Her grateful alliisioiia to him made his name familiar to tmr eai-s ; anil often curious fancy would invest with the golden haze of romance the unwritten history of this ' Lmip Lord of the Isle.' Uiiiuor had soiiietiiiies whisiieiX'd that, in his exjie-

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rience, the glow of youthful hope had been dimmed by the death of a first love, for whose vacant place no substitute could be found on earth.

" In this connection it remains to be said, how'ever, that, whether this suggestion were true or not, a few well-remenibered facts, outlining his life course, were recently rehearsed to me by Elbert Roosevelt, Esq., whose life long residence in Pelham, near the Island, suggest a series of memories related to the whole vicinity, extending over two-thirds of a century. These conversational statements supply what was lacking to give a desired unity to the stoi*y.

" Mr. Henderson, born in South Carolina, was of Scotch origin ; was educated at the University of Edinburgh, and then took rank as a Surgeon in the English Army. Thus he was brought into communication with the British Ambassador in India, and was by him introduced to the Court of the reiirning Prince, who engaged the Surgeon's professional services in behalf of his favorite wife, then seriously ill. The treatment was a succest, and the delighted Prince honored Mr. Henderson, in his own way, by the presentation of a beautiful Circassian slave girl, about thirteen years of age. This present the Army Surgeon did not bring away with liir.i from India; 'but, after establishing his home at the Island,' said Mr. Koosevelt, ' he commissioned your father (Captain James Hague, of Pelham, commanding a ship in the India trade) to look after this princely gift, and bring with him the young Circassian as a passenger on his return voyage from Calcutta.