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Show f v- r t ft V - y f J- 7 LED A DOUBLE LIFE. several tlmcy.acen sail former e ptofeK . ground Into tbeae enormous chambers; upon which b had spent over a million and n half dollars, no servant was llw)' . m - ' wel i . TRtC ADMIRAL r OP BAR1IEJ0:J MOTHER ! PITZHUOH LEE. --- c&e Wmhtogoe Bril uri Still trial remark! U U, of Bov PamUy-Blin- d to allowed circumstances under sny A CURIOUS CASS WHICH IS WJleon Fenn contrlbutra to HB IS A GOOD LOOKING SPAN- almost helpless as n baby, gpd follow him. More extraordinary even i ENGLAND. p Gen. Fltxhugh Lee Uvea JW n mother'd than these subterranean rooms was JM with her eon Daniel, near Frederickswalk or road over six mils long, nil on tbe Judicial mljpd In England." lt'V'i rne was camping on tbs banks 'of Bis NpUmuy Alw X. '.W Fwl . Our burg Va. Though nearly ninety years tin Doko of underground, and built by the duke of wall known that on of th most 4if penn , M Meal AsUwrlUw' Bmt ta Pm lint old; she la still bright and cheerfuL Portland underneath his estate. This flcult thing, to secure li the UaftM Dm1! ' Tk Iwnl amaslng tunnel, which' alone eoet near,V)UvHI Oyt rMfl--q- u( Cksnmr Surrounded by descendants who fairly Kingdom It authorization from a court CUB ta Ik Dtk End we finished our idolise her, she is rapidly nearing th stir; a was evening to trunk CablMt. ly million dollars, long regarded to open a grave or coffln.,lUpon ft dark river, fearless and with childlike as a fad or. amusement of his grace. mere statement of Mra. Druce that the meal, abd t was enjoying nfyttost om- confidence; Her grandfather, George sry(.smoke(under th toldllla, or netBut now that It le claimed that the coffin In the Hlgbgate cemetery-t- ug DMIRAL BARME-3NE of lb moot inMason, was a prominent statesman In Indian In reality leading not enclose the body It wee alleged to ting, end. .chatting my, was duke Portland of ?w1Up the 8p&nldh the teresting laweulU a double life. It is seen that this underwhen suddenly the mok early days of the republic and took could companions, never she have contain, secured twlul mlnteter of marine, that EnflUh courU the American constiIn Wetback of had I catcalls that from iqtlea part the authorisation which wan granted to ground passage leading has not been able tution. framing Inktn everla had son. John, Inherited His hdafd the an OiATfeAeJ In disturbed third fact and tver may have been to distinguish him-.se- lf considerable property in Virginia, Indeal with now la Abbey device to enable him to dis- last week by the chancellor of Ut 'A air. the like : of prolonged yowl, London diocese sight to genious open It greatly thus progress la- Engwas Analostan island, to which an united voices of aU Mrs. Druce applied through her atin lb fight with cludinghe la appear from' (he country where he and tfar land, and-wof-brought a lovely Maryland known as thf.duke of Portland, roofs large .be the United States, place whose torneys to the bishop of Londoarfog th all probability . be com ns Druce, the shopfamily name waa Munay. bride, to London cold down and up my chlllg np creep This Is th mn The fought from court keeper. The tunnel runs completely permission, to open this coffin, alleging child of thla couple wan youngest run. all over c who so grossly de- Anna that it did not contain. the body oL spine andfoosefieeh to court, consumwaa brought up-o- n who Maria, under the estate, and with Its various me. "Whtd J ItT I askvtf qe of Ae n roll of lead. .Tb ceived the Spanish the In her ing perhaps years branches opens on several country Druce, but Instead of outskirts Washington. Er'tlgre, senor!'Mt'He::ttgen bishop of London turned the matter, men. people concerning youth she was known as beautiful of time and milopAll these roads widely separated. over to Dr. Triatam, the chancellor of sir! j be replied; va a pasar el rtofidhe tie ffioVemeUta of the Cape Vesde fleeC Nannie Mason of the Island. At Ar-- . lions of .money. The great dukedom enings, It has now been found, are At bneTlme he gave out an official n-oth diocese, who, sitting In the consis- Is. going to cross the river), 11,600.-00- 0 of Ineome met Lieut. Sydney ef Portland, with an close to railway stations, affording If want be but said cross to." ties that (he fleet waa half way across lhigton she first him In I; court th aad of Wellington tory chapel Smith Lee. U. S. N.. n brother of Roba year. Is the subject of dispute, access to London, about two hour easy doe want to to from his my and upset bints why hr tnpjp thjAtlantlc. resulted In courtthe allegations made by the plaintiff. If sway. In this way It would have been 8L Paul's eathedral, heard th grgu-- , lesser 0 officials, w4k protaptly s give ert B: Thle meeting and spoil my-- after din ment. , Gen. Joseph E. and sustained, will reveal the most extra- quite possible for the duke of Portland marriage, ship xheM hldeous-oise?- " Gome and Veer put with n show of government Johnson exDr. Tristam stated that permission to hit one of the groomsmen. ordinary Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to descend Jptq one of the eubterrane-a- n being eandtioh' hla believed at Madrid the end he people taking np tenor, replied, istence that hag ever eome to light chambers of Welbeck Abbey aftef open tbe coffin couliLaot he granted IE fleet would soon be at. work Portraits' taken in those early day me to The duke of Portland, whose alleged having had his breakfast there, and to' without th written eoneent of th gun, motioned show the ljrlde to have had a lovely, we crept along tbs margin igiabardlng. Boston and "New' Tortt". owner of the tomb. This Mr. Druce double life la now to bt Investigated. come up to London without pastptqudnt face, with rosy cheeks, brown htvt Atfrhtoal succeeded fieranger toward the river, end making our way Barmyjo was the second richest peer In Engeyer and clustering brown curls. The ovef hi estate, aad without being attorneys admitted, had not 'been m, . ing cured. These attorney t, however, threugh the spines voUhA PTrhgnfit UB th?rPUltr of 4nrimc Bdrangef young couple resided tor some time In land, and It ts claimed that besides seen to leave the house. Old servant Uanoyaa cabinet, and went his Ilfs as an eecentrle unmarried no- who have now been examined say tkkt pointed ouf to the chancellor thgtn-trer- y ing bamboos, came wneu ShgAsta stepped. In., The Washington, where Mra. Lees beauty, il&o&ttfef'thexTek. the near beach row a as the to of law cmf.btr existence an all England her the admirbleman, he also had It was a very frequent occurrence for breseif Spanish minister, pt mgrlpe wit and vlvaelty made London shopkeeper, with a wife and the duke of Portland thus to disappear custom and practice, no physician had Sure enough, by CThVllnT-&utknfBryation and center of n choice social cirrithr cle. At their country home, Clermont, or thlr- - ever certified to the death of Druce, along in th ahndetf ofthe bluff family. and stay away for twenty-fou- r our f saw musical .t name certificate death The th shopkeeper. near Alexandria, on the 19th of NoThomas Charles Druce wad the of the shopkeeper who Is declared to produced In court showed that the laA vember, 1835, their eldest son was and muy opeh. emtttjn. had not been compiled with, the spec have been none other than the duke of M- fa behind the times born, and named Fitzhugh, after a tWeTldently - Wood curdling serenade beloved friend, Mrs. Fitzhugh of provided for the signature of the Portland, and It Is his daughter-in-laiL'jwIvi gqcg.14 Mrs.- - Anna Marin Druce, wbo haa Five other sons were born physician never havlhg .been pect tohearr and looking tor jail, thq. ' filled In. Dr. Tristam at oqce worldTfke 'rf glgantle tabtJy, the present action. Mra to tbem., and ail grew to manhood and jmlE could- an application ted that this was an extraordinary. If what connection such Druce has mad Were gallant sailors and soldiers durs not n suspicious circumstance. It w as have with his passage to exhume the alleged body of When that struggle ing the civil-wafailed to. see, shown by the nttorneyj of Mra Drue-IBAnastaetof rt MAdJn commenced CapL Lee resigned from ber late fathef-ln-laJronr avault In Htghgate cemetrey, and this applin 't the fUlE,tVlW many other strange farts Attended 1 h tspc c, the nay j. andlik? his famous brother, the strange burial. Updtt'theed'factis cation ft a first step In her attempt to offered hJ$ sword to his native state. will draw aU iCMe:fallb know tht-fiMrs'. Lee w?nt with him to Richmond, the chancellor of the diocese granted gators together, and when he get Inprove that the said Thomaa Charles Baker street Drure. the well-knopermission to open the coffin, r There- to the water hq will swjm 7$ leaving all her property in the hand furniture man, was no other than the of be enemy. Never throughout these upon a wholly unexpected and quite refifth duke of Portland. markable feature of this casewas, defour years of horror and carnage did . Mra. Druce veloped. The Druce tomh tn.Hlghg4f Alya. courage give way, though story, of ybloh she has her husband, sons and many relatives already produced a remarkable concemetery be tongs, It seems. It? Herbert b tubes .oq oF'tSerf?ei We were at the front. At the close of firmation, la that tba duke Jed a double Druce, a sOn of tbe Baker street shopwaited jyr hla next 'ftfijvd,'' I 'th lxM T" life, each part of which was strangely hostilities she returned with her fam" 'mdMpqya'IieenjlMnEbfiuFtiVenl1 T keeper, and his principal,, legatee. Thin, we 8 he and almost Incredibly distinct. Herbert Druce It a w.eaUhjnah, lly- -, ily to W cm&try place In Stafford iutesT7f hSlf afi hBuiU-Ahi- f fcvwas f ays bt lived In London as a shopkeepwhere her husband died Ing near London. Although ft might htonflttj4nihf Mufe. oV er named Druce, and a married man. soqn after. Mrs, Lee spent many year appear that hla Interest wdhld be te attacks of lG6fefidfto, nm e. jopn-r- j ktb Ha lived on hie vast estates as a duke open the grave and in every way te cart ip the quiet dignity of widowhood at suddegdjBce6sed.j4t4iUieylfiPte and a bachelor. He pretended to die old JRIcJijpond op the Potomac. When strengthen the case of Mrs. Drtlce-taa Druce In 1864. His daughter-in-laEer son, Fitzhugh, became governor how that his father west the. duke 6f mqiptf t,thtHSwgMa3.oit cieyHI. a a cloud, and J 'tff alleges that only a roll of lead-wiPortland, yet he Is at th present time bright tqggpbghlnd. .arm, pointed .to Virginia, ahe made her home with BAftatoO.' ApMIRAL . nudging, pjs b found In hla coffin. H died as him In Richmond, and once more beexhausting every effort la na attempt the surface waWtflleJf'Ont'' qf .the of bisjewn war sqlp. He hat came a charm In eociety. She was ths dnk In 1871. There is no doubt to prevent examination of the coffin. the Jaguar. At 'ffff Is eE4rtghl?rtkW jygpiny. uhUe evgr keenly Interested In the political that the duke died thejl. t The result Under English Jaw hb is illegltlmats, Inys?&nl8l1 wets n mlmbef ef irndeM istAsefif, a&aL-of proving that Charles Thomas Druca and there is nothing for him to 'gain Issues, of the day, but unfortunately a fifes swift and as th current hat they .was the fifth duke of Portland would severe cold settled on her eyes. After by 1L b to transfer the dukedom and the ;dc SPAIN'S . EUli;DEBT; Intense suffering, borne with her usual The plan of Mra Druce Is first to seTHOMAS CHARLES DRUtB. sc . .. . ;; enormous estates to ths son of Mrs. she submitted to a painful cure the digging, open hi tbn..Druc , fortitude, tTli awl Sixty fBperfdttl3rtWtsti7Eff(l , PpfV x Druce, Sidney George Druce, a poor While the duke was grave before attempting td make gppd (alllgaitbrtj hours. which, however, failed to operation, Mutton t The commonly regarded ns being ctnxy up- th claims of her son to the title Of the 1 Mkr thl! Vh!S?ly'fet4ei,F:itt?Hltlifr aallor of 28, now In Australia. & Cam palgo kdd she became totally 'giverelief, thlds.t' Few perqajrUe th! vast amount blind. ilfeiVwAt ftfeklgWIS9lfvf present duke of Portland, who would on thle on particular point of under? duke of Portland. , At the present time tnat Spajn has spent in tjj; Jiialf he posted from his position. It on of ground construction and existence, he Mra Druce, through her d0!- jblje big fellowe, some ifcrtS6!ley has -- fit y.wqjteL. -' Mfid ieTthe Cubans and the ..TALENTED. YQUNCk ARTIST. L&fi: Atthe most conspicuous noblemen In was a notoriously good buslnesa man been authorised to makeattorney!, wejl 'figtnUehmottntiC'the' thpyclng. Spanish godern- England- .- He hold tke'offic of mu-- t In nil that related to the management spfHy; j.el hut she haa temtbeaoffln, ovdri their e'esbLall rWy or A T&unr Worn art' krt 1st of much beauof ths horse, th'ireateet In the of hls.yast pry Parties, The Portland a so. from doing by. porarily stopped., be TMt atetj-- nqtlpss. ..The, struggle ty' and talent is Florence Nightingale, queen household, ",H hM won fb t theywereto 'of the expeefi dOTe; revepue. enprmcfiistar'increased under technical objection on uc the charming datfghter of Prof. NightDerby, twice. II was a direct cousin hie shrewd management,And h left other side. This required the consent dtssppo1trtedAb&rfiie.tor the Jaguar, was begpn In February 1895., of ths fifth duke, whom he succeeded. the aetata In splendid condition, yield- of her son. That consent was secured ImmwdlatnlFtlfieh tlfwencffilaOnfiadtdElff tkhtt'Ttnd Spain has spent tq the ingale of Argyle Park. Miss Nlghtlm Most sxtraordlnary points of resemstarted Qff up Vstredm . aa-- . Plgn taore than- 360,000,060, aptl Cajx ule is a idalny,.slim girl scarce five ing g revenue of over .11,600, 000 n year. by cable. But the opposing counsel at blance have been proved between the the bank tain General Blnnee&HB dtftrounAfed that feet high, wiy weafth of soft brown The other side of the dukeg life, ac- once objected to a cabled consent heipg hard, aa he could ryq-ajoVia Vail rnin. he will JtoqittrqlffiOOO.OOperfuonthr' L IX, ,n) tin late Thomaa Charles Druce and the cording to the allegation, wee seen In accepted hqir whlclvhf s a gltpt of gold and lies ln.court. and Insisted ihgf Om n of. the ordinary fifth duke of Portland. Druce had a the Baker street bazaar,- - thT ehop ip curls' aboujt hey face and neck. Her ipshould man 'either himself . young .Cfeipt dfHe UDauijfb treasury amount-- " eyes are green' gray and filled with the . secret entrance to hie shop, the Baker Thomaa Chgrle DrOde, pear In court In perton or send Els softly1 founded by Iff (itlM.OUO, ap'd In 1895;9fc to fire of genius. Like her famous name--sak- e, street baxaar. and a system of tufa how said to be the firth; Wikd bf Port- written consent duly- - certified amrf!ld9thtflCTl4 enWffa terranean passages under It. The late land: It Is etlll In exlstfcJUNv 'It la an Australia. The .son the herdtne of 'the Crimea, she Is Will duke undermined hla estate, WeTbeck extensive end valuable greatly loved by all who know her. few weeks with nil big docu&e .paehy,'fcwUh Miss Nightingale ban studied her art abbey, with mltea of subterranean pas- a. patronage among ,thd faeanwhlle the gtave but unobtrusively, in this tures, having many' exits, by means of the persistently, of i residents iuWeet wealthy Eqdi watched, add lawyers on behilf which ha could hide hie movements. country, and Europe.. A few weeks ago It ilong to. a Druce are making every effort timer the At present With vast wealth and great power and her sister was marrled. and In preparaof soma hromlpenc. the grave may be opened as .toon at no Intimates, tha lata duke of Portland wealthy politician for the wedding Miss Nightingale tion ' now possible. was in a position to conceal hla move-ment- a Since the litigation Jtegashlch decollated the frieze 6f each from In atoatea and of title th the threatens and surround himself with mysOft the Walls of the rethe.; house. duke of Portland., ah examina. WEIXDINOtMH-HUNOARY- . tery. Nobody on the estate or In the present t room .blossom In varied hues ception house was permitted to speak to him tion haa been made of theiffindergrouttfi and color the kingly, chrysanthemum sireet Often Baker baxaar. when of th the goF Touth Magyar -wale.w without first being spoken to. He had regions J uv. of Japan. . In the music room aad This baa disclosed the Extraordinary wooing he first sends n woman friend' li Issued orders that nobody was to eekvloeT faifltary the 44 she bnshraced the symbols of art gjiflf -' his presence by a courtesy, a fact that the place le honeycombed to the house of hla loved oner to ln and lltdratilfe, Violins, harps, pandean rsetrpglr4ClHilthrfovelir4,000d.' if hi with tunnel nod trap door and quire If hid suit be welcome;-an- d flwf cqqt:';oClith pdctSBiKfM Dj plfiea, sheet,' music, thq'owl, the Gre-e- b Hefe ,bnv been receives an Invitation to call, he loses passages. lamp.-thmotto of her father, : CubaftqWxdJgitTk7ioHdql.t1o6 ienable -n man no thus In accepting It, but,s accopw, SSKvfced-ffound every means to tWi vlrnent m u wr in graceful scroll, fLcgendo-'de- s f? ft. clmus, r speak-foleave to a Is of the control man, wpo panted by x i premises having ; ntirse! J last VH year i .J jti even more and enter without anybody knowing gayly attired than the lover CongrtsWffah'Flkftflrtlsikqd PpV an annual and who glibly pays compliments to the riflhlr charge of afidut 11fiO,wb;(lDO On former assistant manager at tbe bride's parents and urges the. suit efi cn-- ptAcepbbfUd an oration 'won Baker street baxaar haa told how his friend, dcllverlng . iaffiTiWuwr P&W& .VjFL. Druce rarely entered the shop during derful la words and phrases. He bfgs H'ClWT8ahin to jlSACuHftry Credit '.pppwiQB ixPMtttpr? on- v- tha parents consent to the betrothal of" th busy hour of th day when fashth departuJeht''il probably navy by ionable people were- likely to be prea-eteceptln prevgijblip.-'frqif-) He kept himself secreted In n tallod of the German fimpe doors room at the back, havtng double him In Bgrljn. ,,yCfipetWBtJ5wtAdeUlargeana th? with a passage leading Into the cellar. services abi !T$JllupAqwd state of hijfifdJltb has nor jJ eqfifigfy mndfnA No employe of the shop was' allowed Dr. L. H. 500 Cjnnenei3r llgr. Wayland of (sorb altogether ever do room to Invited anless to enter thle JB&ladelphi&o resign bh3W.aske toivi VsJstHan far tdi'gen-- i so by Druce. . Nobody In the shop could of the dltoridvptNVw ,Jk;sBg,'-eeil-nd4Airistrtloof the expenditure tell whether Druce Aa In the room or .nmlner, anM0dqcilnik3n eTecycmv coiuttry7v means of finding out; tbAfiH'!Me8-e-f Wi?0-not, and had no and, would have beeh dismissed- for cipt. Jarpcs, Ajttn,IfAAa85'ington West to fcrf Budday kfaraooa knocking at tbe door or disturbing him,. These rules were rigorously .enBut .in order that business forced, censor dHpreisSisfciesi. He ts a matter should be settled authorltatlvs-l- y Dro6e would from time to time Otlfj bla chief managers of the hour and day when he might be expected, and they had to wgit tor him In an .JV bM .WWW gif;,, " OUtslJeigOlBfcA IzZ siorr,.mttf NIGHTINGALE. j The coffin lq tbe Jllghgat Cemetery, .a , ti" v '! rfeny. pappuf and the cptblazotied coat of arms oLthe which .will- - probably, be opendd lkf a ' ea THE DUKE OF PORTLAND. NlfehtHSgaie'iifd Chase faihllle. In- few week to see wbethef fit contain a HUNGARIAN- WIFE AND MAIDEN. terrionfed attfinff-al- l salute or even by a glance. If the dqke rotf-bred rosea, oft lead br'a keleton.N-tha- tof Portland were walking about the Drufe th shopkeeper who lived at their daughter hnd bla ftrteed;iaa6n she has d. country and he met one of hla tenants MW will. Hendon, and died Dee. If, then the girls mother brings hef im-,- i huge or employe the latter would be InhiMfh! of puipac. and., gWen leaven. the coffin plate sayi in his ig he wears gal dress and Is kelther shy ,1 mr fhec'study Js painted In Eng-1- U stantly dismissed from the neighbor sevenVy-flryear.1 Among tie proof nor bold-b- ut mslntsln.hhr' dignity. tv 'wf tV hood If h manifested any knowledge WhlcVMm Druce will produce Jd court The father blessea the of .blue. The and they twdp urti-he- x of the presence ofthe duke. Since ths In order ushes very yotpijr'HfqlnfA' e her clalhtn froan-loving oufi'.fn'hital dylnk J h llilfflj 'fiut Wue sich rooils n work opening of the trldl lt hss beendla tfflhg to show thasjtwjfte reached tbe-- aswead-ets- r covered that 'the premise In Baker when, preparing for hla alleged death, but if maWelous that nr not boud d ctUlvdieUdMiCdlkg h'oio nee of blWuty.lftltjelJt the whala.tosk- - should hay been c-street contain many of the features turned over to himself as the duke of till they th kissing feaLr eomdllshedln thb length of time mi which the duke of Portland iatrodue-e- d Portland certain piece of property they take each- - other on probat lona Into Wei beck Abbey; The- - dake valued at f 150,000. j 1t was at a result It were, and- - maj wUhdraW'wlthbtrt Nightingale devoted to it- ., was chiefly known for what was called of yearn Of labor pjx tha . iK; of Mrs. least idljoowrtesy to on A'A ft other,' biit part fcle mania for underground tunnel. . i feMwutoraSV r whew of to the after th feeat, Druce mystery kfat penetratclhe thewmbllciy On or two members of hla family had 'Alexander "tad been disappearance of 'thta"prot'ertjr that on another, there is ud dfhvrtng.badd sees an enormous underground dining the discovered, as aha claimed, that her Before thl feast-- thw hh? reading eoma stories from English hisThoffia6ETptoft Sir lorey 'A, 'sendgroom which he bad built at Walbeck husband's father, was the duke of fort-lan- d. Blend again' to 1hf tory. He. looked up from hla book girl! hmtsq to Jtbow most talked about man ' aa he pnt on his hat to go downtown m Iltatively and said: Abbey, aa well aa a drawing room, sitshe will really marry him. Great ks Boated his provision business Into "Mamma, the )f It I am not her by 11 kicge In olden times always ting room, and huge art" galleries, the fifteen years Intervened ceremonies attend the wedding, and A period stock company. after dinner. had wind capitalized heavily decoration of which, he said, occupied between the jf mem to consult with, when alleged death of Druce, the tha Sunday after th weddfag dny.wkea H in now starting ch ap restaurants o'clock dont alt up waiting for me. they didn't I won't, James, replied hla wife, if know what to do Our presidents nearly all hia'TIme. It has now beta shopkeeper; and ths genuine death of there Is n great feast at the home f In many places ta that c.ty, where he don't 11 are not here discovered that the duke of Portland the fifth duke of Portland. oclock I shall have wise men, but then they have by During th bridegroom, there la a similar feast Intends to suonT xaVrtaatlal dlnnen yon n In bed rule his household to the this time Mrs. Druce la p repared to and dance at th old home of the b. put on my wraps and go after you." congress instead of tbe wise men." for I cents ea-effect that when he disappeared under Jamei waa at home at 1L Truth. show thst Prove th shopkeeper, was bride. rs ssf; jssusses G tu W Pmt .. Cmra.v J. 9WiS 0, tbe,t.oo tow'ade Ul k ; nii'bWrtf tow.; ike-cree- -f W V Rav-ehwor- f!e'i at w - U L Jo I. Ix-e'- a Ahcr-ban- la, , w ll r a - 1- ty-sl- s :t TtJcee-rtjondr- - ed - 4t ta j I 1 feom the-par- cam-serena- ng l Jholat - Tl 1 reo-ogn- -- mya-lerlo- us Sclft o -t .3 e CJ:debli -- ti . p nt 'i:4v4y kVuaf7 - l- -i tff " rf. jL wra-rlcl- f f ibqlfTitorwn.-..The't!ldIng'e6- dt Vw5? -- bapund v dot-uOr- th' 'A Nlnf-yeaf-ol- t I. d tj; , T . |