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Show Marquess of Sligo in Indian Mutiny. Lord Altamont, who, through the death of his aged father, the other day, has become marquess of Sligo, was through the Indian mutiny. His father, who was in the Indian civil service, was stationed at Bankipur when the mutiny broke out. Lord Sligo's wife and infant son, seven months old, the new marquess, were sent for safety to a place which was surrounded by rebels for a fortnight. fort-night. The child, however, was safely , taken through the sepoy lines by a faithful Indian nurse, who dyed his skin as a ruse to pass him off as her '" ewn son. A long time passed before I the boy was restored to his anxious parents, who meantime had to go through a further siege at Monghyr. The new marquess recently celebrated his silver wedding. On the actual anniversary an-niversary day he had to be in Scotland, Scot-land, but he sent his wife a telegram with the characteristic message, "Twenty-five years without regret." |