A NOBLE LADY

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 124, 28 May 1930, Page 15

A NOBLE LADY

■When the Duke of Portland 'described his wife as tho'"queen of aL hearts," he did not mention tho sebrecy which she on joins'on all those whom she helps, lierc, however, are a fow instances (says, a special correspondent of the "Sunday Dispatch"):— Mr.. King, her factor from the Caithness estate, tells the following of' Andy and his horse. Andy was a fish hawker in Caithness, and one day this horse, middle-aged Andrew, found difficulty in drawing an exceptionally heavy load of fish. A tall^lady approached and offered to buy the fish. The price was -agreed upon, whereupon ,the lady also bought Andy's cart. Andy's astonishment 'grew when the lady also proceeded to buy Andrew. After payment, he watched in amazement all his fish being freely distributed to the villagers. That same evening, Andrew, drawing an empty cart, retired to the luxurious stables 'at. Langwell, Caithness, for life. . The duchess has 'crossed, the lonely Scottish moors in winter to visit the sick. She is called the "Lady of the Lamp." The fisherfolk of the stormy ports and villages of Northern Scotland have many nights of. anxiety while their loved ones arc away at sea, and when a s,torm brings tragedy it also brings the duchess with her eonsqlaf.ion and help. t There is tho story of Sergeant P , whose case was declared hopeless by the military doctors, as a piece of shrapnel" was lodged against' his spine, paralysing his legs. The duchess sent the man to the best specialists in London. "I saw him again the other day," said an, estate gardener, "and ho jumped over a chair!" • "Directly anyone is seriously ill— too serious for ordinary doctors —tho duchess calls in Sir Douglas Shields. Many humble people have been cured in Sir Douglas's nursing homo for the wealthy," said another retainer.'"