Lord Leith ofo Fyvie's death brings to an end a remarkable behind which lies "a weird tradition, the "curse" of Thomas the Rhymer, the Scots poet and Prophet. The eldest son of a Rear-Admiral, John Forbes Leith entered the Navy at the age of 13. While his ship was at San Franfisco, there occurred an _event which altered the whole course of is career. He met and fell in love with the beautiful Miss Mary Janulary, daughter of Mr. Derrick A. January, an ironmaster of St. Louis. "It is said that Mr. January pointed out to the young officer that a pay in the Royal Navy was a slender foundation on which to build a home, and offered Forbes Leith a place in his-own factory if ho would leave the Navy. Forbes Leith accepted the offer, gave up his naval career, married the girl of his heart, and began.a business:
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