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A TWENTIETH CENTURY FLORA MACDONALD.LSt The unconventional wedding of Jt Ludy Constance Cromnrtic to Sir ol Stuart Richardson was followed by[(]i an equally unconventional honey-Br. moon. Sho declined to leave the vil-[jf- lage in ilie Highlands where she was da married till she had taken adequate iu_ farewell of the tenantry and retuin-ilr ers °f the (Vomartiw estates. To bo* !SS gin with, she gave thorn, as slio dos* un tribed il hi'JseJf, a “right goad rv, time,” and them were rejoicings a* Jvq an extensive scale. On the night of ,,e her aedding day 200 guests sat down to dinner, and were entertained with m. medieval Jiivislmebs within the wulls m- J of her old home, and two nights af-in terwards close upon 3000 guests ;n_ thronged the W.c'/ mansion by •q_ Moray Firili, mid sang, danced, and ho i feasted till dawn dispersed them,lis j Then there was a great farewell ntj midday to all the children of the dis-ho ! ti-ict, and Lntly Constance, with her 0i , streaming hair,, was the blithest and ng ; most light-hearted child of Jill. Her ng i passion lot* athletics was given full 7t_ play. £hc marshalled all the girls and made them romp as they had never romped before. Them was a in tremendous tug-of-war, with Lady dy 1 Constance with her sleeves rolled up )e_ as cnitain on one side, and a girl ,al friend as captain on the other, m- i These rejoicings over, the bride-groom had to suppress his gaiety of 5c- heart and go away to preside solemn* Id ly over the inductive dinner of the si- now minister of his native parish, jn Lady Constance wont another way,x- j and while her husband was attending ig [ 1o his eccio.siast.iraV duties she spent g- ! the time in fishing and shooting, d- I Two days later they both returned ad to Tar bet House amid still more roof joltings. Next morning Lady Con-rj,- stance was seen doing a battle royal e- with a horse Unit is the terror of ea her stables. She brought her mount in to order, and then was off across thecountry, over fences, over walls, and •Is over streams to fetch medicine from ii-- a jiemvbv town for a sick old clans-he ; man, and when .she came back sho t.n ; brought with her a Gaelic Bible prin-en ted in type of particularly huge size iia for an old woman whose eyes nre ly growing dim. On another occasion,xi- Lady Constance might have been 'hr seen wifh her hair streaming behinds, her speeding like a mountain- deer r- across the grounds of Turbot House. n In her run she came across a high tQ stone wall, which proved io be no s, obstacle. Sho cleared it like a groy-|1C hound, to the astonishment of tho of ancient dame on the other side. Fol-lowing swiftly the receding appari-q- tion, the old crone shook her head, nnd chuckled with enchanted disap-ts provaI: She is as wild as ever, but. i-p Lord bless her, she's a good, kind ni soul.*1k.tdkj’-WHY GERMANY SYMPATHISES WITH
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Balclutha Clutha Leader
Balclutha, Otago, NZ
Tue, Oct 04, 1904
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