LADY SCOTT.
ARRIVAL IN WELLINGTON.
, , s TOUCHING SCENE. •'I MUST BEAR UP FOR HIM." Lady Scott, widow ,of "the late Captain arrived •in Wellington l from San Francisco >'by - the Aorangi ; yesterday. Commander'Evans and Liotitenant Bruce (Lady Sootfs brother) went out in tho Defence steamer J anie Seddon,; and' tho party returned to tho. wharf in that vessol. : Lady.Scott is the guest of the Hon. H. D. Bell during her: stay in .Wellington. Sho : proceeds to Sydney with' Lieutenant Bruco in the Aorangi to-day, and will subsequently go. on to London. ; ■ , Lieutenant Bruoe was 4 asked by a reporter last evening if Lady Scott would oaw . to i gtte any message. to tho public. The reply, ..was: "Lady Scott will liot give any . Message/to-night." . . * ' " Tho riows' of tho . death of the lato Captain Scott .'.was «>mmunioated! to - Ithe liorangi ~byV tho, master' o-f tlie Taiuho ,\vhen the former vessel was one night but-'from Papeete—February 16. ' ' The.captdn of . the •Taiu.ue' hatl received ffio'. melanchbly news at Auckland. Tho - message was received on : board tho [Aorangi lata at night, and was communicated to Lady Scott. on .tho following jnorning. '/aLady Scott boro up bravely, and said simply, 'I must bear up for him." This lady Scptt did -ivith fortitude; When the intelligence had become generally., known on board thq steamer very marked 'and spontaneous sympathy showed' itself.. All, of course,, saw tho heroism of the long march over snov" and ice, the pathos of the last uncomplaining message, and ;in tho general; sentiment' of the ship, the feeling was that a preat man like somo old-time .Spartan,, closed life's venture by being ' borne home on iis shield." ' . :
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1686, 28 February 1913, Page 5
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275LADY SCOTT. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1686, 28 February 1913, Page 5
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