A STRANGE DESTINY.
; All sorts and conditions of relic.hunters have been much excited (says an English paper) by the announcement' that a, carriage which belonged, to Lord Byron has been found in. the stable-.
yard of a bush- inn in South' Australia, of adl places in the world; The pedigree of this interesting vehicle, is beyond dispute. It was given to the poet -by Lady Charlotte Bacon, and his motto and coat of arms are on the panel ; but, alack and alas, the carriage has been used by its ownef, the Australian innkeeper, as a roosting-place for his hensl It is just possible that the carriage in question was given' by Lady Chanotte' ,as a wedding present'to Lord Byron, and that in the historic conveyance he and his bride ; tho lady's maid, and the bandbox—(it was the' box and the maid .which made the irascible and gifte'd bridegroom so angry)—started on their honeymoon tour! By this time, 110 doubt, the relic lias been rescued from the Australian'fowls, and it will in duo time take its place amongst the collection of .au enthusiastic-admirer of the author of "Childe Harold."
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 800, 25 April 1910, Page 3
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188A STRANGE DESTINY. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 800, 25 April 1910, Page 3
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