny.
A lady, very nearly related with the
famII", told the author that she had
conyersed with the subject with one
Of the brothers Of TIE bride. a mere
lad AT the time, who had ridden be-
fore his sister 10 church. He said her
hand. which lay o, his as she held
her arm around his waist. was an cold
and damp az marble. But full Of his
new dress and the part he acted
the procession, the circumstance.
which he long afterward remembered
with bitter sorrow and compuncti0n.
made no impression on him at the
time.
The bridal feast was followed by
dancing. The bride and bridegroom
retired an usual. when Of a sudden the
most Wild and piercing cries were
heard FIR. m the nuptial chamber.
It was then the custom. TO prevent
any coarse pIeasantry which old times
perhaps admitted, that the key OF the
nQpfaai chamber should be intruste6
t. the brakeman best mani. lie was
called upon. but refused at first TO
give X up. till the shrieks became no
hideous that he was compelled to
hasten with the others TO len the
! cause.
On opening the door they found the
bridegroom lying acros4 the threshold
dreadfnliy wounded and streaming
with blood. The bride was then
corner Of the chimney, having no coy.
ering save her shrift, and that dab.
bief with gore. There she sat. grin.
ming at III =. hopping and moving
| AZ ] heard the expression used~~in a
| word. absolutely insane. The only
words she spoke were:
Talks up your honny bridegroom.
She survived this horrible scene III.
lie more than "A fortnight. She was
married on the gath Of August and
died Dh the l2th Ut September, 1863.
| The unfortunate Iatdoon recovered
| from hlA sounds. but siefnty pro
| hibltan ali Inquiries respecting the
] fnanneF IN which he had fecei we'd
| them. II a lady. hs said. asked him
/ any question upon the subject, he
| would neither swe her nor spen X
| 10 her again while he lived, III gen.
/ sleinah asked any question, he would
| consider II mortal anr0nt and de
'hand hafiefa1t.'b as having rec iyed
such.
lie 6id not very long survive thu
GfeaA SAi catastrophe, ha wing later mel
| with fatal injury by n fall from his
| itgTse - he rode between I<eith and
tfoiyfood Jtouss, of which he died ths
n@st day, zsth March. 1852, Thus q
few ysssa removed nil the prineipa
actors IN this frsghtfuI tragedy.
Various reports went abroad on tht.
mysterious affair. many Of them VERY
| inaccurate, though they could hardls
he said 10 he exaggerated. Ii VAS din
/ cut AZ that time ~ beeghDs acquainted
with the history NJ n Scottish famjis
/ shove The lower rank, and stPaHg.
things sometimes took Mace there
into which even The law did not seru
pllously inquire.
The most generally accepted aspia
nation was that tbs IDianaa done Il
'hs bridegroom WA hy tha Inisryen
iion Of The foul fend to whom thu
young lady resigned herself In naA,
she should break her pllghlsd troll
with her ffst lover.