| Show 7 L T L t of f fT T THE f l WO l t Who Have Been Given TIB Tho Sack by bj the People They The Would Rule Hule FIND FRIEND IN I ENGLISH EARL EARl Lord Spends lis All 1111 1 the Money He lie If Can Cnn 1 It to Sustain the Intrigues for Tor European Thrones Special c Aug and varl van vanous rl LONDON L ous OUR are Il the Ihl ways vi ys of getting rid of ot money nIle practised d by members member of or the British peerage verle but the method employed pm by b the Karl VArl of ot Is the most pie plc and Ho II devotes mull all 11 Ile money Im his h man rAi raise to tl the lost rallies causes of Europe He tie le lehR hoe ha hR u n touching faith In the divine right of or kings Whether be bl good goal o had b I or of Indifferent this modern survivor of ot medieval nobility contends that the people should submit dutifully to what whatever whatever ha t ever ruler rater la II thrust upon ullon thorn them by the tha accident of ot birth At alt t one time or ur another nearly nearl every nation naton of 01 Europe has haM tumbled a I king oit ott his hla throne and 1111 substituted tome some other othor In hla liis place placer or else elfe tried Its Ita hand nt at governing Itself 80 So It happens that thal there art are lots loti of or beggarly descendants of deposed who aspire to tn they the all find a R warm supporter In II Lord Ashburnham As All Asfar Asfar far as his hll means permits I Ie h e supplies them Ihm with lh the cash to carry on their Intrigues Most loll of them thern have no more mora chance of regaining what whit their unworthy un unworthy UI worthy h ancestors lost lOll than they have h f of ot laying hold holl of o the noon moon mon Hut But lut that makes make no nu difference nce to lu this thin Quixotic Quixote peer ller Ills Hi purse PUrl Is II I still slid III open to them III In England he hl Is II working for fOI the re ro return turn null of a me 1 Stuart to the throne With Wih regard to 10 Prance France he be Is la a Hoy a lint smut and would like Ilke to 10 see le the republic smashed He lie le supports support the I hI pretensions ot of lit Dan I solos Carlos to the Spanish m l v where he backs the claimant who hoe hris the straightest family tree behind him hin regardless of other cither considerations There Is II hardly an ambassador or mitt liter Islet sent to l by u a European l court who is I not nut specially Instructed to keep an eye eYt nn on I lord ord mind his hla hil visitors He lie Il Is or rather rathel WiSa very I rich man mal but his hi singular devo levu devotion ban tion to lu the kings kIn and t iut of Europe Europ has hu ha Impoverished him But Buttor t for tor 01 the fact that thai the family estates are entailed lie he would have h ve them long Ions ago agoTo agoTo To Tn ar the average unimaginative lint lib I Ml peer Ashburnham unselfish h enthusiasm seems worse orl folly oll fur far Hr than that displayed by b the usual lull type of or reckless spendthrift because It I ab Rh absorbs sorbs all 11 the money mon he hI can ran scrape to 10 together together gether ether and ami he h has haa hi nothing to 10 Irl show Iho for forIt forI forIt It I tint not even enn the memory menor of or a good gd time He lie II Is II like hike Ik a I man Inn who plays the tie races but hit Insists In always n IWI on backing horses that figure only among Imong the also MIl tans rans The nobl noble earl each pai Is le now no 60 8 years old and his hil once dark hair hol Is II fist fust turning gray gl He I Is II of medium height but bul about hint him there Is la an unmistakable air of o Ilan which winch Is II a emphasized emphasised by ly his charmIng charm Inic Ing manners as a might be expected of or one clip who linn has hll mingled d so ro much with the le de 11 of or royalty 1111 It He lie II was 38 33 a when hn he hr succeeded to 10 his hil title Mlle Ilp av a ul t l e Kor lnor some cent years IH r prior to 10 that and for Cor forlong long ling years ar rl he Ito hI was wa regarded HR as H H n great catch by br aristocratic mamas with wih eligible daughters for the the Ash Ih domain 30 acres H I lie married In hl IMS SI the tho th daughter of a certain Robert Chaplin but bil for no nth oth other er or Ir reason than K me love II tery tr the Ihl marriage was kept secret until fun s 11 yenta II later and Ind five t At e year PU ears after aUer his hi daughter was vas Wil born bom Rodely had 11 1 rot 1101 It I I acquainted with wih the house of slid amid the tl marriage ramp Imp na as 11 IJ Rt I groat at 1 t shock to tl vanity a ni fair which hat bad hil paid such sedulous court lurl to the his I arl iii as ns 11 he h HUH l railed mothers held many little Pet title MUe at Indignation meetings over It I and enn with on inn another for the sell 11 v u hi hh h It I had har been brn upon them Hi rails of some noine of or HIP ii things that I hi won Wf then suld 1111 Lard LOld il l london and RII One hns hn never sines r a night In II I He lie Il had hll the superb basin 1 rl of the tho th hoot 1 house In 11 I 1 1 1 Inner Dover sti Street et polled don n noel and In its I place erect erected II A rh of costly o t flats thereby adding a to tol his rent emit I roll rl hem I hp flat Ihl overlook the of or haven house hoop hOI the I tt town lown re l of r the Ihn Il of nr n Devonshire it 1111 end nd one of them themI I k U I 1111 by b the N NI w Alm ck 1 Chic h i feminine gathers toa tJ to 1 a ld Tin The h of dl 11 d f III years yarl ago 1 Mfr fl UN led n o secluded lelu l life Ilfe 11 but the Ih fe t few of nf the th carts 1111 old friends friend wOn who met N her declared her IV to tn he be bt a 1 mind and charming In normin She hI Ii If tt ft only nn nn one 1111 hull a 1 girl now II 11 1 years old who N is I being educated at al the Convent of or the thi Sacred Heart at al fi Roehampton near llon for lor the earl carl lung Inn ago became III OJ n s Roman and In II religious RI I mat tors displays the tho thI proverbial seal Mai 1 of the he SAIF D MArir FH Tear Foi 11 many years the tl earl 11 ha hll has mails mail hl hi Mt home hone nl at lt Ashburnham house hou near Hastings It 1 Is IA a II large comparative comparatively ly Iy modern house hOURI with none arms of the bier bat battlements bit and amid ald towers which lend garb picturesque struts effects to 10 many of the stately homes of or nobility At Atone Atone one time lime it d a 1 rare assortment of or works nf or art sod and other treasures treasure but most of ur these hove hll v Men hn sold lold by lord Ashburnham to the th meau of or prolonging the thi th Intrigues intriguer of or to 10 thrones which they will I never occupy Among these was war 11 a i collection of ot antique bibles and Ind I said mid lid to be Il mining the finest In the world which Lord A fath father er en fr treasured treasure above ell all RI his hl other ether posses possessions Their semi sal 1111 lasted hated a R fortnight p moil ami RII realised lul sum rum hut but It I stay tar long lon In Lord lAr The same mme Are drain on 01 his hll resources has hol caused rud him to cut rut his hI expensed In all I directions In 11 lieu Ilea IU of ot the 40 0 ser servants er whom Ids bis hl father maintained Lord A jq q keep t I i r A Ai AI I i 1 homo hOl with I lase thin h half halt l I t th that tha t The WM wit II toll to 1 Min tints tun II Ig K i l that thit the th isMena would i bo 8 kipi up 1111 m lily I to tu the hi that In they vei were flied m if All AI th the IheI I i toms Unit thou ino II tilled filled the oat F it hen hll barn sold When the ear earl want v I is in III I IlIk u II drive or pay pa a I visit hi he 1 a i from a neighborly Rut Hut though the estate Ial generally In 11 much neglected now It U Is la I a own eel one MI or of rolling park puk and woodland I star nine miles from isle gale to 10 gate gale al Thi The n MR hili house h mill lUll contains seen e treasure heur and II nd nIl which even lord Ash a s P devotion n to lost lot n ea will solar never him to 10 part with s lIh Ih t In Ir Inn ii n tiny room on Oil the Ihl ground f lien th kerpe k kel epa ll a I curious picture vl witch l h was II AM aI n to him Dien by b the Duchess D itch Pe e or of Ih wife wit of Don bon Carlos arms o ot of ott t Spain U 11 1 is I a x of ol allegorical ill III I h im of which the own I rr fr himself H u knowledge h he ha h has not yet yetI 11 I succeeded In III deciphering In the cen center cenI I I 1 I tar ter I la the head brad and lift die slie i of ot H x young caviller HUr Nur Ur rounding it in rw various small lima II picture G I II I IR III Illustrate Inot t dent i In Hie Ihl hi of this cavalier r in I Ion t i one on In h l I In deputed I Ilk I u a 1 mob Jn 30 n IH as I shown a woman stretched a on H ti Kirk tied bed A third the Iho cavil revn tier Her blinking a doctor dotor to 10 mm sae her Who It the Hie cavalier or 01 by b whom It waC t la II not known n but bUI the earl la lacoin lai i I 1 consisted coin COli I that the picture la II precious f Tin THi ONLY ONI I 1 TT At any 1111 rate i a to the Ihl high value he heon sell sellon I t on hIM I patina aiming affords a measure of ot r J the P devotion t l l oil to 10 the rl et muse cause llamas phi all 11 the th Ih claimants to toj j throne throns 1 lion m u lord rd Ashburnham In le l lI J I tacking t I MI us la is I the lit th only IY ono one who tatul III hulls small though It II tow now 1 teem seems f being heln sealed on Oil one Fur For I when things go II wrong wron with them the thet t Spanish Spa Ish mire are given SIYe to awarding ping ding ur III king k tor or 11 another and though the Hie I UK urr III now reduced lo to nifty mi rely p I lying Drills I I III II 1111 telling shut hut i may h pi rn if Ir the Ihl present discontent f G i to grow Meanwhile DOM u I Arlon t Info In exile In lit fernr ud II axes tat and Hende tho th i ill rc fil l rs 11 of r hH his hi l i Fall wi nn ira an HII the nf of 1 may I a movement for flit upsetting UI one line dynasty In III order t h It II II Hh lad another whore who Jin hnz a II i I H Ho Late have no In III I Lord ird I o lIh him bin the Ih aue auae tall Mull 1111 i of ot the Ih earl earls n i mines mare have hn H x Ii Is 1 g tine prospects of ut for Kor or tills 1111 reanon reason he hf heis is 18 an at supporter r of ot molt moist forlorn of or all 1111 hupe hUlI the lh movement of ot putting pulling a H defendant derendal 1 of ut th Stuarts mi rh tho English 1 throw throne I II I I According to 10 the IIII i leAgus H by II rent inn rentI I dueling HIP the movement the Ihl Ili lawful Is ruler of 01 Hit tho greatest t empire IUt the mm iV over r railed 1 lolled ailed to 10 nt sit t upon Is III I that thai devout r M l and I elderly lady who Is III the HIP Ih I of or Crows Crown roil Prince of Thi Th first of at her long string of or r I I Junta lam U Is M ry aid ami In hl the HIP I literature if I f t hI l R A which doubtless Lm d A money t II I to 10 print and pout poet through lung King lungIn t l r malls r sin II I IN c Is IA I proclaimed I In InI N 1011 type t toil I as lilt Milt In n IV I 1 P by h b tit tin Ara of nt I oil fOIl of England France and 1 Ireland Que n Empress of lit India De III Defender IIII I t fender of he the Ihl all the rest reit ofiL of ot iL It II Anti And 1111 there IR lit IKI III that thai If It the Hie 10 so 0 railed called divine right of ol direct descent dewent hail hill not been by the Ihl i right of at the Ihl people to 10 choose chon i their hair own rulers ruler this woman would today be occupying Buckingham So 80 far nn us mere mer heredity RoeN Mil her stern claim to 10 he the rn lIh throne Is much better Ietter than that of ot VII To mako this plaits plain a 1 brief Incursion I into history hl lor Id Is If necessary Princess 1 bouts ollis of ot Ihl la 18 directly J front from Mary Iary Stuart Queen at ot Scot t Jam I 1 and Ancl the unlucky Charles haries I I 1 whose whore hoed hoad woe was chopped off ort by II Crom t rolls j wells veils orders After Cromwell coin yell Ill died the till tilli i throne Will waa restored lo to the ton pro IIrI of i Barite I II who wn wh Miss waa I about Aboul I nn as famous for tor hip hta for Null N II n nH fig for lor any an Kc le 0 was wa ed l by isle hili hi brother James JI It who wAX waa WA witch n it wretched UN as n king that the Ihl English i rocked him aril put i it his hIM daughter Mary MIU mid imil her h r Dutch Will IA on nn the rho throne although the It next In lino IIno I for lor It otter James II 11 I I was Will hi his hla later sister I I Anne Reventh of ol olf harks Charles I 1 It II la is I from Hila Ills ulster sister IM that Hint f I 1 j Louis nt of havens derives her by direct descent I i OF I II I i liven If It James II 11 lied had hll managed to 10 J 1 lIrk st I ck t to 0 his hi throne hi one and his had been fell mu by Ida his ton Ion Jamea the Ihl Pretender I mud nn afterward by hostile Prince t hut hat hatlie lie Ile this Prince routs would still have hate hal the beat bul heredity claim dalm to 10 tilt the f throne The Th list nf ol kings and s following Charlie who I would have aa as harlec III IIII i I would have taken this order Mary HI III who ho married the Duke of ut Modena I 1 Francis her hr eldest 1 son lOll and finally j i now loul of or i daughter of ot the Ih younger brother of ol Franell who succeeded her uncle to lO lOI 1 I the throne i I lung King I VIIRI Vi las la le well Ill known by byj j nf or history occupies the th throne I 1 hp II virtue of 01 the lip Ih act arl of ot settlement of or orI it itt t I i KOI 1101 01 which provided that Ihal Queen Anne Allne daughter of or Jamea Janes Jain 11 II should be hi suc ce reeled ded by h her second cousin the I he Klec l 1 lec Ic tress ess Sophia of ot Hanover II 0 noer Instead of or by hi II brother Jetties then a boy of or 11 U UI I Ij j I 1 i And tits Hie legitimate heir to 10 the throne i It Is In Interesting to 10 retell recall that Ihal act acl acta I j WA wac a carried by a of ot one vole t 1 out nut of al 3 if 5 ca cast t And It II la Is I that one vote vol volI I which has hu prevented this I i princess prince from becoming 1 I j I queen i Hit all these historic farts facts and of oford Lord ord Ashburnham pocketbook the tI 1 I Homan Catholic princess will d never jOr reign over flyer the I hI empire Hh la Ii I well II aware or of II 11 and nd haa has never I I advanced any 1111 personal claim In to the l 1 throne I Lard Ashburnham la Is t on friend friendly nl ly Iy terms with her fur but her he attitude to III toward ward wand the movement Is lit l entirely neutral i t rind passive hl haa has something like ilkI liken ilkIn n a dozen children and la Is well I with her position and the Ihl prosper prospect ro t of or becoming the Queen of Rata Hava ria Visionaries though they arc u lilt Ihre 1 e Jacobite are nut not so unreasonable un unI I i as HI lo la expect that Kin Kil ISdn nA nAl I l VII 11 ever will be bl deposed but bul tho they has hasI h hf f I n dim notion that when the Pi luce of ut r Wales III ascends the throne the Ihl temper Fi of ot the 1 people will change e und and andt i t then hn t they Ia can an n Set let their work In III InThe I j i The royalist pretender to In the throne tin one I t of ot France Francl the Duke of Orleans 1st 1110 t i K gala 1418 t H a generous for lor his hll forlorn j hope from Lord despite the fact till that Ihal his hla hi ostentatious eel 1 ngo of 01 H it 1 French gutter lampoonist 1 f r ft t Que Queen n Victoria such n I storm of lit litI Indignation in where he be UHN spas born torn and an ao so long had Imd hip hla home Rut Hut I the noble earl as it a 1 la le I down dons donson on republic republics of ot all nil kinds and has no nu nuI I 1 faith In the old saying Vox 01 vox OX Del 01 He Ue believes b that a It bad hall klim king klimI kingI I with a good Rood title II la Infinitely better than no king and even preferable to In A s I goad K U II 4 king kin with a bad title He HI u is I iI I I Ij 1 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