Show ROMANCE IN SCOTCH HISTORY curse pronouncedly Pronounce dby mother of great soldier seemed to have adequate fulfillment the widow of tha great viscount dundee married shortly afier after his death william of Kli syth who had long been in love with her dun dees mother who considered living ton virtually her sons murderer pronounced a curse on her daughter in law and her husband praying that god would show allow tho the unworthy couple some swift token ot of his hie anger the wedding day of livingston and lady dundee was fraught with bad omens the bridegroom gave the bride a ring inscribed yours till death but the ring was lost before the day was over and the vengeful old lady dundee sent as her wedding gift a nightcap a pair of white gloves and a rope all these articles typical of a condemned i murderer in october 1695 it so seemed emed as though the unhappy fate so BO desired by lady dundee fell on her daughter inlaw in law who died at utrecht through a terrible accident she her infant son and her maid were crushed to death through U g h the roof falling failing in her hus bus band being rescued with great difficulty the bodies of lady and her baby were embalmed embalm ed and brought ito to scotland and tit in the year 1800 it was the common practice of tho the inhabitants of kilsyth to go to the va alt and see the bodies which were as perfect as the hour they wyre were first placed in the coffan |