There has just been restored 20 Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh a portion of the hangings of Mary Queen of Scots' bed and of portions of one of Lord Darnley's gloves, an the story of their removal is striking commentary on the disregard which seemingly prevailed a century ayo for national relies. To-vay all the buildings in the care of the Office of Works are, along sith their contests, under the personal super of trusted custodians, many of whom have already proved their worth in the King's service; but in the carly deles of last century things, appar-Were otherwise. The custodifu of thave days war sometime! 1 Abigail," whose main interest in a visitor was measured by the value of the gratuity which pated. In July, 1822, an English collector learned from a friend that an Edinburgh acquaintance had asserted that such was the laxity of the custodian at Holyrood that it would not be a difficult matter to purloin articles from the museum there without fear of detection. So convinced was the Edinburgh man of what he had anid hat he went the length of entering into a wager. He visited Holyrood, and, having distracted the attention of the old woman in charge, clipped small piece off the hangings of Queen Mary's bed. His next move was even more audacious—not to mention vandal—he opened a case, abstracted Lord Darnley's glove, and before replacing it cut off two small Pieces. These fragments eventually assed into the possession of the English collector, and on his death some 30 years ago they became the property of his son. The latter is now dead, and it has been left to his representatives to right a century-old wrong by restoring the stolen portions to their "Caesar" the Scottish nation.
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